add inline assembly support

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/std/bootstrap.zig b/std/bootstrap.zig
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+
+// TODO conditionally compile this differently for non-ELF
+#attribute("naked")
+export fn _start() -> unreachable {
+    // TODO conditionally compile this differently for other architectures and other OSes
+    asm volatile ("
+        mov (%%rsp), %%rdi              // first parameter is argc
+        lea 0x8(%%rsp), %%rsi           // second parameter is argv
+        lea 0x10(%%rsp,%%rdi,8), %%rdx  // third paremeter is env
+        callq main
+        mov %%rax, %%rdi                // return value is the parameter to exit syscall
+        mov $60, %%rax                  // 60 is exit syscall number
+        syscall
+    ");
+    unreachable
+}