xref: /openbmc/u-boot/arch/x86/lib/cmd_boot.c (revision 6e87ae1c)
1 /*
2  * (C) Copyright 2008-2011
3  * Graeme Russ, <graeme.russ@gmail.com>
4  *
5  * (C) Copyright 2002
6  * Daniel Engström, Omicron Ceti AB, <daniel@omicron.se>
7  *
8  * (C) Copyright 2002
9  * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, <wd@denx.de>
10  *
11  * (C) Copyright 2002
12  * Sysgo Real-Time Solutions, GmbH <www.elinos.com>
13  * Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.de>
14  *
15  * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
16  */
17 
18 #include <common.h>
19 #include <command.h>
20 #include <malloc.h>
21 #include <asm/u-boot-x86.h>
22 
23 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
24 
25 unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []),
26 			 int argc, char * const argv[])
27 {
28 	unsigned long ret = 0;
29 	char **argv_tmp;
30 
31 	/*
32 	 * x86 does not use a dedicated register to pass the pointer to
33 	 * the global_data, so it is instead passed as argv[-1]. By using
34 	 * argv[-1], the called 'Application' can use the contents of
35 	 * argv natively. However, to safely use argv[-1] a new copy of
36 	 * argv is needed with the extra element
37 	 */
38 	argv_tmp = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 1));
39 
40 	if (argv_tmp) {
41 		argv_tmp[0] = (char *)gd;
42 
43 		memcpy(&argv_tmp[1], argv, (size_t)(sizeof(char *) * argc));
44 
45 		ret = (entry) (argc, &argv_tmp[1]);
46 		free(argv_tmp);
47 	}
48 
49 	return ret;
50 }
51