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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