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