Rich Felker
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the entry point code supports being loaded by a loader which is not fdpic-aware (in practice, either kernel with mmu or qemu without fdpic support). this mostly just works, but signal handling will wrongly use a function descriptor address as a code address if the personality is not adjusted to fdpic. ideally this code could be placed with sigaction so that it's not needed except if/when a signal handler is installed. however, personality is incorrectly maintained per-thread by the kernel, rather than per-process, so it's necessary to correct the personality before any threads are started. also, in order to skip the personality syscall when an fdpic-aware loader is used, we need to be able to detect how the program was loaded, and this information is only readily available at the entry point.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/