The standard syscall() function or macro uses the libc return value
convention. Errors returned from the kernel as negative values are
stored in errno and -1 is returned. Users who want to avoid using
errno don't have a way to call raw syscalls and check the returned
error.
Add a new macro _syscall() which works like the standard syscall()
but passes through the return value from the kernel unchanged.
The naming scheme and return values match the named _sys_foo()
system call wrappers already part of nolibc.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405-nolibc-syscall-v1-3-e5b12bc63211@weissschuh.net
__sysret() transforms the return value from the kernel into the libc
return value convention. There is no reason for it to be called in the
middle of the internals of the syscall() implementation macros.
Move the call up, directly into syscall(), to make the code simpler.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405-nolibc-syscall-v1-2-e5b12bc63211@weissschuh.net
These macros are the internal implementation of syscall().
They can not be used by users. Align them with the standard naming
scheme for internal symbols.
The current name also prevents the addition of an application-usable
_syscall() symbol.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260405-nolibc-syscall-v1-1-e5b12bc63211@weissschuh.net
The naming convention of the my_syscallX() macros is a bit unfortunate.
They may conflict with application code and the name is very generic.
Switch to __nolibc_syscallX(). The leading underscores place the symbols
in the implementation-defined namespace, avoiding conflicting names.
It is also clearer that these are non-standard extensions from nolibc.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260223-nolibc-namespacing-v1-1-52574ffebb2c@weissschuh.net
Inclusion of any nolibc header file should also bring all other headers.
On the other hand it should also be possible to include any nolibc header
files
in any order.
Currently this is implemented by including the catch-all nolibc.h after the
headers own definitions.
This is problematic if one nolibc header depends on another one.
The first header has to include the other one before defining any symbols.
That in turn will include the rest of nolibc while the current header has
not defined anything yet. If any other part of nolibc depends on
definitions from the current header, errors are encountered.
This is already the case today. Effectively nolibc can only be included in
the order of nolibc.h.
Restructure the way "nolibc.h" is included.
Move it to the beginning of the header files and before the include guards.
Now any header will behave exactly like "nolibc.h" while the include
guards prevent any duplicate definitions.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250424-nolibc-header-check-v1-2-011576b6ed6f@linutronix.de
