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build.zig

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ pub fn compileTestApplications(
                 .pic = pie,
             }),
             .linkage = if (link_libc) .dynamic else .static,
+            .use_llvm = true,
+            .use_lld = true,
         });
         test_executable.pie = pie;
         b.installArtifact(test_executable);

src/main.zig

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const faller = @import("faller");
 const std = @import("std");
 
 const elf = std.elf;
@@ -6,11 +5,7 @@ const mem = std.mem;
 const posix = std.posix;
 const testing = std.testing;
 
-pub const faller_options: faller.Options = .{ .tags_disabled = &.{.debug} };
-const Logger = faller.Logger(&.{.loader});
-
 const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const log = Logger.log;
 
 const page_size = std.heap.pageSize();
 const max_interp_path_length = 128;
@@ -45,11 +40,9 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const file = try lookupFile(mem.sliceTo(std.os.argv[arg_index], 0));
     var file_buffer: [128]u8 = undefined;
     var file_reader = file.reader(&file_buffer);
-    log(.info, "--- Loading executable: {s} ---", .{std.os.argv[arg_index]});
     const ehdr = try elf.Header.read(&file_reader.interface);
     const base = try loadStaticElf(ehdr, &file_reader);
     const entry = ehdr.entry + if (ehdr.type == .DYN) base else 0;
-    log(.info, "Executable loaded: base=0x{x}, entry=0x{x}", .{ base, entry });
 
     // Check for dynamic linker
     var maybe_interp_base: ?usize = null;
@@ -63,13 +56,11 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         if (try file_reader.read(interp_path[0..phdr.p_filesz]) != phdr.p_filesz)
             return UnfinishedReadError.UnfinishedRead;
         assert(interp_path[phdr.p_filesz - 1] == 0); // Must be zero terminated
-        log(.info, "Found interpreter path: {s}", .{interp_path[0 .. phdr.p_filesz - 1]});
         const interp = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(
             interp_path[0 .. phdr.p_filesz - 1],
             .{ .mode = .read_only },
         );
 
-        log(.info, "--- Loading interpreter ---", .{});
         var interp_buffer: [128]u8 = undefined;
         var interp_reader = interp.reader(&interp_buffer);
         const interp_ehdr = try elf.Header.read(&interp_reader.interface);
@@ -77,7 +68,6 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         const interp_base = try loadStaticElf(interp_ehdr, &interp_reader);
         maybe_interp_base = interp_base;
         maybe_interp_entry = interp_ehdr.entry + if (interp_ehdr.type == .DYN) interp_base else 0;
-        log(.info, "Interpreter loaded: base=0x{x}, entry=0x{x}", .{ interp_base, maybe_interp_entry.? });
         interp.close();
     }
 
@@ -105,22 +95,15 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     const dest_ptr = @as([*]u8, @ptrCast(std.os.argv.ptr));
     const src_ptr = @as([*]u8, @ptrCast(&std.os.argv[arg_index]));
     const len = @intFromPtr(end_of_auxv) - @intFromPtr(src_ptr);
-    log(
-        .debug,
-        "Copying stack from {*} to {*} with length 0x{x}",
-        .{ src_ptr, dest_ptr, len },
-    );
     assert(@intFromPtr(dest_ptr) < @intFromPtr(src_ptr));
-    std.mem.copyForwards(u8, dest_ptr[0..len], src_ptr[0..len]);
+    @memmove(dest_ptr[0..len], src_ptr[0..len]);
 
     // `std.os.argv.ptr` points to the argv pointers. The word just before it is argc and also the
     // start of the stack.
     const argc: [*]usize = @as([*]usize, @ptrCast(@alignCast(&std.os.argv.ptr[0]))) - 1;
     argc[0] = std.os.argv.len - arg_index;
-    log(.debug, "new argc: {x}", .{argc[0]});
 
     const final_entry = maybe_interp_entry orelse entry;
-    log(.info, "Trampolining to final entry: 0x{x} with sp: {*}", .{ final_entry, argc });
     trampoline(final_entry, argc);
 }
 
@@ -146,31 +129,24 @@ fn loadStaticElf(ehdr: elf.Header, file_reader: *std.fs.File.Reader) !usize {
         }
         minva = mem.alignBackward(usize, minva, page_size);
         maxva = mem.alignForward(usize, maxva, page_size);
-        log(.debug, "Calculated bounds: minva=0x{x}, maxva=0x{x}", .{ minva, maxva });
         break :bounds .{ minva, maxva };
     };
 
-    // Check, that the needed memory region can be allocated as a whole. We do this
+    // Check, that the needed memory region can be allocated as a whole.
     const dynamic = ehdr.type == elf.ET.DYN;
-    log(.debug, "ELF type is {s}", .{if (dynamic) "DYN" else "EXEC (static)"});
     const hint = if (dynamic) null else @as(?[*]align(page_size) u8, @ptrFromInt(minva));
-    log(.debug, "mmap pre-flight hint: {*}", .{hint});
     const base = try posix.mmap(
         hint,
         maxva - minva,
-        posix.PROT.NONE,
+        posix.PROT.WRITE,
-        .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .ANONYMOUS = true, .FIXED = !dynamic },
+        .{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .ANONYMOUS = true, .FIXED_NOREPLACE = !dynamic },
         -1,
         0,
     );
-    log(.debug, "Pre-flight reservation successful at: {*}, size: 0x{x}", .{ base.ptr, base.len });
-    posix.munmap(base);
 
-    const flags = posix.MAP{ .TYPE = .PRIVATE, .ANONYMOUS = true, .FIXED = true };
     var phdrs = ehdr.iterateProgramHeaders(file_reader);
-    var phdr_idx: u32 = 0;
     errdefer posix.munmap(base);
-    while (try phdrs.next()) |phdr| : (phdr_idx += 1) {
+    while (try phdrs.next()) |phdr| {
         if (phdr.p_type != elf.PT_LOAD) continue;
         if (phdr.p_memsz == 0) continue;
 
@@ -179,28 +155,12 @@ fn loadStaticElf(ehdr: elf.Header, file_reader: *std.fs.File.Reader) !usize {
         var start = mem.alignBackward(usize, phdr.p_vaddr, page_size);
         const base_for_dyn = if (dynamic) @intFromPtr(base.ptr) else 0;
         start += base_for_dyn;
-        log(
+        const ptr: []align(page_size) u8 = @as([*]align(page_size) u8, @ptrFromInt(start))[0..size];
-            .debug,
-            "  - phdr[{}]: mapping 0x{x} bytes at 0x{x} (vaddr=0x{x}, dyn_base=0x{x})",
-            .{ phdr_idx, size, start, phdr.p_vaddr, base_for_dyn },
-        );
-        // NOTE: We can't use a single file-backed mmap for the segment, because p_memsz may be
-        // larger than p_filesz. This difference accounts for the .bss section, which must be
-        // zero-initialized.
-        const ptr = try posix.mmap(
-            @as(?[*]align(page_size) u8, @ptrFromInt(start)),
-            size,
-            posix.PROT.WRITE,
-            flags,
-            -1,
-            0,
-        );
         try file_reader.seekTo(phdr.p_offset);
         if (try file_reader.read(ptr[offset..][0..phdr.p_filesz]) != phdr.p_filesz)
             return UnfinishedReadError.UnfinishedRead;
         try posix.mprotect(ptr, elfToMmapProt(phdr.p_flags));
     }
-    log(.debug, "loadElf returning base: 0x{x}", .{@intFromPtr(base.ptr)});
     return @intFromPtr(base.ptr);
 }
 
@@ -312,8 +272,8 @@ fn testHelper(
     });
     defer testing.allocator.free(result.stdout);
     defer testing.allocator.free(result.stderr);
-    errdefer log(.err, "term: {}", .{result.term});
+    errdefer std.log.err("term: {}", .{result.term});
-    errdefer log(.err, "stdout: {s}", .{result.stdout});
+    errdefer std.log.err("stdout: {s}", .{result.stdout});
 
     try testing.expectEqualStrings(expected_stdout, result.stdout);
     try testing.expect(result.term == .Exited);