source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/include/loader/pcb.h@ 012dd8e

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/** @addtogroup libc
 * @{
 */
/** @file
 * @brief Program Control Block interface.
 */

#ifndef _LIBC_PCB_H_
#define _LIBC_PCB_H_

#include <tls.h>

typedef void (*entry_point_t)(void);

struct pcb_inbox_entry {
        char *name;
        int file;
};

/* Forward declaration */
struct async_sess;
typedef struct async_sess async_sess_t;

/** Program Control Block.
 *
 * Holds pointers to data passed from the program loader to the program
 * and/or to the dynamic linker. This includes the program entry point,
 * arguments, environment variables etc.
 *
 */
typedef struct {
        /** Program entry point. */
        entry_point_t entry;

        /** Session to taskman (typically spawn parent) */
        async_sess_t *session_taskman;
        
        /** Current working directory. */
        char *cwd;

        /** Number of command-line arguments. */
        int argc;
        /** Command-line arguments. */
        char **argv;

        /** List of inbox files. */
        struct pcb_inbox_entry *inbox;
        int inbox_entries;

        /*
         * ELF-specific data.
         */

        /** Pointer to ELF dynamic section of the program. */
        void *dynamic;
        /** Pointer to dynamic linker state structure (rtld_t). */
        void *rtld_runtime;

        /** Thread local storage for the main thread. */
        tcb_t *tcb;
} pcb_t;

/**
 * A pointer to the program control block. Having received the PCB pointer,
 * the C library startup code stores it here for later use.
 */
extern pcb_t *__pcb;

#endif

/**
 * @}
 */