what's the right way to use custom entry point
Florian Weimer
fw@deneb.enyo.de
Tue Oct 25 20:09:00 GMT 2016
* Cong Monkey:
> Hi,
>
> I want use custom entry point, but it's very strange!
>
> entry_point_test.c file:
>
> int sayhello(int argc, char** argv)
> {
> return 0;
> }
> if I do:
> cc ../entry_point_test.c -o entry_point_test -Wl,-esayhello
> -nostartfiles #cc works
> ./a.out
> then I get:
> # Segmentation fault
>
> anyone can help what should I do?
It depends on the system. In general, the entry point function must
not return because there is nothing to return to. In general, you
need to perform a system call to terminate the process.
I checked your example on Linux, and it works. The crash happens
after the function returns.
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