tools/nolibc: add support for Alpha

A straightforward new architecture.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Tested-by: Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260722-nolibc-alpha-v2-1-4970e48eb7bf@weissschuh.net

3 files changed, 162 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile b/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
index 00fd2e566d75..6d213d372bf8 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ endif
 # it defaults to this nolibc directory.
 OUTPUT ?= $(CURDIR)/
 
-architectures := arm arm64 loongarch m68k mips openrisc parisc powerpc riscv s390 sh sparc x86
+architectures := alpha arm arm64 loongarch m68k mips openrisc parisc powerpc riscv s390 sh sparc x86
 arch_files := arch.h $(addsuffix .h, $(addprefix arch-, $(architectures)))
 all_files := \
 		alloca.h \
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch-alpha.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-alpha.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..04ff8a95c52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-alpha.h
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1 OR MIT */
+/*
+ * Alpha specific definitions for NOLIBC
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NOLIBC_ARCH_ALPHA_H
+#define _NOLIBC_ARCH_ALPHA_H
+
+#include "compiler.h"
+#include "crt.h"
+
+/*
+ * Syscalls for Alpha:
+ *   - registers are 64-bit
+ *   - syscall number is passed in $0/v0
+ *   - the system call is performed by calling callsys
+ *   - syscall return comes in $0/v0, error flag in $19/a3
+ *   - arguments are passed in $16/a0 to $21/a5
+ *   - GCC does not support symbol register names
+ */
+
+#define _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST \
+	"$1", "$2", "$3", "$4", "$5", "$6", "$7", "$8", \
+	"$22", "$23", "$24", "$25", "$27", "$28", "memory", "cc"
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall0(num)                                                \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _err __asm__ ("$19");                                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "=r"(_err)                                      \
+		:                                                             \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST,                                \
+		  "$16", "$17", "$18", "$20", "$21"                           \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_err ? -_num : _num;                                                  \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall1(num, arg1)                                          \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _err __asm__ ("$19");                                   \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "=r"(_err)                                      \
+		: "r"(_arg1)                                                  \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST, "$17", "$18", "$20", "$21"     \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_err ? -_num : _num;                                                  \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall2(num, arg1, arg2)                                    \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _err __asm__ ("$19");                                   \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+	register long _arg2 __asm__ ("$17") = (long)(arg2);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "=r"(_err)                                      \
+		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2)                                      \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST, "$18", "$20", "$21"            \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_err ? -_num : _num;                                                  \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall3(num, arg1, arg2, arg3)                              \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _err __asm__ ("$19");                                   \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+	register long _arg2 __asm__ ("$17") = (long)(arg2);                   \
+	register long _arg3 __asm__ ("$18") = (long)(arg3);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "=r"(_err)                                      \
+		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3)                          \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST, "$20", "$21"                   \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_err ? -_num : _num;                                                  \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall4(num, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)                        \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+	register long _arg2 __asm__ ("$17") = (long)(arg2);                   \
+	register long _arg3 __asm__ ("$18") = (long)(arg3);                   \
+	register long _arg4 __asm__ ("$19") = (long)(arg4);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "+r"(_arg4)                                     \
+		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3)                          \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST, "$20", "$21"                   \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_arg4 ? -_num : _num;                                                 \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall5(num, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5)                  \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+	register long _arg2 __asm__ ("$17") = (long)(arg2);                   \
+	register long _arg3 __asm__ ("$18") = (long)(arg3);                   \
+	register long _arg4 __asm__ ("$19") = (long)(arg4);                   \
+	register long _arg5 __asm__ ("$20") = (long)(arg5);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "+r"(_arg4)                                     \
+		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3), "r"(_arg5)              \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST, "$21"                          \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_arg4 ? -_num : _num;                                                 \
+})
+
+#define __nolibc_syscall6(num, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6)            \
+({                                                                            \
+	register long _num __asm__ ("$0") = (num);                            \
+	register long _arg1 __asm__ ("$16") = (long)(arg1);                   \
+	register long _arg2 __asm__ ("$17") = (long)(arg2);                   \
+	register long _arg3 __asm__ ("$18") = (long)(arg3);                   \
+	register long _arg4 __asm__ ("$19") = (long)(arg4);                   \
+	register long _arg5 __asm__ ("$20") = (long)(arg5);                   \
+	register long _arg6 __asm__ ("$21") = (long)(arg6);                   \
+                                                                              \
+	__asm__ volatile (                                                    \
+		"callsys"                                                     \
+		: "+r"(_num), "+r"(_arg4)                                     \
+		: "r"(_arg1), "r"(_arg2), "r"(_arg3), "r"(_arg5),             \
+		  "r"(_arg6)                                                  \
+		: _NOLIBC_SYSCALL_CLOBBERLIST                                 \
+	);                                                                    \
+	_arg4 ? -_num : _num;                                                 \
+})
+
+/* startup code */
+void __attribute__((weak, noreturn)) __nolibc_entrypoint __nolibc_no_stack_protector
+_start(void)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile (
+		"br $gp, 0f\n"               /* setup $gp, so that 'lda' works                */
+		"0: ldgp $gp, 0($gp)\n"
+		"lda $27, _start_c\n"        /* setup current function address for _start_c   */
+		"mov $sp, $16\n"             /* save argc pointer to $16, as arg1 of _start_c */
+		"br  _start_c\n"             /* transfer to c runtime                         */
+	);
+	__nolibc_entrypoint_epilogue();
+}
+
+#endif /* _NOLIBC_ARCH_ALPHA_H */
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/arch.h b/tools/include/nolibc/arch.h
index b69d9c5ec5c6..06cc2dbe7a33 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/arch.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/arch.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "arch-openrisc.h"
 #elif defined(__hppa__)
 #include "arch-parisc.h"
+#elif defined(__alpha__)
+#include "arch-alpha.h"
 #else
 #error Unsupported Architecture
 #endif