rt0

A minimal C runtime for Linux on i386 & x86_64

Features

Implemented in just 202 SLOC of C code.
Just 9 lines of GCC inline ASM for i386, or,
Just 6 lines GCC inline ASM for x86_64
Small runtime providing just argc, argv, envp, __environ, errno, _exit, _end, _edata, _etext, __executable_start and syscall0/1/2/3/4/5/6
An example implementation of sys_brk, brk, and sbrk
Can be used with gold (Google LD, part of GNU Binutils)
Hello World in just 608 bytes (i386) or 792 bytes (x86_64)
Small binary sizes vs. other libc's
Tested with RHEL 7, Ubuntu 14.04, i386/i686, x86_64

See STATS.md to see how rt0 fares. See the musl libc comparison to see how other libc's fare.

You might be interested in Linux native/built-in and fairly portable nolibc header.

Try:

make
make librt0.a
make test
make runtest
make DESTDIR=/usr/local install, or simply, make install
You can also do make uninstall
It is highly recommended that you build using WITH_FAST_SYSCALL=1, e.g., make WITH_FAST_SYSCALL=1

Include rt0/rt0.h for __environ, _exit
Include rt0/syscall.h for SYS_*, syscall0/1/2/3/4/5/6
Define main as int main( int, char**, char** )
Compile your code with at least -nostdlib, e.g., cc -c prog.c -nostdlib -o prog.o
On Linux, link with librt0, e.g., cc prog.o -nostdlib -lrt0 -o prog
On FreeBSD, link with librt0 using, cc prog.o -Wl,-u_start -nostdlib -lrt0 -o prog
To enable Google ld, type make LD=gold
To enable GNU ld, type make LD=ld (default)
To enable a slightly faster version of the syscalls, type make WITH_FAST_SYSCALL=1
To enable -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections, type make WITH_SECTIONS=1
To enable a debug build, type make WITH_DEBUG=1