From b386d8792242ca6b67c904b2f79f173b908552b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hiroo HAYASHI <24754036+hirooih@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:34:37 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] make the executable path relative from spike

If the relative path cannot be found, use the current PREFIX.

Signed-off-by: Hiroo HAYASHI <24754036+hirooih@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 fesvr/htif.cc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fesvr/htif.cc b/fesvr/htif.cc
index 15f79bf5..267bb498 100644
--- a/fesvr/htif.cc
+++ b/fesvr/htif.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#endif
 
 /* Attempt to determine the execution prefix automatically.  autoconf
  * sets PREFIX, and pconfigure sets __PCONFIGURE__PREFIX. */
@@ -35,6 +40,10 @@
 # define TARGET_DIR "/" TARGET_ARCH "/bin/"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PROC_SELF_EXE
+# define PROC_SELF_EXE "/proc/self/exe"
+#endif
+
 static volatile bool signal_exit = false;
 static void handle_signal(int sig)
 {
@@ -107,6 +116,20 @@ static void bad_address(const std::string& situation, reg_t addr)
   exit(-1);
 }
 
+static std::string get_prefix_from_arg0() {
+  char exe_path[PATH_MAX];
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+  uint32_t bufsize = PATH_MAX - 1;
+  ssize_t len = _NSGetExecutablePath(exe_path, &bufsize) == 0 ? bufsize : -1;
+#else
+  ssize_t len = readlink(PROC_SELF_EXE, exe_path, PATH_MAX - 1);
+#endif
+  if (len == -1)
+    return PREFIX;
+  exe_path[len] = '\0';
+  return std::string(dirname(exe_path)) + "/..";
+}
+
 std::map<std::string, uint64_t> htif_t::load_payload(const std::string& payload, reg_t* entry, reg_t load_offset)
 {
   std::string path;
@@ -114,14 +137,15 @@ std::map<std::string, uint64_t> htif_t::load_payload(const std::string& payload,
     path = payload;
   else if (payload.find('/') == std::string::npos)
   {
-    std::string test_path = PREFIX TARGET_DIR + payload;
+    std::string prefix = get_prefix_from_arg0();
+    std::string test_path = prefix + TARGET_DIR + payload;
     if (access(test_path.c_str(), F_OK) == 0)
       path = test_path;
     else
       throw std::runtime_error(
         "could not open " + payload + "; searched paths:\n" +
         "\t. (current directory)\n" +
-        "\t" + PREFIX TARGET_DIR + " (based on configured --prefix and --with-target)"
+        "\t" + prefix + TARGET_DIR + " (based on configured --prefix and --with-target)"
       );
   }