# alloca.m4 serial 21 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2009-2023 Free Software Foundation, dnl Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_ALLOCA], [ AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_ALLOCA]) if test $ac_cv_func_alloca_works = no; then gl_PREREQ_ALLOCA fi # Define an additional variable used in the Makefile substitution. if test $ac_cv_working_alloca_h = yes; then AC_CACHE_CHECK([for alloca as a compiler built-in], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca], [ AC_EGREP_CPP([Need own alloca], [ #if defined __GNUC__ || defined _AIX || defined _MSC_VER Need own alloca #endif ], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=yes], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=no]) ]) if test $gl_cv_rpl_alloca = yes; then dnl OK, alloca can be implemented through a compiler built-in. AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ALLOCA], [1], [Define to 1 if you have 'alloca' after including , a header that may be supplied by this distribution.]) GL_GENERATE_ALLOCA_H=true else dnl alloca exists as a library function, i.e. it is slow and probably dnl a memory leak. Don't define HAVE_ALLOCA in this case. GL_GENERATE_ALLOCA_H=false fi else GL_GENERATE_ALLOCA_H=true fi if test $ac_cv_working_alloca_h = yes; then HAVE_ALLOCA_H=1 else HAVE_ALLOCA_H=0 fi AC_SUBST([HAVE_ALLOCA_H]) ]) # Prerequisites of lib/alloca.c. # STACK_DIRECTION is already handled by AC_FUNC_ALLOCA. AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_ALLOCA], [:]) m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [ # This works around a bug in autoconf <= 2.68 and has simplifications # from 2.70. See: # https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2011-06/msg00277.html # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=6cd9f12520b0d6f76d3230d7565feba1ecf29497 # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=15edf7fd8094fd14a89d9891dd72a9624762597a # _AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA # ----------------- # Set up the LIBOBJ replacement of 'alloca'. Well, not exactly # AC_LIBOBJ since we actually set the output variable 'ALLOCA'. # Nevertheless, for Automake, AC_LIBSOURCES it. m4_define([_AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA], [# The SVR3 libPW and SVR4 libucb both contain incompatible functions # that cause trouble. Some versions do not even contain alloca or # contain a buggy version. If you still want to use their alloca, # use ar to extract alloca.o from them instead of compiling alloca.c. AC_LIBSOURCES(alloca.c) AC_SUBST([ALLOCA], [\${LIBOBJDIR}alloca.$ac_objext])dnl AC_DEFINE(C_ALLOCA, 1, [Define to 1 if using 'alloca.c'.]) AC_CACHE_CHECK([stack direction for C alloca], [ac_cv_c_stack_direction], [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE( [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT int find_stack_direction (int *addr, int depth) { int dir, dummy = 0; if (! addr) addr = &dummy; *addr = addr < &dummy ? 1 : addr == &dummy ? 0 : -1; dir = depth ? find_stack_direction (addr, depth - 1) : 0; return dir + dummy; } int main (int argc, char **argv) { return find_stack_direction (0, argc + !argv + 20) < 0; }])], [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=1], [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1], [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=0])]) AH_VERBATIM([STACK_DIRECTION], [/* If using the C implementation of alloca, define if you know the direction of stack growth for your system; otherwise it will be automatically deduced at runtime. STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */ #undef STACK_DIRECTION])dnl AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(STACK_DIRECTION, $ac_cv_c_stack_direction) ])# _AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA ])