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diff --git a/m4/flexmember.m4 b/m4/flexmember.m4
index 35580ac27..49b1c752d 100644
--- a/m4/flexmember.m4
+++ b/m4/flexmember.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# serial 4
+# serial 5
# Check for flexible array member support.
-# Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2006, 2009-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER],
[[#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stddef.h>
- struct s { int n; double d[]; };]],
+ struct m { struct m *next, **list; char name[]; };
+ struct s { struct s *p; struct m *m; int n; double d[]; };]],
[[int m = getchar ();
size_t nbytes = offsetof (struct s, d) + m * sizeof (double);
nbytes += sizeof (struct s) - 1;
nbytes -= nbytes % sizeof (struct s);
struct s *p = malloc (nbytes);
+ p->p = p;
+ p->m = NULL;
p->d[0] = 0.0;
return p->d != (double *) NULL;]])],
[ac_cv_c_flexmember=yes],
@@ -31,12 +34,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_C_FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER],
AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [],
[Define to nothing if C supports flexible array members, and to
1 if it does not. That way, with a declaration like 'struct s
- { int n; double d@<:@FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER@:>@; };', the struct hack
+ { int n; short d@<:@FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER@:>@; };', the struct hack
can be used with pre-C99 compilers.
- When computing the size of such an object, don't use 'sizeof (struct s)'
- as it overestimates the size. Use 'offsetof (struct s, d)' instead.
- Don't use 'offsetof (struct s, d@<:@0@:>@)', as this doesn't work with
- MSVC and with C++ compilers.])
+ Use 'FLEXSIZEOF (struct s, d, N * sizeof (short))' to calculate
+ the size in bytes of such a struct containing an N-element array.])
else
AC_DEFINE([FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER], [1])
fi