FEAT: add check_gcc_function_attribute check.

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/autodist.py b/numpy/distutils/command/autodist.py
index 1b9b1dd57..5602f3857 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/autodist.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/autodist.py
@@ -41,3 +41,20 @@ main()
 }
 """
     return cmd.try_compile(body, None, None)
+
+
+def check_gcc_function_attribute(cmd, attribute, name):
+    """Return True if the given function attribute is supported."""
+    cmd._check_compiler()
+    body = """
+int %s %s(void*);
+
+int
+main()
+{
+}
+""" % (attribute, name)
+    ret, output = cmd.try_output_compile(body, None, None)
+    if not ret or len(output) > 0:
+        return False
+    return True
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/config.py b/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
index e96b88319..0334f342c 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/config.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from distutils.ccompiler import CompileError, LinkError
 import distutils
 from numpy.distutils.exec_command import exec_command
 from numpy.distutils.mingw32ccompiler import generate_manifest
-from numpy.distutils.command.autodist import check_inline, check_compiler_gcc4
+from numpy.distutils.command.autodist import (check_gcc_function_attribute,
+                                              check_inline, check_compiler_gcc4)
 from numpy.distutils.compat import get_exception
 
 LANG_EXT['f77'] = '.f'
@@ -422,6 +423,9 @@ int main ()
         """Return True if the C compiler is gcc >= 4."""
         return check_compiler_gcc4(self)
 
+    def check_gcc_function_attribute(self, attribute, name):
+        return check_gcc_function_attribute(self, attribute, name)
+
     def get_output(self, body, headers=None, include_dirs=None,
                    libraries=None, library_dirs=None,
                    lang="c", use_tee=None):