1 # size_max.m4 serial 12
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
11 AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
13 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
14 dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
15 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SIZE_MAX], [gl_cv_size_max], [
17 AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
25 ], [gl_cv_size_max=yes])
26 if test $gl_cv_size_max != yes; then
27 dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
28 dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
29 dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
30 AC_COMPUTE_INT([size_t_bits_minus_1], [sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1],
32 #include <limits.h>], [size_t_bits_minus_1=])
33 AC_COMPUTE_INT([fits_in_uint], [sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)],
34 [#include <stddef.h>], [fits_in_uint=])
35 if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
36 if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
37 dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
38 dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
43 extern unsigned long foo;
48 dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
49 dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
50 dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
51 if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
52 gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
54 gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
57 dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
58 gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
62 if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
63 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
64 [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
66 dnl Don't redefine SIZE_MAX in config.h if config.h is re-included after
67 dnl <stdint.h>. Remember that the #undef in AH_VERBATIM gets replaced with
68 dnl #define by AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED.
69 AH_VERBATIM([SIZE_MAX],
70 [/* Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define