2 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation,
4 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
5 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
6 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
8 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_ALLOCA],
10 AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_ALLOCA])
11 if test $ac_cv_func_alloca_works = no; then
15 # Define an additional variable used in the Makefile substitution.
16 if test $ac_cv_working_alloca_h = yes; then
17 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for alloca as a compiler built-in], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca], [
18 AC_EGREP_CPP([Need own alloca], [
19 #if defined __GNUC__ || defined _AIX || defined _MSC_VER
22 ], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=yes], [gl_cv_rpl_alloca=no])
24 if test $gl_cv_rpl_alloca = yes; then
25 dnl OK, alloca can be implemented through a compiler built-in.
26 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_ALLOCA], [1],
27 [Define to 1 if you have 'alloca' after including <alloca.h>,
28 a header that may be supplied by this distribution.])
31 dnl alloca exists as a library function, i.e. it is slow and probably
32 dnl a memory leak. Don't define HAVE_ALLOCA in this case.
39 AM_CONDITIONAL([GL_GENERATE_ALLOCA_H], [test -n "$ALLOCA_H"])
41 if test $ac_cv_working_alloca_h = yes; then
46 AC_SUBST([HAVE_ALLOCA_H])
49 # Prerequisites of lib/alloca.c.
50 # STACK_DIRECTION is already handled by AC_FUNC_ALLOCA.
51 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_ALLOCA], [:])
53 m4_version_prereq([2.69c], [], [
55 # This works around a bug in autoconf <= 2.68 and has simplifications
57 # https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gnulib/2011-06/msg00277.html
58 # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=6cd9f12520b0d6f76d3230d7565feba1ecf29497
59 # https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=15edf7fd8094fd14a89d9891dd72a9624762597a
63 # Set up the LIBOBJ replacement of 'alloca'. Well, not exactly
64 # AC_LIBOBJ since we actually set the output variable 'ALLOCA'.
65 # Nevertheless, for Automake, AC_LIBSOURCES it.
66 m4_define([_AC_LIBOBJ_ALLOCA],
67 [# The SVR3 libPW and SVR4 libucb both contain incompatible functions
68 # that cause trouble. Some versions do not even contain alloca or
69 # contain a buggy version. If you still want to use their alloca,
70 # use ar to extract alloca.o from them instead of compiling alloca.c.
71 AC_LIBSOURCES(alloca.c)
72 AC_SUBST([ALLOCA], [\${LIBOBJDIR}alloca.$ac_objext])dnl
73 AC_DEFINE(C_ALLOCA, 1, [Define to 1 if using 'alloca.c'.])
75 AC_CACHE_CHECK([stack direction for C alloca],
76 [ac_cv_c_stack_direction],
77 [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE(
80 find_stack_direction (int *addr, int depth)
85 *addr = addr < &dummy ? 1 : addr == &dummy ? 0 : -1;
86 dir = depth ? find_stack_direction (addr, depth - 1) : 0;
91 main (int argc, char **argv)
93 return find_stack_direction (0, argc + !argv + 20) < 0;
95 [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=1],
96 [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1],
97 [ac_cv_c_stack_direction=0])])
98 AH_VERBATIM([STACK_DIRECTION],
99 [/* If using the C implementation of alloca, define if you know the
100 direction of stack growth for your system; otherwise it will be
101 automatically deduced at runtime.
102 STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses
103 STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses
104 STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => direction of growth unknown */
105 #undef STACK_DIRECTION])dnl
106 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(STACK_DIRECTION, $ac_cv_c_stack_direction)