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3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
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7 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_FUNC_MEMCHR],
9 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
11 dnl Check for prerequisites for memory fence checks.
13 AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([sys/mman.h])
14 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mprotect])
16 AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_STRING_H_DEFAULTS])
17 m4_ifdef([gl_FUNC_MEMCHR_OBSOLETE], [
18 dnl These days, we assume memchr is present. But if support for old
19 dnl platforms is desired:
20 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([memchr])
21 if test $ac_cv_func_memchr = no; then
25 if test $HAVE_MEMCHR = 1; then
26 # Detect platform-specific bugs in some versions of glibc:
27 # memchr should not dereference anything with length 0
28 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499689
29 # memchr should not dereference overestimated length after a match
30 # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521737
31 # https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10162
32 # Assume that memchr works on platforms that lack mprotect.
33 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether memchr works], [gl_cv_func_memchr_works],
34 [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
39 # include <sys/types.h>
40 # include <sys/mman.h>
48 #if HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H && HAVE_MPROTECT
49 # if HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS
50 const int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE;
52 # else /* !HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS */
53 const int flags = MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE;
54 int fd = open ("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY, 0666);
58 int pagesize = getpagesize ();
60 (char *) mmap (NULL, 2 * pagesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
62 if (two_pages != (char *)(-1)
63 && mprotect (two_pages + pagesize, pagesize, PROT_NONE) == 0)
64 fence = two_pages + pagesize;
69 if (memchr (fence, 0, 0))
71 strcpy (fence - 9, "12345678");
72 if (memchr (fence - 9, 0, 79) != fence - 1)
74 if (memchr (fence - 1, 0, 3) != fence - 1)
79 [gl_cv_func_memchr_works=yes],
80 [gl_cv_func_memchr_works=no],
82 # Guess yes on native Windows.
83 mingw*) gl_cv_func_memchr_works="guessing yes" ;;
84 # Be pessimistic for now.
85 *) gl_cv_func_memchr_works="guessing no" ;;
89 case "$gl_cv_func_memchr_works" in
91 *) REPLACE_MEMCHR=1 ;;
96 # Prerequisites of lib/memchr.c.
97 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_MEMCHR], [
98 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([bp-sym.h])