texinfo/gnulib/m4/malloc.m4

# malloc.m4 serial 15
dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.

m4_version_prereq([2.70], [] ,[

# This is adapted with modifications from upstream Autoconf here:
# http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=04be2b7a29d65d9a08e64e8e56e594c91749598c
AC_DEFUN([_AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF],
[
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_HEADER_STDC])dnl
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])dnl for cross-compiles
  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdlib.h])
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for GNU libc compatible malloc],
    [ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull],
    [AC_RUN_IFELSE(
       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
          [[#if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STDLIB_H
            # include <stdlib.h>
            #else
            char *malloc ();
            #endif
          ]],
          [[char *p = malloc (0);
            int result = !p;
            free (p);
            return result;]])
       ],
       [ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes],
       [ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=no],
       [case "$host_os" in
          # Guess yes on platforms where we know the result.
          *-gnu* | freebsd* | netbsd* | openbsd* \
          | hpux* | solaris* | cygwin* | mingw*)
            ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes ;;
          # If we don't know, assume the worst.
          *) ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=no ;;
        esac
       ])
    ])
  AS_IF([test $ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull = yes], [$1], [$2])
])# _AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF

])

# gl_FUNC_MALLOC_GNU
# ------------------
# Test whether 'malloc (0)' is handled like in GNU libc, and replace malloc if
# it is not.
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MALLOC_GNU],
[
  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
  dnl _AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF is defined in Autoconf.
  _AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF(
    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_GNU], [1],
               [Define to 1 if your system has a GNU libc compatible 'malloc'
                function, and to 0 otherwise.])],
    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_GNU], [0])
     REPLACE_MALLOC=1
    ])
])

# gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX
# --------------------
# Test whether 'malloc' is POSIX compliant (sets errno to ENOMEM when it
# fails), and replace malloc if it is not.
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX],
[
  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
  AC_REQUIRE([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX])
  if test $gl_cv_func_malloc_posix = yes; then
    AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX], [1],
      [Define if the 'malloc' function is POSIX compliant.])
  else
    REPLACE_MALLOC=1
  fi
])

# Test whether malloc, realloc, calloc are POSIX compliant,
# Set gl_cv_func_malloc_posix to yes or no accordingly.
AC_DEFUN([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX],
[
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether malloc, realloc, calloc are POSIX compliant],
    [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix],
    [
      dnl It is too dangerous to try to allocate a large amount of memory:
      dnl some systems go to their knees when you do that. So assume that
      dnl all Unix implementations of the function are POSIX compliant.
      AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
           [[]],
           [[#if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
             choke me
             #endif
            ]])],
        [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=yes],
        [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=no])
    ])
])