+/* Maximum of two sizes, with overflow check. */
+static inline size_t
+#if __GNUC__ >= 3
+__attribute__ ((__pure__))
+#endif
+xmax (size_t size1, size_t size2)
+{
+ /* No explicit check is needed here, because for any n:
+ max (SIZE_MAX, n) == SIZE_MAX and max (n, SIZE_MAX) == SIZE_MAX. */
+ return (size1 >= size2 ? size1 : size2);
+}
+