-#serial 4
+# malloc.m4 serial 12
+dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2011 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.
-dnl From Jim Meyering.
-dnl Determine whether malloc accepts 0 as its argument.
-dnl If it doesn't, arrange to use the replacement function.
-dnl
-
-AC_DEFUN(jm_FUNC_MALLOC,
+# 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],
[
- dnl xmalloc.c requires that this symbol be defined so it doesn't
- dnl mistakenly use a broken malloc -- as it might if this test were omitted.
- AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_DONE_WORKING_MALLOC_CHECK, 1,
- [Define if the malloc check has been performed. ])
+ 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])
+ gl_REPLACE_MALLOC
+ ])
+])
- AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working malloc], jm_cv_func_working_malloc,
- [AC_TRY_RUN([
- char *malloc ();
- int
- main ()
- {
- exit (malloc (0) ? 0 : 1);
- }
- ],
- jm_cv_func_working_malloc=yes,
- jm_cv_func_working_malloc=no,
- dnl When crosscompiling, assume malloc is broken.
- jm_cv_func_working_malloc=no)
- ])
- if test $jm_cv_func_working_malloc = no; then
- AC_LIBOBJ(malloc)
- AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(malloc, rpl_malloc,
- [Define to rpl_malloc if the replacement function should be used.])
+# 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
+ gl_REPLACE_MALLOC
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])
+ ])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_REPLACE_MALLOC],
+[
+ AC_LIBOBJ([malloc])
+ REPLACE_MALLOC=1
+])