1 files changed, 60 insertions, 42 deletions

diff --git a/m4/size_max.m4 b/m4/size_max.m4
index 5762fc33..7e192d5e 100644
--- a/m4/size_max.m4
+++ b/m4/size_max.m4
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-# size_max.m4 serial 2
-dnl Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
-dnl General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
-dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
-dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
-dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
+# size_max.m4 serial 10
+dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2014 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 Bruno Haible.
 
 AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
 [
-  AC_CHECK_HEADERS(stdint.h)
+  AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
   dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for SIZE_MAX])
-  result=
-  AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SIZE_MAX], [gl_cv_size_max], [
+    gl_cv_size_max=
+    AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
 #include <limits.h>
 #if HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
@@ -22,40 +20,60 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
 #ifdef SIZE_MAX
 Found it
 #endif
-], result=yes)
-  if test -z "$result"; then
-    dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
-    dnl than the type 'unsigned long'.
-    dnl The _AC_COMPUTE_INT macro works up to LONG_MAX, since it uses 'expr',
-    dnl which is guaranteed to work from LONG_MIN to LONG_MAX.
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 / 10], res_hi,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 % 10], res_lo,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
-    _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
-      [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
-    if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
-      dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
-      dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
-      AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
-        extern size_t foo;
-        extern unsigned long foo;
-        ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
-    fi
-    if test -z "$result"; then
-      if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
-        result="$res_hi$res_lo"U
+], [gl_cv_size_max=yes])
+    if test -z "$gl_cv_size_max"; then
+      dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
+      dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
+      dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
+      AC_COMPUTE_INT([size_t_bits_minus_1], [sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1],
+        [#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>], [size_t_bits_minus_1=])
+      AC_COMPUTE_INT([fits_in_uint], [sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)],
+        [#include <stddef.h>], [fits_in_uint=])
+      if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
+        if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+          dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
+          dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
+          AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+            [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+               [[#include <stddef.h>
+                 extern size_t foo;
+                 extern unsigned long foo;
+               ]],
+               [[]])],
+            [fits_in_uint=0])
+        fi
+        dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
+        dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
+        dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
+        if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+          gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+        else
+          gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
+        fi
       else
-        result="$res_hi$res_lo"UL
+        dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
+        gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
       fi
-    else
-      dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
-      result='~(size_t)0'
     fi
-  fi
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])
-  if test "$result" != yes; then
-    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$result],
+  ])
+  if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
       [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
   fi
+  dnl Don't redefine SIZE_MAX in config.h if config.h is re-included after
+  dnl <stdint.h>. Remember that the #undef in AH_VERBATIM gets replaced with
+  dnl #define by AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED.
+  AH_VERBATIM([SIZE_MAX],
+[/* Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define
+   it. */
+#ifndef SIZE_MAX
+# undef SIZE_MAX
+#endif])
+])
+
+dnl Autoconf >= 2.61 has AC_COMPUTE_INT built-in.
+dnl Remove this when we can assume autoconf >= 2.61.
+m4_ifdef([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [], [
+  AC_DEFUN([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [_AC_COMPUTE_INT([$2],[$1],[$3],[$4])])
 ])