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1# size_max.m4 serial 10
2dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
6
7dnl From Bruno Haible.
8
9AC_DEFUN([gl_SIZE_MAX],
10[
11 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h])
12 dnl First test whether the system already has SIZE_MAX.
13 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for SIZE_MAX], [gl_cv_size_max], [
14 gl_cv_size_max=
15 AC_EGREP_CPP([Found it], [
16#include <limits.h>
17#if HAVE_STDINT_H
18#include <stdint.h>
19#endif
20#ifdef SIZE_MAX
21Found it
22#endif
23], [gl_cv_size_max=yes])
24 if test -z "$gl_cv_size_max"; then
25 dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
26 dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
27 dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
28 AC_COMPUTE_INT([size_t_bits_minus_1], [sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1],
29 [#include <stddef.h>
30#include <limits.h>], [size_t_bits_minus_1=])
31 AC_COMPUTE_INT([fits_in_uint], [sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)],
32 [#include <stddef.h>], [fits_in_uint=])
33 if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
34 if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
35 dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
36 dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
37 AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
38 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
39 [[#include <stddef.h>
40 extern size_t foo;
41 extern unsigned long foo;
42 ]],
43 [[]])],
44 [fits_in_uint=0])
45 fi
46 dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
47 dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
48 dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
49 if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
50 gl_cv_size_max="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
51 else
52 gl_cv_size_max="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
53 fi
54 else
55 dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
56 gl_cv_size_max='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
57 fi
58 fi
59 ])
60 if test "$gl_cv_size_max" != yes; then
61 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([SIZE_MAX], [$gl_cv_size_max],
62 [Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define it.])
63 fi
64 dnl Don't redefine SIZE_MAX in config.h if config.h is re-included after
65 dnl <stdint.h>. Remember that the #undef in AH_VERBATIM gets replaced with
66 dnl #define by AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED.
67 AH_VERBATIM([SIZE_MAX],
68[/* Define as the maximum value of type 'size_t', if the system doesn't define
69 it. */
70#ifndef SIZE_MAX
71# undef SIZE_MAX
72#endif])
73])
74
75dnl Autoconf >= 2.61 has AC_COMPUTE_INT built-in.
76dnl Remove this when we can assume autoconf >= 2.61.
77m4_ifdef([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [], [
78 AC_DEFUN([AC_COMPUTE_INT], [_AC_COMPUTE_INT([$2],[$1],[$3],[$4])])
79])