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7 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([gl_FUNC_MEMCHR],
9 dnl Check for prerequisites for memory fence checks.
11 AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE([sys/mman.h])
12 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mprotect])
14 AC_REQUIRE([gl_HEADER_STRING_H_DEFAULTS])
15 m4_ifdef([gl_FUNC_MEMCHR_OBSOLETE], [
16 dnl These days, we assume memchr is present. But if support for old
17 dnl platforms is desired:
18 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([memchr])
19 if test $ac_cv_func_memchr = no; then
23 if test $HAVE_MEMCHR = 1; then
24 # Detect platform-specific bugs in some versions of glibc:
25 # memchr should not dereference anything with length 0
26 # http://bugzilla.redhat.com/499689
27 # memchr should not dereference overestimated length after a match
28 # http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521737
29 # http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10162
30 # Assume that memchr works on platforms that lack mprotect.
31 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether memchr works], [gl_cv_func_memchr_works],
32 [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
37 # include <sys/types.h>
38 # include <sys/mman.h>
46 #if HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H && HAVE_MPROTECT
47 # if HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS
48 const int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE;
50 # else /* !HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS */
51 const int flags = MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE;
52 int fd = open ("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY, 0666);
56 int pagesize = getpagesize ();
58 (char *) mmap (NULL, 2 * pagesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
60 if (two_pages != (char *)(-1)
61 && mprotect (two_pages + pagesize, pagesize, PROT_NONE) == 0)
62 fence = two_pages + pagesize;
67 if (memchr (fence, 0, 0))
69 strcpy (fence - 9, "12345678");
70 if (memchr (fence - 9, 0, 79) != fence - 1)
72 if (memchr (fence - 1, 0, 3) != fence - 1)
76 ]])], [gl_cv_func_memchr_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_memchr_works=no],
77 [dnl Be pessimistic for now.
78 gl_cv_func_memchr_works="guessing no"])])
79 if test "$gl_cv_func_memchr_works" != yes; then
85 # Prerequisites of lib/memchr.c.
86 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_MEMCHR], [
87 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([bp-sym.h])