Less fragile Linux altivec detection

Instead of using really fragile SIGILL trapping, use a more reliable
detection method by checking what the CPU really supports.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=472000
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451831

diff --git a/pixman/pixman-pict.c b/pixman/pixman-pict.c
index e2fd235..1388517 100644 (file)
--- a/pixman/pixman-pict.c
+++ b/pixman/pixman-pict.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,59 @@ pixman_bool_t pixman_have_vmx (void) {
     return have_vmx;
 }
 
-#else
+#elif defined (__linux__)
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <linux/auxvec.h>
+#include <asm/cputable.h>
+
+pixman_bool_t pixman_have_vmx (void)
+{
+    if (!initialized) {
+       char fname[64];
+       unsigned long buf[64];
+       ssize_t count = 0;
+       pid_t pid;
+       int fd, i;
+
+       pid = getpid();
+       snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname)-1, "/proc/%d/auxv", pid);
+
+       fd = open(fname, O_RDONLY);
+       if (fd >= 0) {
+           for (i = 0; i <= (count / sizeof(unsigned long)); i += 2) {
+               /* Read more if buf is empty... */
+               if (i == (count / sizeof(unsigned long))) {
+                   count = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+                   if (count <= 0)
+                       break;
+                   i = 0;
+               }
+
+               if (buf[i] == AT_HWCAP) {
+                   have_vmx = !!(buf[i+1] & PPC_FEATURE_HAS_ALTIVEC);
+                   initialized = TRUE;
+                   break;
+               } else if (buf[i] == AT_NULL) {
+                   break;
+               }
+           }
+           close(fd);
+       }
+    }
+    if (!initialized) {
+       /* Something went wrong. Assume 'no' rather than playing
+          fragile tricks with catching SIGILL. */
+       have_vmx = FALSE;
+       initialized = TRUE;
+    }
+
+    return have_vmx;
+}
+#else /* !__APPLE__ && !__linux__ */
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>