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stdalign: check that alignof and offsetof are consistent * m4/stdalign.m4 (gl_STDALIGN_H): Check for GCC bug 52023. Problem reported for gnulib by Richard W.M. Jones in <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-01/msg00340.html>.
author Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
date Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:17:18 -0800
parents 91f53c1e1787
children 934a441c5452
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# Check for stdalign.h that conforms to C11.

dnl Copyright 2011-2012 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.

# Prepare for substituting <stdalign.h> if it is not supported.

AC_DEFUN([gl_STDALIGN_H],
[
  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working stdalign.h],
    [gl_cv_header_working_stdalign_h],
    [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
          [[#include <stdalign.h>
            #include <stddef.h>

            /* Test that alignof yields a result consistent with offsetof.
               This catches GCC bug 51316
               <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51316>.  */
            #ifdef __cplusplus
               template <class t> struct alignof_helper { char a; t b; };
            # define ao(type) offsetof (alignof_helper<type>, b)
            #else
            # define ao(type) offsetof (struct { char a; type b; }, b)
            #endif
            char test1[_Alignof (double) == ao (double) ? 1 : -1];
            char test2[alignof (long int) == ao (long int) ? 1 : -1];

            /* Test _Alignas only on platforms where gnulib can help.  */
            #if \
                (__GNUC__ || __IBMC__ || __IBMCPP__ \
                 || 0x5110 <= __SUNPRO_C || 1300 <= _MSC_VER)
              int alignas (8) alignas_int = 1;
              char test3[8 <= _Alignof (alignas_int) ? 1 : -1];
            #endif
          ]])],
       [gl_cv_header_working_stdalign_h=yes],
       [gl_cv_header_working_stdalign_h=no])])

  if test $gl_cv_header_working_stdalign_h = yes; then
    STDALIGN_H=''
  else
    STDALIGN_H='stdalign.h'
  fi

  AC_SUBST([STDALIGN_H])
  AM_CONDITIONAL([GL_GENERATE_STDALIGN_H], [test -n "$STDALIGN_H"])
])