changeset 16318:39ff0ed6c426

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 c38ba07a30d1
children 934a441c5452
files ChangeLog m4/stdalign.m4
diffstat 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog	Fri Jan 27 10:19:26 2012 +0100
+++ b/ChangeLog	Fri Jan 27 10:17:18 2012 -0800
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-01-27  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+	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>.
+
 2012-01-27  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
 	update-copyright: accept new option: UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=2
--- a/m4/stdalign.m4	Fri Jan 27 10:19:26 2012 +0100
+++ b/m4/stdalign.m4	Fri Jan 27 10:17:18 2012 -0800
@@ -14,13 +14,26 @@
     [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
           [[#include <stdalign.h>
-            int align_int = alignof (int) + _Alignof (double);
+            #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],