# aligned_alloc.m4 # serial 9 dnl Copyright (C) 2020-2025 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. dnl This file is offered as-is, without any warranty. AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_ALIGNED_ALLOC], [ AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS]) AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles dnl Persuade glibc and OpenBSD to declare aligned_alloc(). AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS]) gl_CHECK_FUNCS_ANDROID([aligned_alloc], [[#include ]]) if test $ac_cv_func_aligned_alloc = yes; then dnl On macOS 11.1 and AIX 7.3.1, aligned_alloc returns NULL when the dnl alignment argument is smaller than sizeof (void *). dnl On Solaris 11.4, aligned_alloc returns NULL if the size is not a dnl multiple of the alignment. dnl On macOS 15, AIX 7.3, Solaris 11.4, aligned_alloc with a zero size dnl returns NULL. AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether aligned_alloc works for small alignments and sizes], [gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works], [AC_RUN_IFELSE( [AC_LANG_PROGRAM( [[#include /* Use paligned_alloc to test; 'volatile' prevents the compiler from optimizing the aligned_alloc call away. */ void *(*volatile paligned_alloc) (size_t, size_t) = aligned_alloc;]], [[int result = 0; { void *p = paligned_alloc (2, 18); if (p == NULL) result |= 1; } { void *p = paligned_alloc (sizeof (void *), sizeof (void *) + 1); if (p == NULL) result |= 2; } { void *p = paligned_alloc (sizeof (void *), 0); if (p == NULL) result |= 4; } return result; ]]) ], [gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works=no], [case "$host_os" in # Guess no on macOS. darwin*) gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works="guessing no" ;; # Guess no on AIX. aix*) gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works="guessing no" ;; # Guess no on Solaris. solaris*) gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works="guessing no" ;; # If we don't know, obey --enable-cross-guesses. *) gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works="$gl_cross_guess_normal" ;; esac ]) ]) case "$gl_cv_func_aligned_alloc_works" in *yes) ;; *) REPLACE_ALIGNED_ALLOC=1 ;; esac else dnl The system does not have aligned_alloc. HAVE_ALIGNED_ALLOC=0 case "$gl_cv_onwards_func_aligned_alloc" in future*) REPLACE_ALIGNED_ALLOC=1 ;; esac fi ])