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      1 # malloc.m4 serial 9
      2 dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
      4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
      5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
      6 
      7 # gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX
      8 # --------------------
      9 # Test whether 'malloc' is POSIX compliant (sets errno to ENOMEM when it
     10 # fails), and replace malloc if it is not.
     11 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX],
     12 [
     13   AC_REQUIRE([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX])
     14   if test $gl_cv_func_malloc_posix = yes; then
     15     HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX=1
     16     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX], [1],
     17       [Define if the 'malloc' function is POSIX compliant.])
     18   else
     19     AC_LIBOBJ([malloc])
     20     HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX=0
     21   fi
     22   AC_SUBST([HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX])
     23 ])
     24 
     25 # Test whether malloc, realloc, calloc are POSIX compliant,
     26 # Set gl_cv_func_malloc_posix to yes or no accordingly.
     27 AC_DEFUN([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX],
     28 [
     29   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether malloc, realloc, calloc are POSIX compliant],
     30     [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix],
     31     [
     32       dnl It is too dangerous to try to allocate a large amount of memory:
     33       dnl some systems go to their knees when you do that. So assume that
     34       dnl all Unix implementations of the function are POSIX compliant.
     35       AC_TRY_COMPILE([],
     36         [#if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
     37          choke me
     38          #endif
     39         ], [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=yes], [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=no])
     40     ])
     41 ])
     42