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      1 # mmap-anon.m4 serial 8
      2 dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 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 # Detect how mmap can be used to create anonymous (not file-backed) memory
      8 # mappings.
      9 # - On Linux, AIX, OSF/1, Solaris, Cygwin, Interix, Haiku, both MAP_ANONYMOUS
     10 #   and MAP_ANON exist and have the same value.
     11 # - On HP-UX, only MAP_ANONYMOUS exists.
     12 # - On MacOS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, only MAP_ANON exists.
     13 # - On IRIX, neither exists, and a file descriptor opened to /dev/zero must be
     14 #   used.
     15 
     16 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MMAP_ANON],
     17 [
     18   dnl Work around a bug of AC_EGREP_CPP in autoconf-2.57.
     19   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CPP])
     20   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_EGREP])
     21 
     22   dnl Persuade glibc <sys/mman.h> to define MAP_ANONYMOUS.
     23   AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
     24 
     25   # Check for mmap(). Don't use AC_FUNC_MMAP, because it checks too much: it
     26   # fails on HP-UX 11, because MAP_FIXED mappings do not work. But this is
     27   # irrelevant for anonymous mappings.
     28   AC_CHECK_FUNC([mmap], [gl_have_mmap=yes], [gl_have_mmap=no])
     29 
     30   # Try to allow MAP_ANONYMOUS.
     31   gl_have_mmap_anonymous=no
     32   if test $gl_have_mmap = yes; then
     33     AC_MSG_CHECKING([for MAP_ANONYMOUS])
     34     AC_EGREP_CPP([I cant identify this map.], [
     35 #include <sys/mman.h>
     36 #ifdef MAP_ANONYMOUS
     37     I cant identify this map.
     38 #endif
     39 ],
     40       [gl_have_mmap_anonymous=yes])
     41     if test $gl_have_mmap_anonymous != yes; then
     42       AC_EGREP_CPP([I cant identify this map.], [
     43 #include <sys/mman.h>
     44 #ifdef MAP_ANON
     45     I cant identify this map.
     46 #endif
     47 ],
     48         [AC_DEFINE([MAP_ANONYMOUS], [MAP_ANON],
     49           [Define to a substitute value for mmap()'s MAP_ANONYMOUS flag.])
     50          gl_have_mmap_anonymous=yes])
     51     fi
     52     AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_have_mmap_anonymous])
     53     if test $gl_have_mmap_anonymous = yes; then
     54       AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS], [1],
     55         [Define to 1 if mmap()'s MAP_ANONYMOUS flag is available after including
     56          config.h and <sys/mman.h>.])
     57     fi
     58   fi
     59 ])
     60