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1# malloc.m4 serial 9
2dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5dnl 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.
11AC_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.
27AC_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