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  1. # mmap-anon.m4 serial 8
  2. dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2007, 2009-2010 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. # Detect how mmap can be used to create anonymous (not file-backed) memory
  7. # mappings.
  8. # - On Linux, AIX, OSF/1, Solaris, Cygwin, Interix, Haiku, both MAP_ANONYMOUS
  9. # and MAP_ANON exist and have the same value.
  10. # - On HP-UX, only MAP_ANONYMOUS exists.
  11. # - On MacOS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, only MAP_ANON exists.
  12. # - On IRIX, neither exists, and a file descriptor opened to /dev/zero must be
  13. # used.
  14. AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MMAP_ANON],
  15. [
  16. dnl Work around a bug of AC_EGREP_CPP in autoconf-2.57.
  17. AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CPP])
  18. AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_EGREP])
  19. dnl Persuade glibc <sys/mman.h> to define MAP_ANONYMOUS.
  20. AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
  21. # Check for mmap(). Don't use AC_FUNC_MMAP, because it checks too much: it
  22. # fails on HP-UX 11, because MAP_FIXED mappings do not work. But this is
  23. # irrelevant for anonymous mappings.
  24. AC_CHECK_FUNC([mmap], [gl_have_mmap=yes], [gl_have_mmap=no])
  25. # Try to allow MAP_ANONYMOUS.
  26. gl_have_mmap_anonymous=no
  27. if test $gl_have_mmap = yes; then
  28. AC_MSG_CHECKING([for MAP_ANONYMOUS])
  29. AC_EGREP_CPP([I cant identify this map.], [
  30. #include <sys/mman.h>
  31. #ifdef MAP_ANONYMOUS
  32. I cant identify this map.
  33. #endif
  34. ],
  35. [gl_have_mmap_anonymous=yes])
  36. if test $gl_have_mmap_anonymous != yes; then
  37. AC_EGREP_CPP([I cant identify this map.], [
  38. #include <sys/mman.h>
  39. #ifdef MAP_ANON
  40. I cant identify this map.
  41. #endif
  42. ],
  43. [AC_DEFINE([MAP_ANONYMOUS], [MAP_ANON],
  44. [Define to a substitute value for mmap()'s MAP_ANONYMOUS flag.])
  45. gl_have_mmap_anonymous=yes])
  46. fi
  47. AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_have_mmap_anonymous])
  48. if test $gl_have_mmap_anonymous = yes; then
  49. AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS], [1],
  50. [Define to 1 if mmap()'s MAP_ANONYMOUS flag is available after including
  51. config.h and <sys/mman.h>.])
  52. fi
  53. fi
  54. ])