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+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+# TUKLIB_INTEGER
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+# Checks for tuklib_integer.h:
+# - Endianness
+# - Does the compiler or the operating system provide byte swapping macros
+# - Does the hardware support fast unaligned access to 16-bit
+# and 32-bit integers
+#
+# COPYING
+#
+# Author: Lasse Collin
+#
+# This file has been put into the public domain.
+# You can do whatever you want with this file.
+#
+
+AC_DEFUN_ONCE([TUKLIB_INTEGER], [
+AC_REQUIRE([TUKLIB_COMMON])
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_C_BIGENDIAN])
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if __builtin_bswap16/32/64 are supported])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]],
+ [[__builtin_bswap16(1);
+ __builtin_bswap32(1);
+ __builtin_bswap64(1);]])],
+[
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE___BUILTIN_BSWAPXX], [1],
+ [Define to 1 if the GNU C extensions
+ __builtin_bswap16/32/64 are supported.])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+], [
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+
+ # Look for other byteswapping methods.
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([byteswap.h sys/endian.h sys/byteorder.h], [break])
+
+ # Even if we have byteswap.h we may lack the specific macros/functions.
+ if test x$ac_cv_header_byteswap_h = xyes ; then
+ m4_foreach([FUNC], [bswap_16,bswap_32,bswap_64], [
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([if FUNC is available])
+ AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+#include <byteswap.h>
+int
+main(void)
+{
+ FUNC[](42);
+ return 0;
+}
+ ])], [
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_[]m4_toupper(FUNC), [1],
+ [Define to 1 if] FUNC [is available.])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ ], [AC_MSG_RESULT([no])])
+
+ ])dnl
+ fi
+])
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if unaligned memory access should be used])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([unaligned-access], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unaligned-access],
+ [Enable if the system supports *fast* unaligned memory access
+ with 16-bit, 32-bit, and 64-bit integers. By default,
+ this is enabled only on x86, x86_64, big endian PowerPC,
+ and some ARM systems.]),
+ [], [enable_unaligned_access=auto])
+if test "x$enable_unaligned_access" = xauto ; then
+ # TODO: There may be other architectures, on which unaligned access
+ # is OK.
+ case $host_cpu in
+ i?86|x86_64|powerpc|powerpc64)
+ enable_unaligned_access=yes
+ ;;
+ arm*|aarch64*)
+ # On 32-bit and 64-bit ARM, GCC and Clang
+ # #define __ARM_FEATURE_UNALIGNED if
+ # unaligned access is supported.
+ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([
+#ifndef __ARM_FEATURE_UNALIGNED
+compile error
+#endif
+int main(void) { return 0; }
+])], [enable_unaligned_access=yes], [enable_unaligned_access=no])
+ ;;
+ *)
+ enable_unaligned_access=no
+ ;;
+ esac
+fi
+if test "x$enable_unaligned_access" = xyes ; then
+ AC_DEFINE([TUKLIB_FAST_UNALIGNED_ACCESS], [1], [Define to 1 if
+ the system supports fast unaligned access to 16-bit,
+ 32-bit, and 64-bit integers.])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if unsafe type punning should be used])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([unsafe-type-punning],
+ AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unsafe-type-punning],
+ [This introduces strict aliasing violations and may result
+ in broken code. However, this might improve performance in
+ some cases, especially with old compilers (e.g.
+ GCC 3 and early 4.x on x86, GCC < 6 on ARMv6 and ARMv7).]),
+ [], [enable_unsafe_type_punning=no])
+if test "x$enable_unsafe_type_punning" = xyes ; then
+ AC_DEFINE([TUKLIB_USE_UNSAFE_TYPE_PUNNING], [1], [Define to 1 to use
+ unsafe type punning, e.g. char *x = ...; *(int *)x = 123;
+ which violates strict aliasing rules and thus is
+ undefined behavior and might result in broken code.])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+else
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if __builtin_assume_aligned is supported])
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[__builtin_assume_aligned("", 1);]])],
+ [
+ AC_DEFINE([HAVE___BUILTIN_ASSUME_ALIGNED], [1],
+ [Define to 1 if the GNU C extension
+ __builtin_assume_aligned is supported.])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+ ], [
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+ ])
+])dnl