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diff --git a/m4/size_max.m4 b/m4/size_max.m4
index 4fe81c7b..029e4719 100644
--- a/m4/size_max.m4
+++ b/m4/size_max.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# size_max.m4 serial 2
-dnl Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# size_max.m4 serial 4
+dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2005-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -23,32 +23,33 @@ Found it
], result=yes)
if test -z "$result"; then
dnl Define it ourselves. Here we assume that the type 'size_t' is not wider
- dnl than the type 'unsigned long'.
- dnl The _AC_COMPUTE_INT macro works up to LONG_MAX, since it uses 'expr',
- dnl which is guaranteed to work from LONG_MIN to LONG_MAX.
- _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 / 10], res_hi,
- [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
- _AC_COMPUTE_INT([~(size_t)0 % 10], res_lo,
- [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
+ dnl than the type 'unsigned long'. Try hard to find a definition that can
+ dnl be used in a preprocessor #if, i.e. doesn't contain a cast.
+ _AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) * CHAR_BIT - 1], size_t_bits_minus_1,
+ [#include <stddef.h>
+#include <limits.h>], size_t_bits_minus_1=)
_AC_COMPUTE_INT([sizeof (size_t) <= sizeof (unsigned int)], fits_in_uint,
- [#include <stddef.h>], result=?)
- if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
- dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
- dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
- AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
- extern size_t foo;
- extern unsigned long foo;
- ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
- fi
- if test -z "$result"; then
- if test "$fits_in_uint" = 1; then
- result="$res_hi$res_lo"U
+ [#include <stddef.h>], fits_in_uint=)
+ if test -n "$size_t_bits_minus_1" && test -n "$fits_in_uint"; then
+ if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+ dnl Even though SIZE_MAX fits in an unsigned int, it must be of type
+ dnl 'unsigned long' if the type 'size_t' is the same as 'unsigned long'.
+ AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stddef.h>
+ extern size_t foo;
+ extern unsigned long foo;
+ ], [], fits_in_uint=0)
+ fi
+ dnl We cannot use 'expr' to simplify this expression, because 'expr'
+ dnl works only with 'long' integers in the host environment, while we
+ dnl might be cross-compiling from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform.
+ if test $fits_in_uint = 1; then
+ result="(((1U << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
else
- result="$res_hi$res_lo"UL
+ result="(((1UL << $size_t_bits_minus_1) - 1) * 2 + 1)"
fi
else
dnl Shouldn't happen, but who knows...
- result='~(size_t)0'
+ result='((size_t)~(size_t)0)'
fi
fi
AC_MSG_RESULT([$result])