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ax_check_page_aligned_malloc
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Synopsis
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<code>AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC</code>
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Description
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Some operating systems (generally, BSD Unix variants) lack a posix_memalign
function, a memalign function, and a working (meaning, the memory can be
freed) valloc function. To make up for it, the malloc function promises to
return page-aligned addresses if more than one page's worth of memory is
allocated. AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC checks for this condition and
defines HAVE_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC if the condition holds.
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As an aside, note that valloc'd memory cannot safely be freed on all
operating systems. (Again, some flavors of BSD are the troublemakers.) It's
best to avoid using valloc in favor of posix_memalign, memalign, or an
aligned malloc as detected by AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC.
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Caveat: AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC takes a probabalistic approach. If 100
calls to malloc all return page-aligned addresses, it assumes that all
calls will behave likewise. It is therefore possible -- albeit extremely
unlikely -- that AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC can return a false positive.
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Author
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Scott Pakin <pakin@uiuc.edu>
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Last Modified
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2005-01-22
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AC_DEFUN([AX_CHECK_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC],
[AC_CACHE_CHECK([if large mallocs guarantee page-alignment],
[ax_cv_func_malloc_aligned],
[AC_TRY_RUN([
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
# include <unistd.h>
#endif
int main()
{
int pagesize = getpagesize();
int i;
for (i=0; i<100; i++)
if ((unsigned long)malloc(pagesize+1) & (pagesize-1))
exit (1);
exit (0);
}
],
[ax_cv_func_malloc_aligned=yes],
[ax_cv_func_malloc_aligned=no],
[ax_cv_func_malloc_aligned=no])
])
if test "$ax_cv_func_malloc_aligned" = yes ; then
AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PAGE_ALIGNED_MALLOC], [1],
[Define if `malloc'ing more than one page always returns a page-aligned address.])
fi
])
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<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Copyright © 2005 Scott Pakin
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