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Add patch for ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4 to autoconf-archive #23

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion autoconf/Dockerfile
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Expand Up @@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ RUN curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}.tar.gz |
&& ./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
&& make \
&& make install
RUN curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/autoconf-archive-${AUTOCONF_ARCHIVE_VERSION}.tar.xz | xz -cd - | tar -xf - \
# We can get rid of the ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4 patch when a new version
# of autoconf-archive is released.
COPY ax_c_float_words_bigendian.diff .
RUN PATCH_VERBOSE=1 curl https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf-archive/autoconf-archive-${AUTOCONF_ARCHIVE_VERSION}.tar.xz | xz -cd - | tar -xf - \
&& cd autoconf-archive-${AUTOCONF_ARCHIVE_VERSION} \
&& patch -p1 -i ../ax_c_float_words_bigendian.diff \
&& ./configure --prefix=/usr/local \
&& make \
&& make install
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92 changes: 92 additions & 0 deletions autoconf/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.diff
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@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
diff --git a/m4/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4 b/m4/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4
index 216b90d8..52036844 100644
--- a/m4/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_c_float_words_bigendian.m4
@@ -27,32 +27,81 @@
# If neither value is found, the user is instructed to specify the
# ordering.
#
+# Early versions of this macro (i.e., before serial 12) would not work
+# when interprocedural optimization (via link-time optimization) was
+# enabled. This would happen when, say, the GCC/clang "-flto" flag, or the
+# ICC "-ipo" flag was used, for example. The problem was that under
+# these conditions, the compiler did not allocate for and write the special
+# float value in the data segment of the object file, since doing so might
+# not prove optimal once more context was available. Thus, the special value
+# (in platform-dependent binary form) could not be found in the object file,
+# and the macro would fail.
+#
+# The solution to the above problem was to:
+#
+# 1) Compile and link a whole test program rather than just compile an
+# object file. This ensures that we reach the point where even an
+# interprocedural optimizing compiler writes values to the data segment.
+#
+# 2) Add code that requires the compiler to write the special value to
+# the data segment, as opposed to "optimizing away" the variable's
+# allocation. This could be done via compiler keywords or options, but
+# it's tricky to make this work for all versions of all compilers with
+# all optimization settings. The chosen solution was to make the exit
+# code of the test program depend on the storing of the special value
+# in memory (in the data segment). Because the exit code can be
+# verified, any compiler that aspires to be correct will produce a
+# program binary that contains the value, which the macro can then find.
+#
+# How does the exit code depend on the special value residing in memory?
+# Memory, unlike variables and registers, can be addressed indirectly at run
+# time. The exit code of this test program is a result of indirectly reading
+# and writing to the memory region where the special value is supposed to
+# reside. The actual memory addresses used and the values to be written are
+# derived from the the program input ("argv") and are therefore not known at
+# compile or link time. The compiler has no choice but to defer the
+# computation to run time, and to prepare by allocating and populating the
+# data segment with the special value. For further details, refer to the
+# source code of the test program.
+#
+# Note that the test program is never meant to be run. It only exists to host
+# a double float value in a given platform's binary format. Thus, error
+# handling is not included.
+#
# LICENSE
#
-# Copyright (c) 2008 Daniel Amelang <dan@amelang.net>
+# Copyright (c) 2008, 2023 Daniel Amelang <dan@amelang.net>
#
# Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
# permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice
# and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any
# warranty.

-#serial 11
+#serial 12

AC_DEFUN([AX_C_FLOAT_WORDS_BIGENDIAN],
[AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether float word ordering is bigendian,
ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian, [

ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=unknown
-AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static double m[] = {9.090423496703681e+223, 0.0};

-double d = 90904234967036810337470478905505011476211692735615632014797120844053488865816695273723469097858056257517020191247487429516932130503560650002327564517570778480236724525140520121371739201496540132640109977779420565776568942592.0;
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ m[atoi (argv[1])] += atof (argv[2]);
+ return m[atoi (argv[3])] > 0.0;
+}

]])], [

-if grep noonsees conftest.$ac_objext >/dev/null ; then
+if grep noonsees conftest$EXEEXT >/dev/null ; then
ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=yes
fi
-if grep seesnoon conftest.$ac_objext >/dev/null ; then
+if grep seesnoon conftest$EXEEXT >/dev/null ; then
if test "$ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian" = unknown; then
ax_cv_c_float_words_bigendian=no
else