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author | Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at> | 2009-09-14 12:32:44 +0200 |
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committer | Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at> | 2009-09-14 12:32:44 +0200 |
commit | fa095a4504cbe668e4244547e2c141597bea4ecf (patch) | |
tree | 06135820a286ffec47804e75fbf8a147e92acd2e /tests/zerosize-ptr.h |
Imported Upstream version 0.9.1upstream/0.9.1
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diff --git a/tests/zerosize-ptr.h b/tests/zerosize-ptr.h new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a38a2cf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/zerosize-ptr.h @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +/* Return a pointer to a zero-size object in memory. + Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ + +/* ISO C 99 does not allow memcmp(), memchr() etc. to be invoked with a NULL + argument. Therefore this file produces a non-NULL pointer which cannot + be dereferenced, if possible. */ + +#include <stdlib.h> + +/* Test whether mmap() and mprotect() are available. + We don't use HAVE_MMAP, because AC_FUNC_MMAP would not define it on HP-UX. + HAVE_MPROTECT is not enough, because mingw does not have mmap() but has an + mprotect() function in libgcc.a. */ +#if HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H && HAVE_MPROTECT +# include <fcntl.h> +# include <unistd.h> +# include <sys/types.h> +# include <sys/mman.h> +/* Define MAP_FILE when it isn't otherwise. */ +# ifndef MAP_FILE +# define MAP_FILE 0 +# endif +#endif + +/* Return a pointer to a zero-size object in memory (that is, actually, a + pointer to a page boundary where the previous page is readable and writable + and the next page is neither readable not writable), if possible. + Return NULL otherwise. */ + +static void * +zerosize_ptr (void) +{ +/* Use mmap and mprotect when they exist. Don't test HAVE_MMAP, because it is + not defined on HP-UX 11 (since it does not support MAP_FIXED). */ +#if HAVE_SYS_MMAN_H && HAVE_MPROTECT +# if HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS + const int flags = MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_PRIVATE; + const int fd = -1; +# else /* !HAVE_MAP_ANONYMOUS */ + const int flags = MAP_FILE | MAP_PRIVATE; + int fd = open ("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY, 0666); + if (fd >= 0) +# endif + { + int pagesize = getpagesize (); + char *two_pages = + (char *) mmap (NULL, 2 * pagesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, + flags, fd, 0); + if (two_pages != (char *)(-1) + && mprotect (two_pages + pagesize, pagesize, PROT_NONE) == 0) + return two_pages + pagesize; + } +#endif + return NULL; +} |