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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:28:57 +0100
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unconditonally define alloca as __builtin_alloca
* Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org> [2019-11-18 20:04:59 -0800]:
> This enables alternative compilers, which may not define __GNUC__,
> to implement alloca, which is still fairly widely used.
>
> This is similar to how stdarg.h already works in musl; compilers must
> implement __builtin_va_arg, there is no fallback definition.
> ---
> include/alloca.h | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/alloca.h b/include/alloca.h
> index d2e6f1c6..8ae8a30d 100644
> --- a/include/alloca.h
> +++ b/include/alloca.h
> @@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ extern "C" {
> #define __NEED_size_t
> #include <bits/alltypes.h>
>
> -void *alloca(size_t);
i don't think removing the prototype is a good idea.
alloca is a builtin in gcc and won't generate an extern
call even without optimization, so things work now with
#undef alloca
> -
> -#ifdef __GNUC__
> #define alloca __builtin_alloca
> -#endif
>
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> }
> --
> 2.20.1
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