# stack-direction.m4 serial 6 dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2021 Bruno Haible dnl Copyright (C) 2002-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU dnl General Public License. As a special exception to the GNU General dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program. # Determine the stack direction. Define the C macro STACK_DIRECTION. AC_DEFUN([SV_STACK_DIRECTION], [ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) AC_CACHE_CHECK([for stack direction], [sv_cv_stack_direction_msg], [ case "$host_cpu" in dnl See the #define STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD in gcc-3.1/gcc/config/*/*.h. a29k | \ aarch64* | \ alpha* | \ arc | \ arm* | strongarm* | xscale* | \ avr | avr32 | \ bfin | \ c1 | c2 | c32 | c34 | c38 | \ clipper | \ cris | \ d30v | \ elxsi | \ fr30 | \ h8300 | \ i?86 | x86_64 | \ i860 | \ ia64 | \ m32r | \ m68* | \ m88k | \ mcore | \ microblaze | \ mips* | \ mmix | \ mn10200 | \ mn10300 | \ nios2 | \ nds32* | \ ns32k | \ pdp11 | \ pj* | \ powerpc* | rs6000 | \ riscv* | \ romp | \ s390* | \ sh* | \ sparc* | \ v850 | \ vax | \ xtensa) sv_cv_stack_direction=-1 ;; c4x | \ dsp16xx | \ i960 | \ hppa* | parisc* | \ stormy16 | \ we32k) sv_cv_stack_direction=1 ;; *) if test $cross_compiling = no; then cat > conftest.c < int find_stack_direction (int *addr, int depth) { int dir, dummy = 0; if (! addr) addr = &dummy; *addr = addr < &dummy ? 1 : addr == &dummy ? 0 : -1; dir = depth ? find_stack_direction (addr, depth - 1) : 0; return dir + dummy; } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { printf ("%d\n", find_stack_direction (NULL, argc + 20)); return 0; } EOF AC_TRY_EVAL([ac_link]) sv_cv_stack_direction=`./conftest` else sv_cv_stack_direction=0 fi ;; esac case $sv_cv_stack_direction in 1) sv_cv_stack_direction_msg="grows up";; -1) sv_cv_stack_direction_msg="grows down";; *) sv_cv_stack_direction_msg="unknown";; esac ]) AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([STACK_DIRECTION], [$sv_cv_stack_direction], [Define as the direction of stack growth for your system. STACK_DIRECTION > 0 => grows toward higher addresses STACK_DIRECTION < 0 => grows toward lower addresses STACK_DIRECTION = 0 => spaghetti stack.]) ])