1 # visibility.m4 serial 6
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2008, 2010-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
9 dnl Tests whether the compiler supports the command-line option
10 dnl -fvisibility=hidden and the function and variable attributes
11 dnl __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) and
12 dnl __attribute__((__visibility__("default"))).
13 dnl Does *not* test for __visibility__("protected") - which has tricky
14 dnl semantics (see the 'vismain' test in glibc) and does not exist e.g. on
16 dnl Does *not* test for __visibility__("internal") - which has processor
17 dnl dependent semantics.
18 dnl Does *not* test for #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden) - which is
19 dnl "really only recommended for legacy code".
20 dnl Set the variable CFLAG_VISIBILITY.
21 dnl Defines and sets the variable HAVE_VISIBILITY.
23 AC_DEFUN([gl_VISIBILITY],
25 AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
28 if test -n "$GCC"; then
29 dnl First, check whether -Werror can be added to the command line, or
30 dnl whether it leads to an error because of some other option that the
31 dnl user has put into $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS.
32 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether the -Werror option is usable],
33 [gl_cv_cc_vis_werror],
34 [gl_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
35 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
37 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])],
38 [gl_cv_cc_vis_werror=yes],
39 [gl_cv_cc_vis_werror=no])
40 CFLAGS="$gl_save_CFLAGS"
42 dnl Now check whether visibility declarations are supported.
43 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for simple visibility declarations],
44 [gl_cv_cc_visibility],
45 [gl_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
46 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fvisibility=hidden"
47 dnl We use the option -Werror and a function dummyfunc, because on some
48 dnl platforms (Cygwin 1.7) the use of -fvisibility triggers a warning
49 dnl "visibility attribute not supported in this configuration; ignored"
50 dnl at the first function definition in every compilation unit, and we
51 dnl don't want to use the option in this case.
52 if test $gl_cv_cc_vis_werror = yes; then
53 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Werror"
57 [[extern __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) int hiddenvar;
58 extern __attribute__((__visibility__("default"))) int exportedvar;
59 extern __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden"))) int hiddenfunc (void);
60 extern __attribute__((__visibility__("default"))) int exportedfunc (void);
61 void dummyfunc (void) {}
64 [gl_cv_cc_visibility=yes],
65 [gl_cv_cc_visibility=no])
66 CFLAGS="$gl_save_CFLAGS"
68 if test $gl_cv_cc_visibility = yes; then
69 CFLAG_VISIBILITY="-fvisibility=hidden"
73 AC_SUBST([CFLAG_VISIBILITY])
74 AC_SUBST([HAVE_VISIBILITY])
75 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([HAVE_VISIBILITY], [$HAVE_VISIBILITY],
76 [Define to 1 or 0, depending whether the compiler supports simple visibility declarations.])