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On systems where 'mode_t' is smaller than 'int', doing 'va_arg (ap, mode_t)' is
wrong because of C's "default argument promotions". GCC 4 creates crashing code
in this case.
The "va_arg" page of Gnulib's manual describes the problem and a simple solution:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/va_005farg.html
However, since that solution reportedly (see thread at next link) still causes
GCC to print warnings (for no good reason; perhaps this was fixed in newer
GCCs), we pick a solution that defines a PROMOTED_MODE_T at the configuration
stage:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2009-05/msg00231.html
(We take our 'mode_t.m4' from the most recent Gnulib source.)
(If any of the URLs above no longer works, simply search the web for the
mentioned words.)
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# mode_t.m4 serial 2
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dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
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dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
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dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
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# For using mode_t, it's sufficient to use AC_TYPE_MODE_T and
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# include <sys/types.h>.
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# Define PROMOTED_MODE_T to the type that is the result of "default argument
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# promotion" (ISO C 6.5.2.2.(6)) of the type mode_t.
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AC_DEFUN([gl_PROMOTED_TYPE_MODE_T],
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[
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AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_MODE_T])
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AC_CACHE_CHECK([for promoted mode_t type], [gl_cv_promoted_mode_t], [
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dnl Assume mode_t promotes to 'int' if and only if it is smaller than 'int',
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dnl and to itself otherwise. This assumption is not guaranteed by the ISO C
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dnl standard, but we don't know of any real-world counterexamples.
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AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <sys/types.h>]],
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[[typedef int array[2 * (sizeof (mode_t) < sizeof (int)) - 1];]])],
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[gl_cv_promoted_mode_t='int'],
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[gl_cv_promoted_mode_t='mode_t'])
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])
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AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([PROMOTED_MODE_T], [$gl_cv_promoted_mode_t],
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[Define to the type that is the result of default argument promotions of type mode_t.])
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])
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