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+# noexecstack.m4
+dnl Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl
+dnl This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+dnl modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+dnl version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+dnl
+dnl This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+dnl Lesser General Public License for more details.
+dnl
+dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+dnl License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+dnl Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+dnl Checks whether the stack can be marked nonexecutable by passing an
+dnl option to the C-compiler when acting on .s files. Returns that
+dnl option in NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS.
+dnl This macro is adapted from one found in GLIBC-2.3.5.
+AC_DEFUN([CL_AS_NOEXECSTACK],[
+AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_AS])
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether non excutable stack support is requested])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(noexecstack,
+ AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-noexecstack],
+ [enable non executable stack support (gcc only)]),
+ noexecstack_support=$enableval, noexecstack_support=no)
+AC_MSG_RESULT($noexecstack_support)
+
+AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether assembler supports --noexecstack option],
+cl_cv_as_noexecstack, [dnl
+ cat > conftest.c <<EOF
+void foo() {}
+EOF
+ if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS
+ -S -o conftest.s conftest.c >/dev/null]) \
+ && grep -q .note.GNU-stack conftest.s \
+ && AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CCAS} $CCASFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -Wa,--noexecstack
+ -c -o conftest.o conftest.s >/dev/null])
+ then
+ cl_cv_as_noexecstack=yes
+ else
+ cl_cv_as_noexecstack=no
+ fi
+ rm -f conftest*])
+ if test "$noexecstack_support" = yes -a "$cl_cv_as_noexecstack" = yes; then
+ NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS="-Wa,--noexecstack"
+ else
+ NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS=
+ fi
+ AC_SUBST(NOEXECSTACK_FLAGS)
+])