include/common/compiler.h

/*
 * include/common/compiler.h
 * This files contains some compiler-specific settings.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1
 * exclusively.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */

#ifndef _COMMON_COMPILER_H
#define _COMMON_COMPILER_H


/*
 * Gcc before 3.0 needs [0] to declare a variable-size array
 */
#ifndef VAR_ARRAY
#if  __GNUC__  < 3
#define VAR_ARRAY	0
#else
#define VAR_ARRAY
#endif
#endif


/* Support passing function parameters in registers. For this, the
 * CONFIG_REGPARM macro has to be set to the maximal number of registers
 * allowed. Some functions have intentionally received a regparm lower than
 * their parameter count, it is in order to avoid register clobbering where
 * they are called.
 */
#ifndef REGPRM1
#if CONFIG_REGPARM >= 1 && __GNUC__ >= 3
#define REGPRM1	__attribute__((regparm(1)))
#else
#define REGPRM1
#endif
#endif

#ifndef REGPRM2
#if CONFIG_REGPARM >= 2 && __GNUC__ >= 3
#define REGPRM2	__attribute__((regparm(2)))
#else
#define REGPRM2 REGPRM1
#endif
#endif

#ifndef REGPRM3
#if CONFIG_REGPARM >= 3 && __GNUC__ >= 3
#define REGPRM3	__attribute__((regparm(3)))
#else
#define REGPRM3 REGPRM2
#endif
#endif


/* By default, gcc does not inline large chunks of code, but we want it to
 * respect our choices.
 */
#if !defined(forceinline)
#if __GNUC__ < 3
#define forceinline inline
#else
#define forceinline inline __attribute__((always_inline))
#endif
#endif


/*
 * Gcc >= 3 provides the ability for the programme to give hints to the
 * compiler about what branch of an if is most likely to be taken. This
 * helps the compiler produce the most compact critical paths, which is
 * generally better for the cache and to reduce the number of jumps.
 */
#if !defined(likely)
#if __GNUC__ < 3
#define __builtin_expect(x,y) (x)
#define likely(x) (x)
#define unlikely(x) (x)
#elif __GNUC__ < 4
/* gcc 3.x does the best job at this */
#define likely(x) (__builtin_expect((x) != 0, 1))
#define unlikely(x) (__builtin_expect((x) != 0, 0))
#else
/* GCC 4.x is stupid, it performs the comparison then compares it to 1,
 * so we cheat in a dirty way to prevent it from doing this. This will
 * only work with ints and booleans though.
 */
#define likely(x) (x)
#define unlikely(x) (__builtin_expect((unsigned long)(x), 0))
#endif
#endif


#endif /* _COMMON_COMPILER_H */