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-rw-r--r--configure.ac2
-rw-r--r--src/util/macros.h20
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bdfd13417e0..bb6d4f618ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -205,10 +205,12 @@ AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_popcount])
AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_popcountll])
AX_GCC_BUILTIN([__builtin_unreachable])
+AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([const])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([flatten])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([format])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([malloc])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([packed])
+AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([pure])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([unused])
AX_GCC_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE([warn_unused_result])
diff --git a/src/util/macros.h b/src/util/macros.h
index 66698e72701..5c5c92ec610 100644
--- a/src/util/macros.h
+++ b/src/util/macros.h
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ do { \
#define assume(expr) assert(expr)
#endif
+/* Attribute const is used for functions that have no effects other than their
+ * return value, and only rely on the argument values to compute the return
+ * value. As a result, calls to it can be CSEed. Note that using memory
+ * pointed to by the arguments is not allowed for const functions.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_CONST
+#define ATTRIBUTE_CONST __attribute__((__const__))
+#else
+#define ATTRIBUTE_CONST
+#endif
+
#ifdef HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_FLATTEN
#define FLATTEN __attribute__((__flatten__))
#else
@@ -130,6 +141,15 @@ do { \
#define PACKED
#endif
+/* Attribute pure is used for functions that have no effects other than their
+ * return value. As a result, calls to it can be dead code eliminated.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_PURE
+#define PURE __attribute__((__pure__))
+#else
+#define PURE
+#endif
+
#ifdef __cplusplus
/**
* Macro function that evaluates to true if T is a trivially