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+/* Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C 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; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C 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 the GNU C Library. If not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+
+
+static long int linux_sysconf (int name);
+
+/* Get the value of the system variable NAME. */
+long int
+__sysconf (int name)
+{
+ unsigned long tmp;
+
+ /* The auxv entries describing the proper cache geometry were
+ added for kernel 4.11. Thankfully, getauxval returns 0 when
+ the entry isn't present and is also the return from sysconf
+ when the value is unknown.
+
+ For the L1 linesize names, when the proper auxv entries are
+ not present, we fall back on older auxv entries that provide
+ the "block" linesize used for cache flushing. It is a fair
+ guess that this does in fact correspond to the L1 shape. */
+ switch (name)
+ {
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_SIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L1I_CACHESIZE);
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_ASSOC:
+ return (getauxval(AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY) >> 16) & 0xffff;
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_ICACHE_LINESIZE:
+ tmp = getauxval(AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+ if (tmp)
+ return tmp & 0xffff;
+ return getauxval(AT_ICACHEBSIZE);
+
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_SIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L1D_CACHESIZE);
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_ASSOC:
+ return (getauxval(AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY) >> 16) & 0xffff;
+ case _SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE:
+ tmp = getauxval(AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY);
+ if (tmp)
+ return tmp & 0xffff;
+ return getauxval(AT_DCACHEBSIZE);
+
+ case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_SIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L2_CACHESIZE);
+ case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_ASSOC:
+ return (getauxval(AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY) >> 16) & 0xffff;
+ case _SC_LEVEL2_CACHE_LINESIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY) & 0xffff;
+
+ case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_SIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L3_CACHESIZE);
+ case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_ASSOC:
+ return (getauxval(AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY) >> 16) & 0xffff;
+ case _SC_LEVEL3_CACHE_LINESIZE:
+ return getauxval(AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY) & 0xffff;
+
+ case _SC_LEVEL4_CACHE_SIZE:
+ case _SC_LEVEL4_CACHE_ASSOC:
+ case _SC_LEVEL4_CACHE_LINESIZE:
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return linux_sysconf (name);
+}
+
+/* Now the generic Linux version. */
+#undef __sysconf
+#define __sysconf static linux_sysconf
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c>