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+# The MIT License (MIT)
+#
+# Copyright (c)
+#   2013 Matthew Arsenault
+#   2015-2016 RWTH Aachen University, Federal Republic of Germany
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+# Helper function to get the language of a source file.
+function (sanitizer_lang_of_source FILE RETURN_VAR)
+    get_filename_component(FILE_EXT "${FILE}" EXT)
+    string(TOLOWER "${FILE_EXT}" FILE_EXT)
+    string(SUBSTRING "${FILE_EXT}" 1 -1 FILE_EXT)
+
+    get_property(ENABLED_LANGUAGES GLOBAL PROPERTY ENABLED_LANGUAGES)
+    foreach (LANG ${ENABLED_LANGUAGES})
+        list(FIND CMAKE_${LANG}_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS "${FILE_EXT}" TEMP)
+        if (NOT ${TEMP} EQUAL -1)
+            set(${RETURN_VAR} "${LANG}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+            return()
+        endif ()
+    endforeach()
+
+    set(${RETURN_VAR} "" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction ()
+
+
+# Helper function to get compilers used by a target.
+function (sanitizer_target_compilers TARGET RETURN_VAR)
+    # Check if all sources for target use the same compiler. If a target uses
+    # e.g. C and Fortran mixed and uses different compilers (e.g. clang and
+    # gfortran) this can trigger huge problems, because different compilers may
+    # use different implementations for sanitizers.
+    set(BUFFER "")
+    get_target_property(TSOURCES ${TARGET} SOURCES)
+    foreach (FILE ${TSOURCES})
+        # If expression was found, FILE is a generator-expression for an object
+        # library. Object libraries will be ignored.
+        string(REGEX MATCH "TARGET_OBJECTS:([^ >]+)" _file ${FILE})
+        if ("${_file}" STREQUAL "")
+            sanitizer_lang_of_source(${FILE} LANG)
+            if (LANG)
+                list(APPEND BUFFER ${CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER_ID})
+            endif ()
+        endif ()
+    endforeach ()
+
+    list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES BUFFER)
+    set(${RETURN_VAR} "${BUFFER}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction ()
+
+
+# Helper function to check compiler flags for language compiler.
+function (sanitizer_check_compiler_flag FLAG LANG VARIABLE)
+    if (${LANG} STREQUAL "C")
+        include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
+        check_c_compiler_flag("${FLAG}" ${VARIABLE})
+
+    elseif (${LANG} STREQUAL "CXX")
+        include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
+        check_cxx_compiler_flag("${FLAG}" ${VARIABLE})
+
+    elseif (${LANG} STREQUAL "Fortran")
+        # CheckFortranCompilerFlag was introduced in CMake 3.x. To be compatible
+        # with older Cmake versions, we will check if this module is present
+        # before we use it. Otherwise we will define Fortran coverage support as
+        # not available.
+        include(CheckFortranCompilerFlag OPTIONAL RESULT_VARIABLE INCLUDED)
+        if (INCLUDED)
+            check_fortran_compiler_flag("${FLAG}" ${VARIABLE})
+        elseif (NOT CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET)
+            message(STATUS "Performing Test ${VARIABLE}")
+            message(STATUS "Performing Test ${VARIABLE}"
+                " - Failed (Check not supported)")
+        endif ()
+    endif()
+endfunction ()
+
+
+# Helper function to test compiler flags.
+function (sanitizer_check_compiler_flags FLAG_CANDIDATES NAME PREFIX)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET ${${PREFIX}_FIND_QUIETLY})
+
+    get_property(ENABLED_LANGUAGES GLOBAL PROPERTY ENABLED_LANGUAGES)
+    foreach (LANG ${ENABLED_LANGUAGES})
+        # Sanitizer flags are not dependend on language, but the used compiler.
+        # So instead of searching flags foreach language, search flags foreach
+        # compiler used.
+        set(COMPILER ${CMAKE_${LANG}_COMPILER_ID})
+        if (NOT DEFINED ${PREFIX}_${COMPILER}_FLAGS)
+            foreach (FLAG ${FLAG_CANDIDATES})
+                if(NOT CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET)
+                    message(STATUS "Try ${COMPILER} ${NAME} flag = [${FLAG}]")
+                endif()
+
+                set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${FLAG}")
+                unset(${PREFIX}_FLAG_DETECTED CACHE)
+                sanitizer_check_compiler_flag("${FLAG}" ${LANG}
+                    ${PREFIX}_FLAG_DETECTED)
+
+                if (${PREFIX}_FLAG_DETECTED)
+                    # If compiler is a GNU compiler, search for static flag, if
+                    # SANITIZE_LINK_STATIC is enabled.
+                    if (SANITIZE_LINK_STATIC AND (${COMPILER} STREQUAL "GNU"))
+                        string(TOLOWER ${PREFIX} PREFIX_lower)
+                        sanitizer_check_compiler_flag(
+                            "-static-lib${PREFIX_lower}" ${LANG}
+                            ${PREFIX}_STATIC_FLAG_DETECTED)
+
+                        if (${PREFIX}_STATIC_FLAG_DETECTED)
+                            set(FLAG "-static-lib${PREFIX_lower} ${FLAG}")
+                        endif ()
+                    endif ()
+
+                    set(${PREFIX}_${COMPILER}_FLAGS "${FLAG}" CACHE STRING
+                        "${NAME} flags for ${COMPILER} compiler.")
+                    mark_as_advanced(${PREFIX}_${COMPILER}_FLAGS)
+                    break()
+                endif ()
+            endforeach ()
+
+            if (NOT ${PREFIX}_FLAG_DETECTED)
+                set(${PREFIX}_${COMPILER}_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING
+                    "${NAME} flags for ${COMPILER} compiler.")
+                mark_as_advanced(${PREFIX}_${COMPILER}_FLAGS)
+
+                message(WARNING "${NAME} is not available for ${COMPILER} "
+                        "compiler. Targets using this compiler will be "
+                        "compiled without ${NAME}.")
+            endif ()
+        endif ()
+    endforeach ()
+endfunction ()
+
+
+# Helper to assign sanitizer flags for TARGET.
+function (saitizer_add_flags TARGET NAME PREFIX)
+    # Get list of compilers used by target and check, if sanitizer is available
+    # for this target. Other compiler checks like check for conflicting
+    # compilers will be done in add_sanitizers function.
+    sanitizer_target_compilers(${TARGET} TARGET_COMPILER)
+    list(LENGTH TARGET_COMPILER NUM_COMPILERS)
+    if ("${${PREFIX}_${TARGET_COMPILER}_FLAGS}" STREQUAL "")
+        return()
+    endif()
+
+    # Set compile- and link-flags for target.
+    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET} APPEND_STRING
+        PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${${PREFIX}_${TARGET_COMPILER}_FLAGS}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET} APPEND_STRING
+        PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS " ${SanBlist_${TARGET_COMPILER}_FLAGS}")
+    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET} APPEND_STRING
+        PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " ${${PREFIX}_${TARGET_COMPILER}_FLAGS}")
+endfunction ()