gcc-8+ build error: undefined reference to __atomic_is_lock_free (#625)
Compilers warned about AC_SEARCH_LIBS(__atomic_load_8)-generated code.
Newer, stricter compilers (e.g., gcc-8), exit with an error, resulting
in AC_SEARCH_LIBS failure when determining whether libatomic is needed.
More at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907277#30
It is unclear whether autoconf will ever handle this case better. Let's
use a custom-made test for now. The current test refuses to build Squid
on platforms where a program using std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() cannot
be successfully linked (either with or without libatomic) for a the
largest atomic T used by Squid (i.e. a 64 bit integer).
Linking with libatomic may be required for many reasons that we do not
fully understand, but we know that std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() does
require linking with libatomic in some environments, even where T is an
inlineable atomic. That is why we use that as a test case.