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7 # ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
11 # This macro figures out how to build C programs using POSIX threads. It
12 # sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads library and linker
13 # flags, and the PTHREAD_CFLAGS output variable to any special C compiler
14 # flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain compiler
15 # flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment variables.)
17 # Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
18 # multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise). (This
19 # is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
21 # NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these flags,
22 # but also link it with them as well. e.g. you should link with
23 # $PTHREAD_CC $CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS
25 # If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use these
26 # variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
28 # LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
29 # CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
32 # In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute constant
33 # has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to that name
34 # (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX).
36 # ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads library
37 # is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to run it if it
38 # is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the default action
39 # will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
41 # Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or if
42 # you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based on work
43 # by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (http://www.fftw.org/) (with help
44 # from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros posted by
45 # Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository. We are also
46 # grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
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82 AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
83 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
88 # We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
89 # requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
90 # It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
92 # First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
93 # etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
95 if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
97 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
99 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
100 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
101 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
102 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
103 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
108 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
111 # We must check for the threads library under a number of different
112 # names; the ordering is very important because some systems
113 # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
114 # libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
116 # Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
117 # C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
118 # which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
119 # which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
121 acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
123 # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
124 # individual items follow:
126 # pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
127 # none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
128 # other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
129 # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
130 # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
131 # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
132 # -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
133 # -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
134 # -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
135 # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
136 # doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
137 # also defines -D_REENTRANT)
138 # ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
139 # pthread: Linux, etcetera
140 # --thread-safe: KAI C++
141 # pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
143 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
146 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
147 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
148 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
149 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
150 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
151 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
152 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
154 acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
158 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
159 for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
163 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
167 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
168 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
172 AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
173 if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
174 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
175 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
179 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
180 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
185 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
186 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
187 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
189 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
190 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
191 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
192 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
193 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
194 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
195 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
196 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
197 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
198 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
199 [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
200 pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
201 pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ],
202 [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
205 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
207 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
208 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
217 # Various other checks:
218 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
220 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
221 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
222 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
224 # Check whether spinlocks are supported
225 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthread spinlocks are supported])
226 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
227 [pthread_spinlock_t lock; pthread_spin_init(&lock, 0);],
229 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD_SPINLOCK, 1,
230 [Define if pthread spinlocks are supported])
232 ], [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
234 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
235 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
237 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
238 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr; return attr;],
239 [attr_name=$attr; break])
241 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
242 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
243 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
244 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
245 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
248 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
250 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
251 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
252 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
254 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
255 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
256 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
260 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
262 # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
263 if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
264 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CC, xlc_r cc_r, ${CC})
272 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
273 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
276 # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
277 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
278 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])