2 dnl @synopsis ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
4 dnl @summary figure out how to build C programs using POSIX threads
6 dnl This macro figures out how to build C programs using POSIX threads.
7 dnl It sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads library and
8 dnl linker flags, and the PTHREAD_CFLAGS output variable to any special
9 dnl C compiler flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain
10 dnl compiler flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment
13 dnl Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
14 dnl multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise).
15 dnl (This is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
17 dnl NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these
18 dnl flags, but also link it with them as well. e.g. you should link
19 dnl with $PTHREAD_CC $CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS
22 dnl If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use
23 dnl these variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
25 dnl LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
26 dnl CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
29 dnl In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute
30 dnl constant has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to
31 dnl that name (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX).
33 dnl ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads
34 dnl library is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to
35 dnl run it if it is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the
36 dnl default action will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
38 dnl Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or
39 dnl if you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based
40 dnl on work by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (www.fftw.org) (with
41 dnl help from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros
42 dnl posted by Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository.
43 dnl We are also grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
45 dnl @category InstalledPackages
46 dnl @author Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
47 dnl @version 2006-05-29
48 dnl @license GPLWithACException
50 AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
51 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
56 # We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
57 # requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
58 # It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
60 # First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
61 # etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
63 if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
65 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
67 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
68 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
69 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
70 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
71 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
79 # We must check for the threads library under a number of different
80 # names; the ordering is very important because some systems
81 # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
82 # libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
84 # Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
85 # C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
86 # which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
87 # which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
89 acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
91 # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
92 # individual items follow:
94 # pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
95 # none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
96 # other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
97 # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
98 # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
99 # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
100 # -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
101 # -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
102 # -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
103 # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
104 # doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
105 # also defines -D_REENTRANT)
106 # ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
107 # pthread: Linux, etcetera
108 # --thread-safe: KAI C++
109 # pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
111 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
114 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
115 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
116 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
117 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
118 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
119 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
120 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
122 acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
126 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
127 for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
131 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
135 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
136 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
140 AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
141 if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
142 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
143 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
147 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
148 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
153 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
154 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
155 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
157 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
158 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
159 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
160 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
161 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
162 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
163 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
164 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
165 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
166 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
167 [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
168 pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
169 pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ],
170 [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
173 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
175 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
176 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
185 # Various other checks:
186 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
188 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
189 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
190 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
192 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
193 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
195 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
196 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr; return attr;],
197 [attr_name=$attr; break])
199 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
200 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
201 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
202 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
203 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
206 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
208 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
209 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
210 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
212 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
213 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
214 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
218 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
220 # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
221 if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
222 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CC, xlc_r cc_r, ${CC})
230 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
231 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
234 # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
235 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
236 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])