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