1 AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
2 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
7 # We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
8 # requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
9 # It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
11 # First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
12 # etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
14 if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
16 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
18 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
19 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
20 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
21 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
22 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
30 # We must check for the threads library under a number of different
31 # names; the ordering is very important because some systems
32 # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
33 # libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
35 # Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
36 # C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
37 # which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
38 # which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
40 acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
42 # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
43 # individual items follow:
45 # pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
46 # none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
47 # other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
48 # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
49 # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
50 # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
51 # -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
52 # -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
53 # -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
54 # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
55 # doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
56 # also defines -D_REENTRANT)
57 # ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
58 # pthread: Linux, etcetera
59 # --thread-safe: KAI C++
60 # pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
62 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
65 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
66 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
67 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
68 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
69 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
70 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
71 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
73 acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
77 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
78 for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
82 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
86 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
87 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
91 AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
92 if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
93 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
94 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
98 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
99 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
104 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
105 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
106 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
108 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
109 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
110 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
111 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
112 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
113 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
114 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
115 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
116 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
117 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
118 [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
119 pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
120 pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ],
121 [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
124 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
126 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
127 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
136 # Various other checks:
137 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
139 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
140 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
141 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
143 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
144 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
146 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
147 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr; return attr;],
148 [attr_name=$attr; break])
150 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
151 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
152 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
153 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
154 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
157 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
159 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
160 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
161 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
163 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
164 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
165 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
169 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
171 # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
172 if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
173 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CC, xlc_r cc_r, ${CC})
181 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
182 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
185 # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
186 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
187 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])