1 # threadlib.m4 serial 11 (gettext-0.18.2)
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
11 dnl Tests for a multithreading library to be used.
12 dnl If the configure.ac contains a definition of the gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO
13 dnl (it must be placed before the invocation of gl_THREADLIB_EARLY!), then the
14 dnl default is 'no', otherwise it is system dependent. In both cases, the user
15 dnl can change the choice through the options --enable-threads=choice or
16 dnl --disable-threads.
17 dnl Defines at most one of the macros USE_POSIX_THREADS, USE_SOLARIS_THREADS,
18 dnl USE_PTH_THREADS, USE_WINDOWS_THREADS
19 dnl Sets the variables LIBTHREAD and LTLIBTHREAD to the linker options for use
20 dnl in a Makefile (LIBTHREAD for use without libtool, LTLIBTHREAD for use with
22 dnl Sets the variables LIBMULTITHREAD and LTLIBMULTITHREAD similarly, for
23 dnl programs that really need multithread functionality. The difference
24 dnl between LIBTHREAD and LIBMULTITHREAD is that on platforms supporting weak
25 dnl symbols, typically LIBTHREAD is empty whereas LIBMULTITHREAD is not.
26 dnl Adds to CPPFLAGS the flag -D_REENTRANT or -D_THREAD_SAFE if needed for
27 dnl multithread-safe programs.
29 AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY],
31 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY])
34 dnl The guts of gl_THREADLIB_EARLY. Needs to be expanded only once.
36 AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY],
38 dnl Ordering constraints: This macro modifies CPPFLAGS in a way that
39 dnl influences the result of the autoconf tests that test for *_unlocked
40 dnl declarations, on AIX 5 at least. Therefore it must come early.
41 AC_BEFORE([$0], [gl_FUNC_GLIBC_UNLOCKED_IO])dnl
42 AC_BEFORE([$0], [gl_ARGP])dnl
44 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
45 dnl _GNU_SOURCE is needed for pthread_rwlock_t on glibc systems.
46 dnl AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS was introduced in autoconf 2.60 and obsoletes
48 m4_ifdef([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS],
49 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])],
50 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_GNU_SOURCE])])
51 dnl Check for multithreading.
52 m4_ifdef([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO],
53 [m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [gl_use_threads_default=no])],
54 [m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [gl_use_threads_default=])])
55 AC_ARG_ENABLE([threads],
56 AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads={posix|solaris|pth|windows}], [specify multithreading API])m4_ifdef([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO], [], [
57 AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-threads], [build without multithread safety])]),
58 [gl_use_threads=$enableval],
59 [if test -n "$gl_use_threads_default"; then
60 gl_use_threads="$gl_use_threads_default"
64 dnl Disable multithreading by default on OSF/1, because it interferes
65 dnl with fork()/exec(): When msgexec is linked with -lpthread, its
66 dnl child process gets an endless segmentation fault inside execvp().
67 dnl Disable multithreading by default on Cygwin 1.5.x, because it has
68 dnl bugs that lead to endless loops or crashes. See
69 dnl <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00283.html>.
70 osf*) gl_use_threads=no ;;
73 1.[0-5].*) gl_use_threads=no ;;
74 *) gl_use_threads=yes ;;
77 *) gl_use_threads=yes ;;
82 if test "$gl_use_threads" = yes || test "$gl_use_threads" = posix; then
83 # For using <pthread.h>:
86 # On OSF/1, the compiler needs the flag -D_REENTRANT so that it
87 # groks <pthread.h>. cc also understands the flag -pthread, but
88 # we don't use it because 1. gcc-2.95 doesn't understand -pthread,
89 # 2. putting a flag into CPPFLAGS that has an effect on the linker
90 # causes the AC_LINK_IFELSE test below to succeed unexpectedly,
91 # leading to wrong values of LIBTHREAD and LTLIBTHREAD.
92 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT"
95 # Some systems optimize for single-threaded programs by default, and
96 # need special flags to disable these optimizations. For example, the
97 # definition of 'errno' in <errno.h>.
99 aix* | freebsd*) CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_THREAD_SAFE" ;;
100 solaris*) CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT" ;;
105 dnl The guts of gl_THREADLIB. Needs to be expanded only once.
107 AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_BODY],
109 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY])
115 if test "$gl_use_threads" != no; then
116 dnl Check whether the compiler and linker support weak declarations.
117 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether imported symbols can be declared weak],
120 dnl First, test whether the compiler accepts it syntactically.
123 [[extern void xyzzy ();
124 #pragma weak xyzzy]],
126 [gl_cv_have_weak=maybe])
127 if test $gl_cv_have_weak = maybe; then
128 dnl Second, test whether it actually works. On Cygwin 1.7.2, with
129 dnl gcc 4.3, symbols declared weak always evaluate to the address 0.
136 return (fputs == NULL);
138 [gl_cv_have_weak=yes],
139 [gl_cv_have_weak=no],
140 [dnl When cross-compiling, assume that only ELF platforms support
142 AC_EGREP_CPP([Extensible Linking Format],
144 Extensible Linking Format
147 [gl_cv_have_weak="guessing yes"],
148 [gl_cv_have_weak="guessing no"])
152 if test "$gl_use_threads" = yes || test "$gl_use_threads" = posix; then
153 # On OSF/1, the compiler needs the flag -pthread or -D_REENTRANT so that
154 # it groks <pthread.h>. It's added above, in gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY.
155 AC_CHECK_HEADER([pthread.h],
156 [gl_have_pthread_h=yes], [gl_have_pthread_h=no])
157 if test "$gl_have_pthread_h" = yes; then
158 # Other possible tests:
159 # -lpthreads (FSU threads, PCthreads)
162 # Test whether both pthread_mutex_lock and pthread_mutexattr_init exist
163 # in libc. IRIX 6.5 has the first one in both libc and libpthread, but
164 # the second one only in libpthread, and lock.c needs it.
166 # If -pthread works, prefer it to -lpthread, since Ubuntu 14.04
167 # needs -pthread for some reason. See:
168 # http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2014-09/msg00023.html
170 for gl_pthread in '' '-pthread'; do
171 LIBS="$LIBS $gl_pthread"
174 [[#include <pthread.h>
176 pthread_mutexattr_t ma;
178 [[pthread_mutex_lock (&m);
179 pthread_mutexattr_init (&ma);]])],
181 LIBTHREAD=$gl_pthread LTLIBTHREAD=$gl_pthread
182 LIBMULTITHREAD=$gl_pthread LTLIBMULTITHREAD=$gl_pthread])
184 test -n "$gl_have_pthread" && break
187 # Test for libpthread by looking for pthread_kill. (Not pthread_self,
188 # since it is defined as a macro on OSF/1.)
189 if test -n "$gl_have_pthread" && test -z "$LIBTHREAD"; then
190 # The program links fine without libpthread. But it may actually
191 # need to link with libpthread in order to create multiple threads.
192 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_kill],
193 [LIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread
194 # On Solaris and HP-UX, most pthread functions exist also in libc.
195 # Therefore pthread_in_use() needs to actually try to create a
196 # thread: pthread_create from libc will fail, whereas
197 # pthread_create will actually create a thread.
200 AC_DEFINE([PTHREAD_IN_USE_DETECTION_HARD], [1],
201 [Define if the pthread_in_use() detection is hard.])
204 elif test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
205 # Some library is needed. Try libpthread and libc_r.
206 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_kill],
208 LIBTHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBTHREAD=-lpthread
209 LIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread])
210 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
212 AC_CHECK_LIB([c_r], [pthread_kill],
214 LIBTHREAD=-lc_r LTLIBTHREAD=-lc_r
215 LIBMULTITHREAD=-lc_r LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lc_r])
218 if test -n "$gl_have_pthread"; then
220 AC_DEFINE([USE_POSIX_THREADS], [1],
221 [Define if the POSIX multithreading library can be used.])
222 if test -n "$LIBMULTITHREAD" || test -n "$LTLIBMULTITHREAD"; then
223 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
224 AC_DEFINE([USE_POSIX_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
225 [Define if references to the POSIX multithreading library should be made weak.])
233 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
234 if test "$gl_use_threads" = yes || test "$gl_use_threads" = solaris; then
235 gl_have_solaristhread=
237 LIBS="$LIBS -lthread"
245 [gl_have_solaristhread=yes])
247 if test -n "$gl_have_solaristhread"; then
248 gl_threads_api=solaris
251 LIBMULTITHREAD="$LIBTHREAD"
252 LTLIBMULTITHREAD="$LTLIBTHREAD"
253 AC_DEFINE([USE_SOLARIS_THREADS], [1],
254 [Define if the old Solaris multithreading library can be used.])
255 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
256 AC_DEFINE([USE_SOLARIS_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
257 [Define if references to the old Solaris multithreading library should be made weak.])
264 if test "$gl_use_threads" = pth; then
265 gl_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
266 AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS([pth])
271 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pth.h>]], [[pth_self();]])],
274 if test -n "$gl_have_pth"; then
277 LTLIBTHREAD="$LTLIBPTH"
278 LIBMULTITHREAD="$LIBTHREAD"
279 LTLIBMULTITHREAD="$LTLIBTHREAD"
280 AC_DEFINE([USE_PTH_THREADS], [1],
281 [Define if the GNU Pth multithreading library can be used.])
282 if test -n "$LIBMULTITHREAD" || test -n "$LTLIBMULTITHREAD"; then
283 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
284 AC_DEFINE([USE_PTH_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
285 [Define if references to the GNU Pth multithreading library should be made weak.])
291 CPPFLAGS="$gl_save_CPPFLAGS"
294 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
295 case "$gl_use_threads" in
296 yes | windows | win32) # The 'win32' is for backward compatibility.
297 if { case "$host_os" in
302 gl_threads_api=windows
303 AC_DEFINE([USE_WINDOWS_THREADS], [1],
304 [Define if the native Windows multithreading API can be used.])
310 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for multithread API to use])
311 AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_threads_api])
312 AC_SUBST([LIBTHREAD])
313 AC_SUBST([LTLIBTHREAD])
314 AC_SUBST([LIBMULTITHREAD])
315 AC_SUBST([LTLIBMULTITHREAD])
318 AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB],
320 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY])
321 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_BODY])
325 dnl gl_DISABLE_THREADS
326 dnl ------------------
327 dnl Sets the gl_THREADLIB default so that threads are not used by default.
328 dnl The user can still override it at installation time, by using the
329 dnl configure option '--enable-threads'.
331 AC_DEFUN([gl_DISABLE_THREADS], [
332 m4_divert_text([INIT_PREPARE], [gl_use_threads_default=no])
336 dnl Survey of platforms:
338 dnl Platform Available Compiler Supports test-lock
339 dnl flavours option weak result
340 dnl --------------- --------- --------- -------- ---------
341 dnl Linux 2.4/glibc posix -lpthread Y OK
343 dnl GNU Hurd/glibc posix
345 dnl Ubuntu 14.04 posix -pthread Y OK
347 dnl FreeBSD 5.3 posix -lc_r Y
349 dnl posix -lpthread ? Y
352 dnl FreeBSD 5.2 posix -lc_r Y
356 dnl FreeBSD 4.0,4.10 posix -lc_r Y OK
360 dnl OpenBSD 3.4 posix -lpthread Y OK
362 dnl Mac OS X 10.[123] posix -lpthread Y OK
364 dnl Solaris 7,8,9 posix -lpthread Y Sol 7,8: 0.0; Sol 9: OK
365 dnl solaris -lthread Y Sol 7,8: 0.0; Sol 9: OK
367 dnl HP-UX 11 posix -lpthread N (cc) OK
370 dnl IRIX 6.5 posix -lpthread Y 0.5
372 dnl AIX 4.3,5.1 posix -lpthread N AIX 4: 0.5; AIX 5: OK
374 dnl OSF/1 4.0,5.1 posix -pthread (cc) N OK
375 dnl -lpthread (gcc) Y
377 dnl Cygwin posix -lpthread Y OK
379 dnl Any of the above pth -lpth 0.0
381 dnl Mingw windows N OK
385 dnl The test-lock result shows what happens if in test-lock.c EXPLICIT_YIELD is
387 dnl OK if all three tests terminate OK,
388 dnl 0.5 if the first test terminates OK but the second one loops endlessly,
389 dnl 0.0 if the first test already loops endlessly.