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cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +00002# http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_pthread.html
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +00003# ===========================================================================
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +00004#
5# SYNOPSIS
6#
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +00007# AX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +00008#
9# DESCRIPTION
10#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000011# 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.)
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000016#
17# Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000018# multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise). (This
19# is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000020#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000021# 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 $LIBS
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000024#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000025# If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use these
26# variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000027#
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +000028# LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
29# CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
30# CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000031#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000032# 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).
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000035#
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +000036# Also HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT is defined if pthread is found and the
37# PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT symbol is defined when compiling with
38# PTHREAD_CFLAGS.
39#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000040# ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads library
41# is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to run it if it
42# is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the default action
43# will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000044#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000045# Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or if
46# you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based on work
47# by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (http://www.fftw.org/) (with help
48# from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros posted by
49# Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository. We are also
50# grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000051#
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +000052# Updated for Autoconf 2.68 by Daniel Richard G.
53#
cristy430a7312010-01-21 20:44:04 +000054# LICENSE
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000055#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000056# Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +000057# Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Richard G. <skunk@iSKUNK.ORG>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000058#
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cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000084
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +000085#serial 16
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +000086
87AU_ALIAS([ACX_PTHREAD], [AX_PTHREAD])
88AC_DEFUN([AX_PTHREAD], [
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000089AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +000090AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +000091ax_pthread_ok=no
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000092
93# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
94# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
95# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
96
97# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
98# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
99# them:
100if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
101 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
102 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
103 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
104 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
105 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000106 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, ax_pthread_ok=yes)
107 AC_MSG_RESULT($ax_pthread_ok)
108 if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xno; then
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000109 PTHREAD_LIBS=""
110 PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
111 fi
112 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
113 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
114fi
115
116# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
117# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
118# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
119# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
120
121# Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
122# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
123# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
124# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
125
cristy18307f12011-12-30 01:20:16 +0000126ax_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt lpthread pthread-config"
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000127
128# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
129# individual items follow:
130
131# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
132# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
133# other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
134# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
135# -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
136# lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
137# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
138# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
139# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
140# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
141# doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
142# also defines -D_REENTRANT)
143# ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
144# pthread: Linux, etcetera
145# --thread-safe: KAI C++
146# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
147
148case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
149 *solaris*)
150
151 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
152 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
153 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
154 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
155 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
156 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
157 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
158
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000159 ax_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000160 ;;
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000161
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000162 *-darwin*)
163 ax_pthread_flags="-pthread $ax_pthread_flags"
164 ;;
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000165esac
166
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000167if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xno; then
168for flag in $ax_pthread_flags; do
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000169
170 case $flag in
171 none)
172 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
173 ;;
174
175 -*)
176 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
177 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
178 ;;
179
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000180 pthread-config)
181 AC_CHECK_PROG(ax_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
182 if test x"$ax_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
183 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
184 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
185 ;;
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000186
187 *)
188 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
189 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
190 ;;
191 esac
192
193 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
194 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
195 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
196 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
197
198 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
199 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
200 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
201 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
202 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
203 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
204 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
205 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
206 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000207 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <pthread.h>
208 static void routine(void *a) { a = 0; }
209 static void *start_routine(void *a) { return a; }],
210 [pthread_t th; pthread_attr_t attr;
211 pthread_create(&th, 0, start_routine, 0);
212 pthread_join(th, 0);
213 pthread_attr_init(&attr);
214 pthread_cleanup_push(routine, 0);
215 pthread_cleanup_pop(0) /* ; */])],
216 [ax_pthread_ok=yes],
217 [])
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000218
219 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
220 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
221
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000222 AC_MSG_RESULT($ax_pthread_ok)
223 if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000224 break;
225 fi
226
227 PTHREAD_LIBS=""
228 PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
229done
230fi
231
232# Various other checks:
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000233if test "x$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000234 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
235 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
236 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
237 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
238
239 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000240 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
241 attr_name=unknown
242 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
243 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <pthread.h>],
244 [int attr = $attr; return attr /* ; */])],
245 [attr_name=$attr; break],
246 [])
247 done
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000248 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
249 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
250 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
251 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
252 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
253 fi
254
255 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
256 flag=no
257 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
258 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
259 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
260 esac
261 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
262 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
263 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
264 fi
265
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000266 AC_CACHE_CHECK([for PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT],
267 ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT, [
268 AC_LINK_IFELSE([
269 AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pthread.h>]], [[int i = PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT;]])],
270 [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=yes],
271 [ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT=no])
272 ])
273 AS_IF([test "x$ax_cv_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT" = "xyes"],
274 AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT], 1, [Have PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT.]))
275
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000276 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
277 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
278
279 # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000280 if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +0000281 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CC, xlc_r cc_r, ${CC})
282 else
283 PTHREAD_CC=$CC
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000284 fi
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +0000285else
286 PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000287fi
288
289AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
290AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
291AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CC)
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000292
293# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000294if test x"$ax_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000295 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])
296 :
297else
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000298 ax_pthread_ok=no
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000299 $2
300fi
cristya316db12011-10-24 00:49:45 +0000301AC_LANG_POP
cristy964cb7f2010-04-25 23:18:00 +0000302])dnl AX_PTHREAD