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cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +00004#
5# SYNOPSIS
6#
7# ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
8#
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 $LIBS
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000024#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000025# If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use these
26# variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000027#
28# LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
29# CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
30# CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
31#
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#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000036# ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads library
37# is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to run it if it
38# is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the default action
39# will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000040#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000041# Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or if
42# you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based on work
43# by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (http://www.fftw.org/) (with help
44# from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros posted by
45# Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository. We are also
46# grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000047#
cristy430a7312010-01-21 20:44:04 +000048# LICENSE
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000049#
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +000050# Copyright (c) 2008 Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000051#
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cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +000077
78AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
79AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
80AC_LANG_SAVE
81AC_LANG_C
82acx_pthread_ok=no
83
84# We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
85# requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
86# It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
87
88# First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
89# etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
90# them:
91if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
92 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
93 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
94 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
95 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
96 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
97 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
98 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
99 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
100 PTHREAD_LIBS=""
101 PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
102 fi
103 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
104 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
105fi
106
107# We must check for the threads library under a number of different
108# names; the ordering is very important because some systems
109# (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
110# libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
111
112# Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
113# C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
114# which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
115# which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
116
117acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads pthread --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
118
119# The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
120# individual items follow:
121
122# pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
123# none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
124# other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
125# -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
126# -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
127# lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
128# -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
129# -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
130# -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
131# -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
132# doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
133# also defines -D_REENTRANT)
134# ... -mt is also the pthreads flag for HP/aCC
135# pthread: Linux, etcetera
136# --thread-safe: KAI C++
137# pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
138
139case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
140 *solaris*)
141
142 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
143 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
144 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthreads/-mt/
145 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
146 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
147 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
148 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
149
150 acx_pthread_flags="-pthreads pthread -mt -pthread $acx_pthread_flags"
151 ;;
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000152esac
153
154if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
155for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
156
157 case $flag in
158 none)
159 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
160 ;;
161
162 -*)
163 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
164 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
165 ;;
166
167 pthread-config)
168 AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
169 if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
170 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
171 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
172 ;;
173
174 *)
175 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
176 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
177 ;;
178 esac
179
180 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
181 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
182 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
183 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
184
185 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
186 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
187 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
188 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
189 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
190 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
191 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
192 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
193 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
194 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
195 [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
196 pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
197 pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ],
198 [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
199
200 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
201 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
202
203 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
204 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
205 break;
206 fi
207
208 PTHREAD_LIBS=""
209 PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
210done
211fi
212
213# Various other checks:
214if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
215 save_LIBS="$LIBS"
216 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
217 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
218 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
219
220 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
221 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
222 attr_name=unknown
223 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
224 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr; return attr;],
225 [attr_name=$attr; break])
226 done
227 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
228 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
229 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
230 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
231 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
232 fi
233
234 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
235 flag=no
236 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
237 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
238 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
239 esac
240 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
241 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
242 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
243 fi
244
245 LIBS="$save_LIBS"
246 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
247
248 # More AIX lossage: must compile with xlc_r or cc_r
cristy736173a2009-09-20 21:18:22 +0000249 if test x"$GCC" != xyes; then
250 AC_CHECK_PROGS(PTHREAD_CC, xlc_r cc_r, ${CC})
251 else
252 PTHREAD_CC=$CC
253 fi
254else
255 PTHREAD_CC="$CC"
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000256fi
257
258AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
259AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
260AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CC)
cristy3ed852e2009-09-05 21:47:34 +0000261
262# Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
263if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
264 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])
265 :
266else
267 acx_pthread_ok=no
268 $2
269fi
270AC_LANG_RESTORE
271])dnl ACX_PTHREAD