dnl @synopsis ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]) dnl dnl This macro figures out how to build C programs using POSIX dnl threads. It sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads dnl library and linker flags, and the PTHREAD_CFLAGS output variable dnl to any special C compiler flags that are needed. (The user can also dnl force certain compiler flags/libs to be tested by setting these dnl environment variables.) dnl dnl Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for dnl multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise). dnl (This is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.) dnl dnl If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to dnl use these variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC: dnl dnl LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS" dnl CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" dnl CC="$PTHREAD_CC" dnl dnl In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute dnl constant has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE dnl to that name (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX). dnl dnl ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads dnl library is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands dnl to run it if it is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, dnl the default action will define HAVE_PTHREAD. dnl dnl Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, dnl or if you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was dnl based on work by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (www.fftw.org) dnl (with help from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread dnl macros posted by AFC to the autoconf macro repository. We are also dnl grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users. dnl dnl @version $Id: acx_pthread.m4,v 1.4 2001/03/16 08:40:17 simons Exp $ dnl @author Steven G. Johnson and Alejandro Forero Cuervo dnl modified by E.Bertin (ordering of flags and deactivated dnl pthread.h check) 2002/04/25 AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) acx_pthread_ok=no # First, check if the POSIX threads header, pthread.h, is available. # If it isn't, don't bother looking for the threads libraries. # AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h, , acx_pthread_ok=noheader) AC_CHECK_HEADER(pthread.h, , acx_pthread_ok=no) # We must check for the threads library under a number of different # names; the ordering is very important because some systems # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the # libraries is broken (non-POSIX). # First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS, # etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using # them: if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" save_LIBS="$LIBS" LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS" AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS]) AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes) AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok) if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then PTHREAD_LIBS="" PTHREAD_CFLAGS="" fi LIBS="$save_LIBS" CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS" fi # Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are # C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none" # which indicates that we try without any flags at all. acx_pthread_flags="pthreads none -Kthread -kthread lthread pthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads --thread-safe -mt" # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the # individual items follow: # pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread) # none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and # other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h) # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able) # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread) # -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads) # -pthreads: Solaris/gcc # -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it # doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too; # also defines -D_REENTRANT) # pthread: Linux, etcetera # --thread-safe: KAI C++ case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in *solaris*) # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthread or # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So, # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first: acx_pthread_flags="-pthread -pthreads pthread -mt $acx_pthread_flags" ;; esac if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do case $flag in none) AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags]) ;; -*) AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag]) PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag" ;; *) AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag]) PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag" ;; esac save_LIBS="$LIBS" save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h, # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.) # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub. # We try pthread_create on general principles. AC_TRY_LINK([#include ], [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0); pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0); pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ], [acx_pthread_ok=yes]) LIBS="$save_LIBS" CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS" AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok) if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then break; fi PTHREAD_LIBS="" PTHREAD_CFLAGS="" done fi # Various other checks: if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then save_LIBS="$LIBS" LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS" save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" # Detect AIX lossage: threads are created detached by default # and the JOINABLE attribute has a nonstandard name (UNDETACHED). AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute]) AC_TRY_LINK([#include ], [int attr=PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE;], ok=PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, ok=unknown) if test x"$ok" = xunknown; then AC_TRY_LINK([#include ], [int attr=PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED;], ok=PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED, ok=unknown) fi if test x"$ok" != xPTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then AC_DEFINE(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $ok, [Define to the necessary symbol if this constant uses a non-standard name on your system.]) fi AC_MSG_RESULT(${ok}) if test x"$ok" = xunknown; then AC_MSG_WARN([we do not know how to create joinable pthreads]) fi AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads]) flag=no case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in *-aix* | *-freebsd*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";; *solaris* | alpha*-osf*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";; esac AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag}) if test "x$flag" != xno; then PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS" fi LIBS="$save_LIBS" CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS" # More AIX lossage: must compile with cc_r AC_CHECK_PROG(PTHREAD_CC, cc_r, cc_r, ${CC}) else PTHREAD_CC="$CC" fi AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS) AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CC) # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND: if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1]) : else acx_pthread_ok=no $2 fi ])dnl ACX_PTHREAD