1 dnl @synopsis ACX_PTHREAD([ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
3 dnl This macro figures out how to build C programs using POSIX threads.
4 dnl It sets the PTHREAD_LIBS output variable to the threads library and
5 dnl linker flags, and the PTHREAD_CFLAGS output variable to any special
6 dnl C compiler flags that are needed. (The user can also force certain
7 dnl compiler flags/libs to be tested by setting these environment
10 dnl Also sets PTHREAD_CC to any special C compiler that is needed for
11 dnl multi-threaded programs (defaults to the value of CC otherwise).
12 dnl (This is necessary on AIX to use the special cc_r compiler alias.)
14 dnl NOTE: You are assumed to not only compile your program with these
15 dnl flags, but also link it with them as well. e.g. you should link
16 dnl with $PTHREAD_CC $CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS $LDFLAGS ... $PTHREAD_LIBS
19 dnl If you are only building threads programs, you may wish to use
20 dnl these variables in your default LIBS, CFLAGS, and CC:
22 dnl LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
23 dnl CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
26 dnl In addition, if the PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE thread-attribute
27 dnl constant has a nonstandard name, defines PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE to
28 dnl that name (e.g. PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED on AIX).
30 dnl ACTION-IF-FOUND is a list of shell commands to run if a threads
31 dnl library is found, and ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND is a list of commands to
32 dnl run it if it is not found. If ACTION-IF-FOUND is not specified, the
33 dnl default action will define HAVE_PTHREAD.
35 dnl Please let the authors know if this macro fails on any platform, or
36 dnl if you have any other suggestions or comments. This macro was based
37 dnl on work by SGJ on autoconf scripts for FFTW (www.fftw.org) (with
38 dnl help from M. Frigo), as well as ac_pthread and hb_pthread macros
39 dnl posted by Alejandro Forero Cuervo to the autoconf macro repository.
40 dnl We are also grateful for the helpful feedback of numerous users.
42 dnl @category InstalledPackages
43 dnl @author Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
44 dnl @version 2005-01-14
45 dnl @license GPLWithACException
47 AC_DEFUN([ACX_PTHREAD], [
48 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
53 # We used to check for pthread.h first, but this fails if pthread.h
54 # requires special compiler flags (e.g. on True64 or Sequent).
55 # It gets checked for in the link test anyway.
57 # First of all, check if the user has set any of the PTHREAD_LIBS,
58 # etcetera environment variables, and if threads linking works using
60 if test x"$PTHREAD_LIBS$PTHREAD_CFLAGS" != x; then
62 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
64 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
65 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pthread_join in LIBS=$PTHREAD_LIBS with CFLAGS=$PTHREAD_CFLAGS])
66 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(pthread_join, acx_pthread_ok=yes)
67 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
68 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
76 # We must check for the threads library under a number of different
77 # names; the ordering is very important because some systems
78 # (e.g. DEC) have both -lpthread and -lpthreads, where one of the
79 # libraries is broken (non-POSIX).
81 # Create a list of thread flags to try. Items starting with a "-" are
82 # C compiler flags, and other items are library names, except for "none"
83 # which indicates that we try without any flags at all, and "pthread-config"
84 # which is a program returning the flags for the Pth emulation library.
86 acx_pthread_flags="pthreads pthread none -Kthread -kthread lthread -pthread -pthreads -mthreads --thread-safe -mt pthread-config"
88 # The ordering *is* (sometimes) important. Some notes on the
89 # individual items follow:
91 # pthreads: AIX (must check this before -lpthread)
92 # none: in case threads are in libc; should be tried before -Kthread and
93 # other compiler flags to prevent continual compiler warnings
94 # -Kthread: Sequent (threads in libc, but -Kthread needed for pthread.h)
95 # -kthread: FreeBSD kernel threads (preferred to -pthread since SMP-able)
96 # lthread: LinuxThreads port on FreeBSD (also preferred to -pthread)
97 # -pthread: Linux/gcc (kernel threads), BSD/gcc (userland threads)
98 # -pthreads: Solaris/gcc
99 # -mthreads: Mingw32/gcc, Lynx/gcc
100 # -mt: Sun Workshop C (may only link SunOS threads [-lthread], but it
101 # doesn't hurt to check since this sometimes defines pthreads too;
102 # also defines -D_REENTRANT)
103 # pthread: Linux, etcetera
104 # --thread-safe: KAI C++
105 # pthread-config: use pthread-config program (for GNU Pth library)
107 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
110 # On Solaris (at least, for some versions), libc contains stubbed
111 # (non-functional) versions of the pthreads routines, so link-based
112 # tests will erroneously succeed. (We need to link with -pthread or
113 # -lpthread.) (The stubs are missing pthread_cleanup_push, or rather
114 # a function called by this macro, so we could check for that, but
115 # who knows whether they'll stub that too in a future libc.) So,
116 # we'll just look for -pthreads and -lpthread first:
118 acx_pthread_flags="-pthread -pthreads pthread -mt $acx_pthread_flags"
122 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xno; then
123 for flag in $acx_pthread_flags; do
127 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work without any flags])
131 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether pthreads work with $flag])
132 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag"
136 AC_CHECK_PROG(acx_pthread_config, pthread-config, yes, no)
137 if test x"$acx_pthread_config" = xno; then continue; fi
138 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="`pthread-config --cflags`"
139 PTHREAD_LIBS="`pthread-config --ldflags` `pthread-config --libs`"
143 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the pthreads library -l$flag])
144 PTHREAD_LIBS="-l$flag"
149 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
150 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
151 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
153 # Check for various functions. We must include pthread.h,
154 # since some functions may be macros. (On the Sequent, we
155 # need a special flag -Kthread to make this header compile.)
156 # We check for pthread_join because it is in -lpthread on IRIX
157 # while pthread_create is in libc. We check for pthread_attr_init
158 # due to DEC craziness with -lpthreads. We check for
159 # pthread_cleanup_push because it is one of the few pthread
160 # functions on Solaris that doesn't have a non-functional libc stub.
161 # We try pthread_create on general principles.
162 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>],
163 [pthread_t th; pthread_join(th, 0);
164 pthread_attr_init(0); pthread_cleanup_push(0, 0);
165 pthread_create(0,0,0,0); pthread_cleanup_pop(0); ],
166 [acx_pthread_ok=yes])
169 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
171 AC_MSG_RESULT($acx_pthread_ok)
172 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
181 # Various other checks:
182 if test "x$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
184 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
185 save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
186 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
188 # Detect AIX lossage: JOINABLE attribute is called UNDETACHED.
189 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for joinable pthread attribute])
191 for attr in PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE PTHREAD_CREATE_UNDETACHED; do
192 AC_TRY_LINK([#include <pthread.h>], [int attr=$attr;],
193 [attr_name=$attr; break])
195 AC_MSG_RESULT($attr_name)
196 if test "$attr_name" != PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE; then
197 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE, $attr_name,
198 [Define to necessary symbol if this constant
199 uses a non-standard name on your system.])
202 AC_MSG_CHECKING([if more special flags are required for pthreads])
204 case "${host_cpu}-${host_os}" in
205 *-aix* | *-freebsd* | *-darwin*) flag="-D_THREAD_SAFE";;
206 *solaris* | *-osf* | *-hpux*) flag="-D_REENTRANT";;
208 AC_MSG_RESULT(${flag})
209 if test "x$flag" != xno; then
210 PTHREAD_CFLAGS="$flag $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
214 CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS"
216 # More AIX lossage: must compile with cc_r
217 AC_CHECK_PROG(PTHREAD_CC, cc_r, cc_r, ${CC})
222 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_LIBS)
223 AC_SUBST(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
226 # Finally, execute ACTION-IF-FOUND/ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND:
227 if test x"$acx_pthread_ok" = xyes; then
228 ifelse([$1],,AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PTHREAD,1,[Define if you have POSIX threads libraries and header files.]),[$1])