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2dnl Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
6
7dnl From Bruno Haible.
8
9dnl gl_THREADLIB
10dnl ------------
11dnl Tests for a multithreading library to be used.
12dnl If the configure.ac contains a definition of the gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO
13dnl (it must be placed before the invocation of gl_THREADLIB_EARLY!), then the
14dnl default is 'no', otherwise it is system dependent. In both cases, the user
15dnl can change the choice through the options --enable-threads=choice or
16dnl --disable-threads.
17dnl Defines at most one of the macros USE_POSIX_THREADS, USE_SOLARIS_THREADS,
18dnl USE_PTH_THREADS, USE_WINDOWS_THREADS
19dnl Sets the variables LIBTHREAD and LTLIBTHREAD to the linker options for use
20dnl in a Makefile (LIBTHREAD for use without libtool, LTLIBTHREAD for use with
21dnl libtool).
22dnl Sets the variables LIBMULTITHREAD and LTLIBMULTITHREAD similarly, for
23dnl programs that really need multithread functionality. The difference
24dnl between LIBTHREAD and LIBMULTITHREAD is that on platforms supporting weak
25dnl symbols, typically LIBTHREAD="" whereas LIBMULTITHREAD="-lpthread".
26dnl Adds to CPPFLAGS the flag -D_REENTRANT or -D_THREAD_SAFE if needed for
27dnl multithread-safe programs.
28
29AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY],
30[
31 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY])
32])
33
34dnl The guts of gl_THREADLIB_EARLY. Needs to be expanded only once.
35
36AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY],
37[
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([$0], [gl_ARGP])dnl
43
44 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
45 dnl _GNU_SOURCE is needed for pthread_rwlock_t on glibc systems.
46 dnl AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS was introduced in autoconf 2.60 and obsoletes
47 dnl AC_GNU_SOURCE.
48 m4_ifdef([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS],
49 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])],
50 [AC_REQUIRE([AC_GNU_SOURCE])])
51 dnl Check for multithreading.
52 m4_ifdef([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO],
53 [m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [gl_use_threads_default=no])],
54 [m4_divert_text([DEFAULTS], [gl_use_threads_default=])])
55 AC_ARG_ENABLE([threads],
56AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-threads={posix|solaris|pth|windows}], [specify multithreading API])m4_ifdef([gl_THREADLIB_DEFAULT_NO], [], [
57AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-threads], [build without multithread safety])]),
58 [gl_use_threads=$enableval],
59 [if test -n "$gl_use_threads_default"; then
60 gl_use_threads="$gl_use_threads_default"
61 else
62changequote(,)dnl
63 case "$host_os" in
64 dnl Disable multithreading by default on OSF/1, because it interferes
65 dnl with fork()/exec(): When msgexec is linked with -lpthread, its
66 dnl child process gets an endless segmentation fault inside execvp().
67 dnl Disable multithreading by default on Cygwin 1.5.x, because it has
68 dnl bugs that lead to endless loops or crashes. See
69 dnl <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-08/msg00283.html>.
70 osf*) gl_use_threads=no ;;
71 cygwin*)
72 case `uname -r` in
73 1.[0-5].*) gl_use_threads=no ;;
74 *) gl_use_threads=yes ;;
75 esac
76 ;;
77 *) gl_use_threads=yes ;;
78 esac
79changequote([,])dnl
80 fi
81 ])
82 if test "$gl_use_threads" = yes || test "$gl_use_threads" = posix; then
83 # For using <pthread.h>:
84 case "$host_os" in
85 osf*)
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="$CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT"
93 ;;
94 esac
95 # Some systems optimize for single-threaded programs by default, and
96 # need special flags to disable these optimizations. For example, the
97 # definition of 'errno' in <errno.h>.
98 case "$host_os" in
99 aix* | freebsd*) CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_THREAD_SAFE" ;;
100 solaris*) CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_REENTRANT" ;;
101 esac
102 fi
103])
104
105dnl The guts of gl_THREADLIB. Needs to be expanded only once.
106
107AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB_BODY],
108[
109 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY_BODY])
110 gl_threads_api=none
111 LIBTHREAD=
112 LTLIBTHREAD=
113 LIBMULTITHREAD=
114 LTLIBMULTITHREAD=
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],
118 [gl_cv_have_weak],
119 [gl_cv_have_weak=no
120 dnl First, test whether the compiler accepts it syntactically.
121 AC_LINK_IFELSE(
122 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
123 [[extern void xyzzy ();
124#pragma weak xyzzy]],
125 [[xyzzy();]])],
126 [gl_cv_have_weak=maybe])
127 if test $gl_cv_have_weak = maybe; then
128 dnl Second, test whether it actually works. On Cygwin 1.7.2, with
129 dnl gcc 4.3, symbols declared weak always evaluate to the address 0.
130 AC_RUN_IFELSE(
131 [AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
132#include <stdio.h>
133#pragma weak fputs
134int main ()
135{
136 return (fputs == NULL);
137}]])],
138 [gl_cv_have_weak=yes],
139 [gl_cv_have_weak=no],
140 [dnl When cross-compiling, assume that only ELF platforms support
141 dnl weak symbols.
142 AC_EGREP_CPP([Extensible Linking Format],
143 [#ifdef __ELF__
144 Extensible Linking Format
145 #endif
146 ],
147 [gl_cv_have_weak="guessing yes"],
148 [gl_cv_have_weak="guessing no"])
149 ])
150 fi
151 ])
152 if test "$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)
160 # -lgthreads
161 gl_have_pthread=
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.
165 AC_LINK_IFELSE(
166 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
167 [[#include <pthread.h>]],
168 [[pthread_mutex_lock((pthread_mutex_t*)0);
169 pthread_mutexattr_init((pthread_mutexattr_t*)0);]])],
170 [gl_have_pthread=yes])
171 # Test for libpthread by looking for pthread_kill. (Not pthread_self,
172 # since it is defined as a macro on OSF/1.)
173 if test -n "$gl_have_pthread"; then
174 # The program links fine without libpthread. But it may actually
175 # need to link with libpthread in order to create multiple threads.
176 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_kill],
177 [LIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread
178 # On Solaris and HP-UX, most pthread functions exist also in libc.
179 # Therefore pthread_in_use() needs to actually try to create a
180 # thread: pthread_create from libc will fail, whereas
181 # pthread_create will actually create a thread.
182 case "$host_os" in
183 solaris* | hpux*)
184 AC_DEFINE([PTHREAD_IN_USE_DETECTION_HARD], [1],
185 [Define if the pthread_in_use() detection is hard.])
186 esac
187 ])
188 else
189 # Some library is needed. Try libpthread and libc_r.
190 AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread], [pthread_kill],
191 [gl_have_pthread=yes
192 LIBTHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBTHREAD=-lpthread
193 LIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lpthread])
194 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
195 # For FreeBSD 4.
196 AC_CHECK_LIB([c_r], [pthread_kill],
197 [gl_have_pthread=yes
198 LIBTHREAD=-lc_r LTLIBTHREAD=-lc_r
199 LIBMULTITHREAD=-lc_r LTLIBMULTITHREAD=-lc_r])
200 fi
201 fi
202 if test -n "$gl_have_pthread"; then
203 gl_threads_api=posix
204 AC_DEFINE([USE_POSIX_THREADS], [1],
205 [Define if the POSIX multithreading library can be used.])
206 if test -n "$LIBMULTITHREAD" || test -n "$LTLIBMULTITHREAD"; then
207 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
208 AC_DEFINE([USE_POSIX_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
209 [Define if references to the POSIX multithreading library should be made weak.])
210 LIBTHREAD=
211 LTLIBTHREAD=
212 fi
213 fi
214 fi
215 fi
216 fi
217 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
218 if test "$gl_use_threads" = yes || test "$gl_use_threads" = solaris; then
219 gl_have_solaristhread=
220 gl_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
221 LIBS="$LIBS -lthread"
222 AC_LINK_IFELSE(
223 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
224 [[
225#include <thread.h>
226#include <synch.h>
227 ]],
228 [[thr_self();]])],
229 [gl_have_solaristhread=yes])
230 LIBS="$gl_save_LIBS"
231 if test -n "$gl_have_solaristhread"; then
232 gl_threads_api=solaris
233 LIBTHREAD=-lthread
234 LTLIBTHREAD=-lthread
235 LIBMULTITHREAD="$LIBTHREAD"
236 LTLIBMULTITHREAD="$LTLIBTHREAD"
237 AC_DEFINE([USE_SOLARIS_THREADS], [1],
238 [Define if the old Solaris multithreading library can be used.])
239 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
240 AC_DEFINE([USE_SOLARIS_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
241 [Define if references to the old Solaris multithreading library should be made weak.])
242 LIBTHREAD=
243 LTLIBTHREAD=
244 fi
245 fi
246 fi
247 fi
248 if test "$gl_use_threads" = pth; then
249 gl_save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
250 AC_LIB_LINKFLAGS([pth])
251 gl_have_pth=
252 gl_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
253 LIBS="$LIBS $LIBPTH"
254 AC_LINK_IFELSE(
255 [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <pth.h>]], [[pth_self();]])],
256 [gl_have_pth=yes])
257 LIBS="$gl_save_LIBS"
258 if test -n "$gl_have_pth"; then
259 gl_threads_api=pth
260 LIBTHREAD="$LIBPTH"
261 LTLIBTHREAD="$LTLIBPTH"
262 LIBMULTITHREAD="$LIBTHREAD"
263 LTLIBMULTITHREAD="$LTLIBTHREAD"
264 AC_DEFINE([USE_PTH_THREADS], [1],
265 [Define if the GNU Pth multithreading library can be used.])
266 if test -n "$LIBMULTITHREAD" || test -n "$LTLIBMULTITHREAD"; then
267 if case "$gl_cv_have_weak" in *yes) true;; *) false;; esac; then
268 AC_DEFINE([USE_PTH_THREADS_WEAK], [1],
269 [Define if references to the GNU Pth multithreading library should be made weak.])
270 LIBTHREAD=
271 LTLIBTHREAD=
272 fi
273 fi
274 else
275 CPPFLAGS="$gl_save_CPPFLAGS"
276 fi
277 fi
278 if test -z "$gl_have_pthread"; then
279 case "$gl_use_threads" in
280 yes | windows | win32) # The 'win32' is for backward compatibility.
281 if { case "$host_os" in
282 mingw*) true;;
283 *) false;;
284 esac
285 }; then
286 gl_threads_api=windows
287 AC_DEFINE([USE_WINDOWS_THREADS], [1],
288 [Define if the native Windows multithreading API can be used.])
289 fi
290 ;;
291 esac
292 fi
293 fi
294 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for multithread API to use])
295 AC_MSG_RESULT([$gl_threads_api])
296 AC_SUBST([LIBTHREAD])
297 AC_SUBST([LTLIBTHREAD])
298 AC_SUBST([LIBMULTITHREAD])
299 AC_SUBST([LTLIBMULTITHREAD])
300])
301
302AC_DEFUN([gl_THREADLIB],
303[
304 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_EARLY])
305 AC_REQUIRE([gl_THREADLIB_BODY])
306])
307
308
309dnl gl_DISABLE_THREADS
310dnl ------------------
311dnl Sets the gl_THREADLIB default so that threads are not used by default.
312dnl The user can still override it at installation time, by using the
313dnl configure option '--enable-threads'.
314
315AC_DEFUN([gl_DISABLE_THREADS], [
316 m4_divert_text([INIT_PREPARE], [gl_use_threads_default=no])
317])
318
319
320dnl Survey of platforms:
321dnl
322dnl Platform Available Compiler Supports test-lock
323dnl flavours option weak result
324dnl --------------- --------- --------- -------- ---------
325dnl Linux 2.4/glibc posix -lpthread Y OK
326dnl
327dnl GNU Hurd/glibc posix
328dnl
329dnl FreeBSD 5.3 posix -lc_r Y
330dnl posix -lkse ? Y
331dnl posix -lpthread ? Y
332dnl posix -lthr Y
333dnl
334dnl FreeBSD 5.2 posix -lc_r Y
335dnl posix -lkse Y
336dnl posix -lthr Y
337dnl
338dnl FreeBSD 4.0,4.10 posix -lc_r Y OK
339dnl
340dnl NetBSD 1.6 --
341dnl
342dnl OpenBSD 3.4 posix -lpthread Y OK
343dnl
344dnl Mac OS X 10.[123] posix -lpthread Y OK
345dnl
346dnl Solaris 7,8,9 posix -lpthread Y Sol 7,8: 0.0; Sol 9: OK
347dnl solaris -lthread Y Sol 7,8: 0.0; Sol 9: OK
348dnl
349dnl HP-UX 11 posix -lpthread N (cc) OK
350dnl Y (gcc)
351dnl
352dnl IRIX 6.5 posix -lpthread Y 0.5
353dnl
354dnl AIX 4.3,5.1 posix -lpthread N AIX 4: 0.5; AIX 5: OK
355dnl
356dnl OSF/1 4.0,5.1 posix -pthread (cc) N OK
357dnl -lpthread (gcc) Y
358dnl
359dnl Cygwin posix -lpthread Y OK
360dnl
361dnl Any of the above pth -lpth 0.0
362dnl
363dnl Mingw windows N OK
364dnl
365dnl BeOS 5 --
366dnl
367dnl The test-lock result shows what happens if in test-lock.c EXPLICIT_YIELD is
368dnl turned off:
369dnl OK if all three tests terminate OK,
370dnl 0.5 if the first test terminates OK but the second one loops endlessly,
371dnl 0.0 if the first test already loops endlessly.