openmpi/opal/config/opal_check_pthread_pids.m4

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AC_DEFUN([OPAL_CHECK_PTHREAD_PIDS],[
#
# Arguments: none
#
# Dependencies: None
#
# Sets:
#  OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS (variable)
#
# Test for Linux-like threads in the system.  OPAL no longer supports
# systems with different PIDs for threads in the same process, so error
# out if we detect that case.
#

AC_MSG_CHECKING([if threads have different pids (pthreads on linux)])
CFLAGS_save="$CFLAGS"
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $THREAD_CFLAGS"
CPPFLAGS_save="$CPPFLAGS"
CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $THREAD_CPPFLAGS"
LDFLAGS_save="$LDFLAGS"
LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $THREAD_LDFLAGS"
LIBS_save="$LIBS"
LIBS="$LIBS $THREAD_LIBS"
AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([#include <pthread.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void *checkpid(void *arg);
int main() {
  pthread_t thr;
  int pid, *retval;
  pid = getpid();
  pthread_create(&thr, NULL, checkpid, &pid);
  pthread_join(thr, (void **) &retval);
  exit(*retval);
}

static int ret;
void *checkpid(void *arg) {
   int ppid = *((int *) arg);
   if (ppid == getpid())
     ret = 0;
   else
     ret = 1;
   pthread_exit((void *) &ret);
}])], 
[MSG=no OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS=0], 
[MSG=yes OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS=1],
[
 # If we're cross compiling, we can't do another AC_* function here beause
 # it we haven't displayed the result from the last one yet.  So defer
 # another test until below.
 OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS=
 MSG="cross compiling (need another test)"])

CFLAGS="$CFLAGS_save"
CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS_save"
LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS_save"
LIBS="$LIBS_save"

AC_MSG_RESULT([$MSG])

AS_IF([test "x$OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS" = "x"],
      [ # If we are cross-compiling, look for the symbol
       # __linuxthreads_create_event, which seems to only exist in the
       # Linux Threads-based pthreads implementation (i.e., the one
       # that has different PIDs for each thread).  We *could* switch
       # on $host here and only test *linux* hosts, but this test is
       # pretty unique, so why bother?  Note that AC_CHECK_FUNC works
       # properly in cross-compiling environments in recent-enough
       # versions of Autoconf (which is one of the reasons we mandate
       # recent versions in autogen!).
       AC_CHECK_FUNC([__linuxthreads_create_event],
                     [OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS=1])])

AS_IF([test "$OPAL_THREADS_HAVE_DIFFERENT_PIDS" = "1"],
      [AC_MSG_WARN([This version of Open MPI only supports environments where])
       AC_MSG_WARN([threads have the same PID.  Please use an older version of])
       AC_MSG_WARN([Open MPI if you need support on systems with different])
       AC_MSG_WARN([PIDs for threads in the same process.  Open MPI 1.4.x]) 
       AC_MSG_WARN([supports such systems, as does at least some versions the])
       AC_MSG_WARN([Open MPI 1.5.x series.])
       AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot continue])
      ])

#
# if pthreads is not available, then the system does not have an insane threads
# model
#
unset MSG])dnl