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+dnl Copyright (C) 2010 Vincent Torri <vtorri at univ-evry dot fr>
+dnl That code is public domain and can be freely used or copied.
+
+dnl Macro that check if several pthread library is available or not.
+
+dnl Usage: EFL_CHECK_PTHREAD(want_pthread_spin[, ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]])
+dnl Call AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
+dnl Call AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS)
+dnl Define EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD
+dnl Define EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD_SPINLOCK
+
+AC_DEFUN([EFL_CHECK_PTHREAD],
+[
+
+dnl configure option
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([pthread],
+ [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-pthread], [enable POSIX threads code @<:@default=auto@:>@])],
+ [
+ if test "x${enableval}" = "xyes" ; then
+ _efl_enable_pthread="yes"
+ else
+ _efl_enable_pthread="no"
+ fi
+ ],
+ [_efl_enable_pthread="auto"])
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build POSIX threads code])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_enable_pthread}])
+
+dnl check if the compiler supports pthreads
+
+_efl_have_pthread="no"
+
+if test "x${_efl_enable_pthread}" = "xyes" || test "x${_efl_enable_pthread}" = "xauto" ; then
+
+ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+ [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#include <pthread.h>
+ ]],
+ [[
+pthread_t id;
+id = pthread_self();
+ ]])],
+ [_efl_have_pthread="yes"],
+ [_efl_have_pthread="no"])
+
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether system support POSIX threads])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_have_pthread}])
+if test "$x{_efl_enable_pthread}" = "xyes" && test "x${_efl_have_pthread}" = "xno"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([pthread support requested but not found.])
+fi
+
+if test "x${_efl_have_pthread}" = "xyes" ; then
+ case "$host_os" in
+ mingw*)
+ EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS=""
+ EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthreadGC2"
+ ;;
+ solaris*)
+ EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-mt"
+ EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS="-mt"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS="-pthread"
+ EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS="-pthread"
+ ;;
+ esac
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(EFL_PTHREAD_LIBS)
+
+if test "x${_efl_have_pthread}" = "xyes" ; then
+ AC_DEFINE(EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD, 1, [Define to mention that POSIX threads are supported])
+fi
+
+dnl check if the compiler supports pthreads spinlock
+
+_efl_have_pthread_spinlock="no"
+
+if test "x${_efl_have_pthread}" = "xyes" && test "x$1" = "xyes" ; then
+
+ AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
+ [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+#include <pthread.h>
+ ]],
+ [[
+pthread_spinlock_t lock;
+int res;
+res = pthread_spin_init(&lock, PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE);
+ ]])],
+ [_efl_have_pthread_spinlock="yes"],
+ [_efl_have_pthread_spinlock="no"])
+
+fi
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build POSIX threads spinlock code])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([${_efl_have_pthread_spinlock}])
+if test "$x{_efl_enable_pthread}" = "xyes" && test "x${_efl_have_pthread_spinlock}" = "xno"; then
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([pthread support requested but spinlocks are not supported])
+fi
+
+if test "x${_efl_have_pthread_spinlock}" = "xyes" ; then
+ AC_DEFINE(EFL_HAVE_PTHREAD_SPINLOCK, 1, [Define to mention that POSIX threads spinlocks are supported])
+fi
+
+AS_IF([test "x$_efl_have_pthread" = "xyes"], [$2], [$3])
+AS_IF([test "x$_efl_have_pthread_spinlock" = "xyes"], [$4], [$5])
+
+])