From badf0c4f5f40080abd32b8b9e2cb5a37e345b7a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:56:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pthread: define thread-safe macros on some platforms

* m4/pthread.m4 (gl_PTHREAD_CHECK): Define macros needed
for thread-safe operation on some platforms.
---
 ChangeLog     |  6 ++++++
 m4/pthread.m4 | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cd1989714f..05501530d2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-06-14  Pádraig Brady  <P@draigBrady.com>
+
+	pthread: define thread-safe macros on some platforms
+	* m4/pthread.m4 (gl_PTHREAD_CHECK): Define macros needed
+	for thread-safe operation on some platforms.
+
 2014-06-13  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	regex: don't be multithreaded if USE_UNLOCKED_IO.
diff --git a/m4/pthread.m4 b/m4/pthread.m4
index 1ed0dd335e..44538bd941 100644
--- a/m4/pthread.m4
+++ b/m4/pthread.m4
@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_PTHREAD_CHECK],
    fi
    AC_SUBST([LIB_PTHREAD])
 
+   dnl Some systems optimize for single-threaded programs by default, and
+   dnl need special flags to disable these optimizations. For example, the
+   dnl definition of 'errno' in <errno.h>.
+   case "$host_os" in
+     aix* | freebsd*)
+       AC_DEFINE([_THREAD_SAFE], 1,
+         [Define on some systems, to enable only thread-safe operations.])
+     ;;
+     osf* | solaris*)
+       AC_DEFINE([_REENTRANT], 1,
+         [Define on some systems, to enable only thread-safe operations.])
+     ;;
+   esac
+
    AC_REQUIRE([AC_C_RESTRICT])
 ])
 
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