re PR other/16519 (-pthread undocumented)

2017-01-08  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>

	PR other/16519

	gcc/
	* doc/invoke.texi (Option Summary): Move -pthread to Linker Options
	and Preprocessor Options.
	(Options for Linking): Document -pthread here....
	(RS/6000 and PowerPC Options): ...not here.
	(Solaris 2 Options): ...or here.
	* doc/cppopts.texi: Document -pthread.

From-SVN: r244214

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9c2661ba58b8fa6b30f6b3d7d45b690137ef92ab..aa231c17cf1b0bdf5f1939959bf2ac0986aa94ce 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2017-01-08  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
+       PR other/16519
+
+       * doc/invoke.texi (Option Summary): Move -pthread to Linker Options
+       and Preprocessor Options.
+       (Options for Linking): Document -pthread here....
+       (RS/6000 and PowerPC Options): ...not here.
+       (Solaris 2 Options): ...or here.
+       * doc/cppopts.texi: Document -pthread.
+
 2017-01-08  Martin Sebor  <msebor@redhat.com>
 
        PR middle-end/77708

diff --git a/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi b/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi
index 80f3ba374b1b84b42898ef9817902877bfc58b27..0497712bee910b0efefeb1a661c3f0b420321b1a 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/cppopts.texi
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ standard predefined macros remain defined.
 @xref{Standard Predefined Macros}.
 @end ifset
 
+@item -pthread
+@opindex pthread
+Define additional macros required for using the POSIX threads library.
+You should use this option consistently for both compilation and linking.
+This option is supported on GNU/Linux targets, most other Unix derivatives,
+and also on x86 Cygwin and MinGW targets.
+
 @item -M
 @opindex M
 @cindex @command{make}

diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 6cf03ef95e42c866e9c94b5858dae62b9f7f3ef7..db1769809bed8cfe4b9c77193b5cac3c7f96a561 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
 -fwide-exec-charset=@var{charset}  -fworking-directory @gol
 -H  -imacros @var{file}  -include @var{file} @gol
 -M  -MD  -MF  -MG  -MM  -MMD  -MP  -MQ  -MT @gol
--no-integrated-cpp  -P  -remap @gol
+-no-integrated-cpp  -P  -pthread  -remap @gol
 -traditional  -traditional-cpp  -trigraphs @gol
 -U@var{macro}  -undef  @gol
 -Wp,@var{option}  -Xpreprocessor @var{option}}
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ Objective-C and Objective-C++ Dialects}.
 @item Linker Options
 @xref{Link Options,,Options for Linking}.
 @gccoptlist{@var{object-file-name}  -fuse-ld=@var{linker} -l@var{library} @gol
--nostartfiles  -nodefaultlibs  -nostdlib -pie -rdynamic @gol
+-nostartfiles  -nodefaultlibs  -nostdlib -pie -pthread -rdynamic @gol
 -s  -static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ @gol
 -static-libasan -static-libtsan -static-liblsan -static-libubsan @gol
 -static-libmpx -static-libmpxwrappers @gol
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ See RS/6000 and PowerPC Options.
 -mfloat-gprs=yes  -mfloat-gprs=no -mfloat-gprs=single -mfloat-gprs=double @gol
 -mprototype  -mno-prototype @gol
 -msim  -mmvme  -mads  -myellowknife  -memb  -msdata @gol
--msdata=@var{opt}  -mvxworks  -G @var{num}  -pthread @gol
+-msdata=@var{opt}  -mvxworks  -G @var{num} @gol
 -mrecip -mrecip=@var{opt} -mno-recip -mrecip-precision @gol
 -mno-recip-precision @gol
 -mveclibabi=@var{type} -mfriz -mno-friz @gol
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ See RS/6000 and PowerPC Options.
 
 @emph{Solaris 2 Options}
 @gccoptlist{-mclear-hwcap -mno-clear-hwcap -mimpure-text  -mno-impure-text @gol
--pthreads -pthread}
+-pthreads}
 
 @emph{SPARC Options}
 @gccoptlist{-mcpu=@var{cpu-type} @gol
@@ -11566,6 +11566,14 @@ or model suboptions) when you specify this linker option.
 @opindex no-pie
 Don't produce a position independent executable.
 
+@item -pthread
+@opindex pthread
+Link with the POSIX threads library.  This option is supported on 
+GNU/Linux targets, most other Unix derivatives, and also on 
+x86 Cygwin and MinGW targets.  On some targets this option also sets 
+flags for the preprocessor, so it should be used consistently for both
+compilation and linking.
+
 @item -rdynamic
 @opindex rdynamic
 Pass the flag @option{-export-dynamic} to the ELF linker, on targets
@@ -22040,11 +22048,6 @@ reliably associate function call with argument setup instructions for
 TLS optimization, which in turn allows GCC to better schedule the
 sequence.
 
-@item -pthread
-@opindex pthread
-Adds support for multithreading with the @dfn{pthreads} library.
-This option sets flags for both the preprocessor and linker.
-
 @item -mrecip
 @itemx -mno-recip
 @opindex mrecip
@@ -23186,14 +23189,7 @@ These switches are supported in addition to the above on Solaris 2:
 @table @gcctabopt
 @item -pthreads
 @opindex pthreads
-Add support for multithreading using the POSIX threads library.  This
-option sets flags for both the preprocessor and linker.  This option does
-not affect the thread safety of object code produced  by the compiler or
-that of libraries supplied with it.
-
-@item -pthread
-@opindex pthread
-This is a synonym for @option{-pthreads}.
+This is a synonym for @option{-pthread}.
 @end table
 
 @node SPARC Options