[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] perl: Add option to enable threads
Clayton Shotwell
clayton.shotwell at rockwellcollins.com
Tue Jan 21 19:29:16 UTC 2020
From: Hector Kesari <hector.kesari at rockwellcollins.com>
Add config option for Perl to enable threads usage.
Signed-off-by: Hector Kesari <hector.kesari at rockwellcollins.com>
Signed-off-by: Clayton Shotwell <clayton.shotwell at rockwellcollins.com>
---
Changes v1 -> v2:
- Changed references of PERL to Perl
- Added a warning about using Perl threads
---
package/perl/Config.in | 13 +++++++++++++
package/perl/perl.mk | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/package/perl/Config.in b/package/perl/Config.in
index 32a3fd2ee9..34b87ee575 100644
--- a/package/perl/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl/Config.in
@@ -24,4 +24,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_MODULES
Leave empty for all modules (as far as the external libraries
are available).
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_ENABLE_THREADS
+ bool "Support for Threads in Perl"
+ depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+ help
+ Enable use of threads in Perl scripts
+
+ WARNING: The use of interpreter-based threads in Perl
+ is officially discouraged.
+ See https://perldoc.perl.org/threads.html#WARNING
+
+comment "Perl threads need toolchain w/ threads"
+ depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
endif
diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index 0ab81ddb34..e0bbf9cfd4 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ ifeq ($(shell expr $(PERL_VERSION_MAJOR) % 2), 1)
PERL_CONF_OPTS += -Dusedevel
endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_ENABLE_THREADS),y)
+PERL_CONF_OPTS += -Dusethreads
+endif
+
ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
PERL_CONF_OPTS += --all-static --no-dynaloader
endif
--
2.23.0
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