configure: check for uuid python module
[cascardo/ovs.git] / m4 / openvswitch.m4
index ceb1073..012901f 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- autoconf -*-
 
-# Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks.
+# Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Nicira, Inc.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,31 +19,24 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_COVERAGE],
   [AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
    AC_ARG_ENABLE(
      [coverage],
-     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage], 
+     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-coverage],
                      [Enable gcov coverage tool.])],
      [case "${enableval}" in
-        (lcov) coverage=true lcov=true ;;
-        (yes) coverage=true lcov=false ;;
-        (no)  coverage=false lcov=false ;;
+        (yes) coverage=true ;;
+        (no)  coverage=false ;;
         (*) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-coverage]) ;;
       esac],
-     [coverage=false lcov=false])
+     [coverage=false])
    if $coverage; then
      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -O0 --coverage"
      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS --coverage"
-   fi
-   if $lcov; then
-     if lcov --version >/dev/null 2>&1; then :; else
-       AC_MSG_ERROR([--enable-coverage=lcov was specified but lcov is not in \$PATH])
-     fi
-   fi
-   AC_SUBST([LCOV], [$lcov])])
+   fi])
 
 dnl Checks for --enable-ndebug and defines NDEBUG if it is specified.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_NDEBUG],
   [AC_ARG_ENABLE(
      [ndebug],
-     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ndebug], 
+     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ndebug],
                      [Disable debugging features for max performance])],
      [case "${enableval}" in
         (yes) ndebug=true ;;
@@ -53,6 +46,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_NDEBUG],
      [ndebug=false])
    AM_CONDITIONAL([NDEBUG], [test x$ndebug = xtrue])])
 
+dnl Checks for ESX.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_ESX],
+  [AC_CHECK_HEADER([vmware.h],
+                   [ESX=yes],
+                   [ESX=no])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([ESX], [test "$ESX" = yes])
+   if test "$ESX" = yes; then
+      AC_DEFINE([ESX], [1], [Define to 1 if building on ESX.])
+   fi])
+
 dnl Checks for Netlink support.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_NETLINK],
   [AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/netlink.h],
@@ -67,42 +70,41 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_NETLINK],
                 [Define to 1 if Netlink protocol is available.])
    fi])
 
-dnl Checks for OpenSSL, if --enable-ssl is passed in.
+dnl Checks for OpenSSL.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_OPENSSL],
   [AC_ARG_ENABLE(
      [ssl],
-     [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-ssl], 
-                     [Enable ssl support (requires libssl)])],
+     [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-ssl], [Disable OpenSSL support])],
      [case "${enableval}" in
         (yes) ssl=true ;;
         (no)  ssl=false ;;
         (*) AC_MSG_ERROR([bad value ${enableval} for --enable-ssl]) ;;
       esac],
-     [ssl=false])
+     [ssl=check])
 
-   if test "$ssl" = true; then
-   dnl Make sure that pkg-config is installed.
-   m4_pattern_forbid([PKG_CHECK_MODULES])
-   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([SSL], [libssl], 
-     [HAVE_OPENSSL=yes],
-     [HAVE_OPENSSL=no
-      AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find libssl:
+   if test "$ssl" != false; then
+       AX_CHECK_OPENSSL(
+         [HAVE_OPENSSL=yes],
+         [HAVE_OPENSSL=no
+          if test "$ssl" = check; then
+            AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot find openssl:
 
-   $SSL_PKG_ERRORS
-
-   OpenFlow connections over SSL will not be supported.])])
+$SSL_PKG_ERRORS
 
+OpenFlow connections over SSL will not be supported.
+(You may use --disable-ssl to suppress this warning.)])
+          else
+            AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find openssl (use --disable-ssl to configure without SSL support)])
+          fi])
+   else
+       HAVE_OPENSSL=no
    fi
+   AC_SUBST([HAVE_OPENSSL])
    AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_OPENSSL], [test "$HAVE_OPENSSL" = yes])
    if test "$HAVE_OPENSSL" = yes; then
       AC_DEFINE([HAVE_OPENSSL], [1], [Define to 1 if OpenSSL is installed.])
    fi])
 
-dnl Checks for libraries needed by lib/fault.c.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_FAULT_LIBS],
-  [AC_CHECK_LIB([dl], [dladdr], [FAULT_LIBS=-ldl])
-   AC_SUBST([FAULT_LIBS])])
-
 dnl Checks for libraries needed by lib/socket-util.c.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_SOCKET_LIBS],
   [AC_CHECK_LIB([socket], [connect])
@@ -111,33 +113,50 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_SOCKET_LIBS],
 dnl Checks for the directory in which to store the PKI.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PKIDIR],
   [AC_ARG_WITH(
-     [pkidir], 
-     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pkidir=DIR], 
-                    [PKI hierarchy directory [[DATADIR/openvswitch/pki]]]),
+     [pkidir],
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pkidir=DIR],
+                    [PKI hierarchy directory [[LOCALSTATEDIR/lib/openvswitch/pki]]]),
      [PKIDIR=$withval],
-     [PKIDIR='${pkgdatadir}/pki'])
+     [PKIDIR='${localstatedir}/lib/openvswitch/pki'])
    AC_SUBST([PKIDIR])])
 
 dnl Checks for the directory in which to store pidfiles.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_RUNDIR],
   [AC_ARG_WITH(
-     [rundir], 
-     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-rundir=DIR], 
-                    [directory used for pidfiles [[LOCALSTATEDIR/run]]]),
+     [rundir],
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-rundir=DIR],
+                    [directory used for pidfiles
+                    [[LOCALSTATEDIR/run/openvswitch]]]),
      [RUNDIR=$withval],
-     [RUNDIR='${localstatedir}/run'])
+     [RUNDIR='${localstatedir}/run/openvswitch'])
    AC_SUBST([RUNDIR])])
 
 dnl Checks for the directory in which to store logs.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LOGDIR],
   [AC_ARG_WITH(
-     [logdir], 
-     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-logdir=DIR], 
+     [logdir],
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-logdir=DIR],
                     [directory used for logs [[LOCALSTATEDIR/log/PACKAGE]]]),
      [LOGDIR=$withval],
      [LOGDIR='${localstatedir}/log/${PACKAGE}'])
    AC_SUBST([LOGDIR])])
 
+dnl Checks for the directory in which to store the Open vSwitch database.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_DBDIR],
+  [AC_ARG_WITH(
+     [dbdir],
+     AC_HELP_STRING([--with-dbdir=DIR],
+                    [directory used for conf.db [[SYSCONFDIR/PACKAGE]]]),
+     [DBDIR=$withval],
+     [DBDIR='${sysconfdir}/${PACKAGE}'])
+   AC_SUBST([DBDIR])])
+
+dnl Defines HAVE_BACKTRACE if backtrace() is found.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_BACKTRACE],
+  [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([backtrace], [execinfo ubacktrace],
+                  [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_BACKTRACE], [1],
+                             [Define to 1 if you have backtrace(3).])])])
+
 dnl Checks for __malloc_hook, etc., supported by glibc.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_MALLOC_HOOKS],
   [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
@@ -146,94 +165,22 @@ AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_MALLOC_HOOKS],
     [AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
          [#include <malloc.h>
-         ], 
+         ],
          [(void) __malloc_hook;
           (void) __realloc_hook;
           (void) __free_hook;])],
       [ovs_cv_malloc_hooks=yes],
       [ovs_cv_malloc_hooks=no])])
    if test $ovs_cv_malloc_hooks = yes; then
-     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_HOOKS], [1], 
+     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_HOOKS], [1],
                [Define to 1 if you have __malloc_hook, __realloc_hook, and
                 __free_hook in <malloc.h>.])
    fi])
 
 dnl Checks for valgrind/valgrind.h.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_VALGRIND], 
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_VALGRIND],
   [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([valgrind/valgrind.h])])
 
-dnl Searches for a directory to put lockfiles for tty devices.
-dnl Defines C preprocessor variable TTY_LOCK_DIR to a quoted string
-dnl for that directory.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_TTY_LOCK_DIR],
-  [AC_CACHE_CHECK([directory used for serial device lockfiles],
-                  [ovs_cv_path_tty_locks],
-                 [# This list of candidate directories is from minicom.
-                  ovs_cv_path_tty_locks=none
-                   for dir in /etc/locks /var/lock /usr/spool/locks \
-                              /var/spool/locks /var/spool/lock \
-                              /usr/spool/uucp /var/spool/uucp /var/run; do
-                    if test -d $dir; then
-                      ovs_cv_path_tty_locks=$dir
-                      break
-                    fi
-                   done])
-   if test "$ovs_cv_path_tty_locks" = none; then
-     AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find a directory for tty locks])
-   fi
-   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([TTY_LOCK_DIR], "$ovs_cv_path_tty_locks",
-                      [Directory used for serial device lockfiles])])
-
-dnl The following check is adapted from GNU PSPP.
-dnl It searches for the ncurses library.  If it finds it, it sets
-dnl HAVE_CURSES to yes and sets NCURSES_LIBS and NCURSES_CFLAGS
-dnl appropriate.  Otherwise, it sets HAVE_CURSES to no. 
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_CURSES],
-  [if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
-     AC_CHECK_PROGS([NCURSES_CONFIG], [ncurses5-config ncurses8-config])
-   fi
-   if test "$NCURSES_CONFIG" = ""; then
-     AC_SEARCH_LIBS([tgetent], [ncurses],
-         [AC_CHECK_HEADERS([term.h curses.h], 
-                           [HAVE_CURSES=yes],
-                           [HAVE_CURSES=no])])
-   else
-     save_cflags=$CFLAGS
-     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $($NCURSES_CONFIG --cflags)"
-     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([term.h curses.h], 
-                      [HAVE_CURSES=yes],
-                      [HAVE_CURSES=no])
-     CFLAGS=$save_cflags
-     if test "$HAVE_CURSES" = yes; then
-       NCURSES_LIBS=$($NCURSES_CONFIG --libs)
-       NCURSES_CFLAGS=$($NCURSES_CONFIG --cflags)
-       AC_SUBST(NCURSES_CFLAGS)
-       AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIBS)
-     fi
-   fi
-   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_CURSES], [test "$HAVE_CURSES" = yes])])
-
-dnl Checks for linux/vt.h.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINUX_VT_H],
-  [AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/vt.h],
-                   [HAVE_LINUX_VT_H=yes],
-                   [HAVE_LINUX_VT_H=no])
-   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LINUX_VT_H], [test "$HAVE_LINUX_VT_H" = yes])
-   if test "$HAVE_LINUX_VT_H" = yes; then
-      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_LINUX_VT_H], [1],
-                [Define to 1 if linux/vt.h is available.])
-   fi])
-
-dnl Checks for libpcre.
-AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PCRE],
-  [dnl Make sure that pkg-config is installed.
-   m4_pattern_forbid([PKG_CHECK_MODULES])
-   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PCRE], [libpcre >= 7.2], [HAVE_PCRE=yes], [HAVE_PCRE=no])
-   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PCRE], [test "$HAVE_PCRE" = yes])
-   if test "$HAVE_PCRE" = yes; then
-      AC_DEFINE([HAVE_PCRE], [1], [Define to 1 if libpcre is installed.])
-   fi])
-
 dnl Checks for Python 2.x, x >= 4.
 AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PYTHON],
   [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
@@ -259,7 +206,316 @@ else:
           done
         done
       fi])
+   AC_SUBST([HAVE_PYTHON])
    AM_MISSING_PROG([PYTHON], [python])
    if test $ovs_cv_python != no; then
      PYTHON=$ovs_cv_python
+     HAVE_PYTHON=yes
+   else
+     HAVE_PYTHON=no
+   fi
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PYTHON], [test "$HAVE_PYTHON" = yes])])
+
+dnl Checks for dot.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_DOT],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [for dot],
+    [ovs_cv_dot],
+    [dnl "dot" writes -V output to stderr:
+     if (dot -V) 2>&1 | grep '^dot - [[gG]]raphviz version' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       ovs_cv_dot=yes
+     else
+       ovs_cv_dot=no
+     fi])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_DOT], [test "$ovs_cv_dot" = yes])])
+
+dnl Checks for pyuic4.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PYUIC4],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [for pyuic4],
+    [ovs_cv_pyuic4],
+    [if (pyuic4 --version) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       ovs_cv_pyuic4=pyuic4
+     else
+       ovs_cv_pyuic4=no
+     fi])
+   AM_MISSING_PROG([PYUIC4], [pyuic4])
+   if test $ovs_cv_pyuic4 != no; then
+     PYUIC4=$ovs_cv_pyuic4
    fi])
+
+dnl Checks whether $PYTHON supports the module given as $1
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE],
+  [AC_REQUIRE([OVS_CHECK_PYTHON])
+   AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+     [for $1 Python module],
+     [ovs_cv_py_[]AS_TR_SH([$1])],
+     [ovs_cv_py_[]AS_TR_SH([$1])=no
+      if test $HAVE_PYTHON = yes; then
+        AS_ECHO(["running $PYTHON -c 'import $1
+import sys
+sys.exit(0)'..."]) >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&1
+        if $PYTHON -c 'import $1
+import sys
+sys.exit(0)' >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD 2>&1; then
+          ovs_cv_py_[]AS_TR_SH([$1])=yes
+        fi
+      fi])])
+
+dnl Checks for Python modules needed by ovsdbmonitor.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_OVSDBMONITOR],
+  [OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([PySide.QtCore])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([PyQt4.QtCore])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([twisted.conch.ssh])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([twisted.internet])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([twisted.application])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([json])
+   OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([zope.interface])
+   if (test $ovs_cv_py_PySide_QtCore = yes \
+       || test $ovs_cv_py_PyQt4_QtCore = yes) \
+      && test $ovs_cv_py_twisted_conch_ssh = yes \
+      && test $ovs_cv_py_twisted_internet = yes \
+      && test $ovs_cv_py_twisted_application = yes \
+      && test $ovs_cv_py_json = yes \
+      && test $ovs_cv_py_zope_interface = yes; then
+     BUILD_OVSDBMONITOR=yes
+   else
+     BUILD_OVSDBMONITOR=no
+   fi
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build ovsdbmonitor])
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([$BUILD_OVSDBMONITOR])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_OVSDBMONITOR], [test $BUILD_OVSDBMONITOR = yes])])
+
+dnl Checks for missing python modules at build time
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_COMPAT],
+  [OVS_CHECK_PYTHON_MODULE([uuid])
+   if test $ovs_cv_py_uuid = yes; then
+     INCLUDE_PYTHON_COMPAT=no
+   else
+     INCLUDE_PYTHON_COMPAT=yes
+   fi
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to add python/compat to PYTHONPATH])
+   AC_MSG_RESULT([$INCLUDE_PYTHON_COMPAT])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([INCLUDE_PYTHON_COMPAT], [test $INCLUDE_PYTHON_COMPAT = yes])])
+
+# OVS_LINK2_IFELSE(SOURCE1, SOURCE2, [ACTION-IF-TRUE], [ACTION-IF-FALSE])
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
+# Based on AC_LINK_IFELSE, but tries to link both SOURCE1 and SOURCE2
+# into a program.
+#
+# This macro is borrowed from acinclude.m4 in GNU PSPP, which has the
+# following license:
+#
+#     Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#     This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+#     gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+#     with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+#
+m4_define([OVS_LINK2_IFELSE],
+[m4_ifvaln([$1], [AC_LANG_CONFTEST([$1])])dnl
+mv conftest.$ac_ext conftest1.$ac_ext
+m4_ifvaln([$2], [AC_LANG_CONFTEST([$2])])dnl
+mv conftest.$ac_ext conftest2.$ac_ext
+rm -f conftest1.$ac_objext conftest2.$ac_objext conftest$ac_exeext
+ovs_link2='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest1.$ac_ext conftest2.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
+AS_IF([_AC_DO_STDERR($ovs_link2) && {
+        test -z "$ac_[]_AC_LANG_ABBREV[]_werror_flag" ||
+        test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest$ac_exeext && {
+        test "$cross_compiling" = yes ||
+        AS_TEST_X([conftest$ac_exeext])
+       }],
+      [$3],
+      [echo "$as_me: failed source file 1 of 2 was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest1.$ac_ext >&5
+echo "$as_me: failed source file 2 of 2 was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest2.$ac_ext >&5
+       $4])
+dnl Delete also the IPA/IPO (Inter Procedural Analysis/Optimization)
+dnl information created by the PGI compiler (conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo),
+dnl as it would interfere with the next link command.
+rm -rf conftest.dSYM conftest1.dSYM conftest2.dSYM
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest1.err conftest2.err
+rm -f conftest1.$ac_objext conftest2.$ac_objext conftest*_ipa8_conftest*.oo
+rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
+rm -f m4_ifval([$1], [conftest1.$ac_ext]) m4_ifval([$2], [conftest1.$ac_ext])[]dnl
+])# OVS_LINK2_IFELSE
+
+dnl Defines USE_LINKER_SECTIONS to 1 if the compiler supports putting
+dnl variables in sections with user-defined names and the linker
+dnl automatically defines __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME symbols
+dnl that designate the start and end of the sections.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_LINKER_SECTIONS],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [for user-defined linker section support],
+    [ovs_cv_use_linker_sections],
+    [OVS_LINK2_IFELSE(
+      [AC_LANG_SOURCE(
+        [int a __attribute__((__section__("mysection"))) = 1;
+         int b __attribute__((__section__("mysection"))) = 2;
+         int c __attribute__((__section__("mysection"))) = 3;])],
+      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+        [#include <stdio.h>
+         extern int __start_mysection;
+         extern int __stop_mysection;],
+        [int n_ints = &__stop_mysection - &__start_mysection;
+         int *i;
+         for (i = &__start_mysection; i < &__start_mysection + n_ints; i++) {
+             printf("%d\n", *i);
+         }])],
+      [ovs_cv_use_linker_sections=yes],
+      [ovs_cv_use_linker_sections=no])])
+   if test $ovs_cv_use_linker_sections = yes; then
+     AC_DEFINE([USE_LINKER_SECTIONS], [1],
+               [Define to 1 if the compiler support putting variables
+                into sections with user-defined names and the linker
+                automatically defines __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME
+                symbols that designate the start and end of the section.])
+   fi
+   AM_CONDITIONAL(
+     [USE_LINKER_SECTIONS], [test $ovs_cv_use_linker_sections = yes])])
+
+dnl Checks for groff.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_GROFF],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [for groff],
+    [ovs_cv_groff],
+    [if (groff -v) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+       ovs_cv_groff=yes
+     else
+       ovs_cv_groff=no
+     fi])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_GROFF], [test "$ovs_cv_groff" = yes])])
+
+dnl Checks for thread-local storage support.
+dnl
+dnl Checks whether the compiler and linker support the C11
+dnl thread_local macro from <threads.h>, and if so defines
+dnl HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL.  If not, checks whether the compiler and linker
+dnl support the GCC __thread extension, and if so defines
+dnl HAVE___THREAD.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_TLS],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+     [whether $CC has <threads.h> that supports thread_local],
+     [ovs_cv_thread_local],
+     [AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <threads.h>
+static thread_local int var;], [return var;])],
+        [ovs_cv_thread_local=yes],
+        [ovs_cv_thread_local=no])])
+   if test $ovs_cv_thread_local = yes; then
+     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL], [1],
+               [Define to 1 if the C compiler and linker supports the C11
+                thread_local matcro defined in <threads.h>.])
+   else
+     AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+       [whether $CC supports __thread],
+       [ovs_cv___thread],
+       [AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+          [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([static __thread int var;], [return var;])],
+          [ovs_cv___thread=yes],
+          [ovs_cv___thread=no])])
+     if test $ovs_cv___thread = yes; then
+       AC_DEFINE([HAVE___THREAD], [1],
+                 [Define to 1 if the C compiler and linker supports the
+                  GCC __thread extenions.])
+     fi
+   fi])
+
+dnl OVS_CHECK_GCC4_ATOMICS
+dnl
+dnl Checks whether the compiler and linker support GCC 4.0+ atomic built-ins.
+dnl A compile-time only check is not enough because the compiler defers
+dnl unimplemented built-ins to libgcc, which sometimes also lacks
+dnl implementations.
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_GCC4_ATOMICS],
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+     [whether $CC supports GCC 4.0+ atomic built-ins],
+     [ovs_cv_gcc4_atomics],
+     [AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#define ovs_assert(expr) if (!(expr)) abort();
+#define TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(TYPE)                  \
+    {                                           \
+        TYPE x = 1;                             \
+        TYPE orig;                              \
+                                                \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 1);                     \
+                                                \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        x = 3;                                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 3);                     \
+                                                \
+        orig = __sync_fetch_and_add(&x, 1);     \
+        ovs_assert(orig == 3);                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 4);                     \
+                                                \
+        orig = __sync_fetch_and_sub(&x, 2);     \
+        ovs_assert(orig == 4);                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 2);                     \
+                                                \
+        orig = __sync_fetch_and_or(&x, 6);      \
+        ovs_assert(orig == 2);                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 6);                     \
+                                                \
+        orig = __sync_fetch_and_and(&x, 10);    \
+        ovs_assert(orig == 6);                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 2);                     \
+                                                \
+        orig = __sync_fetch_and_xor(&x, 10);    \
+        ovs_assert(orig == 2);                  \
+        __sync_synchronize();                   \
+        ovs_assert(x == 8);                     \
+    }]], [dnl
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(char);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(unsigned char);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(signed char);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(short);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(unsigned short);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(int);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(unsigned int);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(long int);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(unsigned long int);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(long long int);
+TEST_ATOMIC_TYPE(unsigned long long int);
+])],
+        [ovs_cv_gcc4_atomics=yes],
+        [ovs_cv_gcc4_atomics=no])])
+   if test $ovs_cv_gcc4_atomics = yes; then
+     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_GCC4_ATOMICS], [1],
+               [Define to 1 if the C compiler and linker supports the GCC 4.0+
+                atomic built-ins.])
+   fi])
+
+dnl OVS_CHECK_ATOMIC_ALWAYS_LOCK_FREE(SIZE)
+dnl
+dnl Checks __atomic_always_lock_free(SIZE, 0)
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_ATOMIC_ALWAYS_LOCK_FREE], 
+  [AC_CACHE_CHECK(
+    [value of __atomic_always_lock_free($1)],
+    [ovs_cv_atomic_always_lock_free_$1],
+    [AC_COMPUTE_INT(
+        [ovs_cv_atomic_always_lock_free_$1],
+        [__atomic_always_lock_free($1, 0)],
+        [],
+        [ovs_cv_atomic_always_lock_free_$1=unsupported])])
+   if test ovs_cv_atomic_always_lock_free_$1 != unsupported; then
+     AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(
+       [ATOMIC_ALWAYS_LOCK_FREE_$1B],
+       [$ovs_cv_atomic_always_lock_free_$1],
+       [If the C compiler is GCC 4.7 or later, define to the return value of
+        __atomic_always_lock_free($1, 0).  If the C compiler is not GCC or is
+        an older version of GCC, the value does not matter.])
+   fi])
+
+dnl OVS_CHECK_POSIX_AIO
+AC_DEFUN([OVS_CHECK_POSIX_AIO],
+  [AC_SEARCH_LIBS([aio_write], [rt])
+   AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_POSIX_AIO], [test "$ac_cv_search_aio_write" != no])])