using pthread in c++

Question

I am using pthread.h in a *.cc file. when I try to use pthread_exit(0); or pthread_join(mythrds[yy],NULL); it says : .cc:(.text+0x3e): undefined reference to `pthread_exit'

when complied very similar code in a *.c file with gcc it work perfect. How Can I use pthread's in c++.. (I also added -lpthread)

.. void *myThreads ( void *ptr ) { ... pthread_exit(0); } ..

flags: g++ -lpthread -Wall -static -W -O9 -funroll-all-loops -finline -ffast-math

Answer 1

Do your pthread header files have extern "C" { ... } around the function prototypes? That's the usual case for the linker not being able to link in C++.

It occurs because C++ generally does name-mangling so that it can encode parameter details into symbols (allowing polymorphism). For example, the functions:

void x(int);
void x(void);
void x(char,int,float,double);

all get different linker symbols.

If the header files don't have the extern "C" { ... }, you may need to do it yourself:

extern "C" {
    #include <pthread.h>
}

Hopefully that will work.

Answer 2

You might try using the -pthread option to g++.

   -pthread
       Adds support for multithreading with the pthreads library.  This
       option sets flags for both the preprocessor and linker.