Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4878: MinGW 4.5.0 undefined reference to bool interruptible_wait(detail::win32::handle handle_to_wait_for,detail::t imeout target_time)

Hendricks266@… — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:15:53 GMT

I'm getting the same error, with MinGW32 4.5.0 and Boost from trunk, but the change to boost/thread/detail/config.hpp did not fix the problem.

.cpp:(.text$_ZN5boost11this_thread18interruptible_waitEm[boost::this_thread::interruptible_wait(unsigned long)]+0x40):
undefined reference to `_imp___ZN5boost11this_thread18interruptible_waitEPvNS_6detail7timeoutE'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:23:47 GMT

I just looked at this line again, and I think I made a typo (missing underscores), boost/thread/detail/config.hpp line 40 is supposed to be:

#       if defined(BOOST_MSVC) || defined(BOOST_INTEL_WIN) \
                || ( __GNUC__ >= 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5 ) // fix for mingw-4.5

Regards

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:16:55 GMT

It works! Thank you.

Bryce Adelstein Lelbach — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:40:17 GMT

Alright, I see why this fix is working (relevant code, aka $BOOST_ROOT/boost/thread/detail/config.hpp).

 34 #if defined(BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL)   //Build dll
 35 #elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB) //Build lib
 36 #elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL)   //Use dll
 37 #elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB)   //Use lib
 38 #else //Use default
 39 #   if defined(BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32)
 40 #       if defined(BOOST_MSVC) || defined(BOOST_INTEL_WIN)
 41             //For compilers supporting auto-tss cleanup
 42             //with Boost.Threads lib, use Boost.Threads lib
 43 #           define BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB
 44 #       else
 45             //For compilers not yet supporting auto-tss cleanup
 46             //with Boost.Threads lib, use Boost.Threads dll
 47 #           define BOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL
 48 #       endif
 49 #   else
 50 #       define BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB
 51 #   endif
 52 #endif

I would be happy to apply a patch for this (though, a more versatile patch: Hendricks seemed to indicate on IRC that this is not just a problem for mingw 4.5, but a problem for mingw in general, so any mingw version should be detected, if this is in fact the right fix), but first I need to see some justification for this solution. If someone is interested in doing a little more investigating, read on and post your findings here.

It seems that the Boost.Threads dll is not working with mingw. The comments from the above snippet seem to indicate that the Boost.Threads lib should be used for compilers supporting auto-tss cleanup. Does mingw support auto-tss cleanup? (cite sources, please).

More importantly, it looks like the underlying problem might be that BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32 appears to be defined for mingw. Why is this happening (please check the Boost.Thread / Boost.Config source code, and find out where BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32 is being defined)? Is it an error? If BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32 wasn't defined, it looks like BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB would be selected. Would this fix the mingw problem?

Also, this needs to be tested - e.g. someone with this fix applied needs to run the Boost.Thread test suite on GCC Linux and mingw.

cc set

Bryce Adelstein Lelbach — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:41:27 GMT

cc admin@… added

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 04:11:45 GMT

It appears that this bug was "fixed" before: #4614

--Side Note--

In bug #4614, reference is made to this bug #4315. I got these warnings as well.

--End Side Note--

I can't find any information regarding auto-tss cleanup in MinGW or GCC. If tss is an acronym for "thread stack size", a web search of [auto thread stack size cleanup site:gnu.org] may be on the right track.

Here's the MinGW-encompassing modification:

#       if defined(BOOST_MSVC) || defined(BOOST_INTEL_WIN) || defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(MINGW32) || defined(BOOST_MINGW32)

Relevant link: http://redmine.webtoolkit.eu/projects/wt/wiki/Installing_Wt_on_MinGW

On the BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32 front, this is $BOOST_ROOT/boost/thread/detail/platform.hpp:

// fetch compiler and platform configuration
#include <boost/config.hpp>
// insist on threading support being available:
#include <boost/config/requires_threads.hpp>
// choose platform
#if defined(linux) || defined(__linux) || defined(__linux__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_LINUX
#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_BSD
#elif defined(sun) || defined(__sun)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_SOLARIS
#elif defined(__sgi)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_IRIX
#elif defined(__hpux)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_HPUX
#elif defined(__CYGWIN__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_CYGWIN
#elif (defined(_WIN32) || defined(__WIN32__) || defined(WIN32)) && !defined(BOOST_DISABLE_WIN32)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_WIN32
#elif defined(__BEOS__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_BEOS
#elif defined(macintosh) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__APPLE_CC__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_MACOS
#elif defined(__IBMCPP__) || defined(_AIX)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_AIX
#elif defined(__amigaos__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_AMIGAOS
#elif defined(__QNXNTO__)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_QNXNTO
#elif defined(unix) || defined(__unix) || defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) || defined(_POSIX_SOURCE)
#       if defined(BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS) && !defined(BOOST_THREAD_POSIX)
#               define BOOST_THREAD_POSIX
#       endif
#endif
// For every supported platform add a new entry into the dispatch table below.
// BOOST_THREAD_POSIX is tested first, so on platforms where posix and native
// threading is available, the user may choose, by defining BOOST_THREAD_POSIX
// in her source. If a platform is known to support pthreads and no native
// port of boost_thread is available just specify "pthread" in the
// dispatcher table. If there is no entry for a platform but pthreads is
// available on the platform, pthread is choosen as default. If nothing is
// available the preprocessor will fail with a diagnostic message.
#if defined(BOOST_THREAD_POSIX)
#  define BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_PTHREAD
#else
#  if defined(BOOST_THREAD_WIN32)
#       define BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32
#  elif defined(BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS)
#       define BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_PTHREAD
#  else
#       error "Sorry, no boost threads are available for this platform."
#  endif
#endif

WIN32 appears to go all the way to the base of Boost.

I would be willing to run the Boost.Thread test suite on MinGW. How do I run it?

viboes — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:10:45 GMT

Go to libs/thread/test and do

bjam toolset=<name as defined on your user-config.jam>

description changed

viboes — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:02:22 GMT

description modified (diff)

viboes — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:18:52 GMT

Could you show the failing command line? Have you tried adding --enable-auto-import to the command line as suggested by the error message?

status changed; resolution set

viboes — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:28:29 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → worksforme

This is working for me. Please open it if you have problems on trunk (or 1.53).

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:21:44 GMT

I encountered this error using Boost 1.53.0 on MinGW 4.7 on Windows 7.

I applied the following at line 318 in boost\thread\detail\config.hpp

#if defined(BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_DLL)   //Build dll
#elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_BUILD_LIB) //Build lib
#elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL)   //Use dll
#elif defined(BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB)   //Use lib
#else //Use default
#   if defined(BOOST_THREAD_PLATFORM_WIN32)
#       if defined(BOOST_MSVC) || defined(BOOST_INTEL_WIN) \
			|| defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(MINGW32) || defined(BOOST_MINGW32)
            //For compilers supporting auto-tss cleanup
            //with Boost.Threads lib, use Boost.Threads lib
#           define BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB
#       else
            //For compilers not yet supporting auto-tss cleanup
            //with Boost.Threads lib, use Boost.Threads dll
#           define BOOST_THREAD_USE_DLL
#       endif
#   else
#       define BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB
#   endif
#endif

This is the exact solution from: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/4878#comment:6

cc, status, version changed; resolution deleted

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:26:10 GMT

cc kevin.brightwell2@… added
status closed → reopened
version Boost 1.45.0 → Boost 1.53.0
resolution worksforme

viboes — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:25:56 GMT

Changeset [83796]

owner, status, milestone changed

viboes — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:27:06 GMT

owner changed from Anthony Williams to viboes
status reopened → new
milestone To Be Determined → Boost 1.54.0

Merge from trunk [83811].

status changed; resolution set

viboes — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:27:27 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

anonymous — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:41:53 GMT

I also encountered this error while using Boost 1.53.0 on MinGW 4.7.2 on Windows 7. (on Jun 2013)

I applied the fix as listed by Kevin Brightwell at line 318 in boost\thread\detail\config.hpp

I thought this was fixed 3 months ago?