There have been a lot of questions about C11 and C11 threading, but I don't see a definitive answer anywhere:
Does any C library implement the C11 threading interface usable on GNU/Linux-like? e.g., provide the "optional" <threads.h>
and the thread support library like thrd_create()
, from the C11 standard near p. 376.
Ideally, I'd like to find a library that is common-ish, open-source or free, for common/generic/multi architecture (e.g., GNU/Linux, x86_64, or portable-ish).
A few of the more helpful and relevant SO links:
glibc
;clang
;Some non-starter options for libraries:
glibc
library does not; there is an open bug since 2012; there was GSoC proposal but seems not accepted;pthread
nor C11 threads;I am not interested in POSIX threads (many fine options), Windows, an IDE, nor C++11 (I know that GNU libstdc++
and LLVM/Clang libc++
provide C++11's std::thread
, which uses -pthread
)
Thanks!
(re-)Edit: question re-opened, so migrated content to answer to clean up.
musl now (as of Sep 2014-ish) implements C11 threads!
According to this recent musl mailing list post and other conversation on that list in Jul-Sep 2014, it appears that the musl library now (as of 2014-09-07) implements the C11 threads interface, though the comparison chart; does not as of this writing reflect this.
Since this question is re-opened, I moved this content to a proper answer.