I tried to run the boost examples for threads using lock-free containers from here: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/lockfree/examples.html
But when compiling on Solaris 10 with gcc 4.7.2 like this:
> /usr/local/gcc-4.7.2/bin/g++ -m64 -mptr64 -o main main.cpp -I/opt/include/ -pthread -L$SRCROOT/lib -lboost_thread -lboost_atomic -lboost_system -lrt
... i only get binaries, which start with
> ./main
boost::lockfree::queue is not lockfree
Whereas on a linux machine i get:
> ./main
boost::lockfree::queue is lockfree
How can i use lockfree boost containers on Solaris 10?
I read it is about missing support for lock-free synchronization methods.
I guess there is some suport for this on Solaris 10.
Likely it's not properly (automatically) used by boost or gcc build procedure(?)
When building most recent boost version with gcc i get
> ./b2
[...]
- lockfree boost::atomic_flag : no
Is there a version (gcc and/or boost) to download from oracle that works?
Supplement
Also with --with-toolset=sun i get:
> ./b2
- lockfree boost::atomic_flag : no
- many thanks!
best regards,
Frank