Pretty sure that boost::thread uses pthreads under the covers, so I think the question is whether thread_local works with the lowest common denoninator pthreads.
It sounds like thread_local uses an older mechanism __thread under the covers that https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Destructor%20support%20for%20thread_local%20variables but that there is some special handling for destructors. My guess is that that will work with pthreads but we could check experimentally. On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Jim Apple <jbap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > A quick git grep shows use of both boost::thread and pthread. C++14 has a > thread_local keyword: > > http://eel.is/c++draft/basic.stc.thread > > Do we know if the semantics of thread_local in C++14 are compatible with > thread-locality in pthreads and boost::thread? >
