Merge branch 'FindThreads-libc-pthread-flag' into release-3.21

Merge-request: !6906

Modules/FindThreads.cmake

@@ -164,18 +164,21 @@ if(CMAKE_HAVE_PTHREAD_H)
     elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LOADED)
       CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("${PTHREAD_C_CXX_TEST_SOURCE}" CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD)
     endif()
-    if(CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD)
+
+    # Check for -pthread first if enabled. This is the recommended
+    # way, but not backwards compatible as one must also pass -pthread
+    # as compiler flag then.
+    if(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG)
+      _check_pthreads_flag()
+    endif()
+
+    if(Threads_FOUND)
+      # do nothing, we are done
+    elseif(CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD)
       set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT "")
       set(CMAKE_HAVE_THREADS_LIBRARY 1)
       set(Threads_FOUND TRUE)
     else()
-      # Check for -pthread first if enabled. This is the recommended
-      # way, but not backwards compatible as one must also pass -pthread
-      # as compiler flag then.
-      if (THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG)
-         _check_pthreads_flag()
-      endif ()
-
       if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "GHS-MULTI")
         _check_threads_lib(posix pthread_create CMAKE_HAVE_PTHREADS_CREATE)
       endif()