Re: [PULL v2 000/105] move check-tcg into the meson build

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 4 Sept 2026 at 16:08, Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > The following changes since commit d2843fbf80260e4346c856819e8cea11768c9d0e:
>> >
>> >   Merge tag 'pull-riscv-to-apply-20260904' of https://github.com/alistair23/qemu into staging (2026-09-04 09:43:27 +0100)
>> >
>> > are available in the Git repository at:
>> >
>> >   https://gitlab.com/stsquad/qemu.git tags/pull-11.1-check-tcg-meson-040926-2
>> >
>> > for you to fetch changes up to 7a485176838e6b6044e73f925d308bb4b3002597:
>> >
>> >   MAINTAINERS: add maintainer for tcg/tests meson infrastructure (2026-09-04 16:06:22 +0100)
>> >
>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> > tests/tcg: conversion to meson
>> >
>> >   - remove unused variable from multiarch/memory
>> >   - standardise checking plugin output
>> >   - bump minimal meson to 1.6.0
>> >   - introduce meson plumbing for check-tcg
>> >   - return error code if docker probe fails
>> >   - add CI/self/mem test to gdbstub prot-none tests
>> >   - use raw opcode for fprcvt test in arm
>> >   - remove unused variables from gpc-test
>> >   - teach probe-gdb-support about mips
>> >   - identify or1k pc register
>> >   - port check-tcg logic to meson (all targets)
>> >   - update documentation
>> >   - add Pierrick as a maintainer for tests/tcg
>
> Hi, I'm having difficulties building after this PR, after eb7f0c14 in
> particular.
>
> I keep seeing stuff like this:
>
> FAILED: [code=1] tests/tcg/x86_64-softmmu-hello.test
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/../docker/docker.py --command podman
> run --run-as-current-user -w /home/jsnow/src/qemu/build -v
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu:/home/jsnow/src/qemu debian-amd64-cross
> x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/hello.c -o
> tests/tcg/x86_64-softmmu-hello.test -static -MMD -MF
> tests/tcg/x86_64-softmmu-hello.d -Wall -Werror -O0 -g
> -fno-strict-aliasing -nostdlib -ffreestanding -Wa,--noexecstack -I
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/x86_64/system/../../minilib
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/x86_64/system/../../minilib/printf.c
> ../tests/tcg/x86_64/system/boot.S -Wl,-T
> ../tests/tcg/x86_64/system/kernel.ld -Wl,-melf_x86_64
> -Wl,--no-warn-rwx-segments -Wl,--build-id=none -lgcc
> cc1: fatal error:
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/multiarch/system/hello.c: Permission
> denied
> compilation terminated.
> cc1: fatal error:
> /home/jsnow/src/qemu/tests/tcg/x86_64/system/../../minilib/printf.c:
> Permission denied
> compilation terminated.
> cc1: fatal error: ../tests/tcg/x86_64/system/boot.S: Permission denied
> compilation terminated.

Try the v2 I've just posted. That fixed up the handling of mapping your
host user id into the container so there are less surprises when it
writes to the mapped volume.

  https://patchew.org/QEMU/20260915201601.1207839-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org/
  
-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro