Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v4 09/21] target: Do not include "exec/exec-all.h" if it is not necessary

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 30/05/2018 07:50, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>>> No, not all :/
>>> I started with "(cpu_loop_|tlb_|tb_)" then kept brutebuilding until no
>>> more errors appear. In 2 more steps I added "cpu_address_space_init|"
>>> then "|GETPC|singlestep|TranslationBlock". Quick and dirty enough for my
>>> goal than trying to build a regex to explode function/struct names from
>>> headers. This is a clever way to do it for long term command reuse taken
>>> from commit messages...
>> Brutebuilding isn't a good way to find unused includes, some other header
>> might pull in an include you are trying to remove for its own purposes.
>> If you want to try brutebuilding you must also verify that's
>> not the case - e.g. look at the dependency file generated.
> Hmm you mean the .d files in the build dir?

You can also check which include files include this one.  In this case
you can see that brute-building was more or less enough:

$ git grep -l exec-all -- '*.h'
accel/tcg/translate-all.h
include/exec/tb-lookup.h
include/exec/translator.h
linux-user/qemu.h
target/ppc/helper_regs.h

Leaving aside linux-user/qemu.h, let's check which files include one of
those headers, but they do not include exec/exec-all.h:

$ git grep -L exec-all \
   $(git grep -lFf <(git grep -l exec-all -- '*.h' | \
     grep -v qemu.h | sed 's,.*/,,'))
linux-user/mmap.c
target/arm/translate.h
target/ppc/int_helper.c
trace/control-target.c

I'll send some patches shortly to fix up what's left.

Paolo