Re: [PATCH 1/3] meson: move vhost_user_blk_server to meson.build

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 12:54:38PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 11/11/20 12:44 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > On 11/11/20 10:41 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> >> On 11/10/20 6:11 PM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> >>> The --enable/disable-vhost-user-blk-server options were implemented in
> >>> ./configure. There has been confusion about them and part of the problem
> >>> is that the shell syntax used for setting the default value is not easy
> >>> to read. Move the option over to meson where the conditions are easier
> >>> to understand:
> >>>
> >>>   have_vhost_user_blk_server = (targetos == 'linux')
> >>>
> >>>   if get_option('vhost_user_blk_server').enabled()
> >>>       if targetos != 'linux'
> >>>           error('vhost_user_blk_server requires linux')
> >>>       endif
> >>>   elif get_option('vhost_user_blk_server').disabled() or not have_system
> >>>       have_vhost_user_blk_server = false
> >>>   endif
> >>
> >> Something is odd:
> >>
> >> $ ../configure --disable-system --enable-vhost-user-blk-server
> > 
> > I failed when pasting, this misses '--disable-tools' to make sense.
> > 
> > We define in meson.build:
> > 
> >   have_block = have_system or have_tools
> > 
> > Maybe this is the one you want instead of have_system?
> 
> This snippet seems to fix:
> 
> -- >8 --
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -751,6 +751,10 @@
> 
>  has_statx = cc.links(statx_test)
> 
> +if 'CONFIG_VHOST_USER' in config_host and not (have_system or have_tools)
> +    error('vhost-user does not make sense without system or tools
> support enabled')
> +endif
> +
>  have_vhost_user_blk_server = (targetos == 'linux' and
>      'CONFIG_VHOST_USER' in config_host)
> 
> ---
> 
> $ ../configure --disable-system --enable-vhost-user-blk-server
> ../source/qemu/meson.build:755:4: ERROR: Problem encountered: vhost-user
> does not make sense without system or tools support enabled
> 
> I'll send a patch.

This patch was discussed in "[PATCH-for-5.2 v2 0/4] vhost-user: Fix
./configure confusion". We agreed to drop it for now because it breaks
Linux ./configure --disable-system --disable-tools.

This patch series is fine as it is.

Stefan

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