[PATCH] meson: do not descend into *-user if no user-mode emulators built

[PATCH] meson: do not descend into *-user if no user-mode emulators built

[Paolo Bonzini]

User-mode emulators cannot be built for unsupported host architectures;
avoid incorrectly descending into common-user/unknown.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 meson.build | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index afaefa01722..3facde5b68f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3935,9 +3935,11 @@ endif
 
 common_user_inc = []
 
-subdir('common-user')
-subdir('bsd-user')
-subdir('linux-user')
+if have_user
+  subdir('common-user')
+  subdir('bsd-user')
+  subdir('linux-user')
+endif
 
 # needed for fuzzing binaries
 subdir('tests/qtest/libqos')
-- 
2.51.0

Re: [PATCH] meson: do not descend into *-user if no user-mode emulators built

[Daniel P. Berrangé]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 07:03:57PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> User-mode emulators cannot be built for unsupported host architectures;
> avoid incorrectly descending into common-user/unknown.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  meson.build | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index afaefa01722..3facde5b68f 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -3935,9 +3935,11 @@ endif
>  
>  common_user_inc = []
>  
> -subdir('common-user')
> -subdir('bsd-user')
> -subdir('linux-user')
> +if have_user
> +  subdir('common-user')
> +  subdir('bsd-user')
> +  subdir('linux-user')
> +endif

The first lines of meson.buld in each subdir are already doing a
check and calling subdir_done() straighaway, so what does this
really give us ? 

With regards,
Daniel
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