[PATCH] tools/virtio: option to build an out of tree module

[PATCH] tools/virtio: option to build an out of tree module

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Handy for testing with distro kernels.
Warn that the resulting module is completely unsupported,
and isn't intended for production use.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
 tools/virtio/Makefile | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/virtio/Makefile b/tools/virtio/Makefile
index 8e2a908115c2..94106cde49e3 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/Makefile
+++ b/tools/virtio/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ CFLAGS += -g -O2 -Werror -Wall -I. -I../include/ -I ../../usr/include/ -Wno-poin
 vpath %.c ../../drivers/virtio ../../drivers/vhost
 mod:
 	${MAKE} -C `pwd`/../.. M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
-.PHONY: all test mod clean
+
+#oot: build vhost as an out of tree module for a distro kernel
+#no effort is taken to make it actually build or work, but tends to mostly work
+#if the distro kernel is very close to upstream
+#unsupported! this is a development tool only, don't use the
+#resulting modules in production!
+oot:
+	echo "UNSUPPORTED! Don't use the resulting modules in production!"
+	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
+	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost V=${V} CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK=n
+
+.PHONY: all test mod clean vhost oot
 clean:
 	${RM} *.o vringh_test virtio_test vhost_test/*.o vhost_test/.*.cmd \
               vhost_test/Module.symvers vhost_test/modules.order *.d
-- 
MST

Re: [PATCH] tools/virtio: option to build an out of tree module

[Jason Wang]

On 2020/2/6 下午4:01, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Handy for testing with distro kernels.
> Warn that the resulting module is completely unsupported,
> and isn't intended for production use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>   tools/virtio/Makefile | 13 ++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/virtio/Makefile b/tools/virtio/Makefile
> index 8e2a908115c2..94106cde49e3 100644
> --- a/tools/virtio/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/virtio/Makefile
> @@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ CFLAGS += -g -O2 -Werror -Wall -I. -I../include/ -I ../../usr/include/ -Wno-poin
>   vpath %.c ../../drivers/virtio ../../drivers/vhost
>   mod:
>   	${MAKE} -C `pwd`/../.. M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
> -.PHONY: all test mod clean
> +
> +#oot: build vhost as an out of tree module for a distro kernel
> +#no effort is taken to make it actually build or work, but tends to mostly work
> +#if the distro kernel is very close to upstream
> +#unsupported! this is a development tool only, don't use the
> +#resulting modules in production!
> +oot:
> +	echo "UNSUPPORTED! Don't use the resulting modules in production!"
> +	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
> +	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost V=${V} CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK=n


Any reason for disabling vsock here?

Thanks


> +
> +.PHONY: all test mod clean vhost oot
>   clean:
>   	${RM} *.o vringh_test virtio_test vhost_test/*.o vhost_test/.*.cmd \
>                 vhost_test/Module.symvers vhost_test/modules.order *.d

Re: [PATCH] tools/virtio: option to build an out of tree module

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 11:38:20AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> 
> On 2020/2/6 下午4:01, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Handy for testing with distro kernels.
> > Warn that the resulting module is completely unsupported,
> > and isn't intended for production use.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   tools/virtio/Makefile | 13 ++++++++++++-
> >   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/virtio/Makefile b/tools/virtio/Makefile
> > index 8e2a908115c2..94106cde49e3 100644
> > --- a/tools/virtio/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/virtio/Makefile
> > @@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ CFLAGS += -g -O2 -Werror -Wall -I. -I../include/ -I ../../usr/include/ -Wno-poin
> >   vpath %.c ../../drivers/virtio ../../drivers/vhost
> >   mod:
> >   	${MAKE} -C `pwd`/../.. M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
> > -.PHONY: all test mod clean
> > +
> > +#oot: build vhost as an out of tree module for a distro kernel
> > +#no effort is taken to make it actually build or work, but tends to mostly work
> > +#if the distro kernel is very close to upstream
> > +#unsupported! this is a development tool only, don't use the
> > +#resulting modules in production!
> > +oot:
> > +	echo "UNSUPPORTED! Don't use the resulting modules in production!"
> > +	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/vhost_test V=${V}
> > +	KCFLAGS="-I "`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost ${MAKE} -C /usr/src/kernels/$$(uname -r) M=`pwd`/../../drivers/vhost V=${V} CONFIG_VHOST_VSOCK=n
> 
> 
> Any reason for disabling vsock here?
> 
> Thanks

It's just moving too fast with its internal API changes for a simplistic
oot build like this to work. But I guess it need to make it a bit
more generic. I'll try.

> 
> > +
> > +.PHONY: all test mod clean vhost oot
> >   clean:
> >   	${RM} *.o vringh_test virtio_test vhost_test/*.o vhost_test/.*.cmd \
> >                 vhost_test/Module.symvers vhost_test/modules.order *.d