build: replace ninjatool with ninja

Now that the build is done entirely by Meson, there is no need
to keep the Makefile conversion.  Instead, we can ask Ninja about
the targets it exposes and forward them.

The main advantages are, from smallest to largest:

- reducing the possible namespace pollution within the Makefile

- removal of a relatively large Python program

- faster build because parsing Makefile.ninja is slower than
parsing build.ninja; and faster build after Meson runs because
we do not have to generate Makefile.ninja.

- tracking of command lines, which provides more accurate rebuilds

In addition the change removes the requirement for GNU make 3.82, which
was annoying on Mac, and avoids bugs on Windows due to ninjatool not
knowing how to convert Windows escapes to POSIX escapes.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

Makefile

@@ -72,27 +72,8 @@ git-submodule-update:
 endif
 endif
 
-export NINJA=./ninjatool
+# 0. ensure the build tree is okay
 
-# Running meson regenerates both build.ninja and ninjatool, and that is
-# enough to prime the rest of the build.
-ninjatool: build.ninja
-
-Makefile.ninja: build.ninja ninjatool
-	./ninjatool -t ninja2make --omit clean dist uninstall cscope TAGS ctags < $< > $@
--include Makefile.ninja
-
-${ninja-targets-c_COMPILER} ${ninja-targets-cpp_COMPILER}: .var.command += -MP
-
-# If MESON is empty, the rule will be re-evaluated after Makefiles are
-# reread (and MESON won't be empty anymore).
-ifneq ($(MESON),)
-Makefile.mtest: build.ninja scripts/mtest2make.py
-	$(MESON) introspect --targets --tests --benchmarks | $(PYTHON) scripts/mtest2make.py > $@
--include Makefile.mtest
-endif
-
-# Ensure the build tree is okay.
 # Check that we're not trying to do an out-of-tree build from
 # a tree that's been used for an in-tree build.
 ifneq ($(realpath $(SRC_PATH)),$(realpath .))
@@ -117,6 +98,7 @@ ifeq ($(wildcard build.ninja),)
 x := $(shell rm -rf meson-private meson-info meson-logs)
 endif
 
+# 1. ensure config-host.mak is up-to-date
 config-host.mak: $(SRC_PATH)/configure $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios $(SRC_PATH)/VERSION
 	@echo $@ is out-of-date, running configure
 	@if test -f meson-private/coredata.dat; then \
@@ -125,6 +107,46 @@ config-host.mak: $(SRC_PATH)/configure $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios $(SRC_PATH)/VERSION
 	  ./config.status; \
 	fi
 
+# 2. ensure generated build files are up-to-date
+
+ifneq ($(NINJA),)
+# A separate rule is needed for Makefile dependencies to avoid -n
+export NINJA
+Makefile.ninja: build.ninja
+	$(quiet-@){ echo 'ninja-targets = \'; $(NINJA) -t targets all | sed 's/:.*//; $$!s/$$/ \\/'; } > $@
+-include Makefile.ninja
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(MESON),)
+# The dependency on config-host.mak ensures that meson has run
+Makefile.mtest: build.ninja scripts/mtest2make.py config-host.mak
+	$(MESON) introspect --targets --tests --benchmarks | $(PYTHON) scripts/mtest2make.py > $@
+-include Makefile.mtest
+endif
+
+# 3. Rules to bridge to other makefiles
+
+ifneq ($(NINJA),)
+NINJAFLAGS = $(if $V,-v,) \
+        $(filter-out -j, $(lastword -j1 $(filter -l% -j%, $(MAKEFLAGS)))) \
+        $(subst -k, -k0, $(filter -n -k,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
+
+ninja-cmd-goals = $(or $(MAKECMDGOALS), all)
+ninja-cmd-goals += $(foreach t, $(.tests), $(.test.deps.$t))
+
+makefile-targets := build.ninja ctags TAGS cscope dist clean uninstall
+ninja-targets := $(filter-out $(makefile-targets), $(ninja-targets))
+.PHONY: $(ninja-targets) run-ninja
+$(ninja-targets): run-ninja
+
+# Use "| cat" to give Ninja a more "make-y" output.  Use "+" to bypass the
+# --output-sync line.
+run-ninja: config-host.mak
+ifneq ($(filter $(ninja-targets), $(ninja-cmd-goals)),)
+	+@$(NINJA) $(NINJAFLAGS) $(sort $(filter $(ninja-targets), $(ninja-cmd-goals))) | cat
+endif
+endif
+
 # Force configure to re-run if the API symbols are updated
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PLUGIN),y)
 config-host.mak: $(SRC_PATH)/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols
@@ -144,13 +166,6 @@ ifneq ($(filter-out $(UNCHECKED_GOALS),$(MAKECMDGOALS)),$(if $(MAKECMDGOALS),,fa
 endif
 endif # config-host.mak does not exist
 
-# Only needed in case Makefile.ninja does not exist.
-.PHONY: ninja-clean ninja-distclean clean-ctlist
-clean-ctlist:
-ninja-clean::
-ninja-distclean::
-build.ninja: config-host.mak
-
 SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS=$(if $(V),,--no-print-directory --quiet)
 
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -170,8 +185,9 @@ recurse-clean: $(addsuffix /clean, $(ROM_DIRS))
 
 ######################################################################
 
-clean: recurse-clean ninja-clean clean-ctlist
+clean: recurse-clean
-	if test -f ninjatool; then ./ninjatool $(if $(V),-v,) -t clean; fi
+	-@test -f build.ninja && $(quiet-@)$(NINJA) $(NINJAFLAGS) -t clean || :
+	-@test -f build.ninja && $(NINJA) $(NINJAFLAGS) clean-ctlist || :
 # avoid old build problems by removing potentially incorrect old files
 	rm -f config.mak op-i386.h opc-i386.h gen-op-i386.h op-arm.h opc-arm.h gen-op-arm.h
 	find . \( -name '*.so' -o -name '*.dll' -o -name '*.[oda]' \) -type f \
@@ -188,8 +204,8 @@ dist: qemu-$(VERSION).tar.bz2
 qemu-%.tar.bz2:
 	$(SRC_PATH)/scripts/make-release "$(SRC_PATH)" "$(patsubst qemu-%.tar.bz2,%,$@)"
 
-distclean: clean ninja-distclean
+distclean: clean
-	-test -f ninjatool && ./ninjatool $(if $(V),-v,) -t clean -g
+	-@test -f build.ninja && $(quiet-@)$(NINJA) $(NINJAFLAGS) -t clean -g || :
 	rm -f config-host.mak config-host.h*
 	rm -f tests/tcg/config-*.mak
 	rm -f config-all-disas.mak config.status
@@ -198,7 +214,7 @@ distclean: clean ninja-distclean
 	rm -f qemu-plugins-ld.symbols qemu-plugins-ld64.symbols
 	rm -f *-config-target.h *-config-devices.mak *-config-devices.h
 	rm -rf meson-private meson-logs meson-info compile_commands.json
-	rm -f Makefile.ninja ninjatool ninjatool.stamp Makefile.mtest
+	rm -f Makefile.ninja Makefile.mtest
 	rm -f config.log
 	rm -f linux-headers/asm
 	rm -Rf .sdk

configure

@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ case "$meson" in
     *) meson=$(command -v "$meson") ;;
 esac
 
-# Probe for ninja (used for compdb)
+# Probe for ninja
 
 if test -z "$ninja"; then
     for c in ninja ninja-build samu; do
@@ -1914,6 +1914,9 @@ if test -z "$ninja"; then
             break
         fi
     done
+    if test -z "$ninja"; then
+      error_exit "Cannot find Ninja"
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Check that the C compiler works. Doing this here before testing
@@ -6779,6 +6782,7 @@ echo "PYTHON=$python" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "SPHINX_BUILD=$sphinx_build" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "GENISOIMAGE=$genisoimage" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "MESON=$meson" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "NINJA=$ninja" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CC=$cc" >> $config_host_mak
 if $iasl -h > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "CONFIG_IASL=$iasl" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -7030,7 +7034,7 @@ fi
 mv $cross config-meson.cross
 
 rm -rf meson-private meson-info meson-logs
-NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \
+NINJA=$ninja $meson setup \
         --prefix "$prefix" \
         --libdir "$libdir" \
         --libexecdir "$libexecdir" \
@@ -7063,7 +7067,6 @@ NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \
 if test "$?" -ne 0 ; then
     error_exit "meson setup failed"
 fi
-touch ninjatool.stamp
 fi
 
 if test -n "${deprecated_features}"; then

docs/devel/build-system.rst

@@ -404,10 +404,8 @@ Built by Meson:
 Built by Makefile:
 
 `Makefile.ninja`
-  A Makefile conversion of the build rules in build.ninja.  The conversion
+  A Makefile include that bridges to ninja for the actual build.  The
-  is straightforward and, were it necessary to debug the rules produced
+  Makefile is mostly a list of targets that Meson included in build.ninja.
-  by Meson, it should be enough to look at build.ninja.  The conversion
-  is performed by scripts/ninjatool.py.
 
 `Makefile.mtest`
   The Makefile definitions that let "make check" run tests defined in

meson.build

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ supported_cpus = ['ppc', 'ppc64', 's390x', 'riscv32', 'riscv64', 'x86', 'x86_64'
 cpu = host_machine.cpu_family()
 targetos = host_machine.system()
 
-configure_file(input: files('scripts/ninjatool.py'),
-               output: 'ninjatool',
-               configuration: config_host)
-
 if cpu in ['x86', 'x86_64']
   kvm_targets = ['i386-softmmu', 'x86_64-softmmu']
 elif cpu == 'aarch64'

scripts/mtest2make.py

@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ def process_tests(test, targets, suites):
     print('.test.driver.%d := %s' % (i, driver))
     print('.test.env.%d := $(.test.env) %s' % (i, env))
     print('.test.cmd.%d := %s' % (i, cmd))
+    print('.test.deps.%d := %s' % (i, ' '.join(deps)))
     print('.PHONY: run-test-%d' % (i,))
-    print('run-test-%d: %s' % (i, ' '.join(deps)))
+    print('run-test-%d: $(.test.deps.%d)' % (i,i))
     print('\t@$(call .test.run,%d,$(.test.output-format))' % (i,))
 
     test_suites = test['suite'] or ['default']

tests/Makefile.include

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-$(CONFIG_LINUX) = tests/qemu-iotests/socket_scm_helper$(EXE
 check: check-block
 check-block: $(SRC_PATH)/tests/check-block.sh qemu-img$(EXESUF) \
 		qemu-io$(EXESUF) qemu-nbd$(EXESUF) $(QEMU_IOTESTS_HELPERS-y) \
-		$(filter qemu-system-%, $(ninja-targets-c_LINKER) $(ninja-targets-cpp_LINKER))
+		$(filter qemu-system-%, $(ninja-targets))
 	@$<
 endif