[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé posted 1 patch 6 years, 5 months ago
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[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Philippe Mathieu-Daudé 6 years, 5 months ago
Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)

In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
the help.

On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.

Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
---

before:

$ make help
  GEN     config-host.h
  CC      cs.o
  CC      utils.o
  CC      SStream.o
  CC      MCInstrDesc.o
  CC      MCRegisterInfo.o
  CC      arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/ARM/ARMMapping.o
  CC      arch/ARM/ARMModule.o
  CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.o
  CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.o
  CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.o
  CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.o
  CC      arch/Mips/MipsDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/Mips/MipsInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/Mips/MipsMapping.o
  CC      arch/Mips/MipsModule.o
  CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.o
  CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.o
  CC      arch/Sparc/SparcDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/Sparc/SparcInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/Sparc/SparcMapping.o
  CC      arch/Sparc/SparcModule.o
  CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMapping.o
  CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZModule.o
  CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMCTargetDesc.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86Disassembler.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86Mapping.o
  CC      arch/X86/X86Module.o
  CC      arch/XCore/XCoreDisassembler.o
  CC      arch/XCore/XCoreInstPrinter.o
  CC      arch/XCore/XCoreMapping.o
  CC      arch/XCore/XCoreModule.o
  CC      MCInst.o
  AR      libcapstone.a
ar: creating capstone/libcapstone.a
  GEN     trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
  GEN     trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
  GEN     trace/generated-helpers.h
  GEN     trace/generated-helpers.c
  GEN     module_block.h
make[1]: 'capstone/libcapstone.a' is up to date.
Generic targets:
  all             - Build all
  dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
  install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
  ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
  cscope          - Generate cscope index
[...]

after:

$ make help
Generic targets:
  all             - Build all
  dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
  install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
  ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
  cscope          - Generate cscope index
[...]

 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0496c5057a..7850ca5928 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
 # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
 SRC_PATH=.
 
-UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-%
+UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-% help
 
 # All following code might depend on configuration variables
 ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
-- 
2.15.0


Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Daniel P. Berrange 6 years, 5 months ago
On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 12:20:52AM -0300, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)
> 
> In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
> some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
> the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
> the help.
> 
> On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
> more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.

Wow, that's some seriously slow hardware :-)

> 
> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
> 
> before:
> 
> $ make help
>   GEN     config-host.h
>   CC      cs.o
>   CC      utils.o
>   CC      SStream.o
>   CC      MCInstrDesc.o
>   CC      MCRegisterInfo.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMMapping.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMModule.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsModule.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMapping.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMCTargetDesc.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Module.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreMapping.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreModule.o
>   CC      MCInst.o
>   AR      libcapstone.a
> ar: creating capstone/libcapstone.a
>   GEN     trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.c
>   GEN     module_block.h
> make[1]: 'capstone/libcapstone.a' is up to date.
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
> after:
> 
> $ make help
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
>  Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 0496c5057a..7850ca5928 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
>  # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
>  SRC_PATH=.
>  
> -UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-%
> +UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-% help
>  
>  # All following code might depend on configuration variables
>  ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>


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Daniel
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-trivial] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Laurent Vivier 6 years, 5 months ago
On 08/11/2017 04:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)
> 
> In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
> some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
> the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
> the help.
> 
> On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
> more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.
> 
> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
> 
> before:
> 
> $ make help
>   GEN     config-host.h
>   CC      cs.o
>   CC      utils.o
>   CC      SStream.o
>   CC      MCInstrDesc.o
>   CC      MCRegisterInfo.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMMapping.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMModule.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsModule.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMapping.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMCTargetDesc.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Module.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreMapping.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreModule.o
>   CC      MCInst.o
>   AR      libcapstone.a
> ar: creating capstone/libcapstone.a
>   GEN     trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.c
>   GEN     module_block.h
> make[1]: 'capstone/libcapstone.a' is up to date.
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
> after:
> 
> $ make help
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
>  Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 0496c5057a..7850ca5928 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
>  # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
>  SRC_PATH=.
>  
> -UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-%
> +UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-% help
>  
>  # All following code might depend on configuration variables
>  ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
> 

Reviewed-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>


Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Stefan Hajnoczi 6 years, 5 months ago
On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 12:20:52AM -0300, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)
> 
> In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
> some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
> the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
> the help.
> 
> On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
> more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Fam Zheng 6 years, 5 months ago
On Wed, 11/08 00:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)

That is a pretty boring one compared to the rest of our build system.

> 
> In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
> some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
> the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
> the help.
> 
> On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
> more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.
> 
> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
> 
> before:
> 
> $ make help
>   GEN     config-host.h
>   CC      cs.o
>   CC      utils.o
>   CC      SStream.o
>   CC      MCInstrDesc.o
>   CC      MCRegisterInfo.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMMapping.o
>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMModule.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsModule.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.o
>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcMapping.o
>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMapping.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZModule.o
>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMCTargetDesc.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Disassembler.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Mapping.o
>   CC      arch/X86/X86Module.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreDisassembler.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreInstPrinter.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreMapping.o
>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreModule.o
>   CC      MCInst.o
>   AR      libcapstone.a
> ar: creating capstone/libcapstone.a
>   GEN     trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.h
>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.c
>   GEN     module_block.h
> make[1]: 'capstone/libcapstone.a' is up to date.
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
> after:
> 
> $ make help
> Generic targets:
>   all             - Build all
>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
> [...]
> 
>  Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 0496c5057a..7850ca5928 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
>  # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
>  SRC_PATH=.
>  
> -UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-%
> +UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-% help
>  
>  # All following code might depend on configuration variables
>  ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
> -- 
> 2.15.0
> 
> 

I think there are more targets that can be added to this list (vm-test for one)
but this is already an improvement:

Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>

So who is the maintainer to merge this patch?

Fam

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Makefile: simpler/faster "make help"
Posted by Paolo Bonzini 6 years, 5 months ago
On 09/11/2017 07:40, Fam Zheng wrote:
> On Wed, 11/08 00:20, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> Using obscure black magic introduced in eaa2ddbb767 :)
> 
> That is a pretty boring one compared to the rest of our build system.
> 
>>
>> In an out-of-tree directory, running "../configure && make help" will generate
>> some required files (.mak), then clone some submodules, compile at least
>> the capstone submodule, generate QMP and Trace files, and finally display
>> the help.
>>
>> On an outdated computer (Sun Blade workstation), running "make help" took
>> more than 5h :) With this patch it took roughly 37min.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
>> ---
>>
>> before:
>>
>> $ make help
>>   GEN     config-host.h
>>   CC      cs.o
>>   CC      utils.o
>>   CC      SStream.o
>>   CC      MCInstrDesc.o
>>   CC      MCRegisterInfo.o
>>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/ARM/ARMModule.o
>>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.o
>>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.o
>>   CC      arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.o
>>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/Mips/MipsModule.o
>>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.o
>>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/Sparc/SparcModule.o
>>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZModule.o
>>   CC      arch/SystemZ/SystemZMCTargetDesc.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86Disassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86Mapping.o
>>   CC      arch/X86/X86Module.o
>>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreDisassembler.o
>>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreInstPrinter.o
>>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreMapping.o
>>   CC      arch/XCore/XCoreModule.o
>>   CC      MCInst.o
>>   AR      libcapstone.a
>> ar: creating capstone/libcapstone.a
>>   GEN     trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
>>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
>>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.h
>>   GEN     trace/generated-helpers.c
>>   GEN     module_block.h
>> make[1]: 'capstone/libcapstone.a' is up to date.
>> Generic targets:
>>   all             - Build all
>>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
>> [...]
>>
>> after:
>>
>> $ make help
>> Generic targets:
>>   all             - Build all
>>   dir/file.o      - Build specified target only
>>   install         - Install QEMU, documentation and tools
>>   ctags/TAGS      - Generate tags file for editors
>>   cscope          - Generate cscope index
>> [...]
>>
>>  Makefile | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index 0496c5057a..7850ca5928 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BUILD_DIR=$(CURDIR)
>>  # Before including a proper config-host.mak, assume we are in the source tree
>>  SRC_PATH=.
>>  
>> -UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-%
>> +UNCHECKED_GOALS := %clean TAGS cscope ctags docker docker-% help
>>  
>>  # All following code might depend on configuration variables
>>  ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
>> -- 
>> 2.15.0
>>
>>
> 
> I think there are more targets that can be added to this list (vm-test for one)
> but this is already an improvement:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
> 
> So who is the maintainer to merge this patch?

I can do it.

Paolo