Instead of using a static file (error prone and hard to keep in sync),
we generate it using a script.

Note: if a symbol is not exported, we'll now notice it when linking for
Windows/MacOS platforms.

Signed-off-by: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
---
 MAINTAINERS                    |  1 +
 plugins/meson.build            | 12 ++++++---
 scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index f48d9142b8a..d34b6606e95 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -3719,6 +3719,7 @@ F: plugins/
 F: tests/tcg/plugins/
 F: tests/avocado/tcg_plugins.py
 F: contrib/plugins/
+F: scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py
 
 AArch64 TCG target
 M: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
diff --git a/plugins/meson.build b/plugins/meson.build
index 51297582f93..d60be2a4d6d 100644
--- a/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/plugins/meson.build
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@ if not get_option('plugins')
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
+qemu_plugin_symbols = configure_file(
+  input: files('../include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h'),
+  output: 'qemu-plugin.symbols',
+  capture: true,
+  command: [files('../scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py'), '@INPUT@'])
+
 # Modules need more symbols than just those in plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols
 if not enable_modules
   if host_os == 'darwin'
     configure_file(
-      input: files('qemu-plugins.symbols'),
+      input: qemu_plugin_symbols,
       output: 'qemu-plugins-ld64.symbols',
       capture: true,
       command: ['sed', '-ne', 's/^[[:space:]]*\\(qemu_.*\\);/_\\1/p', '@INPUT@'])
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ if not enable_modules
     # LLVM/lld does not support exporting specific symbols. However, it works
     # out of the box with dllexport/dllimport attribute we set in the code.
   else
-    emulator_link_args += ['-Xlinker', '--dynamic-list=' + (meson.project_source_root() / 'plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols')]
+    emulator_link_args += ['-Xlinker', '--dynamic-list=' + qemu_plugin_symbols.full_path()]
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -24,7 +30,7 @@ if host_os == 'windows'
   # First, create a .def file listing all the symbols a plugin should expect to have
   # available in qemu
   win32_plugin_def = configure_file(
-    input: files('qemu-plugins.symbols'),
+    input: qemu_plugin_symbols,
     output: 'qemu_plugin_api.def',
     capture: true,
     command: ['sed', '-e', '0,/^/s//EXPORTS/; s/[{};]//g', '@INPUT@'])
diff --git a/scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py b/scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e285ebb8f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qemu-plugin-symbols.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Extract QEMU Plugin API symbols from a header file
+#
+# Copyright 2024 Linaro Ltd
+#
+# Author: Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+import argparse
+import re
+
+def extract_symbols(plugin_header):
+    with open(plugin_header) as file:
+        content = file.read()
+    # Remove QEMU_PLUGIN_API macro definition.
+    content = content.replace('#define QEMU_PLUGIN_API', '')
+    expected = content.count('QEMU_PLUGIN_API')
+    # Find last word between QEMU_PLUGIN_API and (, matching on several lines.
+    # We use *? non-greedy quantifier.
+    syms = re.findall(r'QEMU_PLUGIN_API.*?(\w+)\s*\(', content, re.DOTALL)
+    syms.sort()
+    # Ensure we found as many symbols as API markers.
+    assert len(syms) == expected
+    return syms
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Extract QEMU plugin symbols')
+    parser.add_argument('plugin_header', help='Path to QEMU plugin header.')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    syms = extract_symbols(args.plugin_header)
+
+    print('{')
+    for s in syms:
+        print("  {};".format(s))
+    print('};')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
-- 
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