Currently the built plugins can only be found in the build directory.
This patch lists them as installable objects, which will be copied
into qemu_moddir with `make install`.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
---
 contrib/plugins/meson.build | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/plugins/meson.build b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
index 82c97ca0f5..c25a1871b7 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ if get_option('plugins')
                         include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
                         link_depends: [win32_qemu_plugin_api_lib],
                         link_args: win32_qemu_plugin_api_link_flags,
-                        dependencies: glib)
+                        dependencies: glib,
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
     else
       t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c'),
                         include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
-                        dependencies: glib)
+                        dependencies: glib,
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
     endif
   endforeach
 endif
-- 
2.47.1

What about plugins under `tests/tcg/plugins/`?
From: "Christoph Müllner"<christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 18:09
Subject: [External] [PATCH] contrib/plugins: Install plugins to moddir
To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, "Alex Bennée"<alex.bennee@linaro.org>, "Alexandre
Iooss"<erdnaxe@crans.org>, "Mahmoud Mandour"<ma.mandourr@gmail.com>, "Pierrick
Bouvier"<pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
Cc: "Wang Pengcheng"<wangpengcheng.pp@bytedance.com>, "Christoph Müllner"<
christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
Currently the built plugins can only be found in the build directory.
This patch lists them as installable objects, which will be copied
into qemu_moddir with `make install`.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
---
 contrib/plugins/meson.build | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/plugins/meson.build b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
index 82c97ca0f5..c25a1871b7 100644
--- a/contrib/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ if get_option('plugins')
                         include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
                         link_depends: [win32_qemu_plugin_api_lib],
                         link_args: win32_qemu_plugin_api_link_flags,
-                        dependencies: glib)
+                        dependencies: glib,
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
     else
       t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c'),
                         include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
-                        dependencies: glib)
+                        dependencies: glib,
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
     endif
   endforeach
 endif
-- 
2.47.1

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM 汪鹏程 <wangpengcheng.pp@bytedance.com> wrote:
>
> What about plugins under `tests/tcg/plugins/`?

It feels a bit odd to install something from the tests directory.
If certain plugins in tests/tcg/plugins are of general use (not just
for testing) then it might be
reasonable to move them to contrib/plugins.



> From: "Christoph Müllner"<christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
> Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 18:09
> Subject: [External] [PATCH] contrib/plugins: Install plugins to moddir
> To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, "Alex Bennée"<alex.bennee@linaro.org>, "Alexandre Iooss"<erdnaxe@crans.org>, "Mahmoud Mandour"<ma.mandourr@gmail.com>, "Pierrick Bouvier"<pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
> Cc: "Wang Pengcheng"<wangpengcheng.pp@bytedance.com>, "Christoph Müllner"<christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
> Currently the built plugins can only be found in the build directory.
> This patch lists them as installable objects, which will be copied
> into qemu_moddir with `make install`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
> ---
>  contrib/plugins/meson.build | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/plugins/meson.build b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
> index 82c97ca0f5..c25a1871b7 100644
> --- a/contrib/plugins/meson.build
> +++ b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
> @@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ if get_option('plugins')
>                          include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
>                          link_depends: [win32_qemu_plugin_api_lib],
>                          link_args: win32_qemu_plugin_api_link_flags,
> -                        dependencies: glib)
> +                        dependencies: glib,
> +                        install: true,
> +                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
>      else
>        t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c'),
>                          include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
> -                        dependencies: glib)
> +                        dependencies: glib,
> +                        install: true,
> +                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
>      endif
>    endforeach
>  endif
> --
> 2.47.1

Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM 汪鹏程 <wangpengcheng.pp@bytedance.com> wrote:
>>
>> What about plugins under `tests/tcg/plugins/`?
>
> It feels a bit odd to install something from the tests directory.
> If certain plugins in tests/tcg/plugins are of general use (not just
> for testing) then it might be
> reasonable to move them to contrib/plugins.

They are useful in their own right - but the principle use case is to
test the plugin infrastructure.

>
>
>
>> From: "Christoph Müllner"<christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
>> Date: Mon, Mar 3, 2025, 18:09
>> Subject: [External] [PATCH] contrib/plugins: Install plugins to moddir
>> To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>, "Alex Bennée"<alex.bennee@linaro.org>, "Alexandre Iooss"<erdnaxe@crans.org>, "Mahmoud Mandour"<ma.mandourr@gmail.com>, "Pierrick Bouvier"<pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>
>> Cc: "Wang Pengcheng"<wangpengcheng.pp@bytedance.com>, "Christoph Müllner"<christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
>> Currently the built plugins can only be found in the build directory.
>> This patch lists them as installable objects, which will be copied
>> into qemu_moddir with `make install`.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christoph Müllner <christoph.muellner@vrull.eu>
>> ---
>>  contrib/plugins/meson.build | 8 ++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/contrib/plugins/meson.build b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
>> index 82c97ca0f5..c25a1871b7 100644
>> --- a/contrib/plugins/meson.build
>> +++ b/contrib/plugins/meson.build
>> @@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ if get_option('plugins')
>>                          include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
>>                          link_depends: [win32_qemu_plugin_api_lib],
>>                          link_args: win32_qemu_plugin_api_link_flags,
>> -                        dependencies: glib)
>> +                        dependencies: glib,
>> +                        install: true,
>> +                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
>>      else
>>        t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c'),
>>                          include_directories: '../../include/qemu',
>> -                        dependencies: glib)
>> +                        dependencies: glib,
>> +                        install: true,
>> +                        install_dir: qemu_moddir)
>>      endif
>>    endforeach
>>  endif
>> --
>> 2.47.1

-- 
Alex Bennée
Virtualisation Tech Lead @ Linaro