This reverts commit 563b1a35ed1f1151505d4fe5f723827d1b3fd4bc.

Split debug info support is broken when cross compiling
(https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99973).  People
that would like to use it can add it via --extra-cflags.

Reported-by: Konstantin Kostiuk <kkostiuk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 meson.build                   | 6 ------
 meson_options.txt             | 2 --
 scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh | 2 --
 3 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7f75256acf9..41f68d38069 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -604,10 +604,6 @@ if get_option('tsan')
   qemu_ldflags = ['-fsanitize=thread'] + qemu_ldflags
 endif
 
-if get_option('debug') and get_option('split_debug')
-  qemu_cflags += '-gsplit-dwarf'
-endif
-
 # Detect support for PT_GNU_RELRO + DT_BIND_NOW.
 # The combination is known as "full relro", because .got.plt is read-only too.
 qemu_ldflags += cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,-z,relro', '-Wl,-z,now')
@@ -4599,8 +4595,6 @@ if have_rust
   summary_info += {'bindgen':         bindgen.full_path()}
   summary_info += {'bindgen version': bindgen.version()}
 endif
-# option_cflags is purely for the summary display, meson will pass
-# -g/-O options directly
 option_cflags = (get_option('debug') ? ['-g'] : [])
 if get_option('optimization') != 'plain'
   option_cflags += ['-O' + get_option('optimization')]
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 3432123fee2..59d973bca00 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -362,8 +362,6 @@ option('debug_mutex', type: 'boolean', value: false,
        description: 'mutex debugging support')
 option('debug_stack_usage', type: 'boolean', value: false,
        description: 'measure coroutine stack usage')
-option('split_debug', type: 'boolean', value: true,
-       description: 'split debug info from object files')
 option('qom_cast_debug', type: 'boolean', value: true,
        description: 'cast debugging support')
 option('slirp_smbd', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index aca6e688302..3e8e00852b2 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -504,8 +504,6 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-strict-rust-lints) printf "%s" -Dstrict_rust_lints=false ;;
     --enable-strip) printf "%s" -Dstrip=true ;;
     --disable-strip) printf "%s" -Dstrip=false ;;
-    --enable-split-debug) printf "%s" -Dsplit_debug=true ;;
-    --disable-split-debug) printf "%s" -Dsplit_debug=false ;;
     --sysconfdir=*) quote_sh "-Dsysconfdir=$2" ;;
     --enable-tcg) printf "%s" -Dtcg=enabled ;;
     --disable-tcg) printf "%s" -Dtcg=disabled ;;
-- 
2.48.1

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 08:57:26AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> This reverts commit 563b1a35ed1f1151505d4fe5f723827d1b3fd4bc.
> 
> Split debug info support is broken when cross compiling
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99973).  People
> that would like to use it can add it via --extra-cflags.
> 
> Reported-by: Konstantin Kostiuk <kkostiuk@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
>  meson.build                   | 6 ------
>  meson_options.txt             | 2 --
>  scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh | 2 --
>  3 files changed, 10 deletions(-)

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


With regards,
Daniel
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