Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] gitlab-ci: Introduce 'cross_accel_build_job' template

[Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/12/2020 12.23, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Introduce a job template to cross-build accelerator specific
> jobs (enable a specific accelerator, disabling the others).
> 
> The specific accelerator is selected by the $ACCEL environment
> variable (default to KVM).
> 
> Extra options such disabling other accelerators are passed
> via the $ACCEL_CONFIGURE_OPTS environment variable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  .gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
> index 099949aaef3..d8685ade376 100644
> --- a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
> +++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
> @@ -13,6 +13,23 @@
>            xtensa-softmmu"
>      - make -j$(expr $(nproc) + 1) all check-build
>  
> +# Job to cross-build specific accelerators.
> +#
> +# Set the $ACCEL variable to select the specific accelerator (default to
> +# KVM), and set extra options (such disabling other accelerators) via the
> +# $ACCEL_CONFIGURE_OPTS variable.
> +.cross_accel_build_job:
> +  stage: build
> +  image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/$IMAGE:latest
> +  timeout: 30m
> +  script:
> +    - mkdir build
> +    - cd build
> +    - PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> +      ../configure --enable-werror $QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --disable-tools
> +        --enable-${ACCEL:-kvm} --target-list="$TARGETS" $ACCEL_CONFIGURE_OPTS
> +    - make -j$(expr $(nproc) + 1) all check-build
> +
>  .cross_user_build_job:
>    stage: build
>    image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/qemu/$IMAGE:latest

I wonder whether we could also simply use the .cross_user_build_job - e.g.
by adding a $EXTRA_CONFIGURE_OPTS variable in the "../configure ..." line so
that the accel-jobs could use that for their --enable... and --disable...
settings?

Anyway, I've got no strong opinion on that one, and I'm also fine if we add
this new template, so:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>