[PATCH 3/3] build: add compile_commands.json target
George Dunlap <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:52:40 +1000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.emulators.xen.devel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Add a phony convenience target generating the compilation database
from a built object tree, alongside the other developer conveniences
(tags, cscope, cloc -- the last of which already walks the same .cmd
files):
make -C xen compile_commands.json
The output lands in the object tree root, where clangd and other
consumers discover it automatically when opening files from an
in-tree build.
Note the database records the compiler invocations actually used.
With a clang build it is consumable by clangd as-is; for a gcc build,
clang-based tools may need a small .clangd configuration
(CompileFlags: Remove/Add) dropping gcc-only flags.
Also add the generated file to .gitignore.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <[email protected]>
---
.gitignore | 1 +
xen/Makefile | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bfc7bdf043..0aa9b801de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ xen/arch/*/include/generated
xen/build-dir-cppcheck/
xen/common/config_data.S
xen/common/config.gz
+xen/compile_commands.json
xen/cppcheck-htmlreport/
xen/cppcheck-report/
xen/cppcheck-misra.*
diff --git a/xen/Makefile b/xen/Makefile
index d39bdfdd53..f87240f33c 100644
--- a/xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/Makefile
@@ -685,6 +685,10 @@ cloc:
done; \
done | cloc --list-file=-
+.PHONY: compile_commands.json
+compile_commands.json:
+ $(PYTHON) $(srctree)/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py -d $(objtree)
+
# Target used by xen-analysis.sh script to retrieve Xen build system variables
export-variable-%:
$(info $*=$($*))
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