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[v4,01/11] capstone: Convert Makefile bits to meson bits

Message ID 20200921174118.39352-2-richard.henderson@linaro.org
State Superseded
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Series capstone + disassembler patches | expand

Commit Message

Richard Henderson Sept. 21, 2020, 5:41 p.m. UTC 
There are better ways to do this, e.g. meson cmake subproject,
but that requires cmake 3.7 and some of our CI environments
only provide cmake 3.5.

Nor can we add a meson.build file to capstone/, because the git
submodule would then always report "untracked files".  Fixing that
would require creating our own branch on the qemu git mirror, at
which point we could just as easily create a native meson subproject.

Instead, build the library via the main meson.build.

This improves the current state of affairs in that we will re-link
the qemu executables against a changed libcapstone.a, which we wouldn't
do before-hand.  In addition, the use of the configuration header file
instead of command-line -DEFINES means that we will rebuild the
capstone objects with changes to meson.build.

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 configure         |  64 +++-----------------------
 Makefile          |  16 -------
 meson.build       | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 meson_options.txt |   4 ++
 4 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

Comments

Alex Bennée Sept. 21, 2020, 7:17 p.m. UTC | #1 
Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> writes:

> There are better ways to do this, e.g. meson cmake subproject,

> but that requires cmake 3.7 and some of our CI environments

> only provide cmake 3.5.

>

> Nor can we add a meson.build file to capstone/, because the git

> submodule would then always report "untracked files".  Fixing that

> would require creating our own branch on the qemu git mirror, at

> which point we could just as easily create a native meson subproject.

>

> Instead, build the library via the main meson.build.

>

> This improves the current state of affairs in that we will re-link

> the qemu executables against a changed libcapstone.a, which we wouldn't

> do before-hand.  In addition, the use of the configuration header file

> instead of command-line -DEFINES means that we will rebuild the

> capstone objects with changes to meson.build.

>

> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>


Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>


> ---

>  configure         |  64 +++-----------------------

>  Makefile          |  16 -------

>  meson.build       | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---

>  meson_options.txt |   4 ++

>  4 files changed, 115 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/configure b/configure

> index 7564479008..03915267e2 100755

> --- a/configure

> +++ b/configure

> @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ opengl=""

>  opengl_dmabuf="no"

>  cpuid_h="no"

>  avx2_opt=""

> -capstone=""

> +capstone="auto"

>  lzo=""

>  snappy=""

>  bzip2=""

> @@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ for opt do

>    ;;

>    --enable-capstone) capstone="yes"

>    ;;

> -  --enable-capstone=git) capstone="git"

> +  --enable-capstone=git) capstone="internal"

>    ;;

>    --enable-capstone=system) capstone="system"

>    ;;

> @@ -5128,51 +5128,11 @@ fi

>  # capstone

>  

>  case "$capstone" in

> -  "" | yes)

> -    if $pkg_config capstone; then

> -      capstone=system

> -    elif test -e "${source_path}/.git" && test $git_update = 'yes' ; then

> -      capstone=git

> -    elif test -e "${source_path}/capstone/Makefile" ; then

> -      capstone=internal

> -    elif test -z "$capstone" ; then

> -      capstone=no

> -    else

> -      feature_not_found "capstone" "Install capstone devel or git submodule"

> -    fi

> -    ;;

> -

> -  system)

> -    if ! $pkg_config capstone; then

> -      feature_not_found "capstone" "Install capstone devel"

> -    fi

> -    ;;

> -esac

> -

> -case "$capstone" in

> -  git | internal)

> -    if test "$capstone" = git; then

> +  auto | yes | internal)

> +    # Simpler to always update submodule, even if not needed.

> +    if test -e "${source_path}/.git" && test $git_update = 'yes' ; then

>        git_submodules="${git_submodules} capstone"

>      fi

> -    mkdir -p capstone

> -    if test "$mingw32" = "yes"; then

> -      LIBCAPSTONE=capstone.lib

> -    else

> -      LIBCAPSTONE=libcapstone.a

> -    fi

> -    capstone_libs="-Lcapstone -lcapstone"

> -    capstone_cflags="-I${source_path}/capstone/include"

> -    ;;

> -

> -  system)

> -    capstone_libs="$($pkg_config --libs capstone)"

> -    capstone_cflags="$($pkg_config --cflags capstone)"

> -    ;;

> -

> -  no)

> -    ;;

> -  *)

> -    error_exit "Unknown state for capstone: $capstone"

>      ;;

>  esac

>  

> @@ -7292,11 +7252,6 @@ fi

>  if test "$ivshmem" = "yes" ; then

>    echo "CONFIG_IVSHMEM=y" >> $config_host_mak

>  fi

> -if test "$capstone" != "no" ; then

> -  echo "CONFIG_CAPSTONE=y" >> $config_host_mak

> -  echo "CAPSTONE_CFLAGS=$capstone_cflags" >> $config_host_mak

> -  echo "CAPSTONE_LIBS=$capstone_libs" >> $config_host_mak

> -fi

>  if test "$debug_mutex" = "yes" ; then

>    echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEX=y" >> $config_host_mak

>  fi

> @@ -7819,13 +7774,7 @@ done # for target in $targets

>  if [ "$fdt" = "git" ]; then

>    subdirs="$subdirs dtc"

>  fi

> -if [ "$capstone" = "git" -o "$capstone" = "internal" ]; then

> -  subdirs="$subdirs capstone"

> -fi

>  echo "SUBDIRS=$subdirs" >> $config_host_mak

> -if test -n "$LIBCAPSTONE"; then

> -  echo "LIBCAPSTONE=$LIBCAPSTONE" >> $config_host_mak

> -fi

>  

>  if test "$numa" = "yes"; then

>    echo "CONFIG_NUMA=y" >> $config_host_mak

> @@ -8008,7 +7957,8 @@ NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \

>          -Db_coverage=$(if test "$gcov" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \

>  	-Dsdl=$sdl -Dsdl_image=$sdl_image \

>  	-Dvnc=$vnc -Dvnc_sasl=$vnc_sasl -Dvnc_jpeg=$vnc_jpeg -Dvnc_png=$vnc_png \

> -	-Dgettext=$gettext -Dxkbcommon=$xkbcommon -Du2f=$u2f\

> +	-Dgettext=$gettext -Dxkbcommon=$xkbcommon -Du2f=$u2f \

> +	-Dcapstone=$capstone \

>          $cross_arg \

>          "$PWD" "$source_path"

>  

> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile

> index 7c60b9dcb8..f3da1760ad 100644

> --- a/Makefile

> +++ b/Makefile

> @@ -156,22 +156,6 @@ dtc/all: .git-submodule-status dtc/libfdt

>  dtc/%: .git-submodule-status

>  	@mkdir -p $@

>  

> -# Overriding CFLAGS causes us to lose defines added in the sub-makefile.

> -# Not overriding CFLAGS leads to mis-matches between compilation modes.

> -# Therefore we replicate some of the logic in the sub-makefile.

> -# Remove all the extra -Warning flags that QEMU uses that Capstone doesn't;

> -# no need to annoy QEMU developers with such things.

> -CAP_CFLAGS = $(patsubst -W%,,$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS)) $(CAPSTONE_CFLAGS)

> -CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_USE_SYS_DYN_MEM

> -CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_ARM

> -CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_ARM64

> -CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_POWERPC

> -CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_X86

> -

> -.PHONY: capstone/all

> -capstone/all: .git-submodule-status

> -	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/capstone CAPSTONE_SHARED=no BUILDDIR="$(BUILD_DIR)/capstone" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" CFLAGS="$(CAP_CFLAGS)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) $(BUILD_DIR)/capstone/$(LIBCAPSTONE))

> -

>  .PHONY: slirp/all

>  slirp/all: .git-submodule-status

>  	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/slirp		\

> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build

> index f4d1ab1096..f23273693d 100644

> --- a/meson.build

> +++ b/meson.build

> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ else

>    keyval = import('unstable-keyval')

>  endif

>  ss = import('sourceset')

> +fs = import('fs')

>  

>  sh = find_program('sh')

>  cc = meson.get_compiler('c')

> @@ -409,11 +410,6 @@ if 'CONFIG_USB_LIBUSB' in config_host

>    libusb = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['LIBUSB_CFLAGS'].split(),

>                                link_args: config_host['LIBUSB_LIBS'].split())

>  endif

> -capstone = not_found

> -if 'CONFIG_CAPSTONE' in config_host

> -  capstone = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['CAPSTONE_CFLAGS'].split(),

> -                                link_args: config_host['CAPSTONE_LIBS'].split())

> -endif

>  libpmem = not_found

>  if 'CONFIG_LIBPMEM' in config_host

>    libpmem = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['LIBPMEM_CFLAGS'].split(),

> @@ -470,7 +466,6 @@ foreach k, v: config_host

>      config_host_data.set(k, v == 'y' ? 1 : v)

>    endif

>  endforeach

> -genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)

>  

>  minikconf = find_program('scripts/minikconf.py')

>  config_all_devices = {}

> @@ -610,6 +605,108 @@ config_all += {

>    'CONFIG_ALL': true,

>  }

>  

> +# Submodules

> +

> +capstone = not_found

> +capstone_opt = get_option('capstone')

> +if capstone_opt == 'no'

> +  capstone_opt = false

> +elif capstone_opt in ['yes', 'auto', 'system']

> +  have_internal = fs.exists('capstone/Makefile')

> +  capstone = dependency('capstone', static: enable_static,

> +                        required: capstone_opt == 'system' or

> +                                  capstone_opt == 'yes' and not have_internal)

> +  if capstone.found()

> +    capstone_opt = 'system'

> +  elif have_internal

> +    capstone_opt = 'internal'

> +  else

> +    capstone_opt = false

> +  endif

> +endif

> +if capstone_opt == 'internal'

> +  capstone_data = configuration_data()

> +  capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_USE_SYS_DYN_MEM', '1')

> +

> +  capstone_files = files(

> +    'capstone/cs.c',

> +    'capstone/MCInst.c',

> +    'capstone/MCInstrDesc.c',

> +    'capstone/MCRegisterInfo.c',

> +    'capstone/SStream.c',

> +    'capstone/utils.c'

> +  )

> +

> +  if 'CONFIG_ARM_DIS' in config_all_disas

> +    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_ARM', '1')

> +    capstone_files += files(

> +      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMMapping.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMModule.c'

> +    )

> +  endif

> +

> +  # FIXME: This config entry currently depends on a c++ compiler.

> +  # Which is needed for building libvixl, but not for capstone.

> +  if 'CONFIG_ARM_A64_DIS' in config_all_disas

> +    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_ARM64', '1')

> +    capstone_files += files(

> +      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.c'

> +    )

> +  endif

> +

> +  if 'CONFIG_PPC_DIS' in config_all_disas

> +    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_POWERPC', '1')

> +    capstone_files += files(

> +      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.c'

> +    )

> +  endif

> +

> +  if 'CONFIG_I386_DIS' in config_all_disas

> +    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_X86', 1)

> +    capstone_files += files(

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Disassembler.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Mapping.c',

> +      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Module.c'

> +    )

> +  endif

> +

> +  configure_file(output: 'capstone-defs.h', configuration: capstone_data)

> +

> +  capstone_cargs = [

> +    # FIXME: There does not seem to be a way to completely replace the c_args

> +    # that come from add_project_arguments() -- we can only add to them.

> +    # So: disable all warnings with a big hammer.

> +    '-Wno-error', '-w',

> +

> +    # Include all configuration defines via a header file, which will wind up

> +    # as a dependency on the object file, and thus changes here will result

> +    # in a rebuild.

> +    '-include', 'capstone-defs.h'

> +  ]

> +

> +  libcapstone = static_library('capstone',

> +                               sources: capstone_files,

> +                               c_args: capstone_cargs,

> +                               include_directories: 'capstone/include')

> +  capstone = declare_dependency(link_with: libcapstone,

> +                                include_directories: 'capstone/include')

> +endif

> +config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CAPSTONE', capstone.found())

> +

> +genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)

> +

>  # Generators

>  

>  hxtool = find_program('scripts/hxtool')

> @@ -1512,7 +1609,7 @@ summary_info += {'vvfat support':     config_host.has_key('CONFIG_VVFAT')}

>  summary_info += {'qed support':       config_host.has_key('CONFIG_QED')}

>  summary_info += {'parallels support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_PARALLELS')}

>  summary_info += {'sheepdog support':  config_host.has_key('CONFIG_SHEEPDOG')}

> -summary_info += {'capstone':          config_host.has_key('CONFIG_CAPSTONE')}

> +summary_info += {'capstone':          capstone_opt}

>  summary_info += {'libpmem support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBPMEM')}

>  summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBDAXCTL')}

>  summary_info += {'libudev':           config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBUDEV')}

> diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt

> index 543cf70043..e650a937e7 100644

> --- a/meson_options.txt

> +++ b/meson_options.txt

> @@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ option('vnc_sasl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',

>         description: 'SASL authentication for VNC server')

>  option('xkbcommon', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',

>         description: 'xkbcommon support')

> +

> +option('capstone', type: 'combo', value: 'auto',

> +       choices: ['no', 'yes', 'auto', 'system', 'internal'],

> +       description: 'Whether and how to find the capstone library')



-- 
Alex Bennée
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Patch

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7564479008..03915267e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@  opengl=""
 opengl_dmabuf="no"
 cpuid_h="no"
 avx2_opt=""
-capstone=""
+capstone="auto"
 lzo=""
 snappy=""
 bzip2=""
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@  for opt do
   ;;
   --enable-capstone) capstone="yes"
   ;;
-  --enable-capstone=git) capstone="git"
+  --enable-capstone=git) capstone="internal"
   ;;
   --enable-capstone=system) capstone="system"
   ;;
@@ -5128,51 +5128,11 @@  fi
 # capstone
 
 case "$capstone" in
-  "" | yes)
-    if $pkg_config capstone; then
-      capstone=system
-    elif test -e "${source_path}/.git" && test $git_update = 'yes' ; then
-      capstone=git
-    elif test -e "${source_path}/capstone/Makefile" ; then
-      capstone=internal
-    elif test -z "$capstone" ; then
-      capstone=no
-    else
-      feature_not_found "capstone" "Install capstone devel or git submodule"
-    fi
-    ;;
-
-  system)
-    if ! $pkg_config capstone; then
-      feature_not_found "capstone" "Install capstone devel"
-    fi
-    ;;
-esac
-
-case "$capstone" in
-  git | internal)
-    if test "$capstone" = git; then
+  auto | yes | internal)
+    # Simpler to always update submodule, even if not needed.
+    if test -e "${source_path}/.git" && test $git_update = 'yes' ; then
       git_submodules="${git_submodules} capstone"
     fi
-    mkdir -p capstone
-    if test "$mingw32" = "yes"; then
-      LIBCAPSTONE=capstone.lib
-    else
-      LIBCAPSTONE=libcapstone.a
-    fi
-    capstone_libs="-Lcapstone -lcapstone"
-    capstone_cflags="-I${source_path}/capstone/include"
-    ;;
-
-  system)
-    capstone_libs="$($pkg_config --libs capstone)"
-    capstone_cflags="$($pkg_config --cflags capstone)"
-    ;;
-
-  no)
-    ;;
-  *)
-    error_exit "Unknown state for capstone: $capstone"
     ;;
 esac
 
@@ -7292,11 +7252,6 @@  fi
 if test "$ivshmem" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_IVSHMEM=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
-if test "$capstone" != "no" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_CAPSTONE=y" >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "CAPSTONE_CFLAGS=$capstone_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "CAPSTONE_LIBS=$capstone_libs" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 if test "$debug_mutex" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEX=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -7819,13 +7774,7 @@  done # for target in $targets
 if [ "$fdt" = "git" ]; then
   subdirs="$subdirs dtc"
 fi
-if [ "$capstone" = "git" -o "$capstone" = "internal" ]; then
-  subdirs="$subdirs capstone"
-fi
 echo "SUBDIRS=$subdirs" >> $config_host_mak
-if test -n "$LIBCAPSTONE"; then
-  echo "LIBCAPSTONE=$LIBCAPSTONE" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
 
 if test "$numa" = "yes"; then
   echo "CONFIG_NUMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
@@ -8008,7 +7957,8 @@  NINJA=${ninja:-$PWD/ninjatool} $meson setup \
         -Db_coverage=$(if test "$gcov" = yes; then echo true; else echo false; fi) \
 	-Dsdl=$sdl -Dsdl_image=$sdl_image \
 	-Dvnc=$vnc -Dvnc_sasl=$vnc_sasl -Dvnc_jpeg=$vnc_jpeg -Dvnc_png=$vnc_png \
-	-Dgettext=$gettext -Dxkbcommon=$xkbcommon -Du2f=$u2f\
+	-Dgettext=$gettext -Dxkbcommon=$xkbcommon -Du2f=$u2f \
+	-Dcapstone=$capstone \
         $cross_arg \
         "$PWD" "$source_path"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c60b9dcb8..f3da1760ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -156,22 +156,6 @@  dtc/all: .git-submodule-status dtc/libfdt
 dtc/%: .git-submodule-status
 	@mkdir -p $@
 
-# Overriding CFLAGS causes us to lose defines added in the sub-makefile.
-# Not overriding CFLAGS leads to mis-matches between compilation modes.
-# Therefore we replicate some of the logic in the sub-makefile.
-# Remove all the extra -Warning flags that QEMU uses that Capstone doesn't;
-# no need to annoy QEMU developers with such things.
-CAP_CFLAGS = $(patsubst -W%,,$(CFLAGS) $(QEMU_CFLAGS)) $(CAPSTONE_CFLAGS)
-CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_USE_SYS_DYN_MEM
-CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_ARM
-CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_ARM64
-CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_POWERPC
-CAP_CFLAGS += -DCAPSTONE_HAS_X86
-
-.PHONY: capstone/all
-capstone/all: .git-submodule-status
-	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/capstone CAPSTONE_SHARED=no BUILDDIR="$(BUILD_DIR)/capstone" CC="$(CC)" AR="$(AR)" LD="$(LD)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" CFLAGS="$(CAP_CFLAGS)" $(SUBDIR_MAKEFLAGS) $(BUILD_DIR)/capstone/$(LIBCAPSTONE))
-
 .PHONY: slirp/all
 slirp/all: .git-submodule-status
 	$(call quiet-command,$(MAKE) -C $(SRC_PATH)/slirp		\
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f4d1ab1096..f23273693d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@  else
   keyval = import('unstable-keyval')
 endif
 ss = import('sourceset')
+fs = import('fs')
 
 sh = find_program('sh')
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -409,11 +410,6 @@  if 'CONFIG_USB_LIBUSB' in config_host
   libusb = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['LIBUSB_CFLAGS'].split(),
                               link_args: config_host['LIBUSB_LIBS'].split())
 endif
-capstone = not_found
-if 'CONFIG_CAPSTONE' in config_host
-  capstone = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['CAPSTONE_CFLAGS'].split(),
-                                link_args: config_host['CAPSTONE_LIBS'].split())
-endif
 libpmem = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_LIBPMEM' in config_host
   libpmem = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['LIBPMEM_CFLAGS'].split(),
@@ -470,7 +466,6 @@  foreach k, v: config_host
     config_host_data.set(k, v == 'y' ? 1 : v)
   endif
 endforeach
-genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)
 
 minikconf = find_program('scripts/minikconf.py')
 config_all_devices = {}
@@ -610,6 +605,108 @@  config_all += {
   'CONFIG_ALL': true,
 }
 
+# Submodules
+
+capstone = not_found
+capstone_opt = get_option('capstone')
+if capstone_opt == 'no'
+  capstone_opt = false
+elif capstone_opt in ['yes', 'auto', 'system']
+  have_internal = fs.exists('capstone/Makefile')
+  capstone = dependency('capstone', static: enable_static,
+                        required: capstone_opt == 'system' or
+                                  capstone_opt == 'yes' and not have_internal)
+  if capstone.found()
+    capstone_opt = 'system'
+  elif have_internal
+    capstone_opt = 'internal'
+  else
+    capstone_opt = false
+  endif
+endif
+if capstone_opt == 'internal'
+  capstone_data = configuration_data()
+  capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_USE_SYS_DYN_MEM', '1')
+
+  capstone_files = files(
+    'capstone/cs.c',
+    'capstone/MCInst.c',
+    'capstone/MCInstrDesc.c',
+    'capstone/MCRegisterInfo.c',
+    'capstone/SStream.c',
+    'capstone/utils.c'
+  )
+
+  if 'CONFIG_ARM_DIS' in config_all_disas
+    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_ARM', '1')
+    capstone_files += files(
+      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMDisassembler.c',
+      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMInstPrinter.c',
+      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMMapping.c',
+      'capstone/arch/ARM/ARMModule.c'
+    )
+  endif
+
+  # FIXME: This config entry currently depends on a c++ compiler.
+  # Which is needed for building libvixl, but not for capstone.
+  if 'CONFIG_ARM_A64_DIS' in config_all_disas
+    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_ARM64', '1')
+    capstone_files += files(
+      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64BaseInfo.c',
+      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Disassembler.c',
+      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64InstPrinter.c',
+      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Mapping.c',
+      'capstone/arch/AArch64/AArch64Module.c'
+    )
+  endif
+
+  if 'CONFIG_PPC_DIS' in config_all_disas
+    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_POWERPC', '1')
+    capstone_files += files(
+      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCDisassembler.c',
+      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCInstPrinter.c',
+      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCMapping.c',
+      'capstone/arch/PowerPC/PPCModule.c'
+    )
+  endif
+
+  if 'CONFIG_I386_DIS' in config_all_disas
+    capstone_data.set('CAPSTONE_HAS_X86', 1)
+    capstone_files += files(
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Disassembler.c',
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86DisassemblerDecoder.c',
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86ATTInstPrinter.c',
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86IntelInstPrinter.c',
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Mapping.c',
+      'capstone/arch/X86/X86Module.c'
+    )
+  endif
+
+  configure_file(output: 'capstone-defs.h', configuration: capstone_data)
+
+  capstone_cargs = [
+    # FIXME: There does not seem to be a way to completely replace the c_args
+    # that come from add_project_arguments() -- we can only add to them.
+    # So: disable all warnings with a big hammer.
+    '-Wno-error', '-w',
+
+    # Include all configuration defines via a header file, which will wind up
+    # as a dependency on the object file, and thus changes here will result
+    # in a rebuild.
+    '-include', 'capstone-defs.h'
+  ]
+
+  libcapstone = static_library('capstone',
+                               sources: capstone_files,
+                               c_args: capstone_cargs,
+                               include_directories: 'capstone/include')
+  capstone = declare_dependency(link_with: libcapstone,
+                                include_directories: 'capstone/include')
+endif
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CAPSTONE', capstone.found())
+
+genh += configure_file(output: 'config-host.h', configuration: config_host_data)
+
 # Generators
 
 hxtool = find_program('scripts/hxtool')
@@ -1512,7 +1609,7 @@  summary_info += {'vvfat support':     config_host.has_key('CONFIG_VVFAT')}
 summary_info += {'qed support':       config_host.has_key('CONFIG_QED')}
 summary_info += {'parallels support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_PARALLELS')}
 summary_info += {'sheepdog support':  config_host.has_key('CONFIG_SHEEPDOG')}
-summary_info += {'capstone':          config_host.has_key('CONFIG_CAPSTONE')}
+summary_info += {'capstone':          capstone_opt}
 summary_info += {'libpmem support':   config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBPMEM')}
 summary_info += {'libdaxctl support': config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBDAXCTL')}
 summary_info += {'libudev':           config_host.has_key('CONFIG_LIBUDEV')}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 543cf70043..e650a937e7 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@  option('vnc_sasl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'SASL authentication for VNC server')
 option('xkbcommon', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'xkbcommon support')
+
+option('capstone', type: 'combo', value: 'auto',
+       choices: ['no', 'yes', 'auto', 'system', 'internal'],
+       description: 'Whether and how to find the capstone library')