tasks.json

{
  "version": "2.0.0",

  // All tasks in this file inherit the following top-level fields. These can be
  // shared because all tasks are implemented in the tasks.sh shell script.
  "type": "shell",
  "command": ".vscode/tasks.sh",
  "presentation": {
    // Do not have VSCode print ".vscode/tasks.sh task" everytime a task is run.
    // We can let tasks.sh print something more useful instead.
    "echo": false,
  },
  "problemMatcher": [],

  // Because of the above, most task definitions only need to map user-readable
  // UI labels (what shows under the Ctrl+Shift+P -> "Tasks: Run task" submenu)
  // to an argument for the tasks.sh script that identifies the task to run.
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Create rootfs for virtual machine if absent",
      "args": ["create-rootfs"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Compile and install autostart",
      "args": ["install-autostart"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Start virtual machine",
      "args": ["start"],
      "presentation": {
        "focus": true,
      },
      "isBackground": true,
      // For this task to be a background task of a launch.json debugger setup,
      // a non-empty problem matcher must be defined. This is just a dummy one.
      "problemMatcher": [
        {
          "pattern": [
            {
              "regexp": ".",
              "file": 1,
              "location": 2,
              "message": 3,
            }
          ],
          "background": {
            "activeOnStart": true,
            "beginsPattern": ".",
            "endsPattern": ".",
          }
        }
      ],
    },
    {
      "label": "Start virtual machine waiting for debugger",
      "args": ["start-wait-dbg"],
      "presentation": {
        "focus": true,
      },
      "isBackground": true,
      "problemMatcher": [
        {
          "pattern": [
            {
              "regexp": ".",
              "file": 1,
              "location": 2,
              "message": 3,
            }
          ],
          "background": {
            "activeOnStart": true,
            "beginsPattern": ".",
            "endsPattern": ".",
          }
        }
      ],
    },
    {
      "label": "Stop virtual machine",
      "args": ["stop"],
    },
    {
      "label": "SSH into the virtual machine",
      "args": ["ssh"],
      "presentation": {
        "focus": true,
      },
    },
    {
      "label": "Create .config for virtual machine if absent",
      "args": ["defconfig"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Build kernel",
      "args": ["build"],
      // Map this task to the Ctrl+Shift+P -> "Run build task" command.
      "group": {
        "kind": "build",
        "isDefault": true,
      },
    },
    {
      "label": "Menuconfig",
      "args": ["menuconfig"],
      "presentation": {
        "focus": true,
      },
    },
    {
      "label": "Make clean",
      "args": ["clean"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Chroot into the virtual machine's rootfs",
      "args": ["chroot"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Compile and install BPF selftests",
      "args": ["install-bpf-selftests"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Run BPF selftests",
      "args": ["run-bpf-selftests"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Run BPF selftests in this file",
      "args": ["run-bpf-selftests", "${file}"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Update linux-kernel-vscode setup",
      "args": ["update"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Ensure that KCOV is enabled",
      "args": ["enable-kcov"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Fuzz the kernel in the virtual machine",
      "args": ["fuzz"],
    },
    {
      "label": "Build systemtap tracer",
      "args": ["systemtap-build"],
    }
  ]
}