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-rw-r--r--qemu-doc.texi4
-rw-r--r--vl.c48
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 9436965eb3..6338062cdb 100644
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ Windows.
@item -full-screen
Start in full screen.
+@item -pidfile file
+Store the QEMU process PID in @var{file}. It is useful if you launch QEMU
+from a script.
+
@end table
Network options:
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 018fc31434..31d3a2052a 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,46 @@ static int net_fd_init(NetDriverState *nd, int fd)
#endif /* !_WIN32 */
/***********************************************************/
+/* pid file */
+
+static char *pid_filename;
+
+/* Remove PID file. Called on normal exit */
+
+static void remove_pidfile(void)
+{
+ unlink (pid_filename);
+}
+
+static void create_pidfile(const char *filename)
+{
+ struct stat pidstat;
+ FILE *f;
+
+ /* Try to write our PID to the named file */
+ if (stat(filename, &pidstat) < 0) {
+ if (errno == ENOENT) {
+ if ((f = fopen (filename, "w")) == NULL) {
+ perror("Opening pidfile");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ fprintf(f, "%d\n", getpid());
+ fclose(f);
+ pid_filename = qemu_strdup(filename);
+ if (!pid_filename) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not save PID filename");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ atexit(remove_pidfile);
+ }
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s already exists. Remove it and try again.\n",
+ filename);
+ exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+/***********************************************************/
/* dumb display */
static void dumb_update(DisplayState *ds, int x, int y, int w, int h)
@@ -2533,6 +2573,7 @@ void help(void)
"Debug/Expert options:\n"
"-monitor dev redirect the monitor to char device 'dev'\n"
"-serial dev redirect the serial port to char device 'dev'\n"
+ "-pidfile file Write PID to 'file'\n"
"-S freeze CPU at startup (use 'c' to start execution)\n"
"-s wait gdb connection to port %d\n"
"-p port change gdb connection port\n"
@@ -2625,6 +2666,7 @@ enum {
QEMU_OPTION_serial,
QEMU_OPTION_loadvm,
QEMU_OPTION_full_screen,
+ QEMU_OPTION_pidfile,
};
typedef struct QEMUOption {
@@ -2685,7 +2727,8 @@ const QEMUOption qemu_options[] = {
{ "serial", 1, QEMU_OPTION_serial },
{ "loadvm", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_loadvm },
{ "full-screen", 0, QEMU_OPTION_full_screen },
-
+ { "pidfile", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_pidfile },
+
/* temporary options */
{ "pci", 0, QEMU_OPTION_pci },
{ "cirrusvga", 0, QEMU_OPTION_cirrusvga },
@@ -3110,6 +3153,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
case QEMU_OPTION_full_screen:
full_screen = 1;
break;
+ case QEMU_OPTION_pidfile:
+ create_pidfile(optarg);
+ break;
}
}
}