Version 1.10.10.

[libguestfs.git] / src / launch.c

diff --git a/src/launch.c b/src/launch.c
index a4dc98f..31d98af 100644 (file)
--- a/src/launch.c
+++ b/src/launch.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 #include "c-ctype.h"
 #include "glthread/lock.h"
+#include "ignore-value.h"
 
 #include "guestfs.h"
 #include "guestfs-internal.h"
@@ -493,7 +494,19 @@ launch_appliance (guestfs_h *g)
      */
     if (qemu_supports (g, "-machine")) {
       add_cmdline (g, "-machine");
+#if QEMU_MACHINE_TYPE_IS_BROKEN
+      /* Workaround for qemu 0.15: We have to add the '[type=]pc'
+       * since there is no default.  This is not a permanent solution
+       * because this only works on PC-like hardware.  Other platforms
+       * like ppc would need a different machine type.
+       *
+       * This bug is fixed in qemu commit 2645c6dcaf6ea2a51a, and was
+       * not a problem in qemu < 0.15.
+       */
+      add_cmdline (g, "pc,accel=kvm:tcg");
+#else
       add_cmdline (g, "accel=kvm:tcg");
+#endif
     } else {
       /* qemu sometimes needs this option to enable hardware
        * virtualization, but some versions of 'qemu-kvm' will use KVM
@@ -625,7 +638,7 @@ launch_appliance (guestfs_h *g)
       guestfs___print_timestamped_argv (g, (const char **)g->cmdline);
 
     if (!g->direct) {
-      /* Set up stdin, stdout. */
+      /* Set up stdin, stdout, stderr. */
       close (0);
       close (1);
       close (wfd[1]);
@@ -641,6 +654,14 @@ launch_appliance (guestfs_h *g)
       if (dup (rfd[1]) == -1)
         goto dup_failed;
 
+      /* Particularly since qemu 0.15, qemu spews all sorts of debug
+       * information on stderr.  It is useful to both capture this and
+       * not confuse casual users, so send stderr to the pipe as well.
+       */
+      close (2);
+      if (dup (rfd[1]) == -1)
+        goto dup_failed;
+
       close (wfd[0]);
       close (rfd[1]);
     }
@@ -680,7 +701,7 @@ launch_appliance (guestfs_h *g)
       pid_t parent_pid = getppid ();
 
       /* Writing to argv is hideously complicated and error prone.  See:
-       * http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c?rev=1.33.2.1;content-type=text%2Fplain
+       * http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/utils/misc/ps_status.c;hb=HEAD
        */
 
       /* Loop around waiting for one or both of the other processes to
@@ -1022,6 +1043,7 @@ guestfs___print_timestamped_message (guestfs_h *g, const char *fs, ...)
   free (msg);
 }
 
+static int test_qemu_cmd (guestfs_h *g, const char *cmd, char **ret);
 static int read_all (guestfs_h *g, FILE *fp, char **ret);
 
 /* Test qemu binary (or wrapper) runs, and do 'qemu -help' and
@@ -1034,38 +1056,48 @@ test_qemu (guestfs_h *g)
   char cmd[1024];
   FILE *fp;
 
+  free (g->qemu_help);
+  g->qemu_help = NULL;
+  free (g->qemu_version);
+  g->qemu_version = NULL;
+
   snprintf (cmd, sizeof cmd, "LC_ALL=C '%s' -nographic -help", g->qemu);
 
-  fp = popen (cmd, "r");
   /* qemu -help should always work (qemu -version OTOH wasn't
    * supported by qemu 0.9).  If this command doesn't work then it
    * probably indicates that the qemu binary is missing.
    */
-  if (!fp) {
-    /* XXX This error is never printed, even if the qemu binary
-     * doesn't exist.  Why?
-     */
-  error:
+  if (test_qemu_cmd (g, cmd, &g->qemu_help) == -1) {
     perrorf (g, _("%s: command failed: If qemu is located on a non-standard path, try setting the LIBGUESTFS_QEMU environment variable."), cmd);
     return -1;
   }
 
-  if (read_all (g, fp, &g->qemu_help) == -1)
-    goto error;
-
-  if (pclose (fp) == -1)
-    goto error;
-
   snprintf (cmd, sizeof cmd, "LC_ALL=C '%s' -nographic -version 2>/dev/null",
             g->qemu);
 
+  /* Intentionally ignore errors from qemu -version. */
+  ignore_value (test_qemu_cmd (g, cmd, &g->qemu_version));
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_qemu_cmd (guestfs_h *g, const char *cmd, char **ret)
+{
+  FILE *fp;
+
   fp = popen (cmd, "r");
-  if (fp) {
-    /* Intentionally ignore errors. */
-    read_all (g, fp, &g->qemu_version);
+  if (fp == NULL)
+    return -1;
+
+  if (read_all (g, fp, ret) == -1) {
     pclose (fp);
+    return -1;
   }
 
+  if (pclose (fp) != 0)
+    return -1;
+
   return 0;
 }