Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v11 7/8] qemu.py: launch vm only if it's not running

[Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:22:45AM +0100, Amador Pahim wrote:
> If we allow launching VM again we will loose track of the first launched
> VM.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Fam Zheng <famz@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amador Pahim <apahim@redhat.com>
> ---
>  scripts/qemu.py | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
> index 305d7bd098..0b0b61be39 100644
> --- a/scripts/qemu.py
> +++ b/scripts/qemu.py
> @@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
>          Launch the VM and make sure we cleanup and expose the
>          command line/output in case of exception
>          """
> +        if self.is_running():
> +            raise QEMUMachineError('VM already running')

Patch 8/8 seems to make this redundant, as is_running() can't
return True if _launched is True.

I suggest replacing this and patch 8/8 with a single check:

        if self._launched:
            raise QEMUMachineError('VM already launched')

-- 
Eduardo