[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 02/11] iotests: Make redirecting qemu's stderr optional

[Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>]

Redirecting qemu's stderr to stdout makes working with the stderr output
difficult due to the other file descriptor magic performed in
_launch_qemu ("ambiguous redirect").

Add an option which specifies whether stderr should be redirected to
stdout or not (allowing for other modes to be added in the future).

Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
---
 tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
index 4e1996c..1b5a554 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.qemu
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ function _send_qemu_cmd()
 # $qemu_comm_method: set this variable to 'monitor' (case insensitive)
 #                    to use the QEMU HMP monitor for communication.
 #                    Otherwise, the default of QMP is used.
+# $keep_stderr: Set this variable to 'y' to keep QEMU's stderr output on stderr.
+#               If this variable is empty, stderr will be redirected to stdout.
 # Returns:
 # $QEMU_HANDLE: set to a handle value to communicate with this QEMU instance.
 #
@@ -153,10 +155,18 @@ function _launch_qemu()
     mkfifo "${fifo_out}"
     mkfifo "${fifo_in}"
 
-    "${QEMU}" -nographic -serial none ${comm} -machine accel=qtest "${@}" \
+    if [ -z "$keep_stderr" ]; then
+        "${QEMU}" -nographic -serial none ${comm} -machine accel=qtest "${@}" \
                                                                 >"${fifo_out}" \
                                                                 2>&1 \
                                                                 <"${fifo_in}" &
+    elif [ "$keep_stderr" = "y" ]; then
+        "${QEMU}" -nographic -serial none ${comm} -machine accel=qtest "${@}" \
+                                                                >"${fifo_out}" \
+                                                                <"${fifo_in}" &
+    else
+        exit 1
+    fi
     QEMU_PID[${_QEMU_HANDLE}]=$!
 
     if [[ "${BASH_VERSINFO[0]}" -ge "5" ||
-- 
2.1.0