From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaj26-00063s-96 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:04:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaj20-0003zF-JK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:04:06 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53400) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aaj20-0003z5-EF for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2016 07:04:00 -0500 References: <56BCCB44.4060203@redhat.com> <1455795518-19205-1-git-send-email-dimara@arrikto.com> <1456830921.23994.14.camel@redhat.com> <20160301114707.GG26728@redhat.com> <56D58227.1080408@redhat.com> <20160301115836.GI26728@redhat.com> From: Paolo Bonzini Message-ID: <56D5852C.9050400@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 13:03:56 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160301115836.GI26728@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] log: Redirect stderr to logfile if deamonized List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Daniel P. Berrange" Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Gerd Hoffmann , Dimitris Aragiorgis On 01/03/2016 12:58, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > means that QEMU will never close stderr anymore, so libvirt things > > > QEMU is still starting up....forever. > > > > > > Given current libvirt behaviour / expectations, I think the only > > > option is to revert this change. > > > > Why not fix it instead? :) > > Because if the user upgrades QEMU it'll cause all existing deployed > version of libvirt to hang. I think that's pretty undesirable > behaviour. Let me rephrase, why not fix it in QEMU? Jan Tomko helped me debugging it, and I've sent a patch just before seeing your message. Paolo