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-rw-r--r--docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst7
-rw-r--r--storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c15
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
index 878e6a5c5c..8b97592663 100644
--- a/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ Standard options:
created but before accepting connections. The daemon has started successfully
when the pid file is written and clients may begin connecting.
+.. option:: --daemonize
+
+ Daemonize the process. The parent process will exit once startup is complete
+ (i.e., after the pid file has been or would have been written) or failure
+ occurs. Its exit code reflects whether the child has started up successfully
+ or failed to do so.
+
Examples
--------
Launch the daemon with QMP monitor socket ``qmp.sock`` so clients can execute
diff --git a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
index b798954edb..dd18b2cde8 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
+++ b/storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static void help(void)
" --chardev <options> configure a character device backend\n"
" (see the qemu(1) man page for possible options)\n"
"\n"
+" --daemonize daemonize the process, and have the parent exit\n"
+" once startup is complete\n"
+"\n"
" --export [type=]nbd,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>[,name=<export-name>]\n"
" [,writable=on|off][,bitmap=<name>]\n"
" export the specified block node over NBD\n"
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ QEMU_HELP_BOTTOM "\n",
enum {
OPTION_BLOCKDEV = 256,
OPTION_CHARDEV,
+ OPTION_DAEMONIZE,
OPTION_EXPORT,
OPTION_MONITOR,
OPTION_NBD_SERVER,
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char *argv[], bool pre_init_pass)
static const struct option long_options[] = {
{"blockdev", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_BLOCKDEV},
{"chardev", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_CHARDEV},
+ {"daemonize", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_DAEMONIZE},
{"export", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_EXPORT},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{"monitor", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MONITOR},
@@ -225,6 +230,7 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char *argv[], bool pre_init_pass)
c == '?' ||
c == 'h' ||
c == 'V' ||
+ c == OPTION_DAEMONIZE ||
c == OPTION_PIDFILE;
/* Process every option only in its respective pass */
@@ -277,6 +283,12 @@ static void process_options(int argc, char *argv[], bool pre_init_pass)
qemu_opts_del(opts);
break;
}
+ case OPTION_DAEMONIZE:
+ if (os_set_daemonize(true) < 0) {
+ error_report("--daemonize not supported in this build");
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ }
+ break;
case OPTION_EXPORT:
{
Visitor *v;
@@ -367,6 +379,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
process_options(argc, argv, true);
+ os_daemonize();
+
module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_QOM);
module_call_init(MODULE_INIT_TRACE);
qemu_add_opts(&qemu_trace_opts);
@@ -389,6 +403,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
* it.
*/
pid_file_init();
+ os_setup_post();
while (!exit_requested) {
main_loop_wait(false);