On 24/03/2017 12:11, Christian Borntraeger wrote: > One idea. Maybe qemu exits before the other side is ready. > Does reverting > > commit 864111f422babcf8ce837fb47f7f9e1948446f22 > Author: Christian Borntraeger <borntrae...@de.ibm.com> > AuthorDate: Tue Oct 18 09:29:54 2016 +0200 > Commit: Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> > CommitDate: Wed Nov 2 09:28:56 2016 +0100 > > vl: exit qemu on guest panic if -no-shutdown is not set > > help?
Didn't test, but this: > If yes, does > diff --git a/tests/boot-serial-test.c b/tests/boot-serial-test.c > index 57edf6a..11f48b0 100644 > --- a/tests/boot-serial-test.c > +++ b/tests/boot-serial-test.c > @@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ static void test_machine(const void *data) > g_assert(fd != -1); > > args = g_strdup_printf("-M %s,accel=tcg -chardev file,id=serial0,path=%s" > - " -serial chardev:serial0 %s", test->machine, > - tmpname, test->extra); > + " -no-shutdown -serial chardev:serial0 %s", > + test->machine, tmpname, test->extra); > > qtest_start(args); > unlink(tmpname); > > also help? seems to help (survives about 1 minute, while usually it fails in a few seconds). Paolo