--fork is a bit boring if there is no way to get the child's PID. This option helps.
Signed-off-by: Max Reitz <mre...@redhat.com> --- qemu-nbd.c | 11 +++++++++++ qemu-nbd.texi | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c index dca9e72cee..edb5195208 100644 --- a/qemu-nbd.c +++ b/qemu-nbd.c @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_IMAGE_OPTS 262 #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_FORK 263 #define QEMU_NBD_OPT_TLSAUTHZ 264 +#define QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE 265 #define MBR_SIZE 512 @@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name) " specify tracing options\n" " --fork fork off the server process and exit the parent\n" " once the server is running\n" +" --pid-file=PATH store the server's process ID in the given file\n" #if HAVE_NBD_DEVICE "\n" "Kernel NBD client support:\n" @@ -651,6 +653,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) { "image-opts", no_argument, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_IMAGE_OPTS }, { "trace", required_argument, NULL, 'T' }, { "fork", no_argument, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_FORK }, + { "pid-file", required_argument, NULL, QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE }, { NULL, 0, NULL, 0 } }; int ch; @@ -677,6 +680,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) bool list = false; int old_stderr = -1; unsigned socket_activation; + const char *pid_file_name = NULL; /* The client thread uses SIGTERM to interrupt the server. A signal * handler ensures that "qemu-nbd -v -c" exits with a nice status code. @@ -876,6 +880,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) case 'L': list = true; break; + case QEMU_NBD_OPT_PID_FILE: + pid_file_name = optarg; + break; } } @@ -1196,6 +1203,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) nbd_update_server_watch(); + if (pid_file_name) { + qemu_write_pidfile(pid_file_name, &error_fatal); + } + /* now when the initialization is (almost) complete, chdir("/") * to free any busy filesystems */ if (chdir("/") < 0) { diff --git a/qemu-nbd.texi b/qemu-nbd.texi index de342c76b8..7f55657722 100644 --- a/qemu-nbd.texi +++ b/qemu-nbd.texi @@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ option; or provide the credentials needed for connecting as a client in list mode. @item --fork Fork off the server process and exit the parent once the server is running. +@item --pid-file=PATH +Store the server's process ID in the given file. @item --tls-authz=ID Specify the ID of a qauthz object previously created with the --object option. This will be used to authorize connecting users -- 2.21.0