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Re: [PATCH v2] qemu-storage-daemon: add --pidfile option
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Kevin Wolf |
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Re: [PATCH v2] qemu-storage-daemon: add --pidfile option |
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Tue, 2 Mar 2021 14:57:47 +0100 |
Am 02.03.2021 um 10:29 hat Stefan Hajnoczi geschrieben:
> Daemons often have a --pidfile option where the pid is written to a file
> so that scripts can stop the daemon by sending a signal.
>
> The pid file also acts as a lock to prevent multiple instances of the
> daemon from launching for a given pid file.
>
> QEMU, qemu-nbd, qemu-ga, virtiofsd, and qemu-pr-helper all support the
> --pidfile option. Add it to qemu-storage-daemon too.
>
> Reported-by: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
I think we should also mention --pidfile in the --help output.
Kevin