Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH/RFC] vl: add no-panic option

[Paolo Bonzini]

> Some testcase will trigger a guest panic state. For testing purposes
> it can be useful to exit QEMU anyway.

I wonder if this should be done by default *unless* -no-shutdown is
provided.  This would require some planning (and delay this to 2.9,
in all likelihood), but it probably would be pretty nice for general
usage.

Paolo

> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> ---
>  qemu-options.hx | 9 +++++++++
>  vl.c            | 6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
> index 01f01df..ee6d3d0 100644
> --- a/qemu-options.hx
> +++ b/qemu-options.hx
> @@ -3301,6 +3301,15 @@ This allows for instance switching to monitor to
> commit changes to the
>  disk image.
>  ETEXI
>  
> +DEF("no-panic", 0, QEMU_OPTION_no_panic, \
> +    "-no-panic       exit QEMU also in guest panic state\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
> +STEXI
> address@hidden -no-panic
> address@hidden -no-panic
> +Exit QEMU on guest panic instead of keeping it alive. This allows for
> +instance running tests that are known to panic at the end.
> +ETEXI
> +
>  DEF("loadvm", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_loadvm, \
>      "-loadvm [tag|id]\n" \
>      "                start right away with a saved state (loadvm in
>      monitor)\n",
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index f3abd99..57e1d91 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ int no_hpet = 0;
>  int fd_bootchk = 1;
>  static int no_reboot;
>  int no_shutdown = 0;
> +int no_panic = 0;
>  int cursor_hide = 1;
>  int graphic_rotate = 0;
>  const char *watchdog;
> @@ -1774,6 +1775,8 @@ void qemu_system_reset(bool report)
>  
>  void qemu_system_guest_panicked(void)
>  {
> +    if (no_panic)
> +     return qemu_system_shutdown_request();
>      if (current_cpu) {
>          current_cpu->crash_occurred = true;
>      }
> @@ -3780,6 +3783,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>              case QEMU_OPTION_no_shutdown:
>                  no_shutdown = 1;
>                  break;
> +            case QEMU_OPTION_no_panic:
> +                no_panic = 1;
> +                break;
>              case QEMU_OPTION_show_cursor:
>                  cursor_hide = 0;
>                  break;
> --
> 2.5.5
> 
>