Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] log: Redirect stderr to logfile if deamonized

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 01/03/2016 12:58, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> > > means that QEMU will never close stderr anymore, so libvirt things
> > > QEMU is still starting up....forever.
> > > 
> > > Given current libvirt behaviour / expectations, I think the only
> > > option is to revert this change.
> > 
> > Why not fix it instead? :)
> 
> Because if the user upgrades QEMU it'll cause all existing deployed
> version of libvirt to hang. I think that's pretty undesirable
> behaviour.

Let me rephrase, why not fix it in QEMU?  Jan Tomko helped me debugging
it, and I've sent a patch just before seeing your message.

Paolo