10829 2016-12-20 16:20:26 +0000 runqemu: Add python module 2023-06-22 15:21:12 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core Scripts and Tools unspecified x86 Multiple RESOLVED OBSOLETE Medium enhancement Future 1 mariano.lopez unassigned benjamin.esquivel randy.macleod rebecca.swee.fun.chang richard.purdie ross.burton sgw tim.orling --- New (Never tested) Don't know oldest_to_newest 69232 0 mariano.lopez 2016-12-20 16:20:26 +0000 Now that runqemu was refactor to use python it would be nice to have a module that can be imported in other parts of the project. This would be beneficial specially for selftest and runtime testing. The current implementation has to run qemu using a shell, and because of that there are checks to be sure that qemu is killed after the parent process is killed or ends unexpectedly. 69321 1 benjamin.esquivel 2016-12-22 16:09:26 +0000 Mariano, would you add these 2 things to the bug description: 1. source of the requirement (which effort or module requires it?) 2. benefits that are sought with this enhancement 69323 2 mariano.lopez 2016-12-22 16:33:34 +0000 (In reply to comment #1) > Mariano, would you add these 2 things to the bug description: > > 1. source of the requirement (which effort or module requires it?) The main consumer that I see is the QemuRunner class in oeqa library, currently runqemu has to be called using a shell because of the command line parameters used in the script. > 2. benefits that are sought with this enhancement In QemuRunner class we have some hacks to kill the shell that called runqemu, and the qemu-system process in case QemuRunner's process ends unexpectedly. I've been working lately with QemuRunner and it seems qemu-system is not always killed when a bitbake worker (using testimage) is killed; I must admit that it happens sporadically, about 10% of the time. So, the benefit here is to have call directly runqemu from python without using a shell, with this we would have better control of the qemu process avoiding hacks. 71102 3 eduard.bartosh 2017-03-07 11:27:40 +0000 I don't think I'll have time to work on this in 2.3 time frame. moving to 2.4, increasing estimate. 90691 4 randy.macleod 2021-06-17 15:27:22 +0000 Still a good idea. Any volunteers? 95810 5 randy.macleod 2023-06-22 15:21:12 +0000 We've had many changes in runqemu since this was written. Open a new defect if there are similar ERs you would like to see. -- YP bug review.