----- "Avi Kivity" <avi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 08/05/2009 09:47 PM, Michael Goldish wrote: > > > > I can find out if the parent process is alive by checking a lock > file. > > A little while ago I couldn't afford to do that in is_alive() > because > > it would cause a deadlock, but now this shouldn't be a problem. > > I'll test it and if it works it'll greatly simplify is_alive(). > > > > If you can't be the parent of the VM (I guess it needs to survive > tests), set up a daemon to be the parent and communicate with it over > unix domain sockets. I do exactly that, but with named pipes. Are unix domain sockets better? (The pipes are not causing any trouble AFAIK.) > > -- > error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html