3 files changed, 68 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/tests/boot-serial-test.c b/tests/boot-serial-test.c
index 366fe51..58a48f3 100644
--- a/tests/boot-serial-test.c
+++ b/tests/boot-serial-test.c
@@ -128,13 +128,14 @@ static testdef_t tests[] = {
     { NULL }
 };
 
-static bool check_guest_output(const testdef_t *test, int fd)
+static bool check_guest_output(QTestState *qts, const testdef_t *test, int fd)
 {
-    int i, nbr = 0, pos = 0, ccnt;
+    int nbr = 0, pos = 0, ccnt;
+    time_t now, start = time(NULL);
     char ch;
 
-    /* Poll serial output... Wait at most 360 seconds */
-    for (i = 0; i < 36000; ++i) {
+    /* Poll serial output... */
+    while (1) {
         ccnt = 0;
         while (ccnt++ < 512 && (nbr = read(fd, &ch, 1)) == 1) {
             if (ch == test->expect[pos]) {
@@ -148,6 +149,15 @@ static bool check_guest_output(const testdef_t *test, int fd)
             }
         }
         g_assert(nbr >= 0);
+        /* Wait only if the child is still alive.  */
+        if (!qtest_probe_child(qts)) {
+            break;
+        }
+        /* Wait at most 360 seconds.  */
+        now = time(NULL);
+        if (now - start >= 360) {
+            break;
+        }
         g_usleep(10000);
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +209,7 @@ static void test_machine(const void *data)
         unlink(codetmp);
     }
 
-    if (!check_guest_output(test, ser_fd)) {
+    if (!check_guest_output(qts, test, ser_fd)) {
         g_error("Failed to find expected string. Please check '%s'",
                 serialtmp);
     }
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.c b/tests/libqtest.c
index 43be078..1d75d3c 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.c
+++ b/tests/libqtest.c
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ struct QTestState
 {
     int fd;
     int qmp_fd;
-    bool irq_level[MAX_IRQ];
-    GString *rx;
     pid_t qemu_pid;  /* our child QEMU process */
+    int wstatus;
     bool big_endian;
+    bool irq_level[MAX_IRQ];
+    GString *rx;
 };
 
 static GHookList abrt_hooks;
@@ -96,36 +97,52 @@ static int socket_accept(int sock)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void kill_qemu(QTestState *s)
+bool qtest_probe_child(QTestState *s)
 {
-    if (s->qemu_pid != -1) {
-        int wstatus = 0;
-        pid_t pid;
+    pid_t pid = s->qemu_pid;
 
-        kill(s->qemu_pid, SIGTERM);
-        TFR(pid = waitpid(s->qemu_pid, &wstatus, 0));
+    if (pid != -1) {
+        pid = waitpid(pid, &s->wstatus, WNOHANG);
+        if (pid == 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        s->qemu_pid = -1;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 
+static void kill_qemu(QTestState *s)
+{
+    pid_t pid = s->qemu_pid;
+    int wstatus;
+
+    /* Skip wait if qtest_probe_child already reaped.  */
+    if (pid != -1) {
+        kill(pid, SIGTERM);
+        TFR(pid = waitpid(s->qemu_pid, &s->wstatus, 0));
         assert(pid == s->qemu_pid);
-        /*
-         * We expect qemu to exit with status 0; anything else is
-         * fishy and should be logged with as much detail as possible.
-         */
-        if (wstatus) {
-            if (WIFEXITED(wstatus)) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: kill_qemu() tried to terminate QEMU "
-                        "process but encountered exit status %d\n",
-                        __FILE__, __LINE__, WEXITSTATUS(wstatus));
-            } else if (WIFSIGNALED(wstatus)) {
-                int sig = WTERMSIG(wstatus);
-                const char *signame = strsignal(sig) ?: "unknown ???";
-                const char *dump = WCOREDUMP(wstatus) ? " (core dumped)" : "";
-
-                fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death "
-                        "from signal %d (%s)%s\n",
-                        __FILE__, __LINE__, sig, signame, dump);
-            }
-            abort();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * We expect qemu to exit with status 0; anything else is
+     * fishy and should be logged with as much detail as possible.
+     */
+    wstatus = s->wstatus;
+    if (wstatus) {
+        if (WIFEXITED(wstatus)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: kill_qemu() tried to terminate QEMU "
+                    "process but encountered exit status %d\n",
+                    __FILE__, __LINE__, WEXITSTATUS(wstatus));
+        } else if (WIFSIGNALED(wstatus)) {
+            int sig = WTERMSIG(wstatus);
+            const char *signame = strsignal(sig) ?: "unknown ???";
+            const char *dump = WCOREDUMP(wstatus) ? " (core dumped)" : "";
+
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: kill_qemu() detected QEMU death "
+                    "from signal %d (%s)%s\n",
+                    __FILE__, __LINE__, sig, signame, dump);
         }
+        abort();
     }
 }
 
@@ -228,6 +245,7 @@ QTestState *qtest_init_without_qmp_handshake(const char *extra_args)
 
     g_test_message("starting QEMU: %s", command);
 
+    s->wstatus = 0;
     s->qemu_pid = fork();
     if (s->qemu_pid == 0) {
         setenv("QEMU_AUDIO_DRV", "none", true);
diff --git a/tests/libqtest.h b/tests/libqtest.h
index 96a6c01..9758c51 100644
--- a/tests/libqtest.h
+++ b/tests/libqtest.h
@@ -1011,4 +1011,12 @@ bool qmp_rsp_is_err(QDict *rsp);
  */
 void qmp_assert_error_class(QDict *rsp, const char *class);
 
+/**
+ * qtest_probe_child:
+ * @s: QTestState instance to operate on.
+ *
+ * Returns: true if the child is still alive.
+ */
+bool qtest_probe_child(QTestState *s);
+
 #endif