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-rw-r--r--tools/misc/xend16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/misc/xend b/tools/misc/xend
index 7cb617630d..2cbdf6175c 100644
--- a/tools/misc/xend
+++ b/tools/misc/xend
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def check_user():
hline()
raise CheckError("invalid user")
+def start_daemon(daemon, *args):
+ if os.fork() == 0:
+ os.execvp(daemon, (daemon,) + args)
+
def start_xenstored():
pidfname = "/var/run/xenstore.pid"
try:
@@ -102,13 +106,15 @@ def start_xenstored():
s,o = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
def start_consoled():
- if os.fork() == 0:
- os.execvp('xenconsoled', ['xenconsoled'])
+ XENCONSOLED_TRACE = os.getenv("XENCONSOLED_TRACE")
+ args = ""
+ if XENCONSOLED_TRACE:
+ args += "--log=" + XENCONSOLED_TRACE
+ start_daemon("xenconsoled", args)
def start_blktapctrl():
- if os.fork() == 0:
- os.execvp('blktapctrl', ['blktapctrl'])
-
+ start_daemon("blktapctrl", "")
+
def main():
try:
check_logging()