superseded: [PATCH qemu-server 0/1] fix #7590: qemu-server: apply timeout to QEMU start fork

[Samuel Rufinatscha <s.rufinatscha@proxmox.com>]

https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20260803172152.331208-1-s.rufinatscha@proxmox.com/T/#t

On 6/25/26 1:45 PM, Samuel Rufinatscha wrote:
> This series makes the forked QEMU start path use the existing start
> timeout.
> 
> If the timeout expires, it terminates processes in the VM scope and
> cleans up QSD before reporting the start failure. This prevents a stuck
> qmstart task from holding the VM config lock indefinitely or leaving a
> partially started QEMU process running.
> 
> Tested with QEMU blocked on a FIFO (see the reproducer at [0]).
> qmstart timed out and released the lock, leaving no active scope or
> QEMU process. Normal VM startup still works.
> 
> [0] https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7590
> 
> Samuel Rufinatscha (1):
>    fix #7590: qemu-server: apply timeout to QEMU start fork
> 
>   src/PVE/QemuServer.pm | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>