Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH v2 2/2] p2v: add a Shutdown action (RHBZ#1642044)

Richard W.M. Jones
Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:29:08 -0000

On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 04:06:35PM +0100, Pino Toscano
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 November 2018 14:07:51 CET Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 12:51:30PM +0100, Pino Toscano wrote:
> > > +static void
> > > +shutdown_clicked (GtkWidget *w, gpointer data)
> > > +{
> > > +  if (!is_iso_environment)
> > > +    return;
> > > +
> > > +  sync ();
> > > +  sleep (2);
> > > +  ignore_value (system ("/sbin/shutdown now"));
> > > +}
> >
> > I've tested this and it works but of course it doesn't in fact
power
> > off the machine.  Would it be better to run "/sbin/poweroff"
instead?
>
> Hm shutdown by default does poweroff, and in my testing the VM was
> powered off.  Do you see the VM still running after the system
> shutdown?

Yup, definitely still powered (although the kernel was shut down).

It may be affected by qemu version and flags though.

I guess poweroff is safer though, but it's up to you.

Rich.

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