Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Allow setting qemu process name

[Anthony Liguori]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> [this is a port of a old KVM userland patch I had; Avi back then suggested to 
> submit it to qemu]
>
> Set the Linux process name to the name argument specified with "-name". I find
> this useful to see which guests are taking CPU time in top.
>   

This is not a bad idea but it has to be optional and non-default.  Maybe 
a new command line option?

>  /***************/
>  /* ballooning */
> @@ -6008,11 +6022,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>      if (kvm_enabled()) {
>          int ret;
>  
> +        set_proc_name("kvm", qemu_name);
> +
>          ret = kvm_init(smp_cpus);
>          if (ret < 0) {
>              fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize KVM\n");
>              exit(1);
>          }
> +    } else {
> +        set_proc_name("qemu", qemu_name);
>      }

I'd rather see qemu be the prefix unconditionally.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

>  
>      if (monitor_device) {
>