From be6520e6a58d7f6ee58f4cab76db9d1245410113 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:21:11 +0100
Subject: vm: Distinguish between success and failure of the guest code.

Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/34276>.
Reported by Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>.

* gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm)[loader]:
Produce '/xchg/.exit-status' file upon success.
* gnu/build/vm.scm (load-in-linux-vm): Check for 'xchg/.exit-status'
once QEMU has completed and respond accordingly.
---
 gnu/system/vm.scm | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'gnu/system')

diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index d1c131ecb4..c6ec25a895 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -186,12 +186,15 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share."
     ;; the initrd.  See example at
     ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-10/msg00233.html>.
     (program-file "linux-vm-loader"
-                  ;; When USER-BUILDER succeeds, reboot (indicating a
-                  ;; success), otherwise die, which causes a kernel panic
-                  ;; ("Attempted to kill init!").
-                  #~(if (zero? (system* #$user-builder))
-                        (reboot)
-                        (exit 1))))
+                  ;; Communicate USER-BUILDER's exit status via /xchg so that
+                  ;; the host can distinguish between success, failure, and
+                  ;; kernel panic.
+                  #~(let ((status (system* #$user-builder)))
+                      (call-with-output-file "/xchg/.exit-status"
+                        (lambda (port)
+                          (write status port)))
+                      (sync)
+                      (reboot))))
 
   (let ((initrd (or initrd
                     (base-initrd file-systems
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