From 224ade8fea0ff3e085373f51b5563c481e2acce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Coulton <scott.coulton@puppet.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:09:10 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] This commit adds the functionality to run the qemu
 container detached

---
 src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
index 7ba1933ab..2ea09a4f0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type QemuConfig struct {
 	Memory         string
 	Accel          string
 	Containerized  bool
+	Detached       bool
 	QemuBinPath    string
 	QemuImgPath    string
 	PublishedPorts []string
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ func runQemu(args []string) {
 	// Backend configuration
 	qemuContainerized := flags.Bool("containerized", false, "Run qemu in a container")
 	qemuCmd := flags.String("qemu", "", "Path to the qemu binary (otherwise look in $PATH)")
+	qemuDetached := flags.Bool("detached", false, "Set qemu container to run in the background")
 
 	// Generate UUID, so that /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid is populated
 	vmUUID := uuid.New()
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ func runQemu(args []string) {
 		Memory:         *mem,
 		Accel:          *accel,
 		Containerized:  *qemuContainerized,
+		Detached:       *qemuDetached,
 		QemuBinPath:    *qemuCmd,
 		PublishedPorts: publishFlags,
 		NetdevConfig:   netdevConfig,
@@ -427,6 +430,10 @@ func runQemuContainer(config QemuConfig) error {
 		dockerArgs = append(dockerArgs, "--device", "/dev/kvm")
 	}
 
+	if config.Detached == true {
+		dockerArgs = append(dockerArgs, "-d")
+	}
+
 	if config.PublishedPorts != nil && len(config.PublishedPorts) > 0 {
 		forwardings, err := buildDockerForwardings(config.PublishedPorts)
 		if err != nil {

From a7ec17b08fe94ee01559ed5f86fef265b0bf3f91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Coulton <scott.coulton@puppet.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:53:13 +1100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Added a fail if the user sets detached to true when qemu
 is running locally

---
 src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
index 2ea09a4f0..3f325b047 100644
--- a/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
+++ b/src/cmd/linuxkit/run_qemu.go
@@ -366,6 +366,11 @@ func runQemuLocal(config QemuConfig) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Detached mode is only supported in a container.
+	if config.Detached == true {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Detached mode is only supported when running in a container, not locally")
+	}
+
 	qemuCmd := exec.Command(config.QemuBinPath, args...)
 	// If verbosity is enabled print out the full path/arguments
 	log.Debugf("%v\n", qemuCmd.Args)