+
+int qemu_create_pidfile(const char *filename)
+{
+ char buffer[128];
+ int len;
+ int fd;
+
+ fd = qemu_open(filename, O_RDWR | O_CREAT, 0600);
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+ if (lockf(fd, F_TLOCK, 0) == -1) {
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ len = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), FMT_pid "\n", getpid());
+ if (write(fd, buffer, len) != len) {
+ close(fd);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* keep pidfile open & locked forever */
+ return 0;
+}