2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
index 770ec801c2..7eb4038d21 100644
--- a/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/testimage.bbclass
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ def testimage_main(d):
             bb.plain(msg)
         else:
             bb.fatal("%s - FAILED - check the task log and the ssh log" % pn)
+    except BlockingIOError as err:
+        bb.error('runqemu failed, shutting down...')
     finally:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, tc.origsigtermhandler)
         target.stop()
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 6927456b29..21bc35a32c 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
 
     def stop(self):
         self.stop_thread()
+        self.stop_qemu_system()
         if hasattr(self, "origchldhandler"):
             signal.signal(signal.SIGCHLD, self.origchldhandler)
         if self.runqemu:
@@ -320,6 +321,14 @@ class QemuRunner:
         self.qemupid = None
         self.ip = None
 
+    def stop_qemu_system(self):
+        if self.qemupid:
+            try:
+                # qemu-system behaves well and a SIGTERM is enough
+                os.kill(self.qemupid, signal.SIGTERM)
+            except ProcessLookupError as e:
+                logger.warn('qemu-system ended unexpectedly')
+
     def stop_thread(self):
         if self.thread and self.thread.is_alive():
             self.thread.stop()