1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
index 880e3e8219..4d8ee10943 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu.py
+++ b/scripts/qemu.py
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ import qmp.qmp
 
 
 class QEMUMachine(object):
-    '''A QEMU VM'''
+    '''A QEMU VM
+
+    Use this object as a context manager to ensure the QEMU process terminates::
+
+        with VM(binary) as vm:
+            ...
+        # vm is guaranteed to be shut down here
+    '''
 
     def __init__(self, binary, args=[], wrapper=[], name=None, test_dir="/var/tmp",
                  monitor_address=None, socket_scm_helper=None, debug=False):
@@ -40,6 +47,13 @@ class QEMUMachine(object):
         self._socket_scm_helper = socket_scm_helper
         self._debug = debug
 
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.shutdown()
+        return False
+
     # This can be used to add an unused monitor instance.
     def add_monitor_telnet(self, ip, port):
         args = 'tcp:%s:%d,server,nowait,telnet' % (ip, port)