+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static void *nbd_client_thread(void *arg)
+{
+ int fd = *(int *)arg;
+ off_t size;
+ size_t blocksize;
+ uint32_t nbdflags;
+ int sock;
+ int ret;
+ pthread_t show_parts_thread;
+
+ do {
+ sock = unix_socket_outgoing(sockpath);
+ if (sock == -1) {
+ goto out;
+ }
+ } while (sock == -1);
+
+ ret = nbd_receive_negotiate(sock, NULL, &nbdflags,
+ &size, &blocksize);
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = nbd_init(fd, sock, nbdflags, size, blocksize);
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* update partition table */
+ pthread_create(&show_parts_thread, NULL, show_parts, NULL);
+
+ if (verbose) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "NBD device %s is now connected to %s\n",
+ device, srcpath);
+ } else {
+ /* Close stderr so that the qemu-nbd process exits. */
+ dup2(STDOUT_FILENO, STDERR_FILENO);
+ }
+
+ ret = nbd_client(fd);
+ if (ret) {
+ goto out;
+ }
+ close(fd);
+ kill(getpid(), SIGTERM);
+ return (void *) EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+out:
+ kill(getpid(), SIGTERM);
+ return (void *) EXIT_FAILURE;