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* [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/16 v8] introducing a new, dedicated memory dump mechanism
@ 2012-03-02  9:59 Wen Congyang
  2012-03-02 10:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 01/16 v8] Add API to create memory mapping list Wen Congyang
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  0 siblings, 17 replies; 38+ messages in thread
From: Wen Congyang @ 2012-03-02  9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel, Jan Kiszka, Dave Anderson, HATAYAMA Daisuke,
	Luiz Capitulino, Eric Blake

Hi, all

'virsh dump' can not work when host pci device is used by guest. We have
discussed this issue here:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-10/msg00736.html

The last version is here:
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2012-02/msg04228.html

We have determined to introduce a new command dump to dump memory. The core
file's format can be elf.

Note:
1. The guest should be x86 or x86_64. The other arch is not supported now.
2. If you use old gdb, gdb may crash. I use gdb-7.3.1, and it does not crash.
3. If the OS is in the second kernel, gdb may not work well, and crash can
   work by specifying '--machdep phys_addr=xxx' in the command line. The
   reason is that the second kernel will update the page table, and we can
   not get the page table for the first kernel.
4. The cpu's state is stored in QEMU note. You neet to modify crash to use
   it to calculate phys_base.
5. If the guest OS is 32 bit and the memory size is larger than 4G, the vmcore
   is elf64 format. You should use the gdb which is built with --enable-64-bit-bfd.
6. This patchset is based on the upstream tree, and apply one patch that is still
   in Luiz Capitulino's tree, because I use the API qemu_get_fd() in this patchset.

Changes from v7 to v8:
1. addressed Hatayama's comments

Changes from v6 to v7:
1. addressed Jan's comments
2. fix some bugs
3. store cpu's state into the vmcore

Changes from v5 to v6:
1. allow user to dump a fraction of the memory
2. fix some bugs

Changes from v4 to v5:
1. convert the new command dump to QAPI 

Changes from v3 to v4:
1. support it to run asynchronously
2. add API to cancel dumping and query dumping progress
3. add API to control dumping speed
4. auto cancel dumping when the user resumes vm, and the status is failed.

Changes from v2 to v3:
1. address Jan Kiszka's comment

Changes from v1 to v2:
1. fix virt addr in the vmcore.

Wen Congyang (16):
  Add API to create memory mapping list
  Add API to check whether a physical address is I/O address
  implement cpu_get_memory_mapping()
  Add API to check whether paging mode is enabled
  Add API to get memory mapping
  Add API to get memory mapping without do paging
  target-i386: Add API to write elf notes to core file
  target-i386: Add API to write cpu status to core file
  target-i386: add API to get dump info
  make gdb_id() generally avialable
  introduce a new monitor command 'dump' to dump guest's memory
  support to cancel the current dumping
  support to query dumping status
  run dump at the background
  support detached dump
  allow user to dump a fraction of the memory

 Makefile.target                   |    3 +
 configure                         |    8 +
 cpu-all.h                         |   66 +++
 cpu-common.h                      |    2 +
 dump.c                            |  980 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 dump.h                            |   23 +
 elf.h                             |    5 +
 exec.c                            |   11 +
 gdbstub.c                         |    9 -
 gdbstub.h                         |    9 +
 hmp-commands.hx                   |   44 ++
 hmp.c                             |   89 ++++
 hmp.h                             |    3 +
 memory_mapping.c                  |  290 +++++++++++
 memory_mapping.h                  |   60 +++
 monitor.c                         |    7 +
 qapi-schema.json                  |   58 +++
 qmp-commands.hx                   |  110 +++++
 target-i386/arch_dump.c           |  433 ++++++++++++++++
 target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c |  271 ++++++++++
 vl.c                              |    5 +-
 21 files changed, 2475 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 dump.c
 create mode 100644 dump.h
 create mode 100644 memory_mapping.c
 create mode 100644 memory_mapping.h
 create mode 100644 target-i386/arch_dump.c
 create mode 100644 target-i386/arch_memory_mapping.c

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2012-03-02  9:59 [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/16 v8] introducing a new, dedicated memory dump mechanism Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:02 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 01/16 v8] Add API to create memory mapping list Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:06 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 02/16 v8] Add API to check whether a physical address is I/O address Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:08 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 03/16 v8] implement cpu_get_memory_mapping() Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:12 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 04/16 v8] Add API to check whether paging mode is enabled Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:18 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 05/16 v8] Add API to get memory mapping Wen Congyang
2012-03-07 15:27   ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-08  8:52     ` Wen Congyang
2012-03-09  0:40       ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-09  1:46         ` Wen Congyang
2012-03-09  2:05           ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-09  2:26             ` Wen Congyang
2012-03-09  2:53               ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-09  9:41                 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-09  9:57                   ` Wen Congyang
2012-03-09 10:05                     ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-09 10:06                       ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-09 12:53                         ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-09 13:24                           ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-12  6:16                             ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-12  6:26                               ` HATAYAMA Daisuke
2012-03-12  1:52                       ` Wen Congyang
2012-03-09  9:43                 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-03-02 10:23 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 06/16 v8] Add API to get memory mapping without doing paging Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:27 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 07/16 v8] target-i386: Add API to write elf notes to core file Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:31 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 08/16 v8] target-i386: Add API to write cpu status " Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:33 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 09/16 v8] target-i386: add API to get dump info Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:38 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 10/16 v8] make gdb_id() generally avialable Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:42 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 11/16 v8] introduce a new monitor command 'dump' to dump guest's memory Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:43 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 12/16 v8] support to cancel the current dumping Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:44 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 13/16 v8] support to query dumping status Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:44 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 14/16 v8] run dump at the background Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:45 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 15/16 v8] support detached dump Wen Congyang
2012-03-02 10:46 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 16/16 v8] allow user to dump a fraction of the memory Wen Congyang
2012-03-05  9:12 ` [Qemu-devel] [RFC][PATCH 00/16 v8] introducing a new, dedicated memory dump mechanism Wen Congyang
2012-03-06  0:41   ` Luiz Capitulino
2012-03-07 17:38     ` Luiz Capitulino
2012-03-08  8:55       ` Wen Congyang

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