From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39625) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkZSy-0001X7-0D for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:48:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkZSu-0000Nk-OX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:47:59 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:55140) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YkZSu-0000NY-HS for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:47:56 -0400 Message-ID: <5536630E.9050808@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:47:42 +0200 From: Paolo Bonzini MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1426501911-1402-1-git-send-email-hw.claudio@gmail.com> <55097E0A.6020808@huawei.com> <55158312.9050109@huawei.com> <20150420180142.58856911@redhat.com> <55365DC8.4000004@huawei.com> <20150421103518.45b69de3@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20150421103518.45b69de3@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v3] monitor: add memory search commands s, sp List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Luiz Capitulino , Claudio Fontana Cc: Peter Maydell , Claudio Fontana , Gonglei , qemu-devel@nongnu.org On 21/04/2015 16:35, Luiz Capitulino wrote: > > gladly, I am definitely looking for Review, first I wanted to check if the idea itself was acceptable. > > I honestly don't have an opinion on this, which means I'm willing > to apply if there are no objections. > > On the other hand, isn't it possible to just use existing commands? > Like, why can't you just dump this memory to disk and search it > with strings or another tool? I don't think that can be a serious alternative. The same would apply to x and xp, but still, they are incredibly useful. Now I must say I don't know of a use case for s or sp, but I don't think what you suggested is feasible. Paolo