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# -*- Mode: Python -*-
#
# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
##
# = Dump guest memory
##
##
# @DumpGuestMemoryFormat:
#
# An enumeration of guest-memory-dump's format.
#
# @elf: elf format
#
# @kdump-zlib: kdump-compressed format with zlib-compressed
#
# @kdump-lzo: kdump-compressed format with lzo-compressed
#
# @kdump-snappy: kdump-compressed format with snappy-compressed
#
# @win-dmp: Windows full crashdump format,
# can be used instead of ELF converting (since 2.13)
#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'enum': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat',
'data': [ 'elf', 'kdump-zlib', 'kdump-lzo', 'kdump-snappy', 'win-dmp' ] }
##
# @dump-guest-memory:
#
# Dump guest's memory to vmcore. It is a synchronous operation that can take
# very long depending on the amount of guest memory.
#
# @paging: if true, do paging to get guest's memory mapping. This allows
# using gdb to process the core file.
#
# IMPORTANT: this option can make QEMU allocate several gigabytes
# of RAM. This can happen for a large guest, or a
# malicious guest pretending to be large.
#
# Also, paging=true has the following limitations:
#
# 1. The guest may be in a catastrophic state or can have corrupted
# memory, which cannot be trusted
# 2. The guest can be in real-mode even if paging is enabled. For
# example, the guest uses ACPI to sleep, and ACPI sleep state
# goes in real-mode
# 3. Currently only supported on i386 and x86_64.
#
# @protocol: the filename or file descriptor of the vmcore. The supported
# protocols are:
#
# 1. file: the protocol starts with "file:", and the following
# string is the file's path.
# 2. fd: the protocol starts with "fd:", and the following string
# is the fd's name.
#
# @detach: if true, QMP will return immediately rather than
# waiting for the dump to finish. The user can track progress
# using "query-dump". (since 2.6).
#
# @begin: if specified, the starting physical address.
#
# @length: if specified, the memory size, in bytes. If you don't
# want to dump all guest's memory, please specify the start @begin
# and @length
#
# @format: if specified, the format of guest memory dump. But non-elf
# format is conflict with paging and filter, ie. @paging, @begin and
# @length is not allowed to be specified with non-elf @format at the
# same time (since 2.0)
#
# Note: All boolean arguments default to false
#
# Returns: nothing on success
#
# Since: 1.2
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory",
# "arguments": { "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
# <- { "return": {} }
#
##
{ 'command': 'dump-guest-memory',
'data': { 'paging': 'bool', 'protocol': 'str', '*detach': 'bool',
'*begin': 'int', '*length': 'int',
'*format': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat'} }
##
# @DumpStatus:
#
# Describe the status of a long-running background guest memory dump.
#
# @none: no dump-guest-memory has started yet.
#
# @active: there is one dump running in background.
#
# @completed: the last dump has finished successfully.
#
# @failed: the last dump has failed.
#
# Since: 2.6
##
{ 'enum': 'DumpStatus',
'data': [ 'none', 'active', 'completed', 'failed' ] }
##
# @DumpQueryResult:
#
# The result format for 'query-dump'.
#
# @status: enum of @DumpStatus, which shows current dump status
#
# @completed: bytes written in latest dump (uncompressed)
#
# @total: total bytes to be written in latest dump (uncompressed)
#
# Since: 2.6
##
{ 'struct': 'DumpQueryResult',
'data': { 'status': 'DumpStatus',
'completed': 'int',
'total': 'int' } }
##
# @query-dump:
#
# Query latest dump status.
#
# Returns: A @DumpStatus object showing the dump status.
#
# Since: 2.6
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "query-dump" }
# <- { "return": { "status": "active", "completed": 1024000,
# "total": 2048000 } }
#
##
{ 'command': 'query-dump', 'returns': 'DumpQueryResult' }
##
# @DUMP_COMPLETED:
#
# Emitted when background dump has completed
#
# @result: final dump status
#
# @error: human-readable error string that provides
# hint on why dump failed. Only presents on failure. The
# user should not try to interpret the error string.
#
# Since: 2.6
#
# Example:
#
# { "event": "DUMP_COMPLETED",
# "data": {"result": {"total": 1090650112, "status": "completed",
# "completed": 1090650112} } }
#
##
{ 'event': 'DUMP_COMPLETED' ,
'data': { 'result': 'DumpQueryResult', '*error': 'str' } }
##
# @DumpGuestMemoryCapability:
#
# A list of the available formats for dump-guest-memory
#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'struct': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability',
'data': {
'formats': ['DumpGuestMemoryFormat'] } }
##
# @query-dump-guest-memory-capability:
#
# Returns the available formats for dump-guest-memory
#
# Returns: A @DumpGuestMemoryCapability object listing available formats for
# dump-guest-memory
#
# Since: 2.0
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
# <- { "return": { "formats":
# ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] }
#
##
{ 'command': 'query-dump-guest-memory-capability',
'returns': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability' }