Did you manage to reproduce and solve the savevm and loadvm problems I mentioned at: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-04/msg05219.html ?
I still observe them on the current patch. On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Pavel Dovgalyuk <pavel.dovga...@ispras.ru> wrote: > GDB remote protocol supports reverse debugging of the targets. > It includes 'reverse step' and 'reverse continue' operations. > The first one finds the previous step of the execution, > and the second one is intended to stop at the last breakpoint that > would happen when the program is executed normally. > > Reverse debugging is possible in the replay mode, when at least > one snapshot was created at the record or replay phase. > QEMU can use these snapshots for travelling back in time with GDB. > > Running the execution in replay mode allows using GDB reverse debugging > commands: > - reverse-stepi (or rsi): Steps one instruction to the past. > QEMU loads on of the prior snapshots and proceeds to the desired > instruction forward. When that step is reaches, execution stops. > - reverse-continue (or rc): Runs execution "backwards". > QEMU tries to find breakpoint or watchpoint by loaded prior snapshot > and replaying the execution. Then QEMU loads snapshots again and > replays to the latest breakpoint. When there are no breakpoints in > the examined section of the execution, QEMU finds one more snapshot > and tries again. After the first snapshot is processed, execution > stops at this snapshot. > > The set of patches include the following modifications: > - gdbstub update for reverse debugging support > - functions that automatically perform reverse step and reverse > continue operations > - hmp/qmp commands for manipulating the replay process > - improvement of the snapshotting for saving the execution step > in the snapshot parameters > - other record/replay fixes > > The patches are available in the repository: > https://github.com/ispras/qemu/tree/rr-180428 > > v2 changes: > - documented reverse debugging > - fixed start vmstate loading in record mode > - documented qcow2 changes (as suggested by Eric Blake) > - made icount SnapshotInfo field optional (as suggested by Eric Blake) > - renamed qmp commands (as suggested by Eric Blake) > - minor changes > > --- > > Pavel Dovgalyuk (19): > block: implement bdrv_snapshot_goto for blkreplay > replay: disable default snapshot for record/replay > replay: update docs for record/replay with block devices > replay: don't drain/flush bdrv queue while RR is working > replay: finish record/replay before closing the disks > qcow2: introduce icount field for snapshots > migration: introduce icount field for snapshots > replay: introduce info hmp/qmp command > replay: introduce breakpoint at the specified step > replay: implement replay-seek command to proceed to the desired step > replay: flush events when exitting > timer: remove replay clock probe in deadline calculation > replay: refine replay-time module > translator: fix breakpoint processing > replay: flush rr queue before loading the vmstate > gdbstub: add reverse step support in replay mode > gdbstub: add reverse continue support in replay mode > replay: describe reverse debugging in docs/replay.txt > replay: allow loading any snapshots before recording > > > accel/tcg/translator.c | 8 + > block/blkreplay.c | 8 + > block/io.c | 22 +++ > block/qapi.c | 17 ++- > block/qcow2-snapshot.c | 9 + > block/qcow2.h | 2 > blockdev.c | 10 ++ > cpus.c | 19 ++- > docs/interop/qcow2.txt | 4 + > docs/replay.txt | 45 +++++++ > exec.c | 6 + > gdbstub.c | 50 +++++++- > hmp-commands-info.hx | 14 ++ > hmp-commands.hx | 30 +++++ > hmp.h | 3 > include/block/snapshot.h | 1 > include/sysemu/replay.h | 18 +++ > migration/savevm.c | 15 +- > qapi/block-core.json | 5 + > qapi/block.json | 3 > qapi/misc.json | 68 +++++++++++ > replay/Makefile.objs | 3 > replay/replay-debugging.c | 287 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > replay/replay-events.c | 14 -- > replay/replay-internal.h | 10 +- > replay/replay-snapshot.c | 17 ++- > replay/replay-time.c | 27 ++-- > replay/replay.c | 22 +++ > stubs/replay.c | 10 ++ > util/qemu-timer.c | 11 -- > vl.c | 18 ++- > 31 files changed, 695 insertions(+), 81 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 replay/replay-debugging.c > > -- > Pavel Dovgalyuk
