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
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. 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. 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. Changes from v1 to v2: 1. fix virt addr in the vmcore. Wen Congyang (5): Add API to create memory mapping list Add API to check whether a physical address is I/O address target-i386: implement cpu_get_memory_mapping() Add API to get memory mapping introduce a new monitor command 'dump' to dump guest's memory Makefile.target | 9 +- cpu-all.h | 10 + cpu-common.h | 1 + dump.c | 722 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ dump.h | 6 + exec.c | 20 ++ hmp-commands.hx | 16 ++ memory_mapping.c | 183 +++++++++++++ memory_mapping.h | 30 ++ monitor.c | 3 + qmp-commands.hx | 24 ++ target-i386/helper.c | 239 +++++++++++++++++ 12 files changed, 1259 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 dump.c create mode 100644 dump.h create mode 100644 memory_mapping.c create mode 100644 memory_mapping.h
