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1# -*- Mode: Python -*-
2# vim: filetype=python
3#
4# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
5# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
6
7##
8# = Dump guest memory
9##
10
11##
12# @DumpGuestMemoryFormat:
13#
14# An enumeration of guest-memory-dump's format.
15#
16# @elf: elf format
17#
18# @kdump-zlib: kdump-compressed format with zlib-compressed
19#
20# @kdump-lzo: kdump-compressed format with lzo-compressed
21#
22# @kdump-snappy: kdump-compressed format with snappy-compressed
23#
24# @win-dmp: Windows full crashdump format, can be used instead of ELF
25#     converting (since 2.13)
26#
27# Since: 2.0
28##
29{ 'enum': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat',
30  'data': [ 'elf', 'kdump-zlib', 'kdump-lzo', 'kdump-snappy', 'win-dmp' ] }
31
32##
33# @dump-guest-memory:
34#
35# Dump guest's memory to vmcore.  It is a synchronous operation that
36# can take very long depending on the amount of guest memory.
37#
38# @paging: if true, do paging to get guest's memory mapping.  This
39#     allows using gdb to process the core file.
40#
41#     IMPORTANT: this option can make QEMU allocate several gigabytes
42#     of RAM. This can happen for a large guest, or a malicious guest
43#     pretending to be large.
44#
45#     Also, paging=true has the following limitations:
46#
47#     1. The guest may be in a catastrophic state or can have
48#        corrupted memory, which cannot be trusted
49#     2. The guest can be in real-mode even if paging is enabled.  For
50#        example, the guest uses ACPI to sleep, and ACPI sleep state
51#        goes in real-mode
52#     3. Currently only supported on i386 and x86_64.
53#
54# @protocol: the filename or file descriptor of the vmcore.  The
55#     supported protocols are:
56#
57#     1. file: the protocol starts with "file:", and the following
58#        string is the file's path.
59#     2. fd: the protocol starts with "fd:", and the following string
60#        is the fd's name.
61#
62# @detach: if true, QMP will return immediately rather than waiting
63#     for the dump to finish.  The user can track progress using
64#     "query-dump". (since 2.6).
65#
66# @begin: if specified, the starting physical address.
67#
68# @length: if specified, the memory size, in bytes.  If you don't want
69#     to dump all guest's memory, please specify the start @begin and
70#     @length
71#
72# @format: if specified, the format of guest memory dump.  But non-elf
73#     format is conflict with paging and filter, ie.  @paging, @begin
74#     and @length is not allowed to be specified with non-elf @format
75#     at the same time (since 2.0)
76#
77# Note: All boolean arguments default to false
78#
79# Returns: nothing on success
80#
81# Since: 1.2
82#
83# Example:
84#
85# -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory",
86#      "arguments": { "paging": false, "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
87# <- { "return": {} }
88##
89{ 'command': 'dump-guest-memory',
90  'data': { 'paging': 'bool', 'protocol': 'str', '*detach': 'bool',
91            '*begin': 'int', '*length': 'int',
92            '*format': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat'} }
93
94##
95# @DumpStatus:
96#
97# Describe the status of a long-running background guest memory dump.
98#
99# @none: no dump-guest-memory has started yet.
100#
101# @active: there is one dump running in background.
102#
103# @completed: the last dump has finished successfully.
104#
105# @failed: the last dump has failed.
106#
107# Since: 2.6
108##
109{ 'enum': 'DumpStatus',
110  'data': [ 'none', 'active', 'completed', 'failed' ] }
111
112##
113# @DumpQueryResult:
114#
115# The result format for 'query-dump'.
116#
117# @status: enum of @DumpStatus, which shows current dump status
118#
119# @completed: bytes written in latest dump (uncompressed)
120#
121# @total: total bytes to be written in latest dump (uncompressed)
122#
123# Since: 2.6
124##
125{ 'struct': 'DumpQueryResult',
126  'data': { 'status': 'DumpStatus',
127            'completed': 'int',
128            'total': 'int' } }
129
130##
131# @query-dump:
132#
133# Query latest dump status.
134#
135# Returns: A @DumpStatus object showing the dump status.
136#
137# Since: 2.6
138#
139# Example:
140#
141# -> { "execute": "query-dump" }
142# <- { "return": { "status": "active", "completed": 1024000,
143#                  "total": 2048000 } }
144##
145{ 'command': 'query-dump', 'returns': 'DumpQueryResult' }
146
147##
148# @DUMP_COMPLETED:
149#
150# Emitted when background dump has completed
151#
152# @result: final dump status
153#
154# @error: human-readable error string that provides hint on why dump
155#     failed.  Only presents on failure.  The user should not try to
156#     interpret the error string.
157#
158# Since: 2.6
159#
160# Example:
161#
162# <- { "event": "DUMP_COMPLETED",
163#      "data": { "result": { "total": 1090650112, "status": "completed",
164#                            "completed": 1090650112 } },
165#      "timestamp": { "seconds": 1648244171, "microseconds": 950316 } }
166##
167{ 'event': 'DUMP_COMPLETED' ,
168  'data': { 'result': 'DumpQueryResult', '*error': 'str' } }
169
170##
171# @DumpGuestMemoryCapability:
172#
173# A list of the available formats for dump-guest-memory
174#
175# Since: 2.0
176##
177{ 'struct': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability',
178  'data': {
179      'formats': ['DumpGuestMemoryFormat'] } }
180
181##
182# @query-dump-guest-memory-capability:
183#
184# Returns the available formats for dump-guest-memory
185#
186# Returns: A @DumpGuestMemoryCapability object listing available
187#     formats for dump-guest-memory
188#
189# Since: 2.0
190#
191# Example:
192#
193# -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
194# <- { "return": { "formats":
195#                  ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] } }
196##
197{ 'command': 'query-dump-guest-memory-capability',
198  'returns': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability' }
199