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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: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with zlib
19#     compression
20#
21# @kdump-lzo: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with lzo
22#     compression
23#
24# @kdump-snappy: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with snappy
25#     compression
26#
27# @kdump-raw-zlib: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with zlib compression
28#     (since 8.2)
29#
30# @kdump-raw-lzo: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with lzo compression
31#     (since 8.2)
32#
33# @kdump-raw-snappy: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with snappy
34#     compression (since 8.2)
35#
36# @win-dmp: Windows full crashdump format, can be used instead of ELF
37#     converting (since 2.13)
38#
39# Since: 2.0
40##
41{ 'enum': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat',
42  'data': [
43      'elf',
44      'kdump-zlib', 'kdump-lzo', 'kdump-snappy',
45      'kdump-raw-zlib', 'kdump-raw-lzo', 'kdump-raw-snappy',
46      'win-dmp' ] }
47
48##
49# @dump-guest-memory:
50#
51# Dump guest's memory to vmcore.  It is a synchronous operation that
52# can take very long depending on the amount of guest memory.
53#
54# @paging: if true, do paging to get guest's memory mapping.  This
55#     allows using gdb to process the core file.
56#
57#     IMPORTANT: this option can make QEMU allocate several gigabytes
58#     of RAM. This can happen for a large guest, or a malicious guest
59#     pretending to be large.
60#
61#     Also, paging=true has the following limitations:
62#
63#     1. The guest may be in a catastrophic state or can have
64#        corrupted memory, which cannot be trusted
65#     2. The guest can be in real-mode even if paging is enabled.  For
66#        example, the guest uses ACPI to sleep, and ACPI sleep state
67#        goes in real-mode
68#     3. Currently only supported on i386 and x86_64.
69#
70# @protocol: the filename or file descriptor of the vmcore.  The
71#     supported protocols are:
72#
73#     1. file: the protocol starts with "file:", and the following
74#        string is the file's path.
75#     2. fd: the protocol starts with "fd:", and the following string
76#        is the fd's name.
77#
78# @detach: if true, QMP will return immediately rather than waiting
79#     for the dump to finish.  The user can track progress using
80#     "query-dump". (since 2.6).
81#
82# @begin: if specified, the starting physical address.
83#
84# @length: if specified, the memory size, in bytes.  If you don't want
85#     to dump all guest's memory, please specify the start @begin and
86#     @length
87#
88# @format: if specified, the format of guest memory dump.  But non-elf
89#     format is conflict with paging and filter, ie.  @paging, @begin
90#     and @length is not allowed to be specified with non-elf @format
91#     at the same time (since 2.0)
92#
93# Note: All boolean arguments default to false
94#
95# Since: 1.2
96#
97# Example:
98#
99#     -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory",
100#          "arguments": { "paging": false, "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
101#     <- { "return": {} }
102##
103{ 'command': 'dump-guest-memory',
104  'data': { 'paging': 'bool', 'protocol': 'str', '*detach': 'bool',
105            '*begin': 'int', '*length': 'int',
106            '*format': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat'} }
107
108##
109# @DumpStatus:
110#
111# Describe the status of a long-running background guest memory dump.
112#
113# @none: no dump-guest-memory has started yet.
114#
115# @active: there is one dump running in background.
116#
117# @completed: the last dump has finished successfully.
118#
119# @failed: the last dump has failed.
120#
121# Since: 2.6
122##
123{ 'enum': 'DumpStatus',
124  'data': [ 'none', 'active', 'completed', 'failed' ] }
125
126##
127# @DumpQueryResult:
128#
129# The result format for 'query-dump'.
130#
131# @status: enum of @DumpStatus, which shows current dump status
132#
133# @completed: bytes written in latest dump (uncompressed)
134#
135# @total: total bytes to be written in latest dump (uncompressed)
136#
137# Since: 2.6
138##
139{ 'struct': 'DumpQueryResult',
140  'data': { 'status': 'DumpStatus',
141            'completed': 'int',
142            'total': 'int' } }
143
144##
145# @query-dump:
146#
147# Query latest dump status.
148#
149# Returns: A @DumpStatus object showing the dump status.
150#
151# Since: 2.6
152#
153# Example:
154#
155#     -> { "execute": "query-dump" }
156#     <- { "return": { "status": "active", "completed": 1024000,
157#                      "total": 2048000 } }
158##
159{ 'command': 'query-dump', 'returns': 'DumpQueryResult' }
160
161##
162# @DUMP_COMPLETED:
163#
164# Emitted when background dump has completed
165#
166# @result: final dump status
167#
168# @error: human-readable error string that provides hint on why dump
169#     failed.  Only presents on failure.  The user should not try to
170#     interpret the error string.
171#
172# Since: 2.6
173#
174# Example:
175#
176#     <- { "event": "DUMP_COMPLETED",
177#          "data": { "result": { "total": 1090650112, "status": "completed",
178#                                "completed": 1090650112 } },
179#          "timestamp": { "seconds": 1648244171, "microseconds": 950316 } }
180##
181{ 'event': 'DUMP_COMPLETED' ,
182  'data': { 'result': 'DumpQueryResult', '*error': 'str' } }
183
184##
185# @DumpGuestMemoryCapability:
186#
187# @formats: the available formats for dump-guest-memory
188#
189# Since: 2.0
190##
191{ 'struct': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability',
192  'data': {
193      'formats': ['DumpGuestMemoryFormat'] } }
194
195##
196# @query-dump-guest-memory-capability:
197#
198# Returns the available formats for dump-guest-memory
199#
200# Returns: A @DumpGuestMemoryCapability object listing available
201#     formats for dump-guest-memory
202#
203# Since: 2.0
204#
205# Example:
206#
207#     -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
208#     <- { "return": { "formats":
209#                      ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] } }
210##
211{ 'command': 'query-dump-guest-memory-capability',
212  'returns': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability' }
213