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-190109

v9 changes:
 - moved rr qapi stuff to the separate file (suggested by Markus Armbruster)
 - minor coding style fixes

v8 changes:
 - rebased to the new master
 - added missing fix for prior rr patch
 - updated 'since' version number in json-related patches

v7 changes:
 - rebased to the new master with upstreamed patches from the series
 - several improvements in hmp/qmp commands handling (suggested by Markus Armbruster)
 - fixed record/replay with '-rtc base' option enabled
 - added document with virtual hardware requirements

v6 changes:
 - rebased to the new version of master
 - fixed build of linux-user configurations
 - added new clock for slirp and vnc timers

v5 changes:
 - multiple fixes of record/replay bugs appeared after QEMU core update
 - changed reverse debugging to 'since 3.1'

v4 changes:
 - changed 'since 2.13' to 'since 3.0' in json (as suggested by Eric Blake)

v3 changes:
 - Fixed PS/2 bug with save/load vm, which caused failures of the replay.
 - Rebased to the new code base.
 - Minor fixes.

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 (20):
      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: provide and accessor for rr filename
      qapi: introduce replay.json for record/replay-related stuff
      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: refine replay-time module
      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: add BH oneshot event for block layer
      replay: init rtc after enabling the replay
      replay: document development rules

pbonzini@redhat.com (1):
      replay: add missing fix for internal function


 MAINTAINERS               |    1 
 Makefile.objs             |    4 -
 accel/tcg/translator.c    |    1 
 block/blkreplay.c         |    8 +
 block/block-backend.c     |    5 -
 block/io.c                |   28 ++++
 block/qapi.c              |   18 ++-
 block/qcow2-snapshot.c    |    9 +
 block/qcow2.h             |    2 
 blockdev.c                |   10 +
 cpus.c                    |   21 ++-
 docs/devel/replay.txt     |   46 ++++++
 docs/interop/qcow2.txt    |    4 +
 docs/replay.txt           |   45 ++++++
 exec.c                    |    8 +
 gdbstub.c                 |   52 +++++++
 hmp-commands-info.hx      |   14 ++
 hmp-commands.hx           |   53 +++++++
 hmp.h                     |    4 +
 include/block/snapshot.h  |    1 
 include/sysemu/replay.h   |   27 ++++
 migration/savevm.c        |   11 ++
 qapi/block-core.json      |    8 +
 qapi/block.json           |    3 
 qapi/misc.json            |   18 ---
 qapi/qapi-schema.json     |    1 
 qapi/replay.json          |  121 +++++++++++++++++
 replay/Makefile.objs      |    3 
 replay/replay-debugging.c |  322 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 replay/replay-events.c    |   16 ++
 replay/replay-internal.c  |    2 
 replay/replay-internal.h  |    7 +
 replay/replay-time.c      |   36 ++---
 replay/replay.c           |   26 +++-
 stubs/Makefile.objs       |    1 
 stubs/replay-user.c       |    9 +
 stubs/replay.c            |   10 +
 vl.c                      |   21 ++-
 38 files changed, 907 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/devel/replay.txt
 create mode 100644 qapi/replay.json
 create mode 100644 replay/replay-debugging.c
 create mode 100644 stubs/replay-user.c

-- 
Pavel Dovgalyuk

Patchew URL: https://patchew.org/QEMU/154703587757.13472.3898702635363120794.stgit@pasha-VirtualBox/



Hi,

This series failed the docker-quick@centos7 build test. Please find the testing commands and
their output below. If you have Docker installed, you can probably reproduce it
locally.

=== TEST SCRIPT BEGIN ===
#!/bin/bash
time make docker-test-quick@centos7 SHOW_ENV=1 J=8
=== TEST SCRIPT END ===




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