From nobody Fri Oct 24 09:59:54 2025 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=208.118.235.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 208.118.235.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1519833607573644.1516326597122; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:45303 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er49F-0001Oa-QR for importer@patchew.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:00:05 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:32963) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er48A-0000rz-33 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:58:58 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er485-000623-7n for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:58:58 -0500 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:33364 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1er485-00061n-2x for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:58:53 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4521A27F2 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:58:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-112-57.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.57]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65C092024CA8; Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:58:47 +0000 (UTC) From: =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Lureau?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:58:39 +0100 Message-Id: <20180228155839.24886-1-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.4 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:58:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.2]); Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:58:52 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.4' DOMAIN:'int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'marcandre.lureau@redhat.com' RCPT:'' Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 66.187.233.73 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] docs/vmcoreinfo: detail unsupported host format behaviour X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: =?UTF-8?q?Marc-Andr=C3=A9=20Lureau?= , mst@redhat.com Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Suggested-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Marc-Andr=C3=A9 Lureau --- docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt b/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt index 821261067f..bcbca6fe47 100644 --- a/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt +++ b/docs/specs/vmcoreinfo.txt @@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ processing of entry values. A write of 0 in guest_format will disable further processing of vmcoreinfo entry values & content. =20 +You may write a guest_format that is not supported by the host, in +which case the entry data can be ignored by qemu (but you may still +access it through a debugger, via vmcoreinfo_realize::vmcoreinfo_state). + Format & content **************** =20 --=20 2.16.1.73.g5832b7e9f2