From nobody Wed Oct 29 09:14:50 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 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [208.118.235.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1524919300930468.8976153696801; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 05:41:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([::1]:52024 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCPAa-0005TM-1y for importer@patchew.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:41:40 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58444) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCP66-00028A-4K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:37:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCP61-00047P-7q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:37:02 -0400 Received: from mail.ispras.ru ([83.149.199.45]:55900) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCP5y-00045X-3z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:36:54 -0400 Received: from [127.0.1.1] (unknown [85.142.117.226]) by mail.ispras.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 212FF54008C; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 15:36:53 +0300 (MSK) From: Pavel Dovgalyuk To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 15:36:45 +0300 Message-ID: <20180428123645.12445.18399.stgit@pasha-VirtualBox> In-Reply-To: <20180428123627.12445.9923.stgit@pasha-VirtualBox> References: <20180428123627.12445.9923.stgit@pasha-VirtualBox> User-Agent: StGit/0.17.1-dirty MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 83.149.199.45 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [RFC PATCH v2 03/19] replay: update docs for record/replay with block devices 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: kwolf@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, war2jordan@live.com, pavel.dovgaluk@ispras.ru, pbonzini@redhat.com, quintela@redhat.com, ciro.santilli@gmail.com, jasowang@redhat.com, crosthwaite.peter@gmail.com, zuban32s@gmail.com, armbru@redhat.com, maria.klimushenkova@ispras.ru, mst@redhat.com, kraxel@redhat.com, boost.lists@gmail.com, thomas.dullien@googlemail.com, dovgaluk@ispras.ru, mreitz@redhat.com, alex.bennee@linaro.org, dgilbert@redhat.com, rth@twiddle.net Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" X-ZohoMail: RSF_0 Z_629925259 SPT_0 This patch updates the description of the command lines for using record/replay with attached block devices. Signed-off-by: Pavel Dovgalyuk --- docs/replay.txt | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/replay.txt b/docs/replay.txt index 2e21e9c..f7def53 100644 --- a/docs/replay.txt +++ b/docs/replay.txt @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Usage of the record/replay: * First, record the execution with the following command line: qemu-system-i386 \ -icount shift=3D7,rr=3Drecord,rrfile=3Dreplay.bin \ - -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,id=3Dimg-direct \ + -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,snapshot,id=3Dimg-direct \ -drive driver=3Dblkreplay,if=3Dnone,image=3Dimg-direct,id=3Dimg-blkre= play \ -device ide-hd,drive=3Dimg-blkreplay \ -netdev user,id=3Dnet1 -device rtl8139,netdev=3Dnet1 \ @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Usage of the record/replay: * After recording, you can replay it by using another command line: qemu-system-i386 \ -icount shift=3D7,rr=3Dreplay,rrfile=3Dreplay.bin \ - -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,id=3Dimg-direct \ + -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,snapshot,id=3Dimg-direct \ -drive driver=3Dblkreplay,if=3Dnone,image=3Dimg-direct,id=3Dimg-blkre= play \ -device ide-hd,drive=3Dimg-blkreplay \ -netdev user,id=3Dnet1 -device rtl8139,netdev=3Dnet1 \ @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ Block devices record/replay module intercepts calls of bdrv coroutine functions at the top of block drivers stack. To record and replay block operations the drive must be configured as following: - -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,id=3Dimg-direct + -drive file=3Ddisk.qcow2,if=3Dnone,snapshot,id=3Dimg-direct -drive driver=3Dblkreplay,if=3Dnone,image=3Dimg-direct,id=3Dimg-blkreplay -device ide-hd,drive=3Dimg-blkreplay =20 @@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ This snapshot is created at start of recording and res= tored at start of replaying. It also can be loaded while replaying to roll back the execution. =20 +'snapshot' flag of the disk image must be removed to save the snapshots +in the overlay (or original image) instead of using the temporary overlay. + -drive file=3Ddisk.ovl,if=3Dnone,id=3Dimg-direct + -drive driver=3Dblkreplay,if=3Dnone,image=3Dimg-direct,id=3Dimg-blkreplay + -device ide-hd,drive=3Dimg-blkreplay + Use QEMU monitor to create additional snapshots. 'savevm ' command created the snapshot and 'loadvm ' restores it. To prevent corruption of the original disk image, use overlay files linked to the original image= s.