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* [PATCH v7 00/14] Reverse debugging
@ 2020-10-03 17:12 Pavel Dovgalyuk
  2020-10-03 17:12 ` [PATCH v7 01/14] replay: don't record interrupt poll Pavel Dovgalyuk
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From: Pavel Dovgalyuk @ 2020-10-03 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: qemu-devel
  Cc: kwolf, wrampazz, pavel.dovgalyuk, ehabkost, alex.bennee,
	mtosatti, armbru, mreitz, stefanha, crosa, pbonzini, philmd,
	zhiwei_liu, rth

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
 - avocado-based acceptance tests for reverse debugging

The patches are available in the repository:
https://github.com/ispras/qemu/tree/rr-200901

v7 changes:
 - updated snapshot info output format
 - fixed qcow2 snapshot-related tests
v6 changes:
 - removed passing err variable without checking it's value after
v5 changes:
 - disabled reverse debugging tests for gitlab-based testing
   due to the unidentified timeout problem
v4 changes:
 - added VM snapshot creation on gdb connect (suggested by Alex Bennée)
 - removed useless calls to error_free
 - updated poll interrupt processing
 - minor changes
v3 changes:
 - rebased to support the new build system
 - bumped avocado framework version for using fixed remote gdb client
v2 changes:
 - rebased to the latest upstream version
 - fixed replaying of the POLL interrupts after the latest debug changes

---

Pavel Dovgaluk (10):
      replay: provide an 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
      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
      tests/acceptance: add reverse debugging test

Pavel Dovgalyuk (4):
      replay: don't record interrupt poll
      qcow2: introduce icount field for snapshots
      migration: introduce icount field for snapshots
      replay: create temporary snapshot at debugger connection


 MAINTAINERS                           |    2 
 accel/tcg/cpu-exec.c                  |   21 ++
 accel/tcg/translator.c                |    1 
 block/qapi.c                          |   18 +-
 block/qcow2-snapshot.c                |    9 +
 block/qcow2.h                         |    3 
 blockdev.c                            |   10 +
 docs/interop/qcow2.txt                |    5 
 docs/replay.txt                       |   46 +++++
 exec.c                                |    8 +
 gdbstub.c                             |   64 ++++++
 hmp-commands-info.hx                  |   11 +
 hmp-commands.hx                       |   50 +++++
 include/block/snapshot.h              |    1 
 include/monitor/hmp.h                 |    4 
 include/sysemu/replay.h               |   26 +++
 migration/savevm.c                    |   17 +-
 qapi/block-core.json                  |   11 +
 qapi/meson.build                      |    1 
 qapi/misc.json                        |   18 --
 qapi/qapi-schema.json                 |    1 
 qapi/replay.json                      |  121 ++++++++++++
 replay/meson.build                    |    1 
 replay/replay-debugging.c             |  334 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 replay/replay-events.c                |    4 
 replay/replay-internal.h              |    6 -
 replay/replay.c                       |   22 ++
 softmmu/cpus.c                        |   19 ++
 stubs/replay.c                        |   15 +
 tests/acceptance/reverse_debugging.py |  208 +++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/qemu-iotests/261                |   19 +-
 tests/qemu-iotests/261.out            |   51 +++--
 tests/qemu-iotests/267.out            |   48 ++---
 33 files changed, 1086 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 qapi/replay.json
 create mode 100644 replay/replay-debugging.c
 create mode 100644 tests/acceptance/reverse_debugging.py

--
Pavel Dovgalyuk


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2020-10-03 17:12 [PATCH v7 00/14] Reverse debugging Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:12 ` [PATCH v7 01/14] replay: don't record interrupt poll Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:12 ` [PATCH v7 02/14] replay: provide an accessor for rr filename Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 03/14] qcow2: introduce icount field for snapshots Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 04/14] migration: " Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 05/14] qapi: introduce replay.json for record/replay-related stuff Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 06/14] replay: introduce info hmp/qmp command Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 07/14] replay: introduce breakpoint at the specified step Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 08/14] replay: implement replay-seek command Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 09/14] replay: flush rr queue before loading the vmstate Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 10/14] gdbstub: add reverse step support in replay mode Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 11/14] gdbstub: add reverse continue " Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:13 ` [PATCH v7 12/14] replay: describe reverse debugging in docs/replay.txt Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:14 ` [PATCH v7 13/14] replay: create temporary snapshot at debugger connection Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-03 17:14 ` [PATCH v7 14/14] tests/acceptance: add reverse debugging test Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-06 13:36   ` Cleber Rosa
2020-10-06 15:09     ` Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-06 18:16       ` Cleber Rosa
2020-10-06 19:55   ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-10-07  5:42     ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2020-10-04  1:06 ` [PATCH v7 00/14] Reverse debugging no-reply
2020-10-05 12:27 ` Paolo Bonzini
2020-10-05 13:45   ` Pavel Dovgalyuk
2020-10-05 13:51     ` Paolo Bonzini

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