From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.7 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A608C4CECD for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:02:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F2A1214AF for ; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:02:04 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4F2A1214AF Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Received: from localhost ([::1]:44910 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iACBF-0006LV-Qj for qemu-devel@archiver.kernel.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:02:01 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59172) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iAC7R-00049E-47 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:58:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iAC7P-0001UV-PX for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:58:04 -0400 Received: from mail.ispras.ru ([83.149.199.45]:42218) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iAC7P-0001UB-GO for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:58:03 -0400 Received: from [127.0.1.1] (unknown [85.142.117.226]) by mail.ispras.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9AF9D5400BA; Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:58:02 +0300 (MSK) From: Pavel Dovgalyuk To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:58:02 +0300 Message-ID: <156872148244.1757.2888672921697745021.stgit@pasha-Precision-3630-Tower> In-Reply-To: <156872146565.1757.3033215873677512474.stgit@pasha-Precision-3630-Tower> References: <156872146565.1757.3033215873677512474.stgit@pasha-Precision-3630-Tower> User-Agent: StGit/0.17.1-dirty MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 83.149.199.45 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [for-4.2 PATCH 3/6] replay: update docs for record/replay with block devices X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: kwolf@redhat.com, peter.maydell@linaro.org, pavel.dovgaluk@ispras.ru, pbonzini@redhat.com, quintela@redhat.com, ciro.santilli@gmail.com, jasowang@redhat.com, crosthwaite.peter@gmail.com, armbru@redhat.com, mreitz@redhat.com, alex.bennee@linaro.org, maria.klimushenkova@ispras.ru, mst@redhat.com, kraxel@redhat.com, boost.lists@gmail.com, thomas.dullien@googlemail.com, dovgaluk@ispras.ru, artem.k.pisarenko@gmail.com, dgilbert@redhat.com, rth@twiddle.net Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: Pavel Dovgalyuk 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 ee6aee9861..ce97c3f72f 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=7,rr=record,rrfile=replay.bin \ - -drive file=disk.qcow2,if=none,id=img-direct \ + -drive file=disk.qcow2,if=none,snapshot,id=img-direct \ -drive driver=blkreplay,if=none,image=img-direct,id=img-blkreplay \ -device ide-hd,drive=img-blkreplay \ -netdev user,id=net1 -device rtl8139,netdev=net1 \ @@ -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=7,rr=replay,rrfile=replay.bin \ - -drive file=disk.qcow2,if=none,id=img-direct \ + -drive file=disk.qcow2,if=none,snapshot,id=img-direct \ -drive driver=blkreplay,if=none,image=img-direct,id=img-blkreplay \ -device ide-hd,drive=img-blkreplay \ -netdev user,id=net1 -device rtl8139,netdev=net1 \ @@ -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=disk.qcow2,if=none,id=img-direct + -drive file=disk.qcow2,if=none,snapshot,id=img-direct -drive driver=blkreplay,if=none,image=img-direct,id=img-blkreplay -device ide-hd,drive=img-blkreplay @@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ This snapshot is created at start of recording and restored at start of replaying. It also can be loaded while replaying to roll back the execution. +'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=disk.ovl,if=none,id=img-direct + -drive driver=blkreplay,if=none,image=img-direct,id=img-blkreplay + -device ide-hd,drive=img-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 images.