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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced
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Gleb Natapov |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:05:50 +0200 |
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:00:41PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 02/29/2012 11:55 AM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > How about using a virtio-serial channel for this? You can transfer any
> > > amount of information (including the dump itself).
> > >
> > Isn't it unreliable after the guest panicked?
>
> So is calling hypercalls, or dumping, or writing to the screen. Of
> course calling a hypercall is simpler and so is more reliable.
>
Yes, crash can be so severe that it is not even detected by a kernel
itself, so not OOPS message even printed. But in most cases if kernel is
functional enough to print OOPS it is functional enough to call single
hypercall instruction.
> > Having special kdump
> > kernel that transfers dump to a host via virtio-serial channel though
> > sounds interesting. May be that's what you mean.
>
> Yes. The "panic, starting dump" signal should be initiated by the
> panicking kernel though, in case the dump fails.
>
Then panic hypercall sounds like a reasonable solution.
--
Gleb.
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Jan Kiszka, 2012/02/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Gleb Natapov, 2012/02/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Wen Congyang, 2012/02/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Gleb Natapov, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Wen Congyang, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Wen Congyang, 2012/02/28
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Gleb Natapov, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced,
Gleb Natapov <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Wen Congyang, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Wen Congyang, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Gleb Natapov, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Gleb Natapov, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Daniel P. Berrange, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Avi Kivity, 2012/02/29
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest paniced, Daniel P. Berrange, 2012/02/29