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Re: [Qemu-devel] dump-guest-memory command?


From: Jun Koi
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] dump-guest-memory command?
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 16:40:23 +0800




On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Greg Kurz <address@hidden> wrote:
On Fri, 16 May 2014 14:24:16 +0800
Jun Koi <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anybody please help me on this dump-guest-memory command? How does the
> virtual memory map to the dumped file?
>
> For example, if x86 register RIP points to 0x12345, how does that map to
> the dump file? Meaning how can I find where this address 0x12345 in the
> dump?
>
> I tried, but couldnt find much documentation on this command.
>
> Thank you a lot,
> Jun

Hi Jun,

The dump file is in ELF format and data is written in ELF notes.
Use readelf -a on the file and you'll get something like the
following at the end of the output:

...

Notes at offset 0x000001c8 with length 0x00000328:
  Owner                 Data size       Description
  CORE                 0x00000150       NT_PRSTATUS (prstatus structure)
  QEMU                 0x000001b0       Unknown note type: (0x00000000)

The registers sit in the NT_PRSTATUS note (hence somewhere offset
0x000001c8 and 0x000001c8+0x00000150+0x14 (the latter is the ELF note
header size). Be aware that intel is little endian: if RIP is 0x00012345,
you need to look for '45 23 01 00' in the file.


Thanks so much, but perhaps you misunderstood my question? What I want to know is how to map 0x12345 (virtual address) back to the dump file.

For example, if 0x12345 was executing some filesystem code at the time I dumped the VM, then I can locate exactly that code in the dumpfile, thanks to the given RIP address (which is 0x12345 in this example)

I hope I explain my idea clear enough this time?

Thanks a lot,
Jun

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