Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v3] monitor: add memory search commands s, sp

[Eric Blake]

On 03/16/2015 04:31 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> From: Claudio Fontana <address@hidden>
> 
> usage is similar to the commands x, xp.
> 
> Example with string: looking for "ELF" header in memory:
> 
> (qemu) s/1000000cb 0x40001000 "ELF"
> searching memory area [0000000040001000-00000000400f5240]
> 0000000040090001
> (qemu) x/20b 0x40090000
> 0000000040090000: '\x7f' 'E' 'L' 'F' '\x02' '\x01' '\x01' '\x03'
> 0000000040090008: '\x00' '\x00' '\x00' '\x00' '\x00' '\x00' '\x00' '\x00'
> 0000000040090010: '\x02' '\x00' '\xb7' '\x00'
> 
> Example with value: looking for 64bit variable value 0x990088
> 
> (qemu) s/1000000xg 0xffff900042000000 0x990088
> searching memory area [ffff900042000000-ffff9000427a1200]
> ffff9000424b3000
> ffff9000424c1000
> 
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hmp-commands.hx |  28 ++++++++++++
>  monitor.c       | 140 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 168 insertions(+)
> 
> Hello, looking for some comments on whether the addition of this
> command is welcome, and whether the syntax chosen is acceptable,
> or how it can made better.

Do you want to provide a QMP counterpart?  In general, we are reluctant
to add new HMP functionality that cannot also be accessed via QMP.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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