-----Original Message----- > vmware_guestdump is extension to vmware_vmss with ability to debug > debug.guest and debug.vmem files. > > debug.guest.gz and debug.vmem.gz can be obtained using following > .vmx options from VM running in debug mode: > monitor.mini-suspend_on_panic = TRUE > monitor.suspend_on_triplefault = TRUE > > guestdump (debug.guest) is simplified version of *.vmss which does > not contain full VM state, but minimal guest state, such as memory > layout and CPUs state, needed for debugger. is_vmware_guestdump() > and vmware_guestdump_init() functions parse guestdump header and > populate vmss data structure (from vmware_vmss.c). As result, all > handlers (except mempry_dump) from vmware_vmss.c can be reused. > > How to use: $ crash /path/to/debug_file.guest vmlinux > Companion debug_file.vmem must be present in the same folder as > debug_file.guest. Otherwise crash will shot a message: > vmw: Open the companion vmem file: /path/to/debug_file.vmem > crash: vmw: /path/to/debug_file.vmem: No such file or directory > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Makhalov <amakhalov@xxxxxxxxxx> The v3 patch looks good to me. Acked-by: Kazuhito Hagio <k-hagio-ab@xxxxxxx> Lianbo, Bhupesh, can you double-check this as well? Thanks, Kazu -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
