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- add an "is_ram" flag to SaveStateEntry; - register_savevm_live sets is_ram for live_savevm devices; - introduce a "xen-save-devices-state" QAPI command that can be used to save the state of all devices, but not the RAM or the block devices of the VM. Changes in v8: - rename save-devices-state to xen-save-devices-state. Changes in v7: - rename save_devices to save-devices-state. Changes in v6: - remove the is_ram parameter from register_savevm_live and sets is_ram if the device is a live_savevm device; - introduce save_devices as a QAPI command, write a better description for it; - fix CODING_STYLE; - introduce a new doc to explain the save format used by save_devices. Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com> Reviewed-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
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= Save Devices =
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QEMU has code to load/save the state of the guest that it is running.
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These are two complementary operations. Saving the state just does
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that, saves the state for each device that the guest is running.
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These operations are normally used with migration (see migration.txt),
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however it is also possible to save the state of all devices to file,
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without saving the RAM or the block devices of the VM.
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This operation is called "xen-save-devices-state" (see
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QMP/qmp-commands.txt)
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The binary format used in the file is the following:
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32 bit big endian: QEMU_VM_FILE_MAGIC
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32 bit big endian: QEMU_VM_FILE_VERSION
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for_each_device
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{
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8 bit: QEMU_VM_SECTION_FULL
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32 bit big endian: section_id
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8 bit: idstr (ID string) length
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string: idstr (ID string)
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32 bit big endian: instance_id
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32 bit big endian: version_id
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buffer: device specific data
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}
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8 bit: QEMU_VM_EOF
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