[Crash-utility] crash cannot work for the newest qemu's core

[Dave Anderson]

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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Hi, all
> > 
> > When I use crash to deal with the vmcore generated by 'vrish dump',
> > I
> > meet the following error:
> > 
> > crash: seek error: kernel virtual address: ffffffff8180f1e0  type: "cpu_possible_mask".
> > 
> > When I specify '-d 8' to get more information, I found the following message:
> > 
> > NOTE: KVM/QEMU CPU_SAVE_VERSION 12 is greater than supported version 9
> > 
> > So I guess crash does not support it now. Does anyone have plan to fix it?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Wen Congyang
> 
> Hi Wen,
> 
> Also, because of your familiarity with this area, I certainly invite you
> to take a look at this...  ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
>   Dave

Hi Wen,

On a related note, what is the status with your "virsh dump-guest-memory"
replacement of "virsh dump"?  The last I saw, it seemed like the qemu guys
finally seemed willing to accept it?

Dave