dump-guest-memory.py: fix "You can't do that without a process to debug"
commitbcfdacfe2f56647d07a0093c415d43d33ee954b2
authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:22:08 +0000 (12 18:22 +0100)
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:42:03 +0000 (22 01:42 +0200)
tree69824358c01aaae0ce9cd6e01c6f2d2279210055
parentf2bc54de47404b70b9ac87e2c75489f2652643e7
dump-guest-memory.py: fix "You can't do that without a process to debug"

If the script is run with a core (no running process), it produces an
error:

(gdb)  dump-guest-memory /tmp/vmcore X86_64
guest RAM blocks:
target_start     target_end       host_addr        message count
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------- -----
0000000000000000 00000000000a0000 00007f7935800000 added       1
00000000000a0000 00000000000b0000 00007f7934200000 added       2
00000000000c0000 00000000000ca000 00007f79358c0000 added       3
00000000000ca000 00000000000cd000 00007f79358ca000 joined      3
00000000000cd000 00000000000e8000 00007f79358cd000 joined      3
00000000000e8000 00000000000f0000 00007f79358e8000 joined      3
00000000000f0000 0000000000100000 00007f79358f0000 joined      3
0000000000100000 0000000080000000 00007f7935900000 joined      3
00000000fd000000 00000000fe000000 00007f7934200000 added       4
00000000fffc0000 0000000100000000 00007f7935600000 added       5
Python Exception <class 'gdb.error'> You can't do that without a process to debug.:
Error occurred in Python command: You can't do that without a process
to debug.

Replace the object_resolve_path_type() function call call with a
local volatile variable.

Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
hw/misc/vmcoreinfo.c
scripts/dump-guest-memory.py