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banners=-,-,- X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 49973 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2017 15:41:37 -0000 Received: from smtp.citrix.com (HELO SMTP.CITRIX.COM) (66.165.176.89) by server-3.tower-31.messagelabs.com with RC4-SHA encrypted SMTP; 13 Nov 2017 15:41:37 -0000 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.44,389,1505779200"; d="scan'208";a="451509075" From: George Dunlap To: Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:41:20 +0000 Message-ID: <20171113154126.13038-10-george.dunlap@citrix.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.15.0 In-Reply-To: <20171113154126.13038-1-george.dunlap@citrix.com> References: <20171113154126.13038-1-george.dunlap@citrix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: Stefano Stabellini , Wei Liu , Konrad Wilk , Andrew Cooper , Tim Deegan , George Dunlap , Jan Beulich , Ian Jackson Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 10/16] SUPPORT.md: Add Debugging, analysis, crash post-portem X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xen.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Signed-off-by: George Dunlap --- CC: Ian Jackson CC: Wei Liu CC: Andrew Cooper CC: Jan Beulich CC: Stefano Stabellini CC: Konrad Wilk CC: Tim Deegan --- SUPPORT.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md index 8235336c41..bd83c81557 100644 --- a/SUPPORT.md +++ b/SUPPORT.md @@ -152,6 +152,35 @@ Output of information in machine-parseable JSON format Status: Supported, Security support external +## Debugging, analysis, and crash post-mortem + +### gdbsx + + Status, x86: Supported + +Debugger to debug ELF guests + +### Soft-reset for PV guests + + Status: Supported + +Soft-reset allows a new kernel to start 'from scratch' with a fresh VM state, +but with all the memory from the previous state of the VM intact. +This is primarily designed to allow "crash kernels", +which can do core dumps of memory to help with debugging in the event of a crash. + +### xentrace + + Status, x86: Supported + +Tool to capture Xen trace buffer data + +### gcov + + Status: Supported, Not security supported + +Export hypervisor coverage data suitable for analysis by gcov or lcov. + ## Memory Management ### Memory Ballooning