qemu/qapi/dump.json
John Snow d461c27973 qapi: convert "Note" sections to plain rST
We do not need a dedicated section for notes. By eliminating a specially
parsed section, these notes can be treated as normal rST paragraphs in
the new QMP reference manual, and can be placed and styled much more
flexibly.

Convert all existing "Note" and "Notes" sections to pure rST. As part of
the conversion, capitalize the first letter of each sentence and add
trailing punctuation where appropriate to ensure notes look sensible and
consistent in rendered HTML documentation. Markup is also re-aligned to
the de-facto standard of 3 spaces for directives.

Update docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.rst to reflect the new paradigm, and
update the QAPI parser to prohibit "Note" sections while suggesting a
new syntax. The exact formatting to use is a matter of taste, but a good
candidate is simply:

.. note:: lorem ipsum ...
   ... dolor sit amet ...
   ... consectetur adipiscing elit ...

... but there are other choices, too. The Sphinx readthedocs theme
offers theming for the following forms (capitalization unimportant); all
are adorned with a (!) symbol () in the title bar for rendered HTML
docs.

See
https://sphinx-rtd-theme.readthedocs.io/en/stable/demo/demo.html#admonitions
for examples of each directive/admonition in use.

These are rendered in orange:

.. Attention:: ...
.. Caution:: ...
.. WARNING:: ...

These are rendered in red:

.. DANGER:: ...
.. Error:: ...

These are rendered in green:

.. Hint:: ...
.. Important:: ...
.. Tip:: ...

These are rendered in blue:

.. Note:: ...
.. admonition:: custom title

   admonition body text

This patch uses ".. note::" almost everywhere, with just two "caution"
directives. Several instances of "Notes:" have been converted to
merely ".. note::", or multiple ".. note::" where appropriate.
".. admonition:: notes" is used in a few places where we had an
ordered list of multiple notes that would not make sense as
standalone/separate admonitions.  Two "Note:" following "Example:"
have been turned into ordinary paragraphs within the example.

NOTE: Because qapidoc.py does not attempt to preserve source ordering of
sections, the conversion of Notes from a "tagged section" to an
"untagged section" means that rendering order for some notes *may
change* as a result of this patch. The forthcoming qapidoc.py rewrite
strictly preserves source ordering in the rendered documentation, so
this issue will be rectified in the new generator.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> [for block*.json]
Message-ID: <20240626222128.406106-11-jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
[Commit message clarified slightly, period added to one more note]
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
2024-07-06 08:58:24 +02:00

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# -*- Mode: Python -*-
# vim: filetype=python
#
# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
##
# = Dump guest memory
##
##
# @DumpGuestMemoryFormat:
#
# An enumeration of guest-memory-dump's format.
#
# @elf: elf format
#
# @kdump-zlib: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with
# zlib compression
#
# @kdump-lzo: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with lzo
# compression
#
# @kdump-snappy: makedumpfile flattened, kdump-compressed format with
# snappy compression
#
# @kdump-raw-zlib: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with zlib
# compression (since 8.2)
#
# @kdump-raw-lzo: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with lzo
# compression (since 8.2)
#
# @kdump-raw-snappy: raw assembled kdump-compressed format with snappy
# compression (since 8.2)
#
# @win-dmp: Windows full crashdump format, can be used instead of ELF
# converting (since 2.13)
#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'enum': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat',
'data': [
'elf',
'kdump-zlib', 'kdump-lzo', 'kdump-snappy',
'kdump-raw-zlib', 'kdump-raw-lzo', 'kdump-raw-snappy',
'win-dmp' ] }
##
# @dump-guest-memory:
#
# Dump guest's memory to vmcore. It is a synchronous operation that
# can take very long depending on the amount of guest memory.
#
# @paging: if true, do paging to get guest's memory mapping. This
# allows using gdb to process the core file.
#
# IMPORTANT: this option can make QEMU allocate several gigabytes
# of RAM. This can happen for a large guest, or a malicious guest
# pretending to be large.
#
# Also, paging=true has the following limitations:
#
# 1. The guest may be in a catastrophic state or can have
# corrupted memory, which cannot be trusted
# 2. The guest can be in real-mode even if paging is enabled. For
# example, the guest uses ACPI to sleep, and ACPI sleep state
# goes in real-mode
# 3. Currently only supported on i386 and x86_64.
#
# @protocol: the filename or file descriptor of the vmcore. The
# supported protocols are:
#
# 1. file: the protocol starts with "file:", and the following
# string is the file's path.
# 2. fd: the protocol starts with "fd:", and the following string
# is the fd's name.
#
# @detach: if true, QMP will return immediately rather than waiting
# for the dump to finish. The user can track progress using
# "query-dump". (since 2.6).
#
# @begin: if specified, the starting physical address.
#
# @length: if specified, the memory size, in bytes. If you don't want
# to dump all guest's memory, please specify the start @begin and
# @length
#
# @format: if specified, the format of guest memory dump. But non-elf
# format is conflict with paging and filter, ie. @paging, @begin
# and @length is not allowed to be specified with non-elf @format
# at the same time (since 2.0)
#
# .. note:: All boolean arguments default to false.
#
# Since: 1.2
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "dump-guest-memory",
# "arguments": { "paging": false, "protocol": "fd:dump" } }
# <- { "return": {} }
##
{ 'command': 'dump-guest-memory',
'data': { 'paging': 'bool', 'protocol': 'str', '*detach': 'bool',
'*begin': 'int', '*length': 'int',
'*format': 'DumpGuestMemoryFormat'} }
##
# @DumpStatus:
#
# Describe the status of a long-running background guest memory dump.
#
# @none: no dump-guest-memory has started yet.
#
# @active: there is one dump running in background.
#
# @completed: the last dump has finished successfully.
#
# @failed: the last dump has failed.
#
# Since: 2.6
##
{ 'enum': 'DumpStatus',
'data': [ 'none', 'active', 'completed', 'failed' ] }
##
# @DumpQueryResult:
#
# The result format for 'query-dump'.
#
# @status: enum of @DumpStatus, which shows current dump status
#
# @completed: bytes written in latest dump (uncompressed)
#
# @total: total bytes to be written in latest dump (uncompressed)
#
# Since: 2.6
##
{ 'struct': 'DumpQueryResult',
'data': { 'status': 'DumpStatus',
'completed': 'int',
'total': 'int' } }
##
# @query-dump:
#
# Query latest dump status.
#
# Returns: A @DumpStatus object showing the dump status.
#
# Since: 2.6
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "query-dump" }
# <- { "return": { "status": "active", "completed": 1024000,
# "total": 2048000 } }
##
{ 'command': 'query-dump', 'returns': 'DumpQueryResult' }
##
# @DUMP_COMPLETED:
#
# Emitted when background dump has completed
#
# @result: final dump status
#
# @error: human-readable error string that provides hint on why dump
# failed. Only presents on failure. The user should not try to
# interpret the error string.
#
# Since: 2.6
#
# Example:
#
# <- { "event": "DUMP_COMPLETED",
# "data": { "result": { "total": 1090650112, "status": "completed",
# "completed": 1090650112 } },
# "timestamp": { "seconds": 1648244171, "microseconds": 950316 } }
##
{ 'event': 'DUMP_COMPLETED' ,
'data': { 'result': 'DumpQueryResult', '*error': 'str' } }
##
# @DumpGuestMemoryCapability:
#
# @formats: the available formats for dump-guest-memory
#
# Since: 2.0
##
{ 'struct': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability',
'data': {
'formats': ['DumpGuestMemoryFormat'] } }
##
# @query-dump-guest-memory-capability:
#
# Returns the available formats for dump-guest-memory
#
# Returns: A @DumpGuestMemoryCapability object listing available
# formats for dump-guest-memory
#
# Since: 2.0
#
# Example:
#
# -> { "execute": "query-dump-guest-memory-capability" }
# <- { "return": { "formats":
# ["elf", "kdump-zlib", "kdump-lzo", "kdump-snappy"] } }
##
{ 'command': 'query-dump-guest-memory-capability',
'returns': 'DumpGuestMemoryCapability' }