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The flattened format (currently output by QEMU) is used by makedumpfile
only when it is outputting a vmcore to a file which is not seekable. The
flattened format functions essentially as a set of instructions of the
form "seek to the given offset, then write the given bytes out".
The flattened format can be reconstructed using makedumpfile -R, or
makedumpfile-R.pl, but it is a slow process because it requires copying
the entire vmcore. The flattened format can also be directly read by
crash, but still, it requires a lengthy reassembly phase.
To sum up, the flattened format is not an ideal one: it should only be
used on files which are actually not seekable. This is the exact
strategy which makedumpfile uses, as seen in the implementation of
"write_buffer()" in makedumpfile [1]. However, QEMU has always used the
flattened format. For compatibility it is best not to change the default
output format without warning. So, add a flag to DumpState which changes
the output to use the normal (i.e. raw) format. This flag will be added
to the QMP and HMP commands in the next change.
[1]:
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