Bug 611824

It's still not supported in upstream.

Test with libvirt-0.9.4-23.el6.x86_64, doesn't find this two methods 'virDomainMemoryPeek' and 'virDomainBlockPeek'.

# nm -a -D /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirtmod.so | grep Peek

# nm -a -D /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirtmod_qemu.so | grep Peek

patch committed to upstream.

commit d758e0cb64e4a02a2f51de892fca4159952ac027
Author: Osier Yang <jyang>
Date:   Thu Dec 15 21:01:33 2011 +0800

    python: Expose blockPeek and memoryPeek in Python binding
    
    A simple example to show how to use it:
    
    \#! /usr/bin/python
    
    import os
    import sys
    import libvirt
    
    disk = "/var/lib/libvirt/images/test.img"
    
    conn = libvirt.open(None)
    dom = conn.lookupByName('test')
    
    mem_contents = dom.memoryPeek(0, 32, libvirt.VIR_MEMORY_VIRTUAL);
    sys.stdout.write(mem_contents)
    
    % python test.py | hexdump
    0000000 1660 0209 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
    0000010 0000 0000 0000 0000 d3a0 01d0 0000 0000
    0000020

# rpm -q libvirt libvirt-python
libvirt-0.9.9-1.el6.x86_64
libvirt-python-0.9.9-1.el6.x86_64

# nm -a -D /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirtmod.so | grep MemoryPeek
                 U virDomainMemoryPeek

1. start a domain
# virsh list
 Id Name                 State
----------------------------------
 53 rhel6u2              running

2. check
# python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 12 2011, 14:03:14) 
[GCC 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import libvirt
>>> conn = libvirt.open(None)
>>> dom = conn.lookupByName('rhel6u2')
>>> dom.memoryPeek(0, 32, libvirt.VIR_MEMORY_VIRTUAL)
'\xd0\x93\xb6\xbb9\x7f\x00\x00\r\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00x\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xb0\x93\xb6\xbb9\x7f\x00\x00'
>>> dom.memoryPeek(0, 32, libvirt.VIR_MEMORY_PHYSICAL)
'S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0\xc3\xe2\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0'
>>> 

so, this is fixed

(In reply to comment #13)
> # rpm -q libvirt libvirt-python
> libvirt-0.9.9-1.el6.x86_64
> libvirt-python-0.9.9-1.el6.x86_64
> 
> # nm -a -D /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirtmod.so | grep MemoryPeek
>                  U virDomainMemoryPeek
> 
> 1. start a domain
> # virsh list
>  Id Name                 State
> ----------------------------------
>  53 rhel6u2              running
> 
> 2. check
> # python
> Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 12 2011, 14:03:14) 
> [GCC 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import libvirt
> >>> conn = libvirt.open(None)
> >>> dom = conn.lookupByName('rhel6u2')
> >>> dom.memoryPeek(0, 32, libvirt.VIR_MEMORY_VIRTUAL)
> '\xd0\x93\xb6\xbb9\x7f\x00\x00\r\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00x\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xb0\x93\xb6\xbb9\x7f\x00\x00'
> >>> dom.memoryPeek(0, 32, libvirt.VIR_MEMORY_PHYSICAL)
> 'S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0\xc3\xe2\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0S\xff\x00\xf0'
> >>> 
> 

for blockPeek:

# nm -a -D /usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/libvirtmod.so | grep BlockPeek
                 U virDomainBlockPeek

>>> dom.blockPeek('hda', 0, 10, 0)
'\xfa\xb8\x00\x10\x8e\xd0\xbc\x00\xb0\xb8'
>>> dom.blockPeek('hda', 10, 10, 0)
'\x00\x00\x8e\xd8\x8e\xc0\xfb\xbe\x00|'


> so, this is fixed

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    New Contents:
No documentation needed.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0748.html