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-rw-r--r--scripts/dump-guest-memory.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py b/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
index 51acfcd0c0..276eebf0c2 100644
--- a/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
+++ b/scripts/dump-guest-memory.py
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
import ctypes
import struct
-UINTPTR_T = gdb.lookup_type("uintptr_t")
+try:
+ UINTPTR_T = gdb.lookup_type("uintptr_t")
+except Exception as inst:
+ raise gdb.GdbError("Symbols must be loaded prior to sourcing dump-guest-memory.\n"
+ "Symbols may be loaded by 'attach'ing a QEMU process id or by "
+ "'load'ing a QEMU binary.")
TARGET_PAGE_SIZE = 0x1000
TARGET_PAGE_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF000