The condition checking whether --format was specified was incorrect. virsh crashed if the following format was used: virsh dump VM dump --format '' --memory-only Resolves: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272301 --- tools/virsh-domain.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c index 456e273..4191548 100644 --- a/tools/virsh-domain.c +++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c @@ -5280,7 +5280,7 @@ doDump(void *opaque) goto out; } - if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "format", &format)) { + if (vshCommandOptString(ctl, cmd, "format", &format) > 0) { if (STREQ(format, "kdump-zlib")) { dumpformat = VIR_DOMAIN_CORE_DUMP_FORMAT_KDUMP_ZLIB; } else if (STREQ(format, "kdump-lzo")) { -- 2.4.5