2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/guestfs-py.c b/python/guestfs-py.c
index 24f9ff8b..dd9f4ca3 100644
--- a/python/guestfs-py.c
+++ b/python/guestfs-py.c
@@ -3181,6 +3181,30 @@ py_guestfs_drop_caches (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
   return py_r;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+py_guestfs_dmesg (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+  PyObject *py_g;
+  guestfs_h *g;
+  PyObject *py_r;
+  char *r;
+
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple (args, (char *) "O:guestfs_dmesg",
+                         &py_g))
+    return NULL;
+  g = get_handle (py_g);
+
+  r = guestfs_dmesg (g);
+  if (r == NULL) {
+    PyErr_SetString (PyExc_RuntimeError, guestfs_last_error (g));
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  py_r = PyString_FromString (r);
+  free (r);
+  return py_r;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
   { (char *) "create", py_guestfs_create, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "close", py_guestfs_close, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
@@ -3295,6 +3319,7 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
   { (char *) "cp_a", py_guestfs_cp_a, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "mv", py_guestfs_mv, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { (char *) "drop_caches", py_guestfs_drop_caches, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
+  { (char *) "dmesg", py_guestfs_dmesg, METH_VARARGS, NULL },
   { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/python/guestfs.py b/python/guestfs.py
index 6c425bc2..e2989223 100644
--- a/python/guestfs.py
+++ b/python/guestfs.py
@@ -1221,3 +1221,15 @@ class GuestFS:
         """
         return libguestfsmod.drop_caches (self._o, whattodrop)
 
+    def dmesg (self):
+        u"""This returns the kernel messages ("dmesg" output) from
+        the guest kernel. This is sometimes useful for extended
+        debugging of problems.
+        
+        Another way to get the same information is to enable
+        verbose messages with "g.set_verbose" or by setting the
+        environment variable "LIBGUESTFS_DEBUG=1" before running
+        the program.
+        """
+        return libguestfsmod.dmesg (self._o)
+