source: vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Main/MachineImpl.cpp@ 2469

/** @file
 *
 * VirtualBox COM class implementation
 */

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH
 *
 * This file is part of VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE), as
 * available from http://www.virtualbox.org. This file is free software;
 * you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
 * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
 * in version 2 as it comes in the "COPYING" file of the VirtualBox OSE
 * distribution. VirtualBox OSE is distributed in the hope that it will
 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY of any kind.
 *
 * If you received this file as part of a commercial VirtualBox
 * distribution, then only the terms of your commercial VirtualBox
 * license agreement apply instead of the previous paragraph.
 */

#if defined(__WIN__)
#elif defined(__LINUX__)
#endif

#ifdef VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER
#   include <errno.h>
#   include <sys/types.h>
#   include <sys/stat.h>
#   include <sys/ipc.h>
#   include <sys/sem.h>
#endif

#include "VirtualBoxImpl.h"
#include "MachineImpl.h"
#include "HardDiskImpl.h"
#include "HostDVDDriveImpl.h"
#include "HostFloppyDriveImpl.h"
#include "ProgressImpl.h"
#include "HardDiskAttachmentImpl.h"
#include "USBControllerImpl.h"
#include "HostImpl.h"
#include "SystemPropertiesImpl.h"
#include "SharedFolderImpl.h"
#include "GuestOSTypeImpl.h"
#include "VirtualBoxErrorInfoImpl.h"

#include "USBProxyService.h"

#include "Logging.h"

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <VBox/err.h>
#include <VBox/cfgldr.h>
#include <iprt/path.h>
#include <iprt/dir.h>
#include <iprt/asm.h>
#include <iprt/process.h>
#include <VBox/param.h>

#include <algorithm>

#if defined(__WIN__) || defined(__OS2__)
#define HOSTSUFF_EXE ".exe"
#else /* !__WIN__ */
#define HOSTSUFF_EXE ""
#endif /* !__WIN__ */

// defines / prototypes
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Local mutability check macro for Machine implementation only.
 */
#define CHECK_SETTER() \
    if (!isMutable()) \
        return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED, tr ("The machine is not mutable"));

// globals
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  @note The template is NOT completely valid according to VBOX_XML_SCHEMA
 *  (when loading a newly created settings file, validation will be turned off)
 */
static const char DefaultMachineConfig[] =
{
    "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>" RTFILE_LINEFEED
    "<!-- InnoTek VirtualBox Machine Configuration -->" RTFILE_LINEFEED
    "<VirtualBox xmlns=\"" VBOX_XML_NAMESPACE "\" "
        "version=\"" VBOX_XML_VERSION "-" VBOX_XML_PLATFORM "\">" RTFILE_LINEFEED
    "</VirtualBox>" RTFILE_LINEFEED
};

/**
 *  Progress callback handler for lengthy operations
 *  (corresponds to the FNRTPROGRESS typedef).
 *
 *  @param uPercentage  Completetion precentage (0-100).
 *  @param pvUser       Pointer to the Progress instance.
 */
static DECLCALLBACK(int) progressCallback (unsigned uPercentage, void *pvUser)
{
    Progress *progress = static_cast <Progress *> (pvUser);

    /* update the progress object */
    if (progress)
        progress->notifyProgress (uPercentage);

    return VINF_SUCCESS;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Machine::Data structure
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Machine::Data::Data()
{
    mRegistered = FALSE;
    /* mUuid is initialized in Machine::init() */

    mMachineState = MachineState_PoweredOff;
    RTTIMESPEC time;
    mLastStateChange = RTTimeSpecGetMilli (RTTimeNow (&time));
    mCurrentStateModified = TRUE;
    mHandleCfgFile = NIL_RTFILE;

    mSession.mPid = NIL_RTPROCESS;
    mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionClosed;
}

Machine::Data::~Data()
{
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Machine::UserData structure
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Machine::UserData::UserData()
{
    /* default values for a newly created machine */

    mNameSync = TRUE;

    /* mName, mOSType, mSnapshotFolder, mSnapshotFolderFull are initialized in
     * Machine::init() */
}

Machine::UserData::~UserData()
{
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Machine::HWData structure
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Machine::HWData::HWData()
{
    /* default values for a newly created machine */
    mMemorySize = 128;
    mVRAMSize = 8;
    mMonitorCount = 1;
    mHWVirtExEnabled = TriStateBool_False;

    /* default boot order: floppy - DVD - HDD */
    mBootOrder [0] = DeviceType_FloppyDevice;
    mBootOrder [1] = DeviceType_DVDDevice;
    mBootOrder [2] = DeviceType_HardDiskDevice;
    for (size_t i = 3; i < ELEMENTS (mBootOrder); i++)
        mBootOrder [i] = DeviceType_NoDevice;

    mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipDisabled;
}

Machine::HWData::~HWData()
{
}

bool Machine::HWData::operator== (const HWData &that) const
{
    if (this == &that)
        return true;

    if (mMemorySize != that.mMemorySize ||
        mVRAMSize != that.mVRAMSize ||
        mMonitorCount != that.mMonitorCount ||
        mHWVirtExEnabled != that.mHWVirtExEnabled ||
        mClipboardMode != that.mClipboardMode)
        return false;

    for (size_t i = 0; i < ELEMENTS (mBootOrder); ++ i)
        if (mBootOrder [i] != that.mBootOrder [i])
            return false;

    if (mSharedFolders.size() != that.mSharedFolders.size())
        return false;

    if (mSharedFolders.size() == 0)
        return true;

    /* Make copies to speed up comparison */
    SharedFolderList folders = mSharedFolders;
    SharedFolderList thatFolders = that.mSharedFolders;

    SharedFolderList::iterator it = folders.begin();
    while (it != folders.end())
    {
        bool found = false;
        SharedFolderList::iterator thatIt = thatFolders.begin();
        while (thatIt != thatFolders.end())
        {
            if ((*it)->name() == (*thatIt)->name() &&
                RTPathCompare (Utf8Str ((*it)->hostPath()),
                               Utf8Str ((*thatIt)->hostPath())) == 0)
            {
                thatFolders.erase (thatIt);
                found = true;
                break;
            }
            else
                ++ thatIt;
        }
        if (found)
            it = folders.erase (it);
        else
            return false;
    }

    Assert (folders.size() == 0 && thatFolders.size() == 0);

    return true;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Machine::HDData structure
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Machine::HDData::HDData()
{
    /* default values for a newly created machine */
    mHDAttachmentsChanged = false;
}

Machine::HDData::~HDData()
{
}

bool Machine::HDData::operator== (const HDData &that) const
{
    if (this == &that)
        return true;

    if (mHDAttachments.size() != that.mHDAttachments.size())
        return false;

    if (mHDAttachments.size() == 0)
        return true;

    /* Make copies to speed up comparison */
    HDAttachmentList atts = mHDAttachments;
    HDAttachmentList thatAtts = that.mHDAttachments;

    HDAttachmentList::iterator it = atts.begin();
    while (it != atts.end())
    {
        bool found = false;
        HDAttachmentList::iterator thatIt = thatAtts.begin();
        while (thatIt != thatAtts.end())
        {
            if ((*it)->deviceNumber() == (*thatIt)->deviceNumber() &&
                (*it)->controller() == (*thatIt)->controller() &&
                (*it)->hardDisk().equalsTo ((*thatIt)->hardDisk()))
            {
                thatAtts.erase (thatIt);
                found = true;
                break;
            }
            else
                ++ thatIt;
        }
        if (found)
            it = atts.erase (it);
        else
            return false;
    }

    Assert (atts.size() == 0 && thatAtts.size() == 0);

    return true;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Machine class
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// constructor / destructor
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Machine::Machine() : mType (IsMachine) {}

Machine::~Machine() {}

HRESULT Machine::FinalConstruct()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));
    return S_OK;
}

void Machine::FinalRelease()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));
    uninit();
}

/**
 *  Initializes the instance.
 *
 *  @param aParent      Associated parent object
 *  @param aConfigFile  Local file system path to the VM settings file (can
 *                      be relative to the VirtualBox config directory).
 *  @param aMode        Init_New, Init_Existing or Init_Registered
 *  @param aName        name for the machine when aMode is Init_New
 *                      (ignored otherwise)
 *  @param aNameSync    |TRUE| to authomatically sync settings dir and file
 *                      name with the machine name. |FALSE| is used for legacy
 *                      machines where the file name is specified by the
 *                      user and should never change. Used only in Init_New
 *                      mode (ignored otherwise).
 *  @param aId          UUID of the machine (used only for consistency
 *                      check when aMode is Init_Registered; must match UUID
 *                      stored in the settings file).
 *
 *  @return  Success indicator. if not S_OK, the machine object is invalid
 */
HRESULT Machine::init (VirtualBox *aParent, const BSTR aConfigFile,
                       InitMode aMode, const BSTR aName /* = NULL */,
                       BOOL aNameSync /* = TRUE */,
                       const Guid *aId /* = NULL */)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("aConfigFile='%ls', aMode=%d\n", aConfigFile, aMode));

    AssertReturn (aParent, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aConfigFile, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aMode != Init_New || (aName != NULL && *aName != '\0'),
                              E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aMode != Init_Registered || aId != NULL, E_FAIL);

    /* Enclose the state transition NotReady->InInit->Ready */
    AutoInitSpan autoInitSpan (this);
    AssertReturn (autoInitSpan.isOk(), E_UNEXPECTED);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* share the parent weakly */
    unconst (mParent) = aParent;

    /* register with parent early, since uninit() will unconditionally
     * unregister on failure */
    mParent->addDependentChild (this);

    /* create machine data structures */
    mData.allocate();
    mSSData.allocate();

    mUserData.allocate();
    mHWData.allocate();
    mHDData.allocate();

    char configFileFull [RTPATH_MAX] = {0};

    /* memorize the config file name (as provided) */
    mData->mConfigFile = aConfigFile;

    /* get the full file name */
    int vrc = RTPathAbsEx (mParent->homeDir(), Utf8Str (aConfigFile),
                           configFileFull, sizeof (configFileFull));
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Invalid settings file name: '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                aConfigFile, vrc);
    mData->mConfigFileFull = configFileFull;

    mData->mAccessible = TRUE;

    if (aMode != Init_New)
    {
        /* lock the settings file */
        rc = lockConfig();

        if (aMode == Init_Registered && FAILED (rc))
        {
            /* If the machine is registered, then, instead of returning a
             * failure, we mark it as inaccessible and set the result to
             * success to give it a try later */
            mData->mAccessible = FALSE;
            /* fetch the current error info */
            mData->mAccessError = com::ErrorInfo();
            LogWarning (("Machine {%Vuuid} is inaccessible! [%ls]\n",
                         mData->mUuid.raw(),
                         mData->mAccessError.getText().raw()));
            rc = S_OK;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        /* check for the file existence */
        RTFILE f = NIL_RTFILE;
        int vrc = RTFileOpen (&f, configFileFull, RTFILE_O_READ);
        if (VBOX_SUCCESS (vrc) || vrc == VERR_SHARING_VIOLATION)
        {
            rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Settings file '%s' already exists"), configFileFull);
            if (VBOX_SUCCESS (vrc))
                RTFileClose (f);
        }
        else
        {
            if (vrc != VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND && vrc != VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND)
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Invalid settings file name: '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                        mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(), vrc);
        }
    }

    CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);

    /* initialize mOSType */
    mUserData->mOSType = mParent->getUnknownOSType();

    /* create associated BIOS settings object */
    unconst (mBIOSSettings).createObject();
    mBIOSSettings->init(this);

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    /* create an associated VRDPServer object (default is disabled) */
    unconst (mVRDPServer).createObject();
    mVRDPServer->init(this);
#endif

    /* create an associated DVD drive object */
    unconst (mDVDDrive).createObject();
    mDVDDrive->init (this);

    /* create an associated floppy drive object */
    unconst (mFloppyDrive).createObject();
    mFloppyDrive->init (this);

    /* create the audio adapter object (always present, default is disabled) */
    unconst (mAudioAdapter).createObject();
    mAudioAdapter->init(this);

    /* create the USB controller object (always present, default is disabled) */
    unconst (mUSBController).createObject();
    mUSBController->init(this);

    /* create associated network adapter objects */
    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
    {
        unconst (mNetworkAdapters [slot]).createObject();
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->init (this, slot);
    }

    if (aMode == Init_Registered)
    {
        /* store the supplied UUID (will be used to check for UUID consistency
         * in loadSettings() */
        unconst (mData->mUuid) = *aId;
        /* try to  load settings only if the settings file is accessible */
        if (mData->mAccessible)
            rc = registeredInit();
    }
    else
    {
        if (aMode != Init_New)
        {
            rc = loadSettings (false /* aRegistered */);
        }
        else
        {
            /* create the machine UUID */
            unconst (mData->mUuid).create();

            /* memorize the provided new machine's name */
            mUserData->mName = aName;
            mUserData->mNameSync = aNameSync;

            /* initialize the default snapshots folder
             * (note: depends on the name value set above!) */
            rc = COMSETTER(SnapshotFolder) (NULL);
            AssertComRC (rc);
        }

        /* commit all changes made during the initialization */
        if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            commit();
    }

    /* Confirm a successful initialization when it's the case */
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        if (mData->mAccessible)
            autoInitSpan.setSucceeded();
        else
            autoInitSpan.setLimited();
    }

    LogFlowThisFunc (("mName='%ls', mRegistered=%RTbool, mAccessible=%RTbool "
                      "rc=%08X\n",
                      mUserData->mName.raw(), mData->mRegistered,
                      mData->mAccessible, rc));

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Initializes the registered machine by loading the settings file.
 *  This method is separated from #init() in order to make it possible to
 *  retry the operation after VirtualBox startup instead of refusing to
 *  startup the whole VirtualBox server in case if the settings file of some
 *  registered VM is invalid or inaccessible.
 *
 *  @note Must be always called from this object's write lock
 *        (unless called from #init() that doesn't need any locking).
 *  @note Locks the mUSBController method for writing.
 *  @note Subclasses must not call this method.
 */
HRESULT Machine::registeredInit()
{
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine, E_FAIL);
    AssertReturn (!mData->mUuid.isEmpty(), E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (!mData->mAccessible)
        rc = lockConfig();

    /* Temporarily reset the registered flag in order to let setters potentially
     * called from loadSettings() succeed (isMutable() used in all setters
     * will return FALSE for a Machine instance if mRegistered is TRUE). */
    mData->mRegistered = FALSE;

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        rc = loadSettings (true /* aRegistered */);

        if (FAILED (rc))
            unlockConfig();
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        mData->mAccessible = TRUE;

        /* commit all changes made during loading the settings file */
        commit();

        /* VirtualBox will not call trySetRegistered(), so
         * inform the USB proxy about all attached USB filters */
        mUSBController->onMachineRegistered (TRUE);
    }
    else
    {
        /* If the machine is registered, then, instead of returning a
         * failure, we mark it as inaccessible and set the result to
         * success to give it a try later */
        mData->mAccessible = FALSE;
        /* fetch the current error info */
        mData->mAccessError = com::ErrorInfo();
        LogWarning (("Machine {%Vuuid} is inaccessible! [%ls]\n",
                     mData->mUuid.raw(),
                     mData->mAccessError.getText().raw()));

        /* rollback all changes */
        rollback (false /* aNotify */);

        rc = S_OK;
    }

    /* Restore the registered flag (even on failure) */
    mData->mRegistered = TRUE;

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Uninitializes the instance.
 *  Called either from FinalRelease() or by the parent when it gets destroyed.
 *
 *  @note The caller of this method must make sure that this object
 *  a) doesn't have active callers on the current thread and b) is not locked
 *  by the current thread; otherwise uninit() will hang either a) due to
 *  AutoUninitSpan waiting for a number of calls to drop to zero or b) due to
 *  a dead-lock caused by this thread waiting for all callers on the other
 *  threads are are done but preventing them from doing so by holding a lock.
 */
void Machine::uninit()
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    Assert (!isLockedOnCurrentThread());

    /* Enclose the state transition Ready->InUninit->NotReady */
    AutoUninitSpan autoUninitSpan (this);
    if (autoUninitSpan.uninitDone())
        return;

    Assert (mType == IsMachine);
    Assert (!!mData && !!mUserData && !!mHWData && !!mHDData && !!mSSData);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("initFailed()=%d\n", autoUninitSpan.initFailed()));
    LogFlowThisFunc (("mRegistered=%d\n", mData->mRegistered));

    /*
     *  Enter this object's lock because there may be a SessionMachine instance
     *  somewhere around, that shares our data and lock but doesn't use our
     *  addCaller()/removeCaller(), and it may be also accessing the same
     *  data members. mParent lock is necessary as well because of
     *  SessionMachine::uninit(), etc.
     */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    if (!mData->mSession.mMachine.isNull())
    {
        /*
         *  Theoretically, this can only happen if the VirtualBox server has
         *  been terminated while there were clients running that owned open
         *  direct sessions. Since in this case we are definitely called by
         *  VirtualBox::uninit(), we may be sure that SessionMachine::uninit()
         *  won't happen on the client watcher thread (because it does
         *  VirtualBox::addCaller() for the duration of the
         *  SessionMachine::checkForDeath() call, so that VirtualBox::uninit()
         *  cannot happen until the VirtualBox caller is released). This is
         *  important, because SessionMachine::uninit() cannot correctly operate
         *  after we return from this method (it expects the Machine instance
         *  is still valid). We'll call it ourselves below.
         */
        LogWarningThisFunc (("Session machine is not NULL (%p), "
                             "the direct session is still open!\n",
                             (SessionMachine *) mData->mSession.mMachine));

        if (mData->mMachineState >= MachineState_Running)
        {
            LogWarningThisFunc (("Setting state to Aborted!\n"));
            /* set machine state using SessionMachine reimplementation */
            static_cast <Machine *> (mData->mSession.mMachine)
                ->setMachineState (MachineState_Aborted);
        }

        /*
         *  Uninitialize SessionMachine using public uninit() to indicate
         *  an unexpected uninitialization.
         */
        mData->mSession.mMachine->uninit();
        /* SessionMachine::uninit() must set mSession.mMachine to null */
        Assert (mData->mSession.mMachine.isNull());
    }

    /* the lock is no more necessary (SessionMachine is uninitialized) */
    alock.leave();

    /* make sure the configuration is unlocked */
    unlockConfig();

    if (isModified())
    {
        LogWarningThisFunc (("Discarding unsaved settings changes!\n"));
        rollback (false /* aNotify */);
    }

    uninitDataAndChildObjects();

    mParent->removeDependentChild (this);

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

// IMachine properties
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(Parent) (IVirtualBox **aParent)
{
    if (!aParent)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* mParent is constant during life time, no need to lock */
    mParent.queryInterfaceTo (aParent);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(Accessible) (BOOL *aAccessible)
{
    if (!aAccessible)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (!mData->mAccessible)
    {
        /* try to initialize the VM once more if not accessible */

        AutoReadySpan autoReadySpan (this);
        AssertReturn (autoReadySpan.isOk(), E_FAIL);

        rc = registeredInit();

        if (mData->mAccessible)
            autoReadySpan.setSucceeded();
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        *aAccessible = mData->mAccessible;

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(AccessError) (IVirtualBoxErrorInfo **aAccessError)
{
    if (!aAccessError)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    if (mData->mAccessible || !mData->mAccessError.isBasicAvailable())
    {
        /* return shortly */
        aAccessError = NULL;
        return S_OK;
    }

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    ComObjPtr <VirtualBoxErrorInfo> errorInfo;
    rc = errorInfo.createObject();
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        errorInfo->init (mData->mAccessError.getResultCode(),
                         mData->mAccessError.getInterfaceID(),
                         mData->mAccessError.getComponent(),
                         mData->mAccessError.getText());
        rc = errorInfo.queryInterfaceTo (aAccessError);
    }

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(Name) (BSTR *aName)
{
    if (!aName)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mUserData->mName.cloneTo (aName);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(Name) (INPTR BSTR aName)
{
    if (!aName)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    if (!*aName)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Machine name cannot be empty"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mUserData.backup();
    mUserData->mName = aName;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(Description) (BSTR *aDescription)
{
    if (!aDescription)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mUserData->mDescription.cloneTo (aDescription);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(Description) (INPTR BSTR aDescription)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mUserData.backup();
    mUserData->mDescription = aDescription;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(Id) (GUIDPARAMOUT aId)
{
    if (!aId)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mData->mUuid.cloneTo (aId);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(OSType) (IGuestOSType **aOSType)
{
    if (!aOSType)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mUserData->mOSType.queryInterfaceTo (aOSType);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(OSType) (IGuestOSType *aOSType)
{
    if (!aOSType)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mUserData.backup();
    mUserData->mOSType = aOSType;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(MemorySize) (ULONG *memorySize)
{
    if (!memorySize)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *memorySize = mHWData->mMemorySize;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(MemorySize) (ULONG memorySize)
{
    /* check RAM limits */
    if (memorySize < SchemaDefs::MinGuestRAM ||
        memorySize > SchemaDefs::MaxGuestRAM)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid RAM size: %lu MB (must be in range [%lu, %lu] MB)"),
                memorySize, SchemaDefs::MinGuestRAM, SchemaDefs::MaxGuestRAM);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mMemorySize = memorySize;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(VRAMSize) (ULONG *memorySize)
{
    if (!memorySize)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *memorySize = mHWData->mVRAMSize;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(VRAMSize) (ULONG memorySize)
{
    /* check VRAM limits */
    if (memorySize < SchemaDefs::MinGuestVRAM ||
        memorySize > SchemaDefs::MaxGuestVRAM)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid VRAM size: %lu MB (must be in range [%lu, %lu] MB)"),
                memorySize, SchemaDefs::MinGuestVRAM, SchemaDefs::MaxGuestVRAM);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mVRAMSize = memorySize;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(MonitorCount) (ULONG *monitorCount)
{
    if (!monitorCount)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *monitorCount = mHWData->mMonitorCount;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(MonitorCount) (ULONG monitorCount)
{
    /* make sure monitor count is a sensible number */
    if (monitorCount < 1 || monitorCount > SchemaDefs::MaxGuestMonitors)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid monitor count: %lu (must be in range [%lu, %lu])"),
                monitorCount, 1, SchemaDefs::MaxGuestMonitors);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mMonitorCount = monitorCount;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(BIOSSettings)(IBIOSSettings **biosSettings)
{
    if (!biosSettings)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* mBIOSSettings is constant during life time, no need to lock */
    mBIOSSettings.queryInterfaceTo (biosSettings);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(HWVirtExEnabled)(TriStateBool_T *enabled)
{
    if (!enabled)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *enabled = mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(HWVirtExEnabled)(TriStateBool_T enable)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    /** @todo check validity! */

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled = enable;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SnapshotFolder) (BSTR *aSnapshotFolder)
{
    if (!aSnapshotFolder)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.cloneTo (aSnapshotFolder);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMSETTER(SnapshotFolder) (INPTR BSTR aSnapshotFolder)
{
    /// @todo (r=dmik):
    //  1. Allow to change the name of the snapshot folder containing snapshots
    //  2. Rename the folder on disk instead of just changing the property
    //     value (to be smart and not to leave garbage). Note that it cannot be
    //     done here because the change may be rolled back. Thus, the right
    //     place is #saveSettings().

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    if (!mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("The snapshot folder of a machine with snapshots cannot "
                "be changed (please discard all snapshots first)"));

    Utf8Str snapshotFolder = aSnapshotFolder;

    if (snapshotFolder.isEmpty())
    {
        if (isInOwnDir())
        {
            /* the default snapshots folder is 'Snapshots' in the machine dir */
            snapshotFolder = Utf8Str ("Snapshots");
        }
        else
        {
            /* the default snapshots folder is {UUID}, for backwards
             * compatibility and to resolve conflicts */
            snapshotFolder = Utf8StrFmt ("{%Vuuid}", mData->mUuid.raw());
        }
    }

    int vrc = calculateFullPath (snapshotFolder, snapshotFolder);
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Invalid snapshot folder: '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                aSnapshotFolder, vrc);

    mUserData.backup();
    mUserData->mSnapshotFolder = aSnapshotFolder;
    mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull = snapshotFolder;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(HardDiskAttachments) (IHardDiskAttachmentCollection **attachments)
{
    if (!attachments)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachmentCollection> collection;
    collection.createObject();
    collection->init (mHDData->mHDAttachments);
    collection.queryInterfaceTo (attachments);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(VRDPServer)(IVRDPServer **vrdpServer)
{
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    if (!vrdpServer)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Assert (!!mVRDPServer);
    mVRDPServer.queryInterfaceTo (vrdpServer);

    return S_OK;
#else
    return E_NOTIMPL;
#endif
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(DVDDrive) (IDVDDrive **dvdDrive)
{
    if (!dvdDrive)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Assert (!!mDVDDrive);
    mDVDDrive.queryInterfaceTo (dvdDrive);
    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(FloppyDrive) (IFloppyDrive **floppyDrive)
{
    if (!floppyDrive)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Assert (!!mFloppyDrive);
    mFloppyDrive.queryInterfaceTo (floppyDrive);
    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(AudioAdapter)(IAudioAdapter **audioAdapter)
{
    if (!audioAdapter)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mAudioAdapter.queryInterfaceTo (audioAdapter);
    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(USBController)(IUSBController * *a_ppUSBController)
{
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_USB
    if (!a_ppUSBController)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    HRESULT rc = mParent->host()->checkUSBProxyService();
    CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mUSBController.queryInterfaceTo (a_ppUSBController);
    return S_OK;
#else
    /* Note: The GUI depends on this method returning E_NOTIMPL with no
     * extended error info to indicate that USB is simply not available
     * (w/o treting it as a failure), for example, as in OSE */
    return E_NOTIMPL;
#endif
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SettingsFilePath) (BSTR *filePath)
{
    if (!filePath)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mData->mConfigFileFull.cloneTo (filePath);
    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SettingsModified) (BOOL *modified)
{
    if (!modified)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    if (!isConfigLocked())
    {
        /*
         *  if we're ready and isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means
         *  that no config file exists yet, so always return TRUE
         */
        *modified = TRUE;
    }
    else
    {
        *modified = isModified();
    }

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SessionState) (SessionState_T *aSessionState)
{
    if (!aSessionState)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aSessionState = mData->mSession.mState;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SessionType) (BSTR *aSessionType)
{
    if (!aSessionType)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mData->mSession.mType.cloneTo (aSessionType);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SessionPid) (ULONG *aSessionPid)
{
    if (!aSessionPid)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aSessionPid = mData->mSession.mPid;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(State) (MachineState_T *machineState)
{
    if (!machineState)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *machineState = mData->mMachineState;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(LastStateChange) (LONG64 *aLastStateChange)
{
    if (!aLastStateChange)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aLastStateChange = mData->mLastStateChange;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(StateFilePath) (BSTR *aStateFilePath)
{
    if (!aStateFilePath)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mSSData->mStateFilePath.cloneTo (aStateFilePath);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(CurrentSnapshot) (ISnapshot **aCurrentSnapshot)
{
    if (!aCurrentSnapshot)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mData->mCurrentSnapshot.queryInterfaceTo (aCurrentSnapshot);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(SnapshotCount) (ULONG *aSnapshotCount)
{
    if (!aSnapshotCount)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aSnapshotCount = !mData->mFirstSnapshot ? 0 :
                      mData->mFirstSnapshot->descendantCount() + 1 /* self */;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::COMGETTER(CurrentStateModified) (BOOL *aCurrentStateModified)
{
    if (!aCurrentStateModified)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    /*
     *  Note: for machines with no snapshots, we always return FALSE
     *  (mData->mCurrentStateModified will be TRUE in this case, for historical
     *  reasons :)
     */

    *aCurrentStateModified = !mData->mFirstSnapshot ? FALSE :
                             mData->mCurrentStateModified;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP
Machine::COMGETTER(SharedFolders) (ISharedFolderCollection **aSharedFolders)
{
    if (!aSharedFolders)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    ComObjPtr <SharedFolderCollection> coll;
    coll.createObject();
    coll->init (mHWData->mSharedFolders);
    coll.queryInterfaceTo (aSharedFolders);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP
Machine::COMGETTER(ClipboardMode) (ClipboardMode_T *aClipboardMode)
{
    if (!aClipboardMode)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aClipboardMode = mHWData->mClipboardMode;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP
Machine::COMSETTER(ClipboardMode) (ClipboardMode_T aClipboardMode)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mClipboardMode = aClipboardMode;

    return S_OK;
}

// IMachine methods
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

STDMETHODIMP Machine::SetBootOrder (ULONG aPosition, DeviceType_T aDevice)
{
    if (aPosition < 1 || aPosition > SchemaDefs::MaxBootPosition)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid boot position: %lu (must be in range [1, %lu])"),
                aPosition, SchemaDefs::MaxBootPosition);

    if (aDevice == DeviceType_USBDevice)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Booting from USB devices is not currently supported"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mBootOrder [aPosition - 1] = aDevice;

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetBootOrder (ULONG aPosition, DeviceType_T *aDevice)
{
    if (aPosition < 1 || aPosition > SchemaDefs::MaxBootPosition)
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid boot position: %lu (must be in range [1, %lu])"),
                aPosition, SchemaDefs::MaxBootPosition);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aDevice = mHWData->mBootOrder [aPosition - 1];

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::AttachHardDisk (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId,
                                      DiskControllerType_T aCtl, LONG aDev)
{
    Guid id = aId;

    if (id.isEmpty() ||
        aCtl == DiskControllerType_InvalidController ||
        aDev < 0 || aDev > 1)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    if (!mData->mRegistered)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Cannot attach hard disks to an unregistered machine"));

    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Saved, E_FAIL);

    if (mData->mMachineState >= MachineState_Running)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Invalid machine state: %d"), mData->mMachineState);

    /* see if the device on the controller is already busy */
    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end(); ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        if (hda->controller() == aCtl && hda->deviceNumber() == aDev)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Hard disk '%ls' is already attached to device slot %d "
                    "on controller %d"),
                hd->toString().raw(), aDev, aCtl);
        }
    }

    /* find a hard disk by UUID */
    ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd;
    HRESULT rc = mParent->getHardDisk (id, hd);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    AutoLock hdLock (hd);

    if (hd->isDifferencing())
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Cannot attach the differencing hard disk '%ls'"),
            hd->toString().raw());

    bool dirty = false;

    switch (hd->type())
    {
        case HardDiskType_ImmutableHardDisk:
        {
            Assert (hd->machineId().isEmpty());
            /*
             *  increase readers to protect from unregistration
             *  until rollback()/commit() is done
             */
            hd->addReader();
            Log3 (("A: %ls proteced\n", hd->toString().raw()));
            dirty = true;
            break;
        }
        case HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk:
        {
            Assert (hd->children().size() == 0);
            Assert (hd->snapshotId().isEmpty());
            /* fall through */
        }
        case HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk:
        {
            if (hd->machineId().isEmpty())
            {
                /* attach directly */
                hd->setMachineId (mData->mUuid);
                Log3 (("A: %ls associated with %Vuuid\n",
                       hd->toString().raw(), mData->mUuid.raw()));
                dirty = true;
            }
            else
            {
                /* determine what the hard disk is already attached to */
                if (hd->snapshotId().isEmpty())
                {
                    /* attached to some VM in its current state */
                    if (hd->machineId() == mData->mUuid)
                    {
                        /*
                         *  attached to us, either in the backed up list of the
                         *  attachments or in the current one; the former is ok
                         *  (reattachment takes place within the same
                         *  "transaction") the latter is an error so check for it
                         */
                        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it =
                                mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
                             it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end(); ++ it)
                        {
                            if ((*it)->hardDisk().equalsTo (hd))
                            {
                                return setError (E_FAIL,
                                    tr ("Normal/Writethrough hard disk '%ls' is "
                                        "currently attached to device slot %d "
                                        "on controller %d of this machine"),
                                    hd->toString().raw(),
                                    (*it)->deviceNumber(), (*it)->controller());
                            }
                        }
                        /*
                         *  dirty = false to indicate we didn't set machineId
                         *  and prevent it from being reset in DetachHardDisk()
                         */
                        Log3 (("A: %ls found in old\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        /* attached to other VM */
                        return setError (E_FAIL,
                            tr ("Normal/Writethrough hard disk '%ls' is "
                                "currently attached to a machine with "
                                "UUID {%Vuuid}"),
                            hd->toString().raw(), hd->machineId().raw());
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    /*
                     *  here we go when the HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk
                     *  is attached to some VM (probably to this one, too)
                     *  at some particular snapshot, so we can create a diff
                     *  based on it
                     */
                    Assert (!hd->machineId().isEmpty());
                    /*
                     *  increase readers to protect from unregistration
                     *  until rollback()/commit() is done
                     */
                    hd->addReader();
                    Log3 (("A: %ls proteced\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    dirty = true;
                }
            }

            break;
        }
    }

    ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> attachment;
    attachment.createObject();
    attachment->init (hd, aCtl, aDev, dirty);

    mHDData.backup();
    mHDData->mHDAttachments.push_back (attachment);
    Log3 (("A: %ls attached\n", hd->toString().raw()));

    /* note: diff images are actually created only in commit() */

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetHardDisk (DiskControllerType_T aCtl,
                                   LONG aDev, IHardDisk **aHardDisk)
{
    if (aCtl == DiskControllerType_InvalidController ||
        aDev < 0 || aDev > 1)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    *aHardDisk = NULL;

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
        it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end(); ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        if (hda->controller() == aCtl && hda->deviceNumber() == aDev)
        {
            hda->hardDisk().queryInterfaceTo (aHardDisk);
            return S_OK;
        }
    }

    return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
        tr ("No hard disk attached to device slot %d on controller %d"),
            aDev, aCtl);
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::DetachHardDisk (DiskControllerType_T aCtl, LONG aDev)
{
    if (aCtl == DiskControllerType_InvalidController ||
        aDev < 0 || aDev > 1)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Saved, E_FAIL);

    if (mData->mMachineState >= MachineState_Running)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Invalid machine state: %d"), mData->mMachineState);

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end(); ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        if (hda->controller() == aCtl && hda->deviceNumber() == aDev)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            ComAssertRet (hd->children().size() == 0 &&
                          hd->machineId() == mData->mUuid, E_FAIL);

            if (hda->isDirty())
            {
                switch (hd->type())
                {
                    case HardDiskType_ImmutableHardDisk:
                    {
                        /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                        hd->releaseReader();
                        Log3 (("D: %ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        break;
                    }
                    case HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk:
                    {
                        /* deassociate from this machine */
                        hd->setMachineId (Guid());
                        Log3 (("D: %ls deassociated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        break;
                    }
                    case HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk:
                    {
                        if (hd->snapshotId().isEmpty())
                        {
                            /* deassociate from this machine */
                            hd->setMachineId (Guid());
                            Log3 (("D: %ls deassociated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                            hd->releaseReader();
                            Log3 (("%ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        }

                        break;
                    }
                }
            }

            mHDData.backup();
            /*
             *  we cannot use erase (it) below because backup() above will create
             *  a copy of the list and make this copy active, but the iterator
             *  still refers to the original and is not valid for a copy
             */
            mHDData->mHDAttachments.remove (hda);
            Log3 (("D: %ls detached\n", hd->toString().raw()));

            /*
             *  note: Non-dirty hard disks are actually deassociated
             *  and diff images are deleted only in commit()
             */

            return S_OK;
        }
    }

    return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
        tr ("No hard disk attached to device slot %d on controller %d"),
        aDev, aCtl);
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetNetworkAdapter (ULONG slot, INetworkAdapter **adapter)
{
    if (!adapter)
        return E_POINTER;
    if (slot >= ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters))
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG, tr ("Invalid slot number: %d"), slot);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    mNetworkAdapters [slot].queryInterfaceTo (adapter);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetNextExtraDataKey (INPTR BSTR aKey, BSTR *aNextKey, BSTR *aNextValue)
{
    if (!aNextKey)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    /* start with nothing found */
    *aNextKey = NULL;

    /*
     *  if we're ready and isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means
     *  that no config file exists yet, so return shortly
     */
    if (!isConfigLocked())
        return S_OK;

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* load the config file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return  E_FAIL;

    CFGNODE machineNode;
    CFGNODE extraDataNode;

    /* navigate to the right position */
    if (VBOX_SUCCESS(CFGLDRGetNode(configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode)) &&
        VBOX_SUCCESS(CFGLDRGetChildNode(machineNode, "ExtraData", 0, &extraDataNode)))
    {
        /* check if it exists */
        bool found = false;
        unsigned count;
        CFGNODE extraDataItemNode;
        CFGLDRCountChildren(extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", &count);
        for (unsigned i = 0; (i < count) && (found == false); i++)
        {
            Bstr name;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode(extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", i, &extraDataItemNode);
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "name", name.asOutParam());

            /* if we're supposed to return the first one */
            if (aKey == NULL)
            {
                name.cloneTo(aNextKey);
                if (aNextValue)
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "value", aNextValue);
                found = true;
            }
            /* did we find the key we're looking for? */
            else if (name == aKey)
            {
                found = true;
                /* is there another item? */
                if (i + 1 < count)
                {
                    CFGLDRGetChildNode(extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", i + 1, &extraDataItemNode);
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "name", name.asOutParam());
                    name.cloneTo(aNextKey);
                    if (aNextValue)
                        CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "value", aNextValue);
                    found = true;
                }
                else
                {
                    /* it's the last one */
                    *aNextKey = NULL;
                }
            }
            CFGLDRReleaseNode(extraDataItemNode);
        }

        /* if we haven't found the key, it's an error */
        if (!found)
            rc = setError(E_FAIL, tr("Could not find extra data key"));

        CFGLDRReleaseNode(extraDataNode);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode(machineNode);
    }

    closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetExtraData (INPTR BSTR aKey, BSTR *aValue)
{
    if (!aKey)
        return E_INVALIDARG;
    if (!aValue)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    /* start with nothing found */
    *aValue = NULL;

    /*
     *  if we're ready and isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means
     *  that no config file exists yet, so return shortly
     */
    if (!isConfigLocked())
        return S_OK;

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* load the config file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return  E_FAIL;

    CFGNODE machineNode;
    CFGNODE extraDataNode;

    /* navigate to the right position */
    if (VBOX_SUCCESS(CFGLDRGetNode(configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode)) &&
        VBOX_SUCCESS(CFGLDRGetChildNode(machineNode, "ExtraData", 0, &extraDataNode)))
    {
        /* check if it exists */
        bool found = false;
        unsigned count;
        CFGNODE extraDataItemNode;
        CFGLDRCountChildren(extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", &count);
        for (unsigned i = 0; (i < count) && (found == false); i++)
        {
            Bstr name;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode(extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", i, &extraDataItemNode);
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "name", name.asOutParam());
            if (name == aKey)
            {
                found = true;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR(extraDataItemNode, "value", aValue);
            }
            CFGLDRReleaseNode(extraDataItemNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode(extraDataNode);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode(machineNode);
    }

    rc = closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent for reading + this object for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP Machine::SetExtraData (INPTR BSTR aKey, INPTR BSTR aValue)
{
    if (!aKey)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* VirtualBox::onExtraDataCanChange() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->rlock(), this->wlock());

    if (mType == IsSnapshotMachine)
        CHECK_SETTER();

    bool changed = false;
    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /*
     *  if we're ready and isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means
     *  that no config file exists yet, so call saveSettings() to create one
     */
    if (!isConfigLocked())
    {
        rc = saveSettings (false /* aMarkCurStateAsModified */);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* load the config file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    CFGNODE machineNode = 0;
    CFGNODE extraDataNode = 0;

    int vrc = CFGLDRGetNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode);
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        vrc = CFGLDRCreateNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", &machineNode);

    vrc = CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "ExtraData", 0, &extraDataNode);
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc) && aValue)
        vrc = CFGLDRCreateChildNode (machineNode, "ExtraData", &extraDataNode);

    if (extraDataNode)
    {
        CFGNODE extraDataItemNode = 0;
        Bstr oldVal;

        unsigned count;
        CFGLDRCountChildren (extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", &count);

        for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; i++)
        {
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem", i, &extraDataItemNode);
            Bstr name;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (extraDataItemNode, "name", name.asOutParam());
            if (name == aKey)
            {
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (extraDataItemNode, "value", oldVal.asOutParam());
                break;
            }
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (extraDataItemNode);
            extraDataItemNode = 0;
        }

        /*
         *  When no key is found, oldVal is null
         *  Note:
         *  1. when oldVal is null, |oldVal == (BSTR) NULL| is true
         *  2. we cannot do |oldVal != aValue| because it will compare
         *  BSTR pointers instead of strings (due to type conversion ops)
         */
        changed = !(oldVal == aValue);

        if (changed)
        {
            /* ask for permission from all listeners */
            Bstr error;
            if (!mParent->onExtraDataCanChange (mData->mUuid, aKey, aValue, error))
            {
                const char *sep = error.isEmpty() ? "" : ": ";
                const BSTR err = error.isNull() ? (const BSTR) L"" : error.raw();
                LogWarningFunc (("Someone vetoed! Change refused%s%ls\n",
                                 sep, err));
                rc = setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
                    tr ("Could not set extra data because someone refused "
                        "the requested change of '%ls' to '%ls'%s%ls"),
                    aKey, aValue, sep, err);
            }
            else
            {
                if (aValue)
                {
                    if (!extraDataItemNode)
                    {
                        /* create a new item */
                        CFGLDRAppendChildNode (extraDataNode, "ExtraDataItem",
                                               &extraDataItemNode);
                        CFGLDRSetBSTR (extraDataItemNode, "name", aKey);
                    }
                    CFGLDRSetBSTR (extraDataItemNode, "value", aValue);
                }
                else
                {
                    /* an old value does for sure exist here */
                    CFGLDRDeleteNode (extraDataItemNode);
                    extraDataItemNode = 0;
                }
            }
        }

        if (extraDataItemNode)
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (extraDataItemNode);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (extraDataNode);
    }

    CFGLDRReleaseNode (machineNode);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc) && changed)
        rc = closeConfigLoader (configLoader, true /* aSaveBeforeClose */);
    else
        closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    /* fire an event */
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc) && changed)
    {
        mParent->onExtraDataChange (mData->mUuid, aKey, aValue);
    }

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::SaveSettings()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* Under some circumstancies, saveSettings() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    CHECK_SETTER();

    /* the settings file path may never be null */
    ComAssertRet (mData->mConfigFileFull, E_FAIL);

    /* save all VM data excluding snapshots */
    return saveSettings();
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::DiscardSettings()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    /*
     *  during this rollback, the session will be notified if data has
     *  been actually changed
     */
    rollback (true /* aNotify */);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::DeleteSettings()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    if (mData->mRegistered)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Cannot delete settings of a registered machine"));

    /* delete the settings only when the file actually exists */
    if (isConfigLocked())
    {
        unlockConfig();
        int vrc = RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (mData->mConfigFileFull));
        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not delete the settings file '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(), vrc);

        /* delete the Logs folder, nothing important should be left
         * there (we don't check for errors because the user might have
         * some private files there that we don't want to delete) */
        Utf8Str logFolder;
        getLogFolder (logFolder);
        Assert (!logFolder.isEmpty());
        if (RTDirExists (logFolder))
        {
            /* delete all VBox.log[.N] files from the Logs folder
             * (this must be in sync with the rotation logic in
             * Console::powerUpThread()) */
            Utf8Str log = Utf8StrFmt ("%s/VBox.log", logFolder.raw());
            RTFileDelete (log);
            for (int i = 3; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                log = Utf8StrFmt ("%s/VBox.log.%d", logFolder.raw(), i);
                RTFileDelete (log);
            }

            RTDirRemove (logFolder);
        }

        /* delete the Snapshots folder, nothing important should be left
         * there (we don't check for errors because the user might have
         * some private files there that we don't want to delete) */
        Utf8Str snapshotFolder = mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull;
        Assert (!snapshotFolder.isEmpty());
        if (RTDirExists (snapshotFolder))
            RTDirRemove (snapshotFolder);

        /* delete the directory that contains the settings file, but only
         * if it matches the VM name (i.e. a structure created by default in
         * openConfigLoader()) */
        {
            Utf8Str settingsDir;
            if (isInOwnDir (&settingsDir))
                RTDirRemove (settingsDir);
        }
    }

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::GetSnapshot (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId, ISnapshot **aSnapshot)
{
    if (!aSnapshot)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Guid id = aId;
    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;

    HRESULT rc = findSnapshot (id, snapshot, true /* aSetError */);
    snapshot.queryInterfaceTo (aSnapshot);

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::FindSnapshot (INPTR BSTR aName, ISnapshot **aSnapshot)
{
    if (!aName)
        return E_INVALIDARG;
    if (!aSnapshot)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;

    HRESULT rc = findSnapshot (aName, snapshot, true /* aSetError */);
    snapshot.queryInterfaceTo (aSnapshot);

    return rc;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::SetCurrentSnapshot (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId)
{
    /// @todo (dmik) don't forget to set
    //  mData->mCurrentStateModified to FALSE

    return setError (E_NOTIMPL, "Not implemented");
}

STDMETHODIMP
Machine::CreateSharedFolder (INPTR BSTR aName, INPTR BSTR aHostPath)
{
    if (!aName || !aHostPath)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    /// @todo (dmik) check global shared folders when they are done

    ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> sharedFolder;
    HRESULT rc = findSharedFolder (aName, sharedFolder, false /* aSetError */);
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Shared folder named '%ls' already exists"), aName);

    sharedFolder.createObject();
    rc = sharedFolder->init (machine(), aName, aHostPath);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    BOOL accessible = FALSE;
    rc = sharedFolder->COMGETTER(Accessible) (&accessible);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    if (!accessible)
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Shared folder path '%ls' is not accessible"), aHostPath);

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mSharedFolders.push_back (sharedFolder);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::RemoveSharedFolder (INPTR BSTR aName)
{
    if (!aName)
        return E_INVALIDARG;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    CHECK_SETTER();

    ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> sharedFolder;
    HRESULT rc = findSharedFolder (aName, sharedFolder, true /* aSetError */);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    mHWData.backup();
    mHWData->mSharedFolders.remove (sharedFolder);

    return S_OK;
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::CanShowConsoleWindow (BOOL *aCanShow)
{
    if (!aCanShow)
        return E_POINTER;

    /* start with No */
    aCanShow = FALSE;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);

        if (mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionOpen)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Machine session is not open (session state: %d)"),
                mData->mSession.mState);

        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore calls made after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnShowWindow (TRUE /* aCheck */, aCanShow);
}

STDMETHODIMP Machine::ShowConsoleWindow()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);

        if (mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionOpen)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Machine session is not open (session state: %d)"),
                mData->mSession.mState);

        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore calls made after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    BOOL dummy;
    return directControl->OnShowWindow (FALSE /* aCheck */, &dummy);
}

// public methods for internal purposes
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Returns the session machine object associated with the this machine.
 *  The returned session machine is null if no direct session is currently open.
 *
 *  @Note locks this object for reading.
 */
ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> Machine::sessionMachine()
{
    ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> sm;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    /* the machine may be inaccessible, so don't assert below */
    if (FAILED (autoCaller.rc()))
        return sm;

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    sm = mData->mSession.mMachine;
    Assert (!sm.isNull() ||
            mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionOpen);

    return  sm;
}

/**
 *  Calculates the absolute path of the given path taking the directory of
 *  the machine settings file as the current directory.
 *
 *  @param  aPath   path to calculate the absolute path for
 *  @param  aResult where to put the result (used only on success,
 *          so can be the same Utf8Str instance as passed as \a aPath)
 *  @return VirtualBox result
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
int Machine::calculateFullPath (const char *aPath, Utf8Str &aResult)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    AssertReturn (!mData->mConfigFileFull.isNull(), VERR_GENERAL_FAILURE);

    Utf8Str settingsDir = mData->mConfigFileFull;

    RTPathStripFilename (settingsDir.mutableRaw());
    char folder [RTPATH_MAX];
    int vrc = RTPathAbsEx (settingsDir, aPath,
                           folder, sizeof (folder));
    if (VBOX_SUCCESS (vrc))
        aResult = folder;

    return vrc;
}

/**
 *  Tries to calculate the relative path of the given absolute path using the
 *  directory of the machine settings file as the base directory.
 *
 *  @param  aPath   absolute path to calculate the relative path for
 *  @param  aResult where to put the result (used only when it's possible to
 *                  make a relative path from the given absolute path;
 *                  otherwise left untouched)
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
void Machine::calculateRelativePath (const char *aPath, Utf8Str &aResult)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), (void) 0);

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    AssertReturnVoid (!mData->mConfigFileFull.isNull());

    Utf8Str settingsDir = mData->mConfigFileFull;

    RTPathStripFilename (settingsDir.mutableRaw());
    if (RTPathStartsWith (aPath, settingsDir))
    {
        /* when assigning, we create a separate Utf8Str instance because both
         * aPath and aResult can point to the same memory location when this
         * func is called (if we just do aResult = aPath, aResult will be freed
         * first, and since its the same as aPath, an attempt to copy garbage
         * will be made. */
        aResult = Utf8Str (aPath + settingsDir.length() + 1);
    }
}

/**
 *  Returns the full path to the machine's log folder in the
 *  \a aLogFolder argument.
 */
void Machine::getLogFolder (Utf8Str &aLogFolder)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), (void) 0);

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Utf8Str settingsDir;
    if (isInOwnDir (&settingsDir))
    {
        /* Log folder is <Machines>/<VM_Name>/Logs */
        aLogFolder = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%cLogs", settingsDir.raw(), RTPATH_DELIMITER);
    }
    else
    {
        /* Log folder is <Machines>/<VM_SnapshotFolder>/Logs */
        Assert (!mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.isEmpty());
        aLogFolder = Utf8StrFmt ("%ls%cLogs", mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.raw(),
                                 RTPATH_DELIMITER);
    }
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent and this object for writing,
 *        calls the client process (outside the lock).
 */
HRESULT Machine::openSession (IInternalSessionControl *aControl)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aControl, E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* We need VirtualBox lock because of Progress::notifyComplete() */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    if (!mData->mRegistered)
        return setError (E_UNEXPECTED,
            tr ("The machine '%ls' is not registered"), mUserData->mName.raw());

    LogFlowThisFunc (("mSession.mState=%d\n", mData->mSession.mState));

    if (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionOpen ||
        mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionClosing)
        return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
            tr ("A session for the machine '%ls' is currently open "
                "(or being closed)"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());

    /* may not be Running */
    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running, E_FAIL);

    /* get the sesion PID */
    RTPROCESS pid = NIL_RTPROCESS;
    AssertCompile (sizeof (ULONG) == sizeof (RTPROCESS));
    aControl->GetPID ((ULONG *) &pid);
    Assert (pid != NIL_RTPROCESS);

    if (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionSpawning)
    {
        /* This machine is awaiting for a spawning session to be opened, so
         * reject any other open attempts from processes other than one
         * started by #openRemoteSession(). */

        LogFlowThisFunc (("mSession.mPid=%d(0x%x)\n",
                          mData->mSession.mPid, mData->mSession.mPid));
        LogFlowThisFunc (("session.pid=%d(0x%x)\n", pid, pid));

        if (mData->mSession.mPid != pid)
            return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
                tr ("An unexpected process (PID=0x%08X) has tried to open a direct "
                    "session with the machine named '%ls', while only a process "
                    "started by OpenRemoteSession (PID=0x%08X) is allowed"),
                pid, mUserData->mName.raw(), mData->mSession.mPid);
    }

    /* create a SessionMachine object */
    ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> sessionMachine;
    sessionMachine.createObject();
    HRESULT rc = sessionMachine->init (this);
    AssertComRC (rc);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        /*
         *  Set the session state to Spawning to protect against subsequent
         *  attempts to open a session and to unregister the machine after
         *  we leave the lock.
         */
        SessionState_T origState = mData->mSession.mState;
        mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionSpawning;

        /*
         *  Leave the lock before calling the client process -- it will call
         *  Machine/SessionMachine methods. Leaving the lock here is quite safe
         *  because the state is Spawning, so that openRemotesession() and
         *  openExistingSession() calls will fail. This method, called before we
         *  enter the lock again, will fail because of the wrong PID.
         *
         *  Note that mData->mSession.mRemoteControls accessed outside
         *  the lock may not be modified when state is Spawning, so it's safe.
         */
        alock.leave();

        LogFlowThisFunc (("Calling AssignMachine()...\n"));
        rc = aControl->AssignMachine (sessionMachine);
        LogFlowThisFunc (("AssignMachine() returned %08X\n", rc));

        /* The failure may w/o any error info (from RPC), so provide one */
        if (FAILED (rc))
            setError (rc,
                tr ("Failed to assign the machine to the session"));

        if (SUCCEEDED (rc) && origState == SessionState_SessionSpawning)
        {
            /* complete the remote session initialization */

            /* get the console from the direct session */
            ComPtr <IConsole> console;
            rc = aControl->GetRemoteConsole (console.asOutParam());
            ComAssertComRC (rc);

            if (SUCCEEDED (rc) && !console)
            {
                ComAssert (!!console);
                rc = E_FAIL;
            }

            /* assign machine & console to the remote sesion */
            if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            {
                /*
                 *  after openRemoteSession(), the first and the only
                 *  entry in remoteControls is that remote session
                 */
                LogFlowThisFunc (("Calling AssignRemoteMachine()...\n"));
                rc = mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.front()->
                    AssignRemoteMachine (sessionMachine, console);
                LogFlowThisFunc (("AssignRemoteMachine() returned %08X\n", rc));

                /* The failure may w/o any error info (from RPC), so provide one */
                if (FAILED (rc))
                    setError (rc,
                        tr ("Failed to assign the machine to the remote session"));
            }

            if (FAILED (rc))
                aControl->Uninitialize();
        }

        /* enter the lock again */
        alock.enter();

        /* Restore the session state */
        mData->mSession.mState = origState;
    }

    /* finalize spawning amyway (this is why we don't return on errors above) */
    if (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionSpawning)
    {
        /* Note that the progress object is finalized later */

        /* We don't reset mSession.mPid and mType here because both are
         * necessary for SessionMachine::uninit() to reap the child process
         * later. */

        if (FAILED (rc))
        {
            /* Remove the remote control from the list on failure
             * and reset session state to Closed. */
            mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.clear();
            mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionClosed;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        /* memorize PID of the directly opened session */
        if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            mData->mSession.mPid = pid;
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        /* memorize the direct session control */
        mData->mSession.mDirectControl = aControl;
        mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionOpen;
        /* associate the SessionMachine with this Machine */
        mData->mSession.mMachine = sessionMachine;
    }

    if (mData->mSession.mProgress)
    {
        /* finalize the progress after setting the state, for consistency */
        mData->mSession.mProgress->notifyComplete (rc);
        mData->mSession.mProgress.setNull();
    }

    /* uninitialize the created session machine on failure */
    if (FAILED (rc))
        sessionMachine->uninit();

    LogFlowThisFunc (("rc=%08X\n", rc));
    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for writing, calls the client process
 *        (inside the lock).
 */
HRESULT Machine::openRemoteSession (IInternalSessionControl *aControl,
                                    INPTR BSTR aType, Progress *aProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aControl, E_FAIL);
    AssertReturn (aProgress, E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    if (!mData->mRegistered)
        return setError (E_UNEXPECTED,
            tr ("The machine '%ls' is not registered"), mUserData->mName.raw());

    LogFlowThisFunc (("mSession.mState=%d\n", mData->mSession.mState));

    if (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionOpen ||
        mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionSpawning ||
        mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionClosing)
        return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
            tr ("A session for the machine '%ls' is currently open "
                "(or being opened or closed)"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());

    /* may not be Running */
    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running, E_FAIL);

    /* get the path to the executable */
    char path [RTPATH_MAX];
    RTPathProgram (path, RTPATH_MAX);
    size_t sz = strlen (path);
    path [sz++] = RTPATH_DELIMITER;
    path [sz] = 0;
    char *cmd = path + sz;
    sz = RTPATH_MAX - sz;

    int vrc = VINF_SUCCESS;
    RTPROCESS pid = NIL_RTPROCESS;

    Bstr type (aType);
    if (type == "gui")
    {
#ifdef __DARWIN__ /* Avoid Lanuch Services confusing this with the selector by using a helper app. */
        const char VirtualBox_exe[] = "../Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/MacOS/VirtualBoxVM";
#else
        const char VirtualBox_exe[] = "VirtualBox" HOSTSUFF_EXE;
#endif
        Assert (sz >= sizeof (VirtualBox_exe));
        strcpy (cmd, VirtualBox_exe);

        Utf8Str idStr = mData->mUuid.toString();
#ifdef __WIN__ /** @todo drop this once the RTProcCreate bug has been fixed */
        const char * args[] = {path, "-startvm", idStr, 0 };
#else
        Utf8Str name = mUserData->mName;
        const char * args[] = {path, "-comment", name, "-startvm", idStr, 0 };
#endif
        vrc = RTProcCreate (path, args, NULL, 0, &pid);
    }
    else
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    if (type == "vrdp")
    {
        const char VBoxVRDP_exe[] = "VBoxVRDP" HOSTSUFF_EXE;
        Assert (sz >= sizeof (VBoxVRDP_exe));
        strcpy (cmd, VBoxVRDP_exe);

        Utf8Str idStr = mData->mUuid.toString();
#ifdef __WIN__
        const char * args[] = {path, "-startvm", idStr, 0 };
#else
        Utf8Str name = mUserData->mName;
        const char * args[] = {path, "-comment", name, "-startvm", idStr, 0 };
#endif
        vrc = RTProcCreate (path, args, NULL, 0, &pid);
    }
    else
#endif /* VBOX_VRDP */
    if (type == "capture")
    {
        const char VBoxVRDP_exe[] = "VBoxVRDP" HOSTSUFF_EXE;
        Assert (sz >= sizeof (VBoxVRDP_exe));
        strcpy (cmd, VBoxVRDP_exe);

        Utf8Str idStr = mData->mUuid.toString();
#ifdef __WIN__
        const char * args[] = {path, "-startvm", idStr, "-capture", 0 };
#else
        Utf8Str name = mUserData->mName;
        const char * args[] = {path, "-comment", name, "-startvm", idStr, "-capture", 0 };
#endif
        vrc = RTProcCreate (path, args, NULL, 0, &pid);
    }
    else
    {
        return setError (E_INVALIDARG,
            tr ("Invalid session type: '%ls'"), aType);
    }

    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Could not launch a process for the machine '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
            mUserData->mName.raw(), vrc);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("launched.pid=%d(0x%x)\n", pid, pid));

    /*
     *  Note that we don't leave the lock here before calling the client,
     *  because it doesn't need to call us back if called with a NULL argument.
     *  Leaving the lock herer is dangerous because we didn't prepare the
     *  launch data yet, but the client we've just started may happen to be
     *  too fast and call openSession() that will fail (because of PID, etc.),
     *  so that the Machine will never get out of the Spawning session state.
     */

    /* inform the session that it will be a remote one */
    LogFlowThisFunc (("Calling AssignMachine (NULL)...\n"));
    HRESULT rc = aControl->AssignMachine (NULL);
    LogFlowThisFunc (("AssignMachine (NULL) returned %08X\n", rc));

    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        /* restore the session state */
        mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionClosed;
        /* The failure may w/o any error info (from RPC), so provide one */
        return setError (rc,
            tr ("Failed to assign the machine to the session"));
    }

    /* attach launch data to the machine */
    Assert (mData->mSession.mPid == NIL_RTPROCESS);
    mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.push_back (aControl);
    mData->mSession.mProgress = aProgress;
    mData->mSession.mPid = pid;
    mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionSpawning;
    mData->mSession.mType = type;

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for writing, calls the client process
 *        (outside the lock).
 */
HRESULT Machine::openExistingSession (IInternalSessionControl *aControl)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aControl, E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    if (!mData->mRegistered)
        return setError (E_UNEXPECTED,
            tr ("The machine '%ls' is not registered"), mUserData->mName.raw());

    LogFlowThisFunc (("mSession.state=%d\n", mData->mSession.mState));

    if (mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionOpen)
        return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
            tr ("The machine '%ls' does not have an open session"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());

    ComAssertRet (!mData->mSession.mDirectControl.isNull(), E_FAIL);

    /*
     *  Get the console from the direct session (note that we don't leave the
     *  lock here because GetRemoteConsole must not call us back).
     */
    ComPtr <IConsole> console;
    HRESULT rc = mData->mSession.mDirectControl->
                     GetRemoteConsole (console.asOutParam());
    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        /* The failure may w/o any error info (from RPC), so provide one */
        return setError (rc,
            tr ("Failed to get a console object from the direct session"));
    }

    ComAssertRet (!console.isNull(), E_FAIL);

    ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> sessionMachine = mData->mSession.mMachine;
    AssertReturn (!sessionMachine.isNull(), E_FAIL);

    /*
     *  Leave the lock before calling the client process. It's safe here
     *  since the only thing to do after we get the lock again is to add
     *  the remote control to the list (which doesn't directly influence
     *  anything).
     */
    alock.leave();

    /* attach the remote session to the machine */
    LogFlowThisFunc (("Calling AssignRemoteMachine()...\n"));
    rc = aControl->AssignRemoteMachine (sessionMachine, console);
    LogFlowThisFunc (("AssignRemoteMachine() returned %08X\n", rc));

    /* The failure may w/o any error info (from RPC), so provide one */
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return setError (rc,
            tr ("Failed to assign the machine to the session"));

    alock.enter();

    /* need to revalidate the state after entering the lock again */
    if (mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionOpen)
    {
        aControl->Uninitialize();

        return setError (E_ACCESSDENIED,
            tr ("The machine '%ls' does not have an open session"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());
    }

    /* store the control in the list */
    mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.push_back (aControl);

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Checks that the registered flag of the machine can be set according to
 *  the argument and sets it. On success, commits and saves all settings.
 *
 *  @note When this machine is inaccessible, the only valid value for \a
 *  aRegistered is FALSE (i.e. unregister the machine) because unregistered
 *  inaccessible machines are not currently supported. Note that unregistering
 *  an inaccessible machine will \b uninitialize this machine object. Therefore,
 *  the caller must make sure there are no active Machine::addCaller() calls
 *  on the current thread because this will block Machine::uninit().
 *
 *  @note Locks this object and children for writing!
 */
HRESULT Machine::trySetRegistered (BOOL aRegistered)
{
    AutoLimitedCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    ComAssertRet (mData->mRegistered != aRegistered, E_FAIL);

    if (!mData->mAccessible)
    {
        /* A special case: the machine is not accessible. */

        /* inaccessible machines can only be unregistered */
        AssertReturn (!aRegistered, E_FAIL);

        /* Uninitialize ourselves here because currently there may be no
         * unregistered that are inaccessible (this state combination is not
         * supported). Note releasing the caller and leaving the lock before
         * calling uninit() */

        alock.leave();
        autoCaller.release();

        uninit();

        return S_OK;
    }

    AssertReturn (autoCaller.state() == Ready, E_FAIL);

    if (aRegistered)
    {
        if (mData->mRegistered)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("The machine '%ls' with UUID {%s} is already registered"),
                mUserData->mName.raw(),
                mData->mUuid.toString().raw());
    }
    else
    {
        if (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saved)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot unregister the machine '%ls' because it "
                    "is in the Saved state"),
                mUserData->mName.raw());

        size_t snapshotCount = 0;
        if (mData->mFirstSnapshot)
            snapshotCount = mData->mFirstSnapshot->descendantCount() + 1;
        if (snapshotCount)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot unregister the machine '%ls' because it "
                    "has %d snapshots"),
                mUserData->mName.raw(), snapshotCount);

        if (mData->mSession.mState != SessionState_SessionClosed)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot unregister the machine '%ls' because it has an "
                    "open session"),
                mUserData->mName.raw());

        if (mHDData->mHDAttachments.size() != 0)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot unregister the machine '%ls' because it "
                    "has %d hard disks attached"),
                mUserData->mName.raw(), mHDData->mHDAttachments.size());
    }

    /* Ensure the settings are saved. If we are going to be registered and
     * isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means that no config file exists yet,
     * so create it. */
    if (isModified() || (aRegistered && !isConfigLocked()))
    {
        HRESULT rc = saveSettings();
        CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
    }

    mData->mRegistered = aRegistered;

    /* inform the USB proxy about all attached/detached USB filters */
    mUSBController->onMachineRegistered (aRegistered);

    return S_OK;
}

// protected methods
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Helper to uninitialize all associated child objects
 *  and to free all data structures.
 *
 *  This method must be called as a part of the object's uninitialization
 *  procedure (usually done in the uninit() method).
 *
 *  @note Must be called only from uninit().
 */
void Machine::uninitDataAndChildObjects()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), (void) 0);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.state( ) == InUninit, (void) 0);

    /* tell all our child objects we've been uninitialized */

    /*
     *  uninit all children using addDependentChild()/removeDependentChild()
     *  in their init()/uninit() methods
     */
    uninitDependentChildren();

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
    {
        if (mNetworkAdapters [slot])
        {
            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->uninit();
            unconst (mNetworkAdapters [slot]).setNull();
        }
    }

    if (mUSBController)
    {
        mUSBController->uninit();
        unconst (mUSBController).setNull();
    }

    if (mAudioAdapter)
    {
        mAudioAdapter->uninit();
        unconst (mAudioAdapter).setNull();
    }

    if (mFloppyDrive)
    {
        mFloppyDrive->uninit();
        unconst (mFloppyDrive).setNull();
    }

    if (mDVDDrive)
    {
        mDVDDrive->uninit();
        unconst (mDVDDrive).setNull();
    }

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    if (mVRDPServer)
    {
        mVRDPServer->uninit();
        unconst (mVRDPServer).setNull();
    }
#endif

    if (mBIOSSettings)
    {
        mBIOSSettings->uninit();
        unconst (mBIOSSettings).setNull();
    }

    /* free data structures */
    mSSData.free();
    mHDData.free();
    mHWData.free();
    mUserData.free();
    mData.free();
}

/**
 *  Helper to change the machine state.
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for writing.
 */
HRESULT Machine::setMachineState (MachineState_T aMachineState)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("aMachineState=%d\n", aMachineState));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    if (mData->mMachineState != aMachineState)
    {
        mData->mMachineState = aMachineState;

        RTTIMESPEC time;
        mData->mLastStateChange = RTTimeSpecGetMilli(RTTimeNow(&time));

        mParent->onMachineStateChange (mData->mUuid, aMachineState);
    }

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Searches for a shared folder with the given logical name
 *  in the collection of shared folders.
 *
 *  @param aName            logical name of the shared folder
 *  @param aSharedFolder    where to return the found object
 *  @param aSetError        whether to set the error info if the folder is
 *                          not found
 *  @return
 *      S_OK when found or E_INVALIDARG when not found
 *
 *  @note
 *      must be called from under the object's lock!
 */
HRESULT Machine::findSharedFolder (const BSTR aName,
                                   ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> &aSharedFolder,
                                   bool aSetError /* = false */)
{
    bool found = false;
    for (HWData::SharedFolderList::const_iterator it = mHWData->mSharedFolders.begin();
        !found && it != mHWData->mSharedFolders.end();
        ++ it)
    {
        AutoLock alock (*it);
        found = (*it)->name() == aName;
        if (found)
            aSharedFolder = *it;
    }

    HRESULT rc = found ? S_OK : E_INVALIDARG;

    if (aSetError && !found)
        setError (rc, tr ("Could not find a shared folder named '%ls'"), aName);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Loads all the VM settings by walking down the <Machine> node.
 *
 *  @param aRegistered  true when the machine is being loaded on VirtualBox
 *                      startup
 *
 *  @note This method is intended to be called only from init(), so it assumes
 *  all machine data fields have appropriate default values when it is called.
 *
 *  @note Doesn't lock any objects.
 */
HRESULT Machine::loadSettings (bool aRegistered)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine, E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertReturn (autoCaller.state() == InInit, E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    CFGHANDLE configLoader = NULL;
    char *loaderError = NULL;
    int vrc = CFGLDRLoad (&configLoader,
                          Utf8Str (mData->mConfigFileFull), mData->mHandleCfgFile,
                          XmlSchemaNS, true, cfgLdrEntityResolver,
                          &loaderError);
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
    {
        rc = setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Could not load the settings file '%ls' (%Vrc)%s%s"),
            mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(), vrc,
            loaderError ? ".\n" : "", loaderError ? loaderError : "");

        if (loaderError)
            RTMemTmpFree (loaderError);

        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return rc;
    }

    /*
     *  When reading the XML, we assume it has been validated, so we don't
     *  do any structural checks here, Just Assert() some things.
     */

    CFGNODE machineNode = 0;
    CFGLDRGetNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode);

    do
    {
        ComAssertBreak (machineNode, rc = E_FAIL);

        /* uuid (required) */
        Guid id;
        CFGLDRQueryUUID (machineNode, "uuid", id.ptr());

        /* If the stored UUID is not empty, it means the registered machine
         * is being loaded. Compare the loaded UUID with the stored one taken
         * from the global registry. */
        if (!mData->mUuid.isEmpty())
        {
            if (mData->mUuid != id)
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Machine UUID {%Vuuid} in '%ls' doesn't match its "
                        "UUID {%s} in the registry file '%ls'"),
                    id.raw(), mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(),
                    mData->mUuid.toString().raw(),
                    mParent->settingsFileName().raw());
                break;
            }
        }
        else
            unconst (mData->mUuid) = id;

        /* name (required) */
        CFGLDRQueryBSTR (machineNode, "name", mUserData->mName.asOutParam());

        /* nameSync (optional, default is true) */
        {
            bool nameSync = true;
            CFGLDRQueryBool (machineNode, "nameSync", &nameSync);
            mUserData->mNameSync = nameSync;
        }

        /* Description (optional, default is null) */
        {
            CFGNODE descNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "Description", 0, &descNode);
            if (descNode)
            {
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (descNode, NULL,
                                 mUserData->mDescription.asOutParam());
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (descNode);
            }
            else
                mUserData->mDescription.setNull();
        }

        /* OSType (required) */
        {
            Bstr osTypeId;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (machineNode, "OSType", osTypeId.asOutParam());

            /* look up the object in our list */
            ComPtr <IGuestOSType> guestOSType;
            rc = mParent->FindGuestOSType (osTypeId, guestOSType.asOutParam());
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            mUserData->mOSType = guestOSType;
        }

        /* stateFile (optional) */
        {
            Bstr stateFilePath;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (machineNode, "stateFile", stateFilePath.asOutParam());
            if (stateFilePath)
            {
                Utf8Str stateFilePathFull = stateFilePath;
                int vrc = calculateFullPath (stateFilePathFull, stateFilePathFull);
                if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
                {
                    rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                        tr ("Invalid saved state file path: '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                        stateFilePath.raw(), vrc);
                    break;
                }
                mSSData->mStateFilePath = stateFilePathFull;
            }
            else
                mSSData->mStateFilePath.setNull();
        }

        /*
         *  currentSnapshot ID (optional)
         *  Note that due to XML Schema constaraints this attribute, when present,
         *  will guaranteedly refer to an existing snapshot definition in XML
         */
        Guid currentSnapshotId;
        CFGLDRQueryUUID (machineNode, "currentSnapshot", currentSnapshotId.ptr());

        /* snapshotFolder (optional) */
        {
            Bstr folder;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (machineNode, "snapshotFolder", folder.asOutParam());
            rc = COMSETTER(SnapshotFolder) (folder);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
        }

        /* lastStateChange (optional, for compatiblity) */
        {
            int64_t lastStateChange = 0;
            CFGLDRQueryDateTime (machineNode, "lastStateChange", &lastStateChange);
            if (lastStateChange == 0)
            {
                /// @todo (dmik) until lastStateChange is the required attribute,
                //  we simply set it to the current time if missing in the config
                RTTIMESPEC time;
                lastStateChange = RTTimeSpecGetMilli (RTTimeNow (&time));
            }
            mData->mLastStateChange = lastStateChange;
        }

        /* aborted (optional) */
        bool aborted = false;
        CFGLDRQueryBool (machineNode, "aborted", &aborted);

        /* currentStateModified (optional, default is true) */
        mData->mCurrentStateModified = TRUE;
        {
            bool val = true;
            CFGLDRQueryBool (machineNode, "currentStateModified", &val);
            mData->mCurrentStateModified = val;
        }

        /*
         *  note: all mUserData members must be assigned prior this point because
         *  we need to commit changes in order to let mUserData be shared by all
         *  snapshot machine instances.
         */
        mUserData.commitCopy();

        /* Snapshot node (optional) */
        {
            CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "Snapshot", 0, &snapshotNode);
            if (snapshotNode)
            {
                /* read all snapshots recursively */
                rc = loadSnapshot (snapshotNode, currentSnapshotId, NULL);
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
                if (FAILED (rc))
                    break;
            }
        }

        /* Hardware node (required) */
        {
            CFGNODE hardwareNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "Hardware", 0, &hardwareNode);
            ComAssertBreak (hardwareNode, rc = E_FAIL);
            rc = loadHardware (hardwareNode);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hardwareNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
        }

        /* HardDiskAttachments node (required) */
        {
            CFGNODE hdasNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "HardDiskAttachments", 0, &hdasNode);
            ComAssertBreak (hdasNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            rc = loadHardDisks (hdasNode, aRegistered);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdasNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
        }

        /*
         *  NOTE: the assignment below must be the last thing to do,
         *  otherwise it will be not possible to change the settings
         *  somewehere in the code above because all setters will be
         *  blocked by CHECK_SETTER()
         */

        /* set the machine state to Aborted or Saved when appropriate */
        if (aborted)
        {
            Assert (!mSSData->mStateFilePath);
            mSSData->mStateFilePath.setNull();

            mData->mMachineState = MachineState_Aborted;
        }
        else if (mSSData->mStateFilePath)
        {
            mData->mMachineState = MachineState_Saved;
        }
    }
    while (0);

    if (machineNode)
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (machineNode);

    CFGLDRFree (configLoader);

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Recursively loads all snapshots starting from the given.
 *
 *  @param aNode            <Snapshot> node
 *  @param aCurSnapshotId   current snapshot ID from the settings file
 *  @param aParentSnapshot  parent snapshot
 */
HRESULT Machine::loadSnapshot (CFGNODE aNode, const Guid &aCurSnapshotId,
                               Snapshot *aParentSnapshot)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine, E_FAIL);

    // create a snapshot machine object
    ComObjPtr <SnapshotMachine> snapshotMachine;
    snapshotMachine.createObject();

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    Guid uuid; // required
    CFGLDRQueryUUID (aNode, "uuid", uuid.ptr());

    Bstr stateFilePath; // optional
    CFGLDRQueryBSTR (aNode, "stateFile", stateFilePath.asOutParam());
    if (stateFilePath)
    {
        Utf8Str stateFilePathFull = stateFilePath;
        int vrc = calculateFullPath (stateFilePathFull, stateFilePathFull);
        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Invalid saved state file path: '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                stateFilePath.raw(), vrc);

        stateFilePath = stateFilePathFull;
    }

    do
    {
        // Hardware node (required)
        CFGNODE hardwareNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Hardware", 0, &hardwareNode);
        ComAssertBreak (hardwareNode, rc = E_FAIL);

        do
        {
            // HardDiskAttachments node (required)
            CFGNODE hdasNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "HardDiskAttachments", 0, &hdasNode);
            ComAssertBreak (hdasNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            // initialize the snapshot machine
            rc = snapshotMachine->init (this, hardwareNode, hdasNode,
                                        uuid, stateFilePath);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdasNode);
        }
        while (0);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (hardwareNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    // create a snapshot object
    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;
    snapshot.createObject();

    {
        Bstr name; // required
        CFGLDRQueryBSTR (aNode, "name", name.asOutParam());

        LONG64 timeStamp = 0; // required
        CFGLDRQueryDateTime (aNode, "timeStamp", &timeStamp);

        Bstr description; // optional
        {
            CFGNODE descNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Description", 0, &descNode);
            if (descNode)
            {
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (descNode, NULL, description.asOutParam());
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (descNode);
            }
        }

        // initialize the snapshot
        rc = snapshot->init (uuid, name, description, timeStamp,
                             snapshotMachine, aParentSnapshot);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    // memorize the first snapshot if necessary
    if (!mData->mFirstSnapshot)
        mData->mFirstSnapshot = snapshot;

    // memorize the current snapshot when appropriate
    if (!mData->mCurrentSnapshot && snapshot->data().mId == aCurSnapshotId)
        mData->mCurrentSnapshot = snapshot;

    // Snapshots node (optional)
    {
        CFGNODE snapshotsNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Snapshots", 0, &snapshotsNode);
        if (snapshotsNode)
        {
            unsigned cbDisks = 0;
            CFGLDRCountChildren (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", &cbDisks);
            for (unsigned i = 0; i < cbDisks && SUCCEEDED (rc); i++)
            {
                CFGNODE snapshotNode;
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", i, &snapshotNode);
                ComAssertBreak (snapshotNode, rc = E_FAIL);

                rc = loadSnapshot (snapshotNode, aCurSnapshotId, snapshot);

                CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
            }

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
        }
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  @param aNode    <Hardware> node
 */
HRESULT Machine::loadHardware (CFGNODE aNode)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine || mType == IsSnapshotMachine, E_FAIL);

    /* CPU node (currently not required) */
    {
        /* default value in case the node is not there */
        mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled = TriStateBool_Default;

        CFGNODE cpuNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "CPU", 0, &cpuNode);
        if (cpuNode)
        {
            CFGNODE hwVirtExNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (cpuNode, "HardwareVirtEx", 0, &hwVirtExNode);
            if (hwVirtExNode)
            {
                Bstr hwVirtExEnabled;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (hwVirtExNode, "enabled", hwVirtExEnabled.asOutParam());
                if      (hwVirtExEnabled == L"false")
                    mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled = TriStateBool_False;
                else if (hwVirtExEnabled == L"true")
                    mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled = TriStateBool_True;
                else
                    mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled = TriStateBool_Default;
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (hwVirtExNode);
            }
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (cpuNode);
        }
    }

    /* Memory node (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE memoryNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Memory", 0, &memoryNode);
        ComAssertRet (memoryNode, E_FAIL);

        uint32_t RAMSize;
        CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (memoryNode, "RAMSize", &RAMSize);
        mHWData->mMemorySize = RAMSize;
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (memoryNode);
    }

    /* Boot node (required) */
    {
        /* reset all boot order positions to NoDevice */
        for (size_t i = 0; i < ELEMENTS (mHWData->mBootOrder); i++)
            mHWData->mBootOrder [i] = DeviceType_NoDevice;

        CFGNODE bootNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Boot", 0, &bootNode);
        ComAssertRet (bootNode, E_FAIL);

        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        unsigned cOrder;
        CFGLDRCountChildren (bootNode, "Order", &cOrder);
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < cOrder; i++)
        {
            CFGNODE orderNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (bootNode, "Order", i, &orderNode);
            ComAssertBreak (orderNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            /* position (required) */
            /* position unicity is guaranteed by XML Schema */
            uint32_t position = 0;
            CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (orderNode, "position", &position);
            -- position;
            Assert (position < ELEMENTS (mHWData->mBootOrder));

            /* device (required) */
            Bstr device;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (orderNode, "device", device.asOutParam());
            if      (device == L"None")
                mHWData->mBootOrder [position] = DeviceType_NoDevice;
            else if (device == L"Floppy")
                mHWData->mBootOrder [position] = DeviceType_FloppyDevice;
            else if (device == L"DVD")
                mHWData->mBootOrder [position] = DeviceType_DVDDevice;
            else if (device == L"HardDisk")
                mHWData->mBootOrder [position] = DeviceType_HardDiskDevice;
            else if (device == L"Network")
                mHWData->mBootOrder [position] = DeviceType_NetworkDevice;
            else
                ComAssertMsgFailed (("Invalid device: %ls\n", device.raw()));

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (orderNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (bootNode);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* Display node (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE displayNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Display", 0, &displayNode);
        ComAssertRet (displayNode, E_FAIL);

        uint32_t VRAMSize;
        CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (displayNode, "VRAMSize", &VRAMSize);
        mHWData->mVRAMSize = VRAMSize;

        uint32_t MonitorCount;
        CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (displayNode, "MonitorCount", &MonitorCount);
        mHWData->mMonitorCount = MonitorCount;

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (displayNode);
    }

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    /* RemoteDisplay node (optional) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to VRDPServer
    /// @todo r=sunlover: moved. dmik, please review.
    {
        CFGNODE remoteDisplayNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "RemoteDisplay", 0, &remoteDisplayNode);
        if (remoteDisplayNode)
        {
            mVRDPServer->loadConfig (remoteDisplayNode);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (remoteDisplayNode);
        }
    }
#endif

    /* BIOS node (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE biosNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "BIOS", 0, &biosNode);
        ComAssertRet (biosNode, E_FAIL);

        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        do
        {
            /* ACPI */
            {
                CFGNODE acpiNode = 0;
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (biosNode, "ACPI", 0, &acpiNode);
                ComAssertBreak (acpiNode, rc = E_FAIL);

                bool enabled;
                CFGLDRQueryBool (acpiNode, "enabled", &enabled);
                mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(ACPIEnabled)(enabled);
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (acpiNode);
            }

            /* IOAPIC */
            {
                CFGNODE ioapicNode = 0;
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (biosNode, "IOAPIC", 0, &ioapicNode);
                if (ioapicNode)
                {
                    bool enabled;
                    CFGLDRQueryBool (ioapicNode, "enabled", &enabled);
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(IOAPICEnabled)(enabled);
                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (ioapicNode);
                }
            }

            /* Logo (optional) */
            {
                CFGNODE logoNode = 0;
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (biosNode, "Logo", 0, &logoNode);
                if (logoNode)
                {
                    bool enabled = false;
                    CFGLDRQueryBool (logoNode, "fadeIn", &enabled);
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(LogoFadeIn)(enabled);
                    CFGLDRQueryBool (logoNode, "fadeOut", &enabled);
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(LogoFadeOut)(enabled);

                    uint32_t BIOSLogoDisplayTime;
                    CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (logoNode, "displayTime", &BIOSLogoDisplayTime);
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(LogoDisplayTime)(BIOSLogoDisplayTime);

                    Bstr logoPath;
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR (logoNode, "imagePath", logoPath.asOutParam());
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(LogoImagePath)(logoPath);

                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (logoNode);
                }
            }

            /* boot menu (optional) */
            {
                CFGNODE bootMenuNode = 0;
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (biosNode, "BootMenu", 0, &bootMenuNode);
                if (bootMenuNode)
                {
                    Bstr modeStr;
                    BIOSBootMenuMode_T mode;
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR (bootMenuNode, "mode", modeStr.asOutParam());
                    if (modeStr == L"disabled")
                        mode = BIOSBootMenuMode_Disabled;
                    else if (modeStr == L"menuonly")
                        mode = BIOSBootMenuMode_MenuOnly;
                    else
                        mode = BIOSBootMenuMode_MessageAndMenu;
                    mBIOSSettings->COMSETTER(BootMenuMode)(mode);

                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (bootMenuNode);
                }
            }
        }
        while (0);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (biosNode);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* DVD drive (contains either Image or HostDrive or nothing) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to DVDDrive
    {
        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        CFGNODE dvdDriveNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "DVDDrive", 0, &dvdDriveNode);
        ComAssertRet (dvdDriveNode, E_FAIL);

        bool fPassthrough;
        CFGLDRQueryBool(dvdDriveNode, "passthrough", &fPassthrough);
        mDVDDrive->COMSETTER(Passthrough)(fPassthrough);

        CFGNODE typeNode = 0;

        do
        {
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (dvdDriveNode, "Image", 0, &typeNode);
            if (typeNode)
            {
                Guid uuid;
                CFGLDRQueryUUID (typeNode, "uuid", uuid.ptr());
                rc = mDVDDrive->MountImage (uuid);
            }
            else
            {
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (dvdDriveNode, "HostDrive", 0, &typeNode);
                if (typeNode)
                {
                    Bstr src;
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR (typeNode, "src", src.asOutParam());

                    /* find the correspoding object */
                    ComPtr <IHost> host;
                    rc = mParent->COMGETTER(Host) (host.asOutParam());
                    ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);

                    ComPtr <IHostDVDDriveCollection> coll;
                    rc = host->COMGETTER(DVDDrives) (coll.asOutParam());
                    ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);

                    ComPtr <IHostDVDDrive> drive;
                    rc = coll->FindByName (src, drive.asOutParam());
                    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
                        rc = mDVDDrive->CaptureHostDrive (drive);
                    else if (rc == E_INVALIDARG)
                    {
                        /* the host DVD drive is not currently available. we
                         * assume it will be available later and create an
                         * extra object now */
                        ComObjPtr <HostDVDDrive> hostDrive;
                        hostDrive.createObject();
                        rc = hostDrive->init (src);
                        ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);
                        rc = mDVDDrive->CaptureHostDrive (hostDrive);
                    }
                    else
                        ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);
                }
            }
        }
        while (0);

        if (typeNode)
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (typeNode);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (dvdDriveNode);

        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* Floppy drive (contains either Image or HostDrive or nothing) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to FloppyDrive
    {
        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        CFGNODE driveNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "FloppyDrive", 0, &driveNode);
        ComAssertRet (driveNode, E_FAIL);

        BOOL fFloppyEnabled = TRUE;
        CFGLDRQueryBool (driveNode, "enabled", (bool*)&fFloppyEnabled);
        rc = mFloppyDrive->COMSETTER(Enabled)(fFloppyEnabled);

        CFGNODE typeNode = 0;
        do
        {
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (driveNode, "Image", 0, &typeNode);
            if (typeNode)
            {
                Guid uuid;
                CFGLDRQueryUUID (typeNode, "uuid", uuid.ptr());
                rc = mFloppyDrive->MountImage (uuid);
            }
            else
            {
                CFGLDRGetChildNode (driveNode, "HostDrive", 0, &typeNode);
                if (typeNode)
                {
                    Bstr src;
                    CFGLDRQueryBSTR (typeNode, "src", src.asOutParam());

                    /* find the correspoding object */
                    ComPtr <IHost> host;
                    rc = mParent->COMGETTER(Host) (host.asOutParam());
                    ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);

                    ComPtr <IHostFloppyDriveCollection> coll;
                    rc = host->COMGETTER(FloppyDrives) (coll.asOutParam());
                    ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);

                    ComPtr <IHostFloppyDrive> drive;
                    rc = coll->FindByName (src, drive.asOutParam());
                    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
                        rc = mFloppyDrive->CaptureHostDrive (drive);
                    else if (rc == E_INVALIDARG)
                    {
                        /* the host Floppy drive is not currently available. we
                         * assume it will be available later and create an
                         * extra object now */
                        ComObjPtr <HostFloppyDrive> hostDrive;
                        hostDrive.createObject();
                        rc = hostDrive->init (src);
                        ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);
                        rc = mFloppyDrive->CaptureHostDrive (hostDrive);
                    }
                    else
                        ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);
                }
            }
        }
        while (0);

        if (typeNode)
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (typeNode);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (driveNode);

        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* USB Controller */
    {
        HRESULT rc = mUSBController->loadSettings (aNode);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* Network node (required) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to NetworkAdapter
    {
        /* we assume that all network adapters are initially disabled
         * and detached */

        CFGNODE networkNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Network", 0, &networkNode);
        ComAssertRet (networkNode, E_FAIL);

        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        unsigned cAdapters = 0;
        CFGLDRCountChildren (networkNode, "Adapter", &cAdapters);
        for (unsigned i = 0; i < cAdapters; i++)
        {
            CFGNODE adapterNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (networkNode, "Adapter", i, &adapterNode);
            ComAssertBreak (adapterNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            /* slot number (required) */
            /* slot unicity is guaranteed by XML Schema */
            uint32_t slot = 0;
            CFGLDRQueryUInt32 (adapterNode, "slot", &slot);
            Assert (slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters));

            /* type */
            Bstr adapterType;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (adapterNode, "type", adapterType.asOutParam());
            ComAssertBreak (adapterType, rc = E_FAIL);

            /* enabled (required) */
            bool enabled = false;
            CFGLDRQueryBool (adapterNode, "enabled", &enabled);
            /* MAC address (can be null) */
            Bstr macAddr;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (adapterNode, "MACAddress", macAddr.asOutParam());
            /* cable (required) */
            bool cableConnected;
            CFGLDRQueryBool (adapterNode, "cable", &cableConnected);
            /* tracing (defaults to false) */
            bool traceEnabled;
            CFGLDRQueryBool (adapterNode, "trace", &traceEnabled);
            Bstr traceFile;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (adapterNode, "tracefile", traceFile.asOutParam());

            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(Enabled) (enabled);
            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(MACAddress) (macAddr);
            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(CableConnected) (cableConnected);
            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(TraceEnabled) (traceEnabled);
            mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(TraceFile) (traceFile);

            if (adapterType.compare(Bstr("Am79C970A")) == 0)
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(AdapterType)(NetworkAdapterType_NetworkAdapterAm79C970A);
            else if (adapterType.compare(Bstr("Am79C973")) == 0)
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(AdapterType)(NetworkAdapterType_NetworkAdapterAm79C973);
            else
                ComAssertBreak (0, rc = E_FAIL);

            CFGNODE attachmentNode = 0;
            if (CFGLDRGetChildNode (adapterNode, "NAT", 0, &attachmentNode), attachmentNode)
            {
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->AttachToNAT();
            }
            else
            if (CFGLDRGetChildNode (adapterNode, "HostInterface", 0, &attachmentNode), attachmentNode)
            {
                /* Host Interface Networking */
                Bstr name;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (attachmentNode, "name", name.asOutParam());
#ifdef __WIN__
                /* @name can be empty on Win32, but not null */
                ComAssertBreak (!name.isNull(), rc = E_FAIL);
#endif
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(HostInterface) (name);
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_UNIXY_TAP_NETWORKING
                Bstr tapSetupApp;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (attachmentNode, "TAPSetup", tapSetupApp.asOutParam());
                Bstr tapTerminateApp;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (attachmentNode, "TAPTerminate", tapTerminateApp.asOutParam());

                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(TAPSetupApplication) (tapSetupApp);
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->COMSETTER(TAPTerminateApplication) (tapTerminateApp);
#endif // VBOX_WITH_UNIXY_TAP_NETWORKING
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->AttachToHostInterface();
            }
            else
            if (CFGLDRGetChildNode(adapterNode, "InternalNetwork", 0, &attachmentNode), attachmentNode)
            {
                /* Internal Networking */
                Bstr name;
                CFGLDRQueryBSTR (attachmentNode, "name", name.asOutParam());
                ComAssertBreak (!name.isNull(), rc = E_FAIL);
                mNetworkAdapters[slot]->AttachToInternalNetwork();
                mNetworkAdapters[slot]->COMSETTER(InternalNetwork) (name);
            }
            else
            {
                /* Adapter has no children */
                mNetworkAdapters [slot]->Detach();
            }
            if (attachmentNode)
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (attachmentNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (adapterNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (networkNode);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }

    /* AudioAdapter node (required) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to AudioAdapter
    {
        CFGNODE audioAdapterNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "AudioAdapter", 0, &audioAdapterNode);
        ComAssertRet (audioAdapterNode, E_FAIL);

        // is the adapter enabled?
        bool enabled = false;
        CFGLDRQueryBool (audioAdapterNode, "enabled", &enabled);
        mAudioAdapter->COMSETTER(Enabled) (enabled);
        // now check the audio driver
        Bstr driver;
        CFGLDRQueryBSTR (audioAdapterNode, "driver", driver.asOutParam());
        AudioDriverType_T audioDriver;
        audioDriver = AudioDriverType_NullAudioDriver;
        if      (driver == L"null")
            ; // Null has been set above
#ifdef __WIN__
        else if (driver == L"winmm")
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_WINMM
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_WINMMAudioDriver;
#else
            // fall back to dsound
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_DSOUNDAudioDriver;
#endif
        else if (driver == L"dsound")
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_DSOUNDAudioDriver;
#endif // __WIN__
#ifdef __LINUX__
        else if (driver == L"oss")
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_OSSAudioDriver;
        else if (driver == L"alsa")
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_ALSA
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_ALSAAudioDriver;
#else
            // fall back to OSS
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_OSSAudioDriver;
#endif
#endif // __LINUX__
#ifdef __DARWIN__
        else if (driver == L"coreaudio")
            audioDriver = AudioDriverType_CoreAudioDriver;
#endif
        else
            AssertMsgFailed (("Invalid driver: %ls\n", driver.raw()));
        mAudioAdapter->COMSETTER(AudioDriver) (audioDriver);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (audioAdapterNode);
    }

    /* Shared folders (optional) */
    /// @todo (dmik) make required on next format change!
    do
    {
        CFGNODE sharedFoldersNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "SharedFolders", 0, &sharedFoldersNode);

        if (!sharedFoldersNode)
            break;

        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        unsigned cFolders = 0;
        CFGLDRCountChildren (sharedFoldersNode, "SharedFolder", &cFolders);

        for (unsigned i = 0; i < cFolders; i++)
        {
            CFGNODE folderNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (sharedFoldersNode, "SharedFolder", i, &folderNode);
            ComAssertBreak (folderNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            // folder logical name (required)
            Bstr name;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (folderNode, "name", name.asOutParam());

            // folder host path (required)
            Bstr hostPath;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (folderNode, "hostPath", hostPath.asOutParam());

            rc = CreateSharedFolder (name, hostPath);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (folderNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (sharedFoldersNode);
        if (FAILED (rc))
            return rc;
    }
    while (0);

    /* Clipboard node (currently not required) */
    /// @todo (dmik) make required on next format change!
    {
        /* default value in case the node is not there */
        mHWData->mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipDisabled;

        CFGNODE clipNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Clipboard", 0, &clipNode);
        if (clipNode)
        {
            Bstr mode;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (clipNode, "mode", mode.asOutParam());
            if      (mode == L"Disabled")
                mHWData->mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipDisabled;
            else if (mode == L"HostToGuest")
                mHWData->mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipHostToGuest;
            else if (mode == L"GuestToHost")
                mHWData->mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipGuestToHost;
            else if (mode == L"Bidirectional")
                mHWData->mClipboardMode = ClipboardMode_ClipBidirectional;
            else
                AssertMsgFailed (("%ls clipboard mode is invalid\n", mode.raw()));
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (clipNode);
        }
    }

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @param aNode        <HardDiskAttachments> node
 *  @param aRegistered  true when the machine is being loaded on VirtualBox
 *                      startup, or when a snapshot is being loaded (wchich
 *                      currently can happen on startup only)
 *  @param aSnapshotId  pointer to the snapshot ID if this is a snapshot machine
 */
HRESULT Machine::loadHardDisks (CFGNODE aNode, bool aRegistered,
                                const Guid *aSnapshotId /* = NULL */)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn ((mType == IsMachine && aSnapshotId == NULL) ||
                  (mType == IsSnapshotMachine && aSnapshotId != NULL), E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    unsigned cbDisks = 0;
    CFGLDRCountChildren (aNode, "HardDiskAttachment", &cbDisks);

    if (!aRegistered && cbDisks > 0)
    {
        /* when the machine is being loaded (opened) from a file, it cannot
         * have hard disks attached (this should not happen normally,
         * because we don't allow to attach hard disks to an unregistered
         * VM at all */
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Unregistered machine '%ls' cannot have hard disks attached "
                "(found %d hard disk attachments)"),
            mUserData->mName.raw(), cbDisks);
    }

    for (unsigned i = 0; i < cbDisks && SUCCEEDED (rc); ++ i)
    {
        CFGNODE hdNode;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "HardDiskAttachment", i, &hdNode);
        ComAssertRet (hdNode, E_FAIL);

        do
        {
            /* hardDisk uuid (required) */
            Guid uuid;
            CFGLDRQueryUUID (hdNode, "hardDisk", uuid.ptr());
            /* bus (controller) type (required) */
            Bstr bus;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (hdNode, "bus", bus.asOutParam());
            /* device (required) */
            Bstr device;
            CFGLDRQueryBSTR (hdNode, "device", device.asOutParam());

            /* find a hard disk by UUID */
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd;
            rc = mParent->getHardDisk (uuid, hd);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            if (!hd->machineId().isEmpty())
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Hard disk '%ls' with UUID {%s} is already "
                        "attached to a machine with UUID {%s} (see '%ls')"),
                    hd->toString().raw(), uuid.toString().raw(),
                    hd->machineId().toString().raw(),
                    mData->mConfigFileFull.raw());
                break;
            }

            if (hd->type() == HardDiskType_ImmutableHardDisk)
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Immutable hard disk '%ls' with UUID {%s} cannot be "
                        "directly attached to a machine (see '%ls')"),
                    hd->toString().raw(), uuid.toString().raw(),
                    mData->mConfigFileFull.raw());
                break;
            }

            /* attach the device */
            DiskControllerType_T ctl = DiskControllerType_InvalidController;
            LONG dev = -1;

            if (bus == L"ide0")
            {
                ctl = DiskControllerType_IDE0Controller;
                if (device == L"master")
                    dev = 0;
                else if (device == L"slave")
                    dev = 1;
                else
                    ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid device: %ls\n", device.raw()),
                                             rc = E_FAIL);
            }
            else if (bus == L"ide1")
            {
                ctl = DiskControllerType_IDE1Controller;
                if (device == L"master")
                    rc = setError (E_FAIL, tr("Could not attach a disk as a master "
                                              "device on the secondary controller"));
                else if (device == L"slave")
                    dev = 1;
                else
                    ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid device: %ls\n", device.raw()),
                                             rc = E_FAIL);
            }
            else
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid bus: %ls\n", bus.raw()),
                                         rc = E_FAIL);

            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> attachment;
            attachment.createObject();
            rc = attachment->init (hd, ctl, dev, false /* aDirty */);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            /* associate the hard disk with this machine */
            hd->setMachineId (mData->mUuid);

            /* associate the hard disk with the given snapshot ID */
            if (mType == IsSnapshotMachine)
                hd->setSnapshotId (*aSnapshotId);

            mHDData->mHDAttachments.push_back (attachment);
        }
        while (0);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdNode);
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Creates a config loader and loads the settings file.
 *
 *  @param aIsNew   |true| if a newly created settings file is to be opened
 *                  (must be the case only when called from #saveSettings())
 *
 *  @note
 *      XML Schema errors are not detected by this method because
 *      it assumes that it will load settings from an exclusively locked
 *      file (using a file handle) that was previously validated when opened
 *      for the first time. Thus, this method should be used only when
 *      it's necessary to modify (save) the settings file.
 *
 *  @note The object must be locked at least for reading before calling
 *        this method.
 */
HRESULT Machine::openConfigLoader (CFGHANDLE *aLoader, bool aIsNew /* = false */)
{
    AssertReturn (aLoader, E_FAIL);

    /* The settings file must be created and locked at this point */
    ComAssertRet (isConfigLocked(), E_FAIL);

    /* load the config file */
    int vrc = CFGLDRLoad (aLoader,
                          Utf8Str (mData->mConfigFileFull), mData->mHandleCfgFile,
                          aIsNew ? NULL : XmlSchemaNS, true, cfgLdrEntityResolver,
                          NULL);
    ComAssertRCRet (vrc, E_FAIL);

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Closes the config loader previously created by #openConfigLoader().
 *  If \a aSaveBeforeClose is true, then the config is saved to the settings file
 *  before closing. If saving fails, a proper error message is set.
 *
 *  @param aSaveBeforeClose whether to save the config before closing or not
 */
HRESULT Machine::closeConfigLoader (CFGHANDLE aLoader, bool aSaveBeforeClose)
{
    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (aSaveBeforeClose)
    {
        char *loaderError = NULL;
        int vrc = CFGLDRSave (aLoader, &loaderError);
        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        {
            rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not save the settings file '%ls' (%Vrc)%s%s"),
                mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(), vrc,
                loaderError ? ".\n" : "", loaderError ? loaderError : "");
            if (loaderError)
                RTMemTmpFree (loaderError);
        }
    }

    CFGLDRFree (aLoader);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Searches for a <Snapshot> node for the given snapshot.
 *  If the search is successful, \a aSnapshotNode will contain the found node.
 *  In this case, \a aSnapshotsNode can be NULL meaning the found node is a
 *  direct child of \a aMachineNode.
 *
 *  If the search fails, a failure is returned and both \a aSnapshotsNode and
 *  \a aSnapshotNode are set to 0.
 *
 *  @param aSnapshot        snapshot to search for
 *  @param aMachineNode     <Machine> node to start from
 *  @param aSnapshotsNode   <Snapshots> node containing the found <Snapshot> node
 *                          (may be NULL if the caller is not interested)
 *  @param aSnapshotNode    found <Snapshot> node
 */
HRESULT Machine::findSnapshotNode (Snapshot *aSnapshot, CFGNODE aMachineNode,
                                   CFGNODE *aSnapshotsNode, CFGNODE *aSnapshotNode)
{
    AssertReturn (aSnapshot && aMachineNode && aSnapshotNode, E_FAIL);

    if (aSnapshotsNode)
        *aSnapshotsNode = 0;
    *aSnapshotNode = 0;

    // build the full uuid path (from the fist parent to the given snapshot)
    std::list <Guid> path;
    {
        ComObjPtr <Snapshot> parent = aSnapshot;
        while (parent)
        {
            path.push_front (parent->data().mId);
            parent = parent->parent();
        }
    }

    CFGNODE snapshotsNode = aMachineNode;
    CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;

    for (std::list <Guid>::const_iterator it = path.begin();
         it != path.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        if (snapshotNode)
        {
            // proceed to the nested <Snapshots> node
            Assert (snapshotsNode);
            if (snapshotsNode != aMachineNode)
            {
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
                snapshotsNode = 0;
            }
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (snapshotNode, "Snapshots", 0, &snapshotsNode);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
            snapshotNode = 0;
        }

        AssertReturn (snapshotsNode, E_FAIL);

        unsigned count = 0, i = 0;
        CFGLDRCountChildren (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", &count);
        for (; i < count; ++ i)
        {
            snapshotNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", i, &snapshotNode);
            Guid id;
            CFGLDRQueryUUID (snapshotNode, "uuid", id.ptr());
            if (id == (*it))
            {
                // we keep (don't release) snapshotNode and snapshotsNode
                break;
            }
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
            snapshotNode = 0;
        }

        if (i == count)
        {
            // the next uuid is not found, no need to continue...
            AssertFailed();
            if (snapshotsNode != aMachineNode)
            {
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
                snapshotsNode = 0;
            }
            break;
        }
    }

    // we must always succesfully find the node
    AssertReturn (snapshotNode, E_FAIL);
    AssertReturn (snapshotsNode, E_FAIL);

    if (aSnapshotsNode)
        *aSnapshotsNode = snapshotsNode != aMachineNode ? snapshotsNode : 0;
    *aSnapshotNode = snapshotNode;

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Returns the snapshot with the given UUID or fails of no such snapshot.
 *
 *  @param aId          snapshot UUID to find (empty UUID refers the first snapshot)
 *  @param aSnapshot    where to return the found snapshot
 *  @param aSetError    true to set extended error info on failure
 */
HRESULT Machine::findSnapshot (const Guid &aId, ComObjPtr <Snapshot> &aSnapshot,
                               bool aSetError /* = false */)
{
    if (!mData->mFirstSnapshot)
    {
        if (aSetError)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("This machine does not have any snapshots"));
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    if (aId.isEmpty())
        aSnapshot = mData->mFirstSnapshot;
    else
        aSnapshot = mData->mFirstSnapshot->findChildOrSelf (aId);

    if (!aSnapshot)
    {
        if (aSetError)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not find a snapshot with UUID {%s}"),
                aId.toString().raw());
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Returns the snapshot with the given name or fails of no such snapshot.
 *
 *  @param aName        snapshot name to find
 *  @param aSnapshot    where to return the found snapshot
 *  @param aSetError    true to set extended error info on failure
 */
HRESULT Machine::findSnapshot (const BSTR aName, ComObjPtr <Snapshot> &aSnapshot,
                               bool aSetError /* = false */)
{
    AssertReturn (aName, E_INVALIDARG);

    if (!mData->mFirstSnapshot)
    {
        if (aSetError)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("This machine does not have any snapshots"));
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    aSnapshot = mData->mFirstSnapshot->findChildOrSelf (aName);

    if (!aSnapshot)
    {
        if (aSetError)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not find a snapshot named '%ls'"), aName);
        return E_FAIL;
    }

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Searches for an attachment that contains the given hard disk.
 *  The hard disk must be associated with some VM and can be optionally
 *  associated with some snapshot. If the attachment is stored in the snapshot
 *  (i.e. the hard disk is associated with some snapshot), @a aSnapshot
 *  will point to a non-null object on output.
 *
 *  @param aHd          hard disk to search an attachment for
 *  @param aMachine     where to store the hard disk's machine (can be NULL)
 *  @param aSnapshot    where to store the hard disk's snapshot (can be NULL)
 *  @param aHda         where to store the hard disk's attachment (can be NULL)
 *
 *
 *  @note
 *      It is assumed that the machine where the attachment is found,
 *      is already placed to the Discarding state, when this method is called.
 *  @note
 *      The object returned in @a aHda is the attachment from the snapshot
 *      machine if the hard disk is associated with the snapshot, not from the
 *      primary machine object returned returned in @a aMachine.
 */
HRESULT Machine::findHardDiskAttachment (const ComObjPtr <HardDisk> &aHd,
                                         ComObjPtr <Machine> *aMachine,
                                         ComObjPtr <Snapshot> *aSnapshot,
                                         ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> *aHda)
{
    AssertReturn (!aHd.isNull(), E_INVALIDARG);

    Guid mid = aHd->machineId();
    Guid sid = aHd->snapshotId();

    AssertReturn (!mid.isEmpty(), E_INVALIDARG);

    ComObjPtr <Machine> m;
    mParent->getMachine (mid, m);
    ComAssertRet (!m.isNull(), E_FAIL);

    HDData::HDAttachmentList *attachments = &m->mHDData->mHDAttachments;

    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> s;
    if (!sid.isEmpty())
    {
        m->findSnapshot (sid, s);
        ComAssertRet (!s.isNull(), E_FAIL);
        attachments = &s->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments;
    }

    AssertReturn (attachments, E_FAIL);

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = attachments->begin();
         it != attachments->end();
         ++ it)
    {
        if ((*it)->hardDisk() == aHd)
        {
            if (aMachine) *aMachine = m;
            if (aSnapshot) *aSnapshot = s;
            if (aHda) *aHda = (*it);
            return S_OK;
        }
    }

    ComAssertFailed();
    return E_FAIL;
}

/**
 *  Helper for #saveSettings. Cares about renaming the settings directory and
 *  file if the machine name was changed and about creating a new settings file
 *  if this is a new machine.
 *
 *  @note Must be never called directly.
 *
 *  @param aRenamed receives |true| if the name was changed and the settings
 *                  file was renamed as a result, or |false| otherwise. The
 *                  value makes sense only on success.
 *  @param aNew     receives |true| if a virgin settings file was created.
 */
HRESULT Machine::prepareSaveSettings (bool &aRenamed, bool &aNew)
{
    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    aRenamed = false;

    /* if we're ready and isConfigLocked() is FALSE then it means
     * that no config file exists yet (we will create a virgin one) */
    aNew = !isConfigLocked();

    /* attempt to rename the settings file if machine name is changed */
    if (mUserData->mNameSync &&
        mUserData.isBackedUp() &&
        mUserData.backedUpData()->mName != mUserData->mName)
    {
        aRenamed = true;

        if (!aNew)
        {
            /* unlock the old config file */
            rc = unlockConfig();
            CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
        }

        bool dirRenamed = false;
        bool fileRenamed = false;

        Utf8Str configFile, newConfigFile;
        Utf8Str configDir, newConfigDir;

        do
        {
            int vrc = VINF_SUCCESS;

            Utf8Str name = mUserData.backedUpData()->mName;
            Utf8Str newName = mUserData->mName;

            configFile = mData->mConfigFileFull;

            /* first, rename the directory if it matches the machine name */
            configDir = configFile;
            RTPathStripFilename (configDir.mutableRaw());
            newConfigDir = configDir;
            if (RTPathFilename (configDir) == name)
            {
                RTPathStripFilename (newConfigDir.mutableRaw());
                newConfigDir = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%c%s",
                    newConfigDir.raw(), RTPATH_DELIMITER, newName.raw());
                /* new dir and old dir cannot be equal here because of 'if'
                 * above and because name != newName */
                Assert (configDir != newConfigDir);
                if (!aNew)
                {
                    /* perform real rename only if the machine is not new */
                    vrc = RTPathRename (configDir.raw(), newConfigDir.raw(), 0);
                    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
                    {
                        rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                            tr ("Could not rename the directory '%s' to '%s' "
                                "to save the settings file (%Vrc)"),
                            configDir.raw(), newConfigDir.raw(), vrc);
                        break;
                    }
                    dirRenamed = true;
                }
            }

            newConfigFile = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%c%s.xml",
                newConfigDir.raw(), RTPATH_DELIMITER, newName.raw());

            /* then try to rename the settings file itself */
            if (newConfigFile != configFile)
            {
                /* get the path to old settings file in renamed directory */
                configFile = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%c%s",
                        newConfigDir.raw(), RTPATH_DELIMITER,
                        RTPathFilename (configFile));
                if (!aNew)
                {
                    /* perform real rename only if the machine is not new */
                    vrc = RTFileRename (configFile.raw(), newConfigFile.raw(), 0);
                    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
                    {
                        rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                            tr ("Could not rename the settings file '%s' to '%s' "
                                "(%Vrc)"),
                            configFile.raw(), newConfigFile.raw(), vrc);
                        break;
                    }
                    fileRenamed = true;
                }
            }

            /* update mConfigFileFull amd mConfigFile */
            Bstr oldConfigFileFull = mData->mConfigFileFull;
            Bstr oldConfigFile = mData->mConfigFile;
            mData->mConfigFileFull = newConfigFile;
            /* try to get the relative path for mConfigFile */
            Utf8Str path = newConfigFile;
            mParent->calculateRelativePath (path, path);
            mData->mConfigFile = path;

            /* last, try to update the global settings with the new path */
            if (mData->mRegistered)
            {
                rc = mParent->updateSettings (configDir, newConfigDir);
                if (FAILED (rc))
                {
                    /* revert to old values */
                    mData->mConfigFileFull = oldConfigFileFull;
                    mData->mConfigFile = oldConfigFile;
                    break;
                }
            }

            /* update the snapshot folder */
            path = mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull;
            if (RTPathStartsWith (path, configDir))
            {
                path = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%s", newConfigDir.raw(),
                                   path.raw() + configDir.length());
                mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull = path;
                calculateRelativePath (path, path);
                mUserData->mSnapshotFolder = path;
            }

            /* update the saved state file path */
            path = mSSData->mStateFilePath;
            if (RTPathStartsWith (path, configDir))
            {
                path = Utf8StrFmt ("%s%s", newConfigDir.raw(),
                                   path.raw() + configDir.length());
                mSSData->mStateFilePath = path;
            }

            /* Update saved state file paths of all online snapshots.
             * Note that saveSettings() will recognize name change
             * and will save all snapshots in this case. */
            if (mData->mFirstSnapshot)
                mData->mFirstSnapshot->updateSavedStatePaths (configDir,
                                                              newConfigDir);
        }
        while (0);

        if (FAILED (rc))
        {
            /* silently try to rename everything back */
            if (fileRenamed)
                RTFileRename (newConfigFile.raw(), configFile.raw(), 0);
            if (dirRenamed)
                RTPathRename (newConfigDir.raw(), configDir.raw(), 0);
        }

        if (!aNew)
        {
            /* lock the config again */
            HRESULT rc2 = lockConfig();
            if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
                rc = rc2;
        }

        CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
    }

    if (aNew)
    {
        /* create a virgin config file */
        int vrc = VINF_SUCCESS;

        /* ensure the settings directory exists */
        Utf8Str path = mData->mConfigFileFull;
        RTPathStripFilename (path.mutableRaw());
        if (!RTDirExists (path))
        {
            vrc = RTDirCreateFullPath (path, 0777);
            if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
            {
                return setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Could not create a directory '%s' "
                        "to save the settings file (%Vrc)"),
                    path.raw(), vrc);
            }
        }

        /* Note: open flags must correlated with RTFileOpen() in lockConfig() */
        path = Utf8Str (mData->mConfigFileFull);
        vrc = RTFileOpen (&mData->mHandleCfgFile, path,
                          RTFILE_O_READWRITE | RTFILE_O_CREATE |
                          RTFILE_O_DENY_WRITE);
        if (VBOX_SUCCESS (vrc))
        {
            vrc = RTFileWrite (mData->mHandleCfgFile,
                               (void *) DefaultMachineConfig,
                               sizeof (DefaultMachineConfig), NULL);
        }
        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        {
            mData->mHandleCfgFile = NIL_RTFILE;
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not create the settings file '%s' (%Vrc)"),
                path.raw(), vrc);
        }
        /* we do not close the file to simulate lockConfig() */
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Saves machine data, user data and hardware data.
 *
 *  @param aMarkCurStateAsModified
 *      if true (default), mData->mCurrentStateModified will be set to
 *      what #isReallyModified() returns prior to saving settings to a file,
 *      otherwise the current value of mData->mCurrentStateModified will be
 *      saved.
 *  @param aInformCallbacksAnyway
 *      if true, callbacks will be informed even if #isReallyModified()
 *      returns false. This is necessary for cases when we change machine data
 *      diectly, not through the backup()/commit() mechanism.
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent (only in some cases, and only when #isConfigLocked() is
 *        |TRUE|, see the #prepareSaveSettings() code for details) +
 *        this object + children for writing.
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveSettings (bool aMarkCurStateAsModified /* = true */,
                               bool aInformCallbacksAnyway /* = false */)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    /// @todo (dmik) I guess we should lock all our child objects here
    //  (such as mVRDPServer etc.) to ensure they are not changed
    //  until completely saved to disk and committed

    /// @todo (dmik) also, we need to delegate saving child objects' settings
    //  to objects themselves to ensure operations 'commit + save changes'
    //  are atomic (amd done from the object's lock so that nobody can change
    //  settings again until completely saved).

    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine || mType == IsSessionMachine, E_FAIL);

    bool wasModified;

    if (aMarkCurStateAsModified)
    {
        /*
         *  We ignore changes to user data when setting mCurrentStateModified
         *  because the current state will not differ from the current snapshot
         *  if only user data has been changed (user data is shared by all
         *  snapshots).
         */
        mData->mCurrentStateModified = isReallyModified (true /* aIgnoreUserData */);
        wasModified = mUserData.hasActualChanges() || mData->mCurrentStateModified;
    }
    else
    {
        wasModified = isReallyModified();
    }

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* First, prepare to save settings. It will will care about renaming the
     * settings directory and file if the machine name was changed and about
     * creating a new settings file if this is a new machine. */
    bool isRenamed = false;
    bool isNew = false;
    rc = prepareSaveSettings (isRenamed, isNew);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);

    /* then, open the settings file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader, isNew);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);

    /* save all snapshots when the machine name was changed since
     * it may affect saved state file paths for online snapshots (see
     * #openConfigLoader() for details) */
    bool updateAllSnapshots = isRenamed;

    /* commit before saving, since it may change settings
     * (for example, perform fixup of lazy hard disk changes) */
    rc = commit();
    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);
        return rc;
    }

    /* include hard disk changes to the modified flag */
    wasModified |= mHDData->mHDAttachmentsChanged;
    if (aMarkCurStateAsModified)
        mData->mCurrentStateModified |= BOOL (mHDData->mHDAttachmentsChanged);


    CFGNODE machineNode = 0;
    /* create if not exists */
    CFGLDRCreateNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", &machineNode);

    do
    {
        ComAssertBreak (machineNode, rc = E_FAIL);

        /* uuid (required) */
        Assert (mData->mUuid);
        CFGLDRSetUUID (machineNode, "uuid", mData->mUuid.raw());

        /* name (required) */
        Assert (!mUserData->mName.isEmpty());
        CFGLDRSetBSTR (machineNode, "name", mUserData->mName);

        /* nameSync (optional, default is true) */
        if (!mUserData->mNameSync)
            CFGLDRSetBool (machineNode, "nameSync", false);
        else
            CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "nameSync");

        /* Description node (optional) */
        if (!mUserData->mDescription.isNull())
        {
            CFGNODE descNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (machineNode, "Description", &descNode);
            Assert (descNode);
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (descNode, NULL, mUserData->mDescription);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (descNode);
        }
        else
        {
            CFGNODE descNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "Description", 0, &descNode);
            if (descNode)
                CFGLDRDeleteNode (descNode);
        }

        /* OSType (required) */
        {
            Bstr osTypeID;
            rc = mUserData->mOSType->COMGETTER(Id) (osTypeID.asOutParam());
            ComAssertComRCBreak (rc, rc = rc);
            Assert (!osTypeID.isNull());
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (machineNode, "OSType", osTypeID);
        }

        /* stateFile (optional) */
        if (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saved)
        {
            Assert (!mSSData->mStateFilePath.isEmpty());
            /* try to make the file name relative to the settings file dir */
            Utf8Str stateFilePath = mSSData->mStateFilePath;
            calculateRelativePath (stateFilePath, stateFilePath);
            CFGLDRSetString (machineNode, "stateFile", stateFilePath);
        }
        else
        {
            Assert (mSSData->mStateFilePath.isNull());
            CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "stateFile");
        }

        /* currentSnapshot ID (optional) */
        if (!mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
        {
            Assert (!mData->mFirstSnapshot.isNull());
            CFGLDRSetUUID (machineNode, "currentSnapshot",
                           mData->mCurrentSnapshot->data().mId);
        }
        else
        {
            Assert (mData->mFirstSnapshot.isNull());
            CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "currentSnapshot");
        }

        /* snapshotFolder (optional) */
        if (!mUserData->mSnapshotFolder.isEmpty())
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (machineNode, "snapshotFolder", mUserData->mSnapshotFolder);
        else
            CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "snapshotFolder");

        /* currentStateModified (optional, default is yes) */
        if (!mData->mCurrentStateModified)
            CFGLDRSetBool (machineNode, "currentStateModified", false);
        else
            CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "currentStateModified");

        /* lastStateChange */
        CFGLDRSetDateTime (machineNode, "lastStateChange",
                           mData->mLastStateChange);

        /* Hardware node (required) */
        {
            CFGNODE hwNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "Hardware", 0, &hwNode);
            /* first, delete the entire node if exists */
            if (hwNode)
                CFGLDRDeleteNode (hwNode);
            /* then recreate it */
            hwNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (machineNode, "Hardware", &hwNode);
            ComAssertBreak (hwNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            rc = saveHardware (hwNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hwNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
        }

        /* HardDiskAttachments node (required) */
        {
            CFGNODE hdasNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (machineNode, "HardDiskAttachments", 0, &hdasNode);
            /* first, delete the entire node if exists */
            if (hdasNode)
                CFGLDRDeleteNode (hdasNode);
            /* then recreate it */
            hdasNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (machineNode, "HardDiskAttachments", &hdasNode);
            ComAssertBreak (hdasNode, rc = E_FAIL);

            rc = saveHardDisks (hdasNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdasNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
        }

        /* update all snapshots if requested */
        if (updateAllSnapshots)
            rc = saveSnapshotSettingsWorker (machineNode, NULL,
                                             SaveSS_UpdateAllOp);
    }
    while (0);

    if (machineNode)
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (machineNode);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        rc = closeConfigLoader (configLoader, true /* aSaveBeforeClose */);
    else
        closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        /*
         *  backup arbitrary data item to cause #isModified() to still return
         *  true in case of any error
         */
        mHWData.backup();
    }

    if (wasModified || aInformCallbacksAnyway)
    {
        /*
         *  Fire the data change event, even on failure (since we've already
         *  committed all data). This is done only for SessionMachines because
         *  mutable Machine instances are always not registered (i.e. private
         *  to the client process that creates them) and thus don't need to
         *  inform callbacks.
         */
        if (mType == IsSessionMachine)
            mParent->onMachineDataChange (mData->mUuid);
    }

    LogFlowThisFunc (("rc=%08X\n", rc));
    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Wrapper for #saveSnapshotSettingsWorker() that opens the settings file
 *  and locates the <Machine> node in there. See #saveSnapshotSettingsWorker()
 *  for more details.
 *
 *  @param aSnapshot    Snapshot to operate on
 *  @param aOpFlags     Operation to perform, one of SaveSS_NoOp, SaveSS_AddOp
 *                      or SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp possibly combined with
 *                      SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId.
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for writing + other child objects.
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveSnapshotSettings (Snapshot *aSnapshot, int aOpFlags)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine || mType == IsSessionMachine, E_FAIL);

    AutoLock alock (this);

    AssertReturn (isConfigLocked(), E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* load the config file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    CFGNODE machineNode = 0;
    CFGLDRGetNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode);

    do
    {
        ComAssertBreak (machineNode, rc = E_FAIL);

        rc = saveSnapshotSettingsWorker (machineNode, aSnapshot, aOpFlags);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (machineNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        rc = closeConfigLoader (configLoader, true /* aSaveBeforeClose */);
    else
        closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Performs the specified operation on the given snapshot
 *  in the settings file represented by \a aMachineNode.
 *
 *  If \a aOpFlags = SaveSS_UpdateAllOp, \a aSnapshot can be NULL to indicate
 *  that the whole tree of the snapshots should be updated in <Machine>.
 *  One particular case is when the last (and the only) snapshot should be
 *  removed (it is so when both mCurrentSnapshot and mFirstSnapshot are NULL).
 *
 *  \a aOp may be just SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId if only the currentSnapshot
 *  attribute of <Machine> needs to be updated.
 *
 *  @param aMachineNode <Machine> node in the opened settings file
 *  @param aSnapshot    Snapshot to operate on
 *  @param aOpFlags     Operation to perform, one of SaveSS_NoOp, SaveSS_AddOp
 *                      or SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp possibly combined with
 *                      SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId.
 *
 *  @note Must be called with this object locked for writing.
 *        Locks child objects.
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveSnapshotSettingsWorker (CFGNODE aMachineNode,
                                             Snapshot *aSnapshot, int aOpFlags)
{
    AssertReturn (aMachineNode, E_FAIL);

    AssertReturn (isLockedOnCurrentThread(), E_FAIL);

    int op = aOpFlags & SaveSS_OpMask;
    AssertReturn (
        (aSnapshot && (op == SaveSS_AddOp || op == SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp ||
                       op == SaveSS_UpdateAllOp)) ||
        (!aSnapshot && ((op == SaveSS_NoOp && (aOpFlags & SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId)) ||
                        op == SaveSS_UpdateAllOp)),
        E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    bool recreateWholeTree = false;

    do
    {
        if (op == SaveSS_NoOp)
            break;

        /* quick path: recreate the whole tree of the snapshots */
        if (op == SaveSS_UpdateAllOp && !aSnapshot)
        {
            /* first, delete the entire root snapshot node if it exists */
            CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;
            CFGLDRGetChildNode (aMachineNode, "Snapshot", 0, &snapshotNode);
            if (snapshotNode)
                CFGLDRDeleteNode (snapshotNode);

            /*
             *  second, if we have any snapshots left, substitute aSnapshot with
             *  the first snapshot to recreate the whole tree, otherwise break
             */
            if (mData->mFirstSnapshot)
            {
                aSnapshot = mData->mFirstSnapshot;
                recreateWholeTree = true;
            }
            else
                break;
        }

        Assert (!!aSnapshot);
        ComObjPtr <Snapshot> parent = aSnapshot->parent();

        if (op == SaveSS_AddOp)
        {
            CFGNODE parentNode = 0;

            if (parent)
            {
                rc = findSnapshotNode (parent, aMachineNode, NULL, &parentNode);
                if (FAILED (rc))
                    break;
                ComAssertBreak (parentNode, rc = E_FAIL);
            }

            do
            {
                CFGNODE snapshotsNode = 0;

                if (parentNode)
                {
                    CFGLDRCreateChildNode (parentNode, "Snapshots", &snapshotsNode);
                    ComAssertBreak (snapshotsNode, rc = E_FAIL);
                }
                else
                    snapshotsNode = aMachineNode;
                do
                {
                    CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;
                    CFGLDRAppendChildNode (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", &snapshotNode);
                    ComAssertBreak (snapshotNode, rc = E_FAIL);
                    rc = saveSnapshot (snapshotNode, aSnapshot, false /* aAttrsOnly */);
                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);

                    if (FAILED (rc))
                        break;

                    /*
                     *  when a new snapshot is added, this means diffs were created
                     *  for every normal/immutable hard disk of the VM, so we need to
                     *  save the current hard disk attachments
                     */

                    CFGNODE hdasNode = 0;
                    CFGLDRGetChildNode (aMachineNode, "HardDiskAttachments", 0, &hdasNode);
                    if (hdasNode)
                        CFGLDRDeleteNode (hdasNode);
                    CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aMachineNode, "HardDiskAttachments", &hdasNode);
                    ComAssertBreak (hdasNode, rc = E_FAIL);

                    rc = saveHardDisks (hdasNode);

                    if (mHDData->mHDAttachments.size() != 0)
                    {
                        /*
                         *  If we have one or more attachments then we definitely
                         *  created diffs for them and associated new diffs with
                         *  current settngs. So, since we don't use saveSettings(),
                         *  we need to inform callbacks manually.
                         */
                        if (mType == IsSessionMachine)
                            mParent->onMachineDataChange (mData->mUuid);
                    }

                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdasNode);
                }
                while (0);

                if (snapshotsNode != aMachineNode)
                    CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
            }
            while (0);

            if (parentNode)
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (parentNode);

            break;
        }

        Assert (op == SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp && !recreateWholeTree ||
                op == SaveSS_UpdateAllOp);

        CFGNODE snapshotsNode = 0;
        CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;

        if (!recreateWholeTree)
        {
            rc = findSnapshotNode (aSnapshot, aMachineNode,
                                   &snapshotsNode, &snapshotNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;
            ComAssertBreak (snapshotNode, rc = E_FAIL);
        }

        if (!snapshotsNode)
            snapshotsNode = aMachineNode;

        if (op == SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp)
            rc = saveSnapshot (snapshotNode, aSnapshot, true /* aAttrsOnly */);
        else do
        {
            if (snapshotNode)
            {
                CFGLDRDeleteNode (snapshotNode);
                snapshotNode = 0;
            }
            CFGLDRAppendChildNode (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", &snapshotNode);
            ComAssertBreak (snapshotNode, rc = E_FAIL);
            rc = saveSnapshot (snapshotNode, aSnapshot, false /* aAttrsOnly */);
        }
        while (0);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
        if (snapshotsNode != aMachineNode)
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        /* update currentSnapshot when appropriate */
        if (aOpFlags & SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId)
        {
            if (!mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
                CFGLDRSetUUID (aMachineNode, "currentSnapshot",
                               mData->mCurrentSnapshot->data().mId);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (aMachineNode, "currentSnapshot");
        }
        if (aOpFlags & SaveSS_UpdateCurStateModified)
        {
            if (!mData->mCurrentStateModified)
                CFGLDRSetBool (aMachineNode, "currentStateModified", false);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (aMachineNode, "currentStateModified");
        }
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Saves the given snapshot and all its children (unless \a aAttrsOnly is true).
 *  It is assumed that the given node is empty (unless \a aAttrsOnly is true).
 *
 *  @param aNode        <Snapshot> node to save the snapshot to
 *  @param aSnapshot    snapshot to save
 *  @param aAttrsOnly   if true, only updatge user-changeable attrs
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveSnapshot (CFGNODE aNode, Snapshot *aSnapshot, bool aAttrsOnly)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode && aSnapshot, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine || mType == IsSessionMachine, E_FAIL);

    /* uuid (required) */
    if (!aAttrsOnly)
        CFGLDRSetUUID (aNode, "uuid", aSnapshot->data().mId);

    /* name (required) */
    CFGLDRSetBSTR (aNode, "name", aSnapshot->data().mName);

    /* timeStamp (required) */
    CFGLDRSetDateTime (aNode, "timeStamp", aSnapshot->data().mTimeStamp);

    /* Description node (optional) */
    if (!aSnapshot->data().mDescription.isNull())
    {
        CFGNODE descNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Description", &descNode);
        Assert (descNode);
        CFGLDRSetBSTR (descNode, NULL, aSnapshot->data().mDescription);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (descNode);
    }
    else
    {
        CFGNODE descNode = 0;
        CFGLDRGetChildNode (aNode, "Description", 0, &descNode);
        if (descNode)
            CFGLDRDeleteNode (descNode);
    }

    if (aAttrsOnly)
        return S_OK;

    /* stateFile (optional) */
    if (aSnapshot->stateFilePath())
    {
        /* try to make the file name relative to the settings file dir */
        Utf8Str stateFilePath = aSnapshot->stateFilePath();
        calculateRelativePath (stateFilePath, stateFilePath);
        CFGLDRSetString (aNode, "stateFile", stateFilePath);
    }

    {
        ComObjPtr <SnapshotMachine> snapshotMachine = aSnapshot->data().mMachine;
        ComAssertRet (!snapshotMachine.isNull(), E_FAIL);

        /* save hardware */
        {
            CFGNODE hwNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Hardware", &hwNode);

            HRESULT rc = snapshotMachine->saveHardware (hwNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hwNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                return rc;
        }

        /* save hard disks */
        {
            CFGNODE hdasNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "HardDiskAttachments", &hdasNode);

            HRESULT rc = snapshotMachine->saveHardDisks (hdasNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdasNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                return rc;
        }
    }

    /* save children */
    {
        AutoLock listLock (aSnapshot->childrenLock());

        if (aSnapshot->children().size())
        {
            CFGNODE snapshotsNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Snapshots", &snapshotsNode);

            HRESULT rc = S_OK;

            for (Snapshot::SnapshotList::const_iterator it = aSnapshot->children().begin();
                 it != aSnapshot->children().end() && SUCCEEDED (rc);
                 ++ it)
            {
                CFGNODE snapshotNode = 0;
                CFGLDRCreateChildNode (snapshotsNode, "Snapshot", &snapshotNode);

                rc = saveSnapshot (snapshotNode, (*it), aAttrsOnly);

                CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotNode);
            }

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (snapshotsNode);
            if (FAILED (rc))
                return rc;
        }
    }

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Creates Saves the VM hardware configuration.
 *  It is assumed that the given node is empty.
 *
 *  @param aNode    <Hardware> node to save the VM hardware confguration to
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveHardware (CFGNODE aNode)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode, E_INVALIDARG);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* CPU */
    {
        CFGNODE cpuNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "CPU", &cpuNode);
        CFGNODE hwVirtExNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (cpuNode, "HardwareVirtEx", &hwVirtExNode);
        const char *value = NULL;
        switch (mHWData->mHWVirtExEnabled)
        {
            case TriStateBool_False:
                value = "false";
                break;
            case TriStateBool_True:
                value = "true";
                break;
            default:
                value = "default";
        }
        CFGLDRSetString (hwVirtExNode, "enabled", value);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (hwVirtExNode);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (cpuNode);
    }

    /* memory (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE memoryNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Memory", &memoryNode);
        CFGLDRSetUInt32 (memoryNode, "RAMSize", mHWData->mMemorySize);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (memoryNode);
    }

    /* boot (required) */
    do
    {
        CFGNODE bootNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Boot", &bootNode);

        for (ULONG pos = 0; pos < ELEMENTS (mHWData->mBootOrder); pos ++)
        {
            const char *device = NULL;
            switch (mHWData->mBootOrder [pos])
            {
                case DeviceType_NoDevice:
                    /* skip, this is allowed for <Order> nodes
                     * when loading, the default value NoDevice will remain */
                    continue;
                case DeviceType_FloppyDevice:   device = "Floppy";  break;
                case DeviceType_DVDDevice:      device = "DVD"; break;
                case DeviceType_HardDiskDevice: device = "HardDisk"; break;
                case DeviceType_NetworkDevice:  device = "Network"; break;
                default:
                    ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid boot device: %d\n",
                                              mHWData->mBootOrder [pos]),
                                              rc = E_FAIL);
            }
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            CFGNODE orderNode = 0;
            CFGLDRAppendChildNode (bootNode, "Order", &orderNode);

            CFGLDRSetUInt32 (orderNode, "position", pos + 1);
            CFGLDRSetString (orderNode, "device", device);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (orderNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (bootNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    /* display (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE displayNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Display", &displayNode);
        CFGLDRSetUInt32 (displayNode, "VRAMSize", mHWData->mVRAMSize);
        CFGLDRSetUInt32 (displayNode, "MonitorCount", mHWData->mMonitorCount);
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (displayNode);
    }

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    /* VRDP settings (optional) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to VRDPServer
    /// @todo r=sunlover: moved. dmik, please review.
    {
        CFGNODE remoteDisplayNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "RemoteDisplay", &remoteDisplayNode);

        if (remoteDisplayNode)
        {
            mVRDPServer->saveConfig (remoteDisplayNode);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (remoteDisplayNode);
        }
    }
#endif

    /* BIOS (required) */
    {
        CFGNODE biosNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "BIOS", &biosNode);
        {
            BOOL fSet;
            /* ACPI */
            CFGNODE acpiNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (biosNode, "ACPI", &acpiNode);
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(ACPIEnabled)(&fSet);
            CFGLDRSetBool (acpiNode, "enabled", !!fSet);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (acpiNode);

            /* IOAPIC */
            CFGNODE ioapicNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (biosNode, "IOAPIC", &ioapicNode);
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(IOAPICEnabled)(&fSet);
            CFGLDRSetBool (ioapicNode, "enabled", !!fSet);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (ioapicNode);

            /* BIOS logo (optional) **/
            CFGNODE logoNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (biosNode, "Logo", &logoNode);
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(LogoFadeIn)(&fSet);
            CFGLDRSetBool (logoNode, "fadeIn", !!fSet);
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(LogoFadeOut)(&fSet);
            CFGLDRSetBool (logoNode, "fadeOut", !!fSet);
            ULONG ulDisplayTime;
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(LogoDisplayTime)(&ulDisplayTime);
            CFGLDRSetUInt32 (logoNode, "displayTime", ulDisplayTime);
            Bstr logoPath;
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(LogoImagePath)(logoPath.asOutParam());
            if (logoPath)
                CFGLDRSetBSTR (logoNode, "imagePath", logoPath);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (logoNode, "imagePath");
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (logoNode);

            /* boot menu (optional) */
            CFGNODE bootMenuNode = 0;
            CFGLDRCreateChildNode (biosNode, "BootMenu", &bootMenuNode);
            BIOSBootMenuMode_T bootMenuMode;
            Bstr bootMenuModeStr;
            mBIOSSettings->COMGETTER(BootMenuMode)(&bootMenuMode);
            switch (bootMenuMode)
            {
                case BIOSBootMenuMode_Disabled:
                    bootMenuModeStr = "disabled";
                    break;
                case BIOSBootMenuMode_MenuOnly:
                    bootMenuModeStr = "menuonly";
                    break;
                default:
                    bootMenuModeStr = "messageandmenu";
            }
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (bootMenuNode, "mode", bootMenuModeStr);
            CFGLDRReleaseNode (bootMenuNode);
        }
        CFGLDRReleaseNode(biosNode);
    }

    /* DVD drive (required) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to DVDDrive
    do
    {
        CFGNODE dvdNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "DVDDrive", &dvdNode);

        BOOL fPassthrough;
        mDVDDrive->COMGETTER(Passthrough)(&fPassthrough);
        CFGLDRSetBool(dvdNode, "passthrough", !!fPassthrough);

        switch (mDVDDrive->data()->mDriveState)
        {
            case DriveState_ImageMounted:
            {
                Assert (!mDVDDrive->data()->mDVDImage.isNull());

                Guid id;
                rc = mDVDDrive->data()->mDVDImage->COMGETTER(Id) (id.asOutParam());
                Assert (!id.isEmpty());

                CFGNODE imageNode = 0;
                CFGLDRCreateChildNode (dvdNode, "Image", &imageNode);
                CFGLDRSetUUID (imageNode, "uuid", id.ptr());
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (imageNode);
                break;
            }
            case DriveState_HostDriveCaptured:
            {
                Assert (!mDVDDrive->data()->mHostDrive.isNull());

                Bstr name;
                rc = mDVDDrive->data()->mHostDrive->COMGETTER(Name) (name.asOutParam());
                Assert (!name.isEmpty());

                CFGNODE hostDriveNode = 0;
                CFGLDRCreateChildNode (dvdNode, "HostDrive", &hostDriveNode);
                CFGLDRSetBSTR (hostDriveNode, "src", name);
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (hostDriveNode);
                break;
            }
            case DriveState_NotMounted:
                /* do nothing, i.e.leave the DVD drive node empty */
                break;
            default:
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid DVD drive state: %d\n",
                                          mDVDDrive->data()->mDriveState),
                                          rc = E_FAIL);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (dvdNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    /* Flooppy drive (required) */
    /// @todo (dmik) move the code to DVDDrive
    do
    {
        CFGNODE floppyNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "FloppyDrive", &floppyNode);

        BOOL fFloppyEnabled;
        rc = mFloppyDrive->COMGETTER(Enabled)(&fFloppyEnabled);
        CFGLDRSetBool (floppyNode, "enabled", !!fFloppyEnabled);

        switch (mFloppyDrive->data()->mDriveState)
        {
            case DriveState_ImageMounted:
            {
                Assert (!mFloppyDrive->data()->mFloppyImage.isNull());

                Guid id;
                rc = mFloppyDrive->data()->mFloppyImage->COMGETTER(Id) (id.asOutParam());
                Assert (!id.isEmpty());

                CFGNODE imageNode = 0;
                CFGLDRCreateChildNode (floppyNode, "Image", &imageNode);
                CFGLDRSetUUID (imageNode, "uuid", id.ptr());
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (imageNode);
                break;
            }
            case DriveState_HostDriveCaptured:
            {
                Assert (!mFloppyDrive->data()->mHostDrive.isNull());

                Bstr name;
                rc = mFloppyDrive->data()->mHostDrive->COMGETTER(Name) (name.asOutParam());
                Assert (!name.isEmpty());

                CFGNODE hostDriveNode = 0;
                CFGLDRCreateChildNode (floppyNode, "HostDrive", &hostDriveNode);
                CFGLDRSetBSTR (hostDriveNode, "src", name);
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (hostDriveNode);
                break;
            }
            case DriveState_NotMounted:
                /* do nothing, i.e.leave the Floppy drive node empty */
                break;
            default:
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid Floppy drive state: %d\n",
                                          mFloppyDrive->data()->mDriveState),
                                          rc = E_FAIL);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (floppyNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;


    /* USB Controller (required) */
    rc = mUSBController->saveSettings (aNode);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    /* Network adapters (required) */
    do
    {
        CFGNODE nwNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Network", &nwNode);

        for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        {
            CFGNODE networkAdapterNode = 0;
            CFGLDRAppendChildNode (nwNode, "Adapter", &networkAdapterNode);

            CFGLDRSetUInt32 (networkAdapterNode, "slot", slot);
            CFGLDRSetBool (networkAdapterNode, "enabled",
                           !!mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mEnabled);
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (networkAdapterNode, "MACAddress",
                           mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mMACAddress);
            CFGLDRSetBool (networkAdapterNode, "cable",
                           !!mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mCableConnected);

            if (mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mTraceEnabled)
                CFGLDRSetBool (networkAdapterNode, "trace", true);

            CFGLDRSetBSTR (networkAdapterNode, "tracefile",
                           mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mTraceFile);

            switch (mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mAdapterType)
            {
                case NetworkAdapterType_NetworkAdapterAm79C970A:
                    CFGLDRSetString (networkAdapterNode, "type", "Am79C970A");
                    break;
                case NetworkAdapterType_NetworkAdapterAm79C973:
                    CFGLDRSetString (networkAdapterNode, "type", "Am79C973");
                    break;
                default:
                    ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid network adapter type: %d\n",
                                              mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mAdapterType),
                                              rc = E_FAIL);
            }

            CFGNODE attachmentNode = 0;
            switch (mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mAttachmentType)
            {
                case NetworkAttachmentType_NoNetworkAttachment:
                {
                    /* do nothing -- empty content */
                    break;
                }
                case NetworkAttachmentType_NATNetworkAttachment:
                {
                    CFGLDRAppendChildNode (networkAdapterNode, "NAT", &attachmentNode);
                    break;
                }
                case NetworkAttachmentType_HostInterfaceNetworkAttachment:
                {
                    CFGLDRAppendChildNode (networkAdapterNode, "HostInterface", &attachmentNode);
                    const Bstr &name = mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mHostInterface;
#ifdef __WIN__
                    Assert (!name.isNull());
#endif
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_UNIXY_TAP_NETWORKING
                    if (!name.isEmpty())
#endif
                        CFGLDRSetBSTR (attachmentNode, "name", name);
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_UNIXY_TAP_NETWORKING
                    const Bstr &tapSetupApp =
                        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mTAPSetupApplication;
                    if (!tapSetupApp.isEmpty())
                        CFGLDRSetBSTR (attachmentNode, "TAPSetup", tapSetupApp);
                    const Bstr &tapTerminateApp =
                        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->data()->mTAPTerminateApplication;
                    if (!tapTerminateApp.isEmpty())
                        CFGLDRSetBSTR (attachmentNode, "TAPTerminate", tapTerminateApp);
#endif /* VBOX_WITH_UNIXY_TAP_NETWORKING */
                    break;
                }
                case NetworkAttachmentType_InternalNetworkAttachment:
                {
                    CFGLDRAppendChildNode (networkAdapterNode, "InternalNetwork", &attachmentNode);
                    const Bstr &name = mNetworkAdapters[slot]->data()->mInternalNetwork;
                    Assert(!name.isNull());
                    CFGLDRSetBSTR (attachmentNode, "name", name);
                    break;
                }
                default:
                {
                    ComAssertFailedBreak (rc = E_FAIL);
                    break;
                }
            }
            if (attachmentNode)
                CFGLDRReleaseNode (attachmentNode);

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (networkAdapterNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (nwNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    /* Audio adapter */
    do
    {
        CFGNODE adapterNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "AudioAdapter", &adapterNode);

        switch (mAudioAdapter->data()->mAudioDriver)
        {
            case AudioDriverType_NullAudioDriver:
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "null");
                break;
            }
#ifdef __WIN__
            case AudioDriverType_WINMMAudioDriver:
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_WINMM
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "winmm");
                break;
            }
#endif
            case AudioDriverType_DSOUNDAudioDriver:
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "dsound");
                break;
            }
#endif /* __WIN__ */
#ifdef __LINUX__
            case AudioDriverType_ALSAAudioDriver:
#ifdef VBOX_WITH_ALSA
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "alsa");
                break;
            }
#endif
            case AudioDriverType_OSSAudioDriver:
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "oss");
                break;
            }
#endif /* __LINUX__ */
#ifdef __DARWIN__
            case AudioDriverType_CoreAudioDriver:
            {
                CFGLDRSetString (adapterNode, "driver", "coreaudio");
                break;
            }
#endif
            default:
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Wrong audio driver type! driver = %d\n",
                                          mAudioAdapter->data()->mAudioDriver),
                                          rc = E_FAIL);
        }

        CFGLDRSetBool (adapterNode, "enabled", !!mAudioAdapter->data()->mEnabled);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (adapterNode);
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    /* Shared folders */
    do
    {
        CFGNODE sharedFoldersNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "SharedFolders", &sharedFoldersNode);

        for (HWData::SharedFolderList::const_iterator it = mHWData->mSharedFolders.begin();
             it != mHWData->mSharedFolders.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> folder = *it;

            CFGNODE folderNode = 0;
            CFGLDRAppendChildNode (sharedFoldersNode, "SharedFolder", &folderNode);

            /* all are mandatory */
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (folderNode, "name", folder->name());
            CFGLDRSetBSTR (folderNode, "hostPath", folder->hostPath());

            CFGLDRReleaseNode (folderNode);
        }

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (sharedFoldersNode);
    }
    while (0);

    /* Clipboard */
    {
        CFGNODE clipNode = 0;
        CFGLDRCreateChildNode (aNode, "Clipboard", &clipNode);

        const char *mode = "Disabled";
        switch (mHWData->mClipboardMode)
        {
            case ClipboardMode_ClipDisabled:
                /* already assigned */
                break;
            case ClipboardMode_ClipHostToGuest:
                mode = "HostToGuest";
                break;
            case ClipboardMode_ClipGuestToHost:
                mode = "GuestToHost";
                break;
            case ClipboardMode_ClipBidirectional:
                mode = "Bidirectional";
                break;
            default:
                AssertMsgFailed (("Clipboard mode %d is invalid",
                                  mHWData->mClipboardMode));
                break;
        }
        CFGLDRSetString (clipNode, "mode", mode);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (clipNode);
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Saves the hard disk confguration.
 *  It is assumed that the given node is empty.
 *
 *  @param aNode    <HardDiskAttachments> node to save the hard disk confguration to
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveHardDisks (CFGNODE aNode)
{
    AssertReturn (aNode, E_INVALIDARG);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end() && SUCCEEDED (rc);
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> att = *it;

        CFGNODE hdNode = 0;
        CFGLDRAppendChildNode (aNode, "HardDiskAttachment", &hdNode);

        do
        {
            const char *bus = NULL;
            switch (att->controller())
            {
                case DiskControllerType_IDE0Controller: bus = "ide0"; break;
                case DiskControllerType_IDE1Controller: bus = "ide1"; break;
                default:
                    ComAssertFailedBreak (rc = E_FAIL);
            }
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            const char *dev = NULL;
            switch (att->deviceNumber())
            {
                case 0: dev = "master"; break;
                case 1: dev = "slave"; break;
                default:
                    ComAssertFailedBreak (rc = E_FAIL);
            }
            if (FAILED (rc))
                break;

            CFGLDRSetUUID (hdNode, "hardDisk", att->hardDisk()->id());
            CFGLDRSetString (hdNode, "bus", bus);
            CFGLDRSetString (hdNode, "device", dev);
        }
        while (0);

        CFGLDRReleaseNode (hdNode);
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Saves machine state settings as defined by aFlags
 *  (SaveSTS_* values).
 *
 *  @param aFlags   a combination of SaveSTS_* flags
 *
 *  @note Locks objects!
 */
HRESULT Machine::saveStateSettings (int aFlags)
{
    if (aFlags == 0)
        return S_OK;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    /* load the config file */
    CFGHANDLE configLoader = 0;
    HRESULT rc = openConfigLoader (&configLoader);
    if (FAILED (rc))
        return rc;

    CFGNODE machineNode = 0;
    CFGLDRGetNode (configLoader, "VirtualBox/Machine", 0, &machineNode);

    do
    {
        ComAssertBreak (machineNode, rc = E_FAIL);

        if (aFlags & SaveSTS_CurStateModified)
        {
            if (!mData->mCurrentStateModified)
                CFGLDRSetBool (machineNode, "currentStateModified", false);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "currentStateModified");
        }

        if (aFlags & SaveSTS_StateFilePath)
        {
            if (mSSData->mStateFilePath)
                CFGLDRSetBSTR (machineNode, "stateFile", mSSData->mStateFilePath);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "stateFile");
        }

        if (aFlags & SaveSTS_StateTimeStamp)
        {
            Assert (mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Aborted ||
                    mSSData->mStateFilePath.isNull());

            CFGLDRSetDateTime (machineNode, "lastStateChange",
                               mData->mLastStateChange);

            // set the aborted attribute when appropriate
            if (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Aborted)
                CFGLDRSetBool (machineNode, "aborted", true);
            else
                CFGLDRDeleteAttribute (machineNode, "aborted");
        }
    }
    while (0);

    if (machineNode)
        CFGLDRReleaseNode (machineNode);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        rc = closeConfigLoader (configLoader, true /* aSaveBeforeClose */);
    else
        closeConfigLoader (configLoader, false /* aSaveBeforeClose */);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Cleans up all differencing hard disks based on immutable hard disks.
 *
 *  @note Locks objects!
 */
HRESULT Machine::wipeOutImmutableDiffs()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_PoweredOff ||
                  mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Aborted, E_FAIL);

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = (*it)->hardDisk();
        AutoLock hdLock (hd);

        if(hd->isParentImmutable())
        {
            /// @todo (dmik) no error handling for now
            //  (need async error reporting for this)
            hd->asVDI()->wipeOutImage();
        }
    }

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Fixes up lazy hard disk attachments by creating or deleting differencing
 *  hard disks when machine settings are being committed.
 *  Must be called only from #commit().
 *
 *  @note Locks objects!
 */
HRESULT Machine::fixupHardDisks (bool aCommit)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    /* no attac/detach operations -- nothing to do */
    if (!mHDData.isBackedUp())
    {
        mHDData->mHDAttachmentsChanged = false;
        return S_OK;
    }

    AssertReturn (mData->mRegistered, E_FAIL);

    if (aCommit)
    {
        /*
         *  changes are being committed,
         *  perform actual diff image creation, deletion etc.
         */

        /* take a copy of backed up attachments (will modify it) */
        HDData::HDAttachmentList backedUp = mHDData.backedUpData()->mHDAttachments;
        /* list of new diffs created */
        std::list <ComObjPtr <HardDisk> > newDiffs;

        HRESULT rc = S_OK;

        /* go through current attachments */
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator
             it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            if (!hda->isDirty())
            {
                /*
                 *  not dirty, therefore was either attached before backing up
                 *  or doesn't need any fixup (already fixed up); try to locate
                 *  this hard disk among backed up attachments and remove from
                 *  there to prevent it from being deassociated/deleted
                 */
                HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator oldIt;
                for (oldIt = backedUp.begin(); oldIt != backedUp.end(); ++ oldIt)
                    if ((*oldIt)->hardDisk().equalsTo (hd))
                        break;
                if (oldIt != backedUp.end())
                {
                    /* remove from there */
                    backedUp.erase (oldIt);
                    Log3 (("FC: %ls found in old\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                }
            }
            else
            {
                /* dirty, determine what to do */

                bool needDiff = false;
                bool searchAmongSnapshots = false;

                switch (hd->type())
                {
                    case HardDiskType_ImmutableHardDisk:
                    {
                        /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                        hd->releaseReader();
                        Log3 (("FC: %ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        /* indicate we need a diff (indirect attachment) */
                        needDiff = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    case HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk:
                    {
                        /* reset the dirty flag */
                        hda->updateHardDisk (hd, false /* aDirty */);
                        Log3 (("FC: %ls updated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        break;
                    }
                    case HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk:
                    {
                        if (hd->snapshotId().isEmpty())
                        {
                            /* reset the dirty flag */
                            hda->updateHardDisk (hd, false /* aDirty */);
                            Log3 (("FC: %ls updated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                            hd->releaseReader();
                            Log3 (("FC: %ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                            /* indicate we need a diff (indirect attachment) */
                            needDiff = true;
                            /* search for the most recent base among snapshots */
                            searchAmongSnapshots = true;
                        }
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (!needDiff)
                    continue;

                bool createDiff = false;

                /*
                 *  see whether any previously attached hard disk has the
                 *  the currently attached one (Normal or Independent) as
                 *  the root
                 */

                HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator foundIt = backedUp.end();

                for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator it = backedUp.begin();
                     it != backedUp.end();
                     ++ it)
                {
                    if ((*it)->hardDisk()->root().equalsTo (hd))
                    {
                        /*
                         *  matched dev and ctl (i.e. attached to the same place)
                         *  will win and immediately stop the search; otherwise
                         *  the first attachment that matched the hd only will
                         *  be used
                         */
                        if ((*it)->deviceNumber() == hda->deviceNumber() &&
                            (*it)->controller() == hda->controller())
                        {
                            foundIt = it;
                            break;
                        }
                        else
                        if (foundIt == backedUp.end())
                        {
                            /*
                             *  not an exact match; ensure there is no exact match
                             *  among other current attachments referring the same
                             *  root (to prevent this attachmend from reusing the
                             *  hard disk of the other attachment that will later
                             *  give the exact match or already gave it before)
                             */
                            bool canReuse = true;
                            for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator
                                 it2 = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
                                 it2 != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
                                 ++ it2)
                            {
                                if ((*it2)->deviceNumber() == (*it)->deviceNumber() &&
                                    (*it2)->controller() == (*it)->controller() &&
                                    (*it2)->hardDisk()->root().equalsTo (hd))
                                {
                                    /*
                                     *  the exact match, either non-dirty or dirty
                                     *  one refers the same root: in both cases
                                     *  we cannot reuse the hard disk, so break
                                     */
                                    canReuse = false;
                                    break;
                                }
                            }

                            if (canReuse)
                                foundIt = it;
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (foundIt != backedUp.end())
                {
                    /* found either one or another, reuse the diff */
                    hda->updateHardDisk ((*foundIt)->hardDisk(),
                                         false /* aDirty */);
                    Log3 (("FC: %ls reused as %ls\n", hd->toString().raw(),
                           (*foundIt)->hardDisk()->toString().raw()));
                    /* remove from there */
                    backedUp.erase (foundIt);
                }
                else
                {
                    /* was not attached, need a diff */
                    createDiff = true;
                }

                if (!createDiff)
                    continue;

                ComObjPtr <HardDisk> baseHd = hd;

                if (searchAmongSnapshots)
                {
                    /*
                     *  find the most recent diff based on the currently
                     *  attached root (Normal hard disk) among snapshots
                     */

                    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snap = mData->mCurrentSnapshot;

                    while (snap)
                    {
                        AutoLock snapLock (snap);

                        const HDData::HDAttachmentList &snapAtts =
                            snap->data().mMachine->hdData()->mHDAttachments;

                        HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator foundIt = snapAtts.end();

                        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator
                             it = snapAtts.begin(); it != snapAtts.end(); ++ it)
                        {
                            if ((*it)->hardDisk()->root().equalsTo (hd))
                            {
                                /*
                                 *  matched dev and ctl (i.e. attached to the same place)
                                 *  will win and immediately stop the search; otherwise
                                 *  the first attachment that matched the hd only will
                                 *  be used
                                 */
                                if ((*it)->deviceNumber() == hda->deviceNumber() &&
                                    (*it)->controller() == hda->controller())
                                {
                                    foundIt = it;
                                    break;
                                }
                                else
                                if (foundIt == snapAtts.end())
                                    foundIt = it;
                            }
                        }

                        if (foundIt != snapAtts.end())
                        {
                            /* the most recent diff has been found, use as a base */
                            baseHd = (*foundIt)->hardDisk();
                            Log3 (("FC: %ls: recent found %ls\n",
                                   hd->toString().raw(), baseHd->toString().raw()));
                            break;
                        }

                        snap = snap->parent();
                    }
                }

                /* create a new diff for the hard disk being indirectly attached */

                AutoLock baseHdLock (baseHd);
                baseHd->addReader();

                ComObjPtr <HVirtualDiskImage> vdi;
                rc = baseHd->createDiffHardDisk (mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull,
                                                 mData->mUuid, vdi, NULL);
                baseHd->releaseReader();
                CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);

                newDiffs.push_back (ComObjPtr <HardDisk> (vdi));

                /* update the attachment and reset the dirty flag */
                hda->updateHardDisk (ComObjPtr <HardDisk> (vdi),
                                     false /* aDirty */);
                Log3 (("FC: %ls: diff created %ls\n",
                       baseHd->toString().raw(), vdi->toString().raw()));
            }
        }

        if (FAILED (rc))
        {
            /* delete diffs we created */
            for (std::list <ComObjPtr <HardDisk> >::const_iterator
                 it = newDiffs.begin(); it != newDiffs.end(); ++ it)
            {
                /*
                 *  unregisterDiffHardDisk() is supposed to delete and uninit
                 *  the differencing hard disk
                 */
                mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (*it);
                /* too bad if we fail here, but nothing to do, just continue */
            }

            /* the best is to rollback the changes... */
            mHDData.rollback();
            mHDData->mHDAttachmentsChanged = false;
            Log3 (("FC: ROLLED BACK\n"));
            return rc;
        }

        /*
         *  go through the rest of old attachments and delete diffs
         *  or deassociate hard disks from machines (they will become detached)
         */
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator
             it = backedUp.begin(); it != backedUp.end(); ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            if (hd->isDifferencing())
            {
                /*
                 *  unregisterDiffHardDisk() is supposed to delete and uninit
                 *  the differencing hard disk
                 */
                Log3 (("FC: %ls diff deleted\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                rc = mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (hd);
                /*
                 *  too bad if we fail here, but nothing to do, just continue
                 *  (the last rc will be returned to the caller though)
                 */
            }
            else
            {
                /* deassociate from this machine */
                Log3 (("FC: %ls deassociated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                hd->setMachineId (Guid());
            }
        }

        /* commit all the changes */
        mHDData->mHDAttachmentsChanged = mHDData.hasActualChanges();
        mHDData.commit();
        Log3 (("FC: COMMITTED\n"));

        return rc;
    }

    /*
     *  changes are being rolled back,
     *  go trhough all current attachments and fix up dirty ones
     *  the way it is done in DetachHardDisk()
     */

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
        AutoLock hdLock (hd);

        if (hda->isDirty())
        {
            switch (hd->type())
            {
                case HardDiskType_ImmutableHardDisk:
                {
                    /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                    hd->releaseReader();
                    Log3 (("FR: %ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    break;
                }
                case HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk:
                {
                    /* deassociate from this machine */
                    hd->setMachineId (Guid());
                    Log3 (("FR: %ls deassociated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    break;
                }
                case HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk:
                {
                    if (hd->snapshotId().isEmpty())
                    {
                        /* deassociate from this machine */
                        hd->setMachineId (Guid());
                        Log3 (("FR: %ls deassociated\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        /* decrease readers increased in AttachHardDisk() */
                        hd->releaseReader();
                        Log3 (("FR: %ls released\n", hd->toString().raw()));
                    }

                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }

    /* rollback all the changes */
    mHDData.rollback();
    Log3 (("FR: ROLLED BACK\n"));

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Creates differencing hard disks for all normal hard disks
 *  and replaces attachments to refer to created disks.
 *  Used when taking a snapshot or when discarding the current state.
 *
 *  @param aSnapshotId      ID of the snapshot being taken
 *                          or NULL if the current state is being discarded
 *  @param aFolder          folder where to create diff. hard disks
 *  @param aProgress        progress object to run (must contain at least as
 *                          many operations left as the number of VDIs attached)
 *  @param aOnline          whether the machine is online (i.e., when the EMT
 *                          thread is paused, OR when current hard disks are
 *                          marked as busy for some other reason)
 *
 *  @note
 *      The progress object is not marked as completed, neither on success
 *      nor on failure. This is a responsibility of the caller.
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing
 */
HRESULT Machine::createSnapshotDiffs (const Guid *aSnapshotId,
                                      const Bstr &aFolder,
                                      const ComObjPtr <Progress> &aProgress,
                                      bool aOnline)
{
    AssertReturn (!aFolder.isEmpty(), E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* accessing mParent methods below needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    // first pass: check accessibility before performing changes
    if (!aOnline)
    {
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            ComAssertMsgBreak (hd->type() == HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk,
                               ("Invalid hard disk type %d\n", hd->type()),
                               rc = E_FAIL);

            ComAssertMsgBreak (!hd->isParentImmutable() ||
                               hd->storageType() == HardDiskStorageType_VirtualDiskImage,
                               ("Invalid hard disk storage type %d\n", hd->storageType()),
                               rc = E_FAIL);

            Bstr accessError;
            rc = hd->getAccessible (accessError);
            CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);

            if (!accessError.isNull())
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Hard disk '%ls' is not accessible (%ls)"),
                    hd->toString().raw(), accessError.raw());
                break;
            }
        }
        CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
    }

    HDData::HDAttachmentList attachments;

    // second pass: perform changes
    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
        AutoLock hdLock (hd);

        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> parent = hd->parent();
        AutoLock parentHdLock (parent);

        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> newHd;

        // clear busy flag if the VM is online
        if (aOnline)
            hd->clearBusy();
        // increase readers
        hd->addReader();

        if (hd->isParentImmutable())
        {
            aProgress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                tr ("Preserving immutable hard disk '%ls'"),
                parent->toString (true /* aShort */).raw())));

            parentHdLock.unlock();
            alock.leave();

            // create a copy of the independent diff
            ComObjPtr <HVirtualDiskImage> vdi;
            rc = hd->asVDI()->cloneDiffImage (aFolder, mData->mUuid, vdi,
                                              aProgress);
            newHd = vdi;

            alock.enter();
            parentHdLock.lock();

            // decrease readers (hd is no more used for reading in any case)
            hd->releaseReader();
        }
        else
        {
            // checked in the first pass
            Assert (hd->type() == HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk);

            aProgress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                tr ("Creating a differencing hard disk for '%ls'"),
                hd->root()->toString (true /* aShort */).raw())));

            parentHdLock.unlock();
            alock.leave();

            // create a new diff for the image being attached
            ComObjPtr <HVirtualDiskImage> vdi;
            rc = hd->createDiffHardDisk (aFolder, mData->mUuid, vdi, aProgress);
            newHd = vdi;

            alock.enter();
            parentHdLock.lock();

            if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            {
                // if online, hd must keep a reader referece
                if (!aOnline)
                    hd->releaseReader();
            }
            else
            {
                // decrease readers
                hd->releaseReader();
            }
        }

        if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> newHda;
            newHda.createObject();
            rc = newHda->init (newHd, hda->controller(), hda->deviceNumber(),
                               false /* aDirty */);

            if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            {
                // associate the snapshot id with the old hard disk
                if (hd->type() != HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk && aSnapshotId)
                    hd->setSnapshotId (*aSnapshotId);

                // add the new attachment
                attachments.push_back (newHda);

                // if online, newHd must be marked as busy
                if (aOnline)
                    newHd->setBusy();
            }
        }

        if (FAILED (rc))
        {
            // set busy flag back if the VM is online
            if (aOnline)
                hd->setBusy();
            break;
        }
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        // replace the whole list of attachments with the new one
        mHDData->mHDAttachments = attachments;
    }
    else
    {
        // delete those diffs we've just created
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = attachments.begin();
             it != attachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = (*it)->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);
            Assert (hd->children().size() == 0);
            Assert (hd->isDifferencing());
            // unregisterDiffHardDisk() is supposed to delete and uninit
            // the differencing hard disk
            mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (hd);
        }
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Deletes differencing hard disks created by createSnapshotDiffs() in case
 *  if snapshot creation was failed.
 *
 *  @param aSnapshot        failed snapshot
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing.
 */
HRESULT Machine::deleteSnapshotDiffs (const ComObjPtr <Snapshot> &aSnapshot)
{
    AssertReturn (!aSnapshot.isNull(), E_FAIL);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* accessing mParent methods below needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    /* short cut: check whether attachments are all the same */
    if (mHDData->mHDAttachments == aSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments)
        return S_OK;

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
        AutoLock hdLock (hd);

        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> parent = hd->parent();
        AutoLock parentHdLock (parent);

        if (!parent || parent->snapshotId() != aSnapshot->data().mId)
            continue;

        /* must not have children */
        ComAssertRet (hd->children().size() == 0, E_FAIL);

        /* deassociate the old hard disk from the given snapshot's ID */
        parent->setSnapshotId (Guid());

        /* unregisterDiffHardDisk() is supposed to delete and uninit
         * the differencing hard disk */
        rc = mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (hd);
        /* continue on error */
    }

    /* restore the whole list of attachments from the failed snapshot */
    mHDData->mHDAttachments = aSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments;

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Helper to lock the machine configuration for write access.
 *
 *  @return S_OK or E_FAIL and sets error info on failure
 *
 *  @note Doesn't lock anything (must be called from this object's lock)
 */
HRESULT Machine::lockConfig()
{
    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (!isConfigLocked())
    {
        /* open the associated config file */
        int vrc = RTFileOpen (&mData->mHandleCfgFile,
                              Utf8Str (mData->mConfigFileFull),
                              RTFILE_O_READWRITE | RTFILE_O_OPEN |
                              RTFILE_O_DENY_WRITE);
        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
            mData->mHandleCfgFile = NIL_RTFILE;
    }

    LogFlowThisFunc (("mConfigFile={%ls}, mHandleCfgFile=%d, rc=%08X\n",
                      mData->mConfigFileFull.raw(), mData->mHandleCfgFile, rc));
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Helper to unlock the machine configuration from write access
 *
 *  @return S_OK
 *
 *  @note Doesn't lock anything.
 *  @note Not thread safe (must be called from this object's lock).
 */
HRESULT Machine::unlockConfig()
{
    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (isConfigLocked())
    {
        RTFileFlush(mData->mHandleCfgFile);
        RTFileClose(mData->mHandleCfgFile);
        /** @todo flush the directory. */
        mData->mHandleCfgFile = NIL_RTFILE;
    }

    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Returns true if the settings file is located in the directory named exactly
 *  as the machine. This will be true if the machine settings structure was
 *  created by default in #openConfigLoader().
 *
 *  @param aSettingsDir if not NULL, the full machine settings file directory
 *                      name will be assigned there.
 *
 *  @note Doesn't lock anything.
 *  @note Not thread safe (must be called from this object's lock).
 */
bool Machine::isInOwnDir (Utf8Str *aSettingsDir /* = NULL */)
{
    Utf8Str settingsDir = mData->mConfigFileFull;
    RTPathStripFilename (settingsDir.mutableRaw());
    char *dirName = RTPathFilename (settingsDir);

    AssertReturn (dirName, false);

    /* if we don't rename anything on name change, return false shorlty */
    if (!mUserData->mNameSync)
        return false;

    if (aSettingsDir)
        *aSettingsDir = settingsDir;

    return Bstr (dirName) == mUserData->mName;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks objects for reading!
 */
bool Machine::isModified()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), false);

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        if (mNetworkAdapters [slot] && mNetworkAdapters [slot]->isModified())
            return true;

    return
        mUserData.isBackedUp() ||
        mHWData.isBackedUp() ||
        mHDData.isBackedUp() ||
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
        (mVRDPServer && mVRDPServer->isModified()) ||
#endif
        (mDVDDrive && mDVDDrive->isModified()) ||
        (mFloppyDrive && mFloppyDrive->isModified()) ||
        (mAudioAdapter && mAudioAdapter->isModified()) ||
        (mUSBController && mUSBController->isModified()) ||
        (mBIOSSettings && mBIOSSettings->isModified());
}

/**
 *  @note This method doesn't check (ignores) actual changes to mHDData.
 *  Use mHDData.mHDAttachmentsChanged right after #commit() instead.
 *
 *  @param aIgnoreUserData      |true| to ignore changes to mUserData
 *
 *  @note Locks objects for reading!
 */
bool Machine::isReallyModified (bool aIgnoreUserData /* = false */)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), false);

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        if (mNetworkAdapters [slot] && mNetworkAdapters [slot]->isReallyModified())
            return true;

    return
        (!aIgnoreUserData && mUserData.hasActualChanges()) ||
        mHWData.hasActualChanges() ||
        /* ignore mHDData */
        //mHDData.hasActualChanges() ||
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
        (mVRDPServer && mVRDPServer->isReallyModified()) ||
#endif
        (mDVDDrive && mDVDDrive->isReallyModified()) ||
        (mFloppyDrive && mFloppyDrive->isReallyModified()) ||
        (mAudioAdapter && mAudioAdapter->isReallyModified()) ||
        (mUSBController && mUSBController->isReallyModified()) ||
        (mBIOSSettings && mBIOSSettings->isReallyModified());
}

/**
 *  Discards all changes to machine settings.
 *
 *  @param  aNotify whether to notify the direct session about changes or not
 *
 *  @note Locks objects!
 */
void Machine::rollback (bool aNotify)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), (void) 0);

    AutoLock alock (this);

    mUserData.rollback();

    mHWData.rollback();

    if (mHDData.isBackedUp())
        fixupHardDisks (false /* aCommit */);

    bool vrdpChanged = false, dvdChanged = false, floppyChanged = false,
         usbChanged = false;
    ComPtr <INetworkAdapter> networkAdapters [ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters)];

    if (mBIOSSettings)
        mBIOSSettings->rollback();

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    if (mVRDPServer)
        vrdpChanged = mVRDPServer->rollback();
#endif

    if (mDVDDrive)
        dvdChanged = mDVDDrive->rollback();

    if (mFloppyDrive)
        floppyChanged = mFloppyDrive->rollback();

    if (mAudioAdapter)
        mAudioAdapter->rollback();

    if (mUSBController)
        usbChanged = mUSBController->rollback();

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        if (mNetworkAdapters [slot])
            if (mNetworkAdapters [slot]->rollback())
                networkAdapters [slot] = mNetworkAdapters [slot];

    if (aNotify)
    {
        // inform the direct session about changes

        ComObjPtr <Machine> that = this;
        alock.leave();

        if (vrdpChanged)
            that->onVRDPServerChange();
        if (dvdChanged)
            that->onDVDDriveChange();
        if (floppyChanged)
            that->onFloppyDriveChange();
        if (usbChanged)
            that->onUSBControllerChange();
        for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (networkAdapters); slot ++)
            if (networkAdapters [slot])
                that->onNetworkAdapterChange (networkAdapters [slot]);
    }
}

/**
 *  Commits all the changes to machine settings.
 *
 *  Note that when committing fails at some stage, it still continues
 *  until the end. So, all data will either be actually committed or rolled
 *  back (for failed cases) and the returned result code will describe the
 *  first failure encountered. However, #isModified() will still return true
 *  in case of failure, to indicade that settings in memory and on disk are
 *  out of sync.
 *
 *  @note Locks objects!
 */
HRESULT Machine::commit()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /*
     *  use safe commit to ensure Snapshot machines (that share mUserData)
     *  will still refer to a valid memory location
     */
    mUserData.commitCopy();

    mHWData.commit();

    if (mHDData.isBackedUp())
        rc = fixupHardDisks (true /* aCommit */);

    mBIOSSettings->commit();
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    mVRDPServer->commit();
#endif
    mDVDDrive->commit();
    mFloppyDrive->commit();
    mAudioAdapter->commit();
    mUSBController->commit();

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->commit();

    if (mType == IsSessionMachine)
    {
        /* attach new data to the primary machine and reshare it */
        mPeer->mUserData.attach (mUserData);
        mPeer->mHWData.attach (mHWData);
        mPeer->mHDData.attach (mHDData);
    }

    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        /*
         *  backup arbitrary data item to cause #isModified() to still return
         *  true in case of any error
         */
        mHWData.backup();
    }

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Copies all the hardware data from the given machine.
 *
 *  @note
 *      This method must be called from under this object's lock.
 *  @note
 *      This method doesn't call #commit(), so all data remains backed up
 *      and unsaved.
 */
void Machine::copyFrom (Machine *aThat)
{
    AssertReturn (mType == IsMachine || mType == IsSessionMachine, (void) 0);
    AssertReturn (aThat->mType == IsSnapshotMachine, (void) 0);

    mHWData.assignCopy (aThat->mHWData);

    // create copies of all shared folders (mHWData after attiching a copy
    // contains just references to original objects)
    for (HWData::SharedFolderList::iterator it = mHWData->mSharedFolders.begin();
         it != mHWData->mSharedFolders.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> folder;
        folder.createObject();
        HRESULT rc = folder->initCopy (machine(), *it);
        AssertComRC (rc);
        *it = folder;
    }

    mBIOSSettings->copyFrom (aThat->mBIOSSettings);
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    mVRDPServer->copyFrom (aThat->mVRDPServer);
#endif
    mDVDDrive->copyFrom (aThat->mDVDDrive);
    mFloppyDrive->copyFrom (aThat->mFloppyDrive);
    mAudioAdapter->copyFrom (aThat->mAudioAdapter);
    mUSBController->copyFrom (aThat->mUSBController);

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->copyFrom (aThat->mNetworkAdapters [slot]);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SessionMachine class
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/** Task structure for asynchronous VM operations */
struct SessionMachine::Task
{
    Task (SessionMachine *m, Progress *p)
        : machine (m), progress (p)
        , state (m->data()->mMachineState) // save the current machine state
        , subTask (false), settingsChanged (false)
    {}

    void modifyLastState (MachineState_T s)
    {
        *const_cast <MachineState_T *> (&state) = s;
    }

    virtual void handler() = 0;

    const ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> machine;
    const ComObjPtr <Progress> progress;
    const MachineState_T state;

    bool subTask : 1;
    bool settingsChanged : 1;
};

/** Take snapshot task */
struct SessionMachine::TakeSnapshotTask : public SessionMachine::Task
{
    TakeSnapshotTask (SessionMachine *m)
        : Task (m, NULL) {}

    void handler() { machine->takeSnapshotHandler (*this); }
};

/** Discard snapshot task */
struct SessionMachine::DiscardSnapshotTask : public SessionMachine::Task
{
    DiscardSnapshotTask (SessionMachine *m, Progress *p, Snapshot *s)
        : Task (m, p)
        , snapshot (s) {}

    DiscardSnapshotTask (const Task &task, Snapshot *s)
        : Task (task)
        , snapshot (s) {}

    void handler() { machine->discardSnapshotHandler (*this); }

    const ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;
};

/** Discard current state task */
struct SessionMachine::DiscardCurrentStateTask : public SessionMachine::Task
{
    DiscardCurrentStateTask (SessionMachine *m, Progress *p,
                             bool discardCurSnapshot)
        : Task (m, p), discardCurrentSnapshot (discardCurSnapshot) {}

    void handler() { machine->discardCurrentStateHandler (*this); }

    const bool discardCurrentSnapshot;
};

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

DEFINE_EMPTY_CTOR_DTOR (SessionMachine)

HRESULT SessionMachine::FinalConstruct()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    /* set the proper type to indicate we're the SessionMachine instance */
    unconst (mType) = IsSessionMachine;

#if defined(__WIN__)
    mIPCSem = NULL;
#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)
    mIPCSem = -1;
#endif

    return S_OK;
}

void SessionMachine::FinalRelease()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    uninit (Uninit::Unexpected);
}

/**
 *  @note Must be called only by Machine::openSession() from its own write lock.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::init (Machine *aMachine)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("mName={%ls}\n", aMachine->mUserData->mName.raw()));

    AssertReturn (aMachine, E_INVALIDARG);

    AssertReturn (aMachine->lockHandle()->isLockedOnCurrentThread(), E_FAIL);

    /* Enclose the state transition NotReady->InInit->Ready */
    AutoInitSpan autoInitSpan (this);
    AssertReturn (autoInitSpan.isOk(), E_UNEXPECTED);

    /* create the interprocess semaphore */
#if defined(__WIN__)
    mIPCSemName = aMachine->mData->mConfigFileFull;
    for (size_t i = 0; i < mIPCSemName.length(); i++)
        if (mIPCSemName[i] == '\\')
            mIPCSemName[i] = '/';
    mIPCSem = ::CreateMutex (NULL, FALSE, mIPCSemName);
    ComAssertMsgRet (mIPCSem, ("Cannot create IPC mutex, err=0x%08X", ::GetLastError()),
                     E_FAIL);
#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)
    Utf8Str configFile = aMachine->mData->mConfigFileFull;
    char *pszConfigFile = NULL;
    RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCP (&pszConfigFile, configFile);
    key_t key = ::ftok (pszConfigFile, 0);
    RTStrFree (pszConfigFile);
    mIPCSem = ::semget (key, 1, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO | IPC_CREAT);
    ComAssertMsgRet (mIPCSem >= 0, ("Cannot create IPC semaphore, errno=%d", errno),
                     E_FAIL);
    /* set the initial value to 1 */
    int rv = ::semctl (mIPCSem, 0, SETVAL, 1);
    ComAssertMsgRet (rv == 0, ("Cannot init IPC semaphore, errno=%d", errno),
                     E_FAIL);
#endif

    /* memorize the peer Machine */
    unconst (mPeer) = aMachine;
    /* share the parent pointer */
    unconst (mParent) = aMachine->mParent;

    /* take the pointers to data to share */
    mData.share (aMachine->mData);
    mSSData.share (aMachine->mSSData);

    mUserData.share (aMachine->mUserData);
    mHWData.share (aMachine->mHWData);
    mHDData.share (aMachine->mHDData);

    unconst (mBIOSSettings).createObject();
    mBIOSSettings->init (this, aMachine->mBIOSSettings);
#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    /* create another VRDPServer object that will be mutable */
    unconst (mVRDPServer).createObject();
    mVRDPServer->init (this, aMachine->mVRDPServer);
#endif
    /* create another DVD drive object that will be mutable */
    unconst (mDVDDrive).createObject();
    mDVDDrive->init (this, aMachine->mDVDDrive);
    /* create another floppy drive object that will be mutable */
    unconst (mFloppyDrive).createObject();
    mFloppyDrive->init (this, aMachine->mFloppyDrive);
    /* create another audio adapter object that will be mutable */
    unconst (mAudioAdapter).createObject();
    mAudioAdapter->init (this, aMachine->mAudioAdapter);
    /* create another USB controller object that will be mutable */
    unconst (mUSBController).createObject();
    mUSBController->init (this, aMachine->mUSBController);
    /* create a list of network adapters that will be mutable */
    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
    {
        unconst (mNetworkAdapters [slot]).createObject();
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->init (this, aMachine->mNetworkAdapters [slot]);
    }

    /* Confirm a successful initialization when it's the case */
    autoInitSpan.setSucceeded();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Uninitializes this session object. If the reason is other than
 *  Uninit::Unexpected, then this method MUST be called from #checkForDeath().
 *
 *  @param aReason          uninitialization reason
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing.
 */
void SessionMachine::uninit (Uninit::Reason aReason)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("reason=%d\n", aReason));

    /*
     *  Strongly reference ourselves to prevent this object deletion after
     *  mData->mSession.mMachine.setNull() below (which can release the last
     *  reference and call the destructor). Important: this must be done before
     *  accessing any members (and before AutoUninitSpan that does it as well).
     *  This self reference will be released as the very last step on return.
     */
    ComObjPtr <SessionMachine> selfRef = this;

    /* Enclose the state transition Ready->InUninit->NotReady */
    AutoUninitSpan autoUninitSpan (this);
    if (autoUninitSpan.uninitDone())
    {
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Already uninitialized\n"));
        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return;
    }

    if (autoUninitSpan.initFailed())
    {
        /*
         *  We've been called by init() because it's failed. It's not really
         *  necessary (nor it's safe) to perform the regular uninit sequence
         *  below, the following is enough.
         */
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Initialization failed\n"));
#if defined(__WIN__)
        if (mIPCSem)
            ::CloseHandle (mIPCSem);
        mIPCSem = NULL;
#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)
        if (mIPCSem >= 0)
            ::semctl (mIPCSem, 0, IPC_RMID);
        mIPCSem = -1;
#endif
        uninitDataAndChildObjects();
        unconst (mParent).setNull();
        unconst (mPeer).setNull();
        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return;
    }

    /*
     *  We need to lock this object in uninit() because the lock is shared
     *  with mPeer (as well as data we modify below).
     *  mParent->addProcessToReap() and others need mParent lock.
     */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    if (isModified())
    {
        LogWarningThisFunc (("Discarding unsaved settings changes!\n"));
        rollback (false /* aNotify */);
    }

    Assert (!mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath || !mSnapshotData.mSnapshot);
    if (mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath)
    {
        LogWarningThisFunc (("canceling failed save state request!\n"));
        endSavingState (FALSE /* aSuccess  */);
    }
    else if (!!mSnapshotData.mSnapshot)
    {
        LogWarningThisFunc (("canceling untaken snapshot!\n"));
        endTakingSnapshot (FALSE /* aSuccess  */);
    }

    /* release all captured USB devices */
    mParent->host()->releaseAllUSBDevices (this);

    if (!mData->mSession.mType.isNull())
    {
        /* mType is not null when this machine's process has been started by
         * VirtualBox::OpenRemoteSession(), therefore it is our child.  We
         * need to queue the PID to reap the process (and avoid zombies on
         * Linux). */
        Assert (mData->mSession.mPid != NIL_RTPROCESS);
        mParent->addProcessToReap (mData->mSession.mPid);
    }

    mData->mSession.mPid = NIL_RTPROCESS;

    if (aReason == Uninit::Unexpected)
    {
        /* Uninitialization didn't come from #checkForDeath(), so tell the
         * client watcher thread to update the set of machines that have open
         * sessions. */
        mParent->updateClientWatcher();
    }

    /* uninitialize all remote controls */
    if (mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.size())
    {
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Closing remote sessions (%d):\n",
                          mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.size()));

        Data::Session::RemoteControlList::iterator it =
            mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.begin();
        while (it != mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.end())
        {
            LogFlowThisFunc (("  Calling remoteControl->Uninitialize()...\n"));
            HRESULT rc = (*it)->Uninitialize();
            LogFlowThisFunc (("  remoteControl->Uninitialize() returned %08X\n", rc));
            if (FAILED (rc))
                LogWarningThisFunc (("Forgot to close the remote session?\n"));
            ++ it;
        }
        mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.clear();
    }

    /*
     *  An expected uninitialization can come only from #checkForDeath().
     *  Otherwise it means that something's got really wrong (for examlple,
     *  the Session implementation has released the VirtualBox reference
     *  before it triggered #OnSessionEnd(), or before releasing IPC semaphore,
     *  etc). However, it's also possible, that the client releases the IPC
     *  semaphore correctly (i.e. before it releases the VirtualBox reference),
     *  but but the VirtualBox release event comes first to the server process.
     *  This case is practically possible, so we should not assert on an
     *  unexpected uninit, just log a warning.
     */

    if ((aReason == Uninit::Unexpected))
        LogWarningThisFunc (("Unexpected SessionMachine uninitialization!\n"));

    if (aReason != Uninit::Normal)
        mData->mSession.mDirectControl.setNull();
    else
    {
        /* this must be null here (see #OnSessionEnd()) */
        Assert (mData->mSession.mDirectControl.isNull());
        Assert (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionClosing);
        Assert (!mData->mSession.mProgress.isNull());

        mData->mSession.mProgress->notifyComplete (S_OK);
        mData->mSession.mProgress.setNull();
    }

    /* remove the association between the peer machine and this session machine */
    Assert (mData->mSession.mMachine == this ||
            aReason == Uninit::Unexpected);

    /* reset the rest of session data */
    mData->mSession.mMachine.setNull();
    mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionClosed;
    mData->mSession.mType.setNull();

    /* close the interprocess semaphore before leaving the shared lock */
#if defined(__WIN__)
    if (mIPCSem)
        ::CloseHandle (mIPCSem);
    mIPCSem = NULL;
#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)
    if (mIPCSem >= 0)
        ::semctl (mIPCSem, 0, IPC_RMID);
    mIPCSem = -1;
#endif

    /* fire an event */
    mParent->onSessionStateChange (mData->mUuid, SessionState_SessionClosed);

    uninitDataAndChildObjects();

    /* leave the shared lock before setting the above two to NULL */
    alock.leave();

    unconst (mParent).setNull();
    unconst (mPeer).setNull();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

// AutoLock::Lockable interface
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Overrides VirtualBoxBase::lockHandle() in order to share the lock handle
 *  with the primary Machine instance (mPeer).
 */
AutoLock::Handle *SessionMachine::lockHandle() const
{
    AssertReturn (!mPeer.isNull(), NULL);
    return mPeer->lockHandle();
}

// IInternalMachineControl methods
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  @note Locks the same as #setMachineState() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::UpdateState (MachineState_T machineState)
{
    return setMachineState (machineState);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::GetIPCId (BSTR *id)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

#if defined(__WIN__)
    mIPCSemName.cloneTo (id);
    return S_OK;
#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)
    mData->mConfigFileFull.cloneTo (id);
    return S_OK;
#else
    return S_FAIL;
#endif
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::GetLogFolder (BSTR *aLogFolder)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoReaderLock alock (this);

    Utf8Str logFolder;
    getLogFolder (logFolder);

    Bstr (logFolder).cloneTo (aLogFolder);

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Goes through the USB filters of the given machine to see if the given
 *  device matches any filter or not.
 *
 *  @note Locks the same as USBController::hasMatchingFilter() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::RunUSBDeviceFilters (IUSBDevice *aUSBDevice,
                                                  BOOL *aMatched)
{
    if (!aUSBDevice)
        return E_INVALIDARG;
    if (!aMatched)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    *aMatched = mUSBController->hasMatchingFilter (aUSBDevice);

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks the same as Host::captureUSBDevice() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::CaptureUSBDevice (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId,
                                               IUSBDevice **aHostDevice)
{
    if (!aHostDevice)
        return E_POINTER;

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    // if cautureUSBDevice() fails, it must have set extended error info
    return mParent->host()->captureUSBDevice (this, aId, aHostDevice);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks the same as Host::releaseUSBDevice() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::ReleaseUSBDevice (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    return mParent->host()->releaseUSBDevice (this, aId);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks the same as Host::autoCaptureUSBDevices() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::AutoCaptureUSBDevices (IUSBDeviceCollection **aHostDevices)
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    return mParent->host()->autoCaptureUSBDevices (this, aHostDevices);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks the same as Host::releaseAllUSBDevices() does.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::ReleaseAllUSBDevices()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    return mParent->host()->releaseAllUSBDevices (this);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::OnSessionEnd (ISession *aSession,
                                           IProgress **aProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aSession, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aProgress, E_INVALIDARG);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("state=%d\n", autoCaller.state()));
    /*
     *  We don't assert below because it might happen that a non-direct session
     *  informs us it is closed right after we've been uninitialized -- it's ok.
     */
    CheckComRCReturnRC (autoCaller.rc());

    /* get IInternalSessionControl interface */
    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> control (aSession);

    ComAssertRet (!control.isNull(), E_INVALIDARG);

    /* Progress::init() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    if (control.equalsTo (mData->mSession.mDirectControl))
    {
        ComAssertRet (aProgress, E_POINTER);

        /* The direct session is being normally closed by the client process
         * ----------------------------------------------------------------- */

        /* go to the closing state (essential for all open*Session() calls and
         * for #checkForDeath()) */
        Assert (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionOpen);
        mData->mSession.mState = SessionState_SessionClosing;

        /* set direct control to NULL to release the remote instance */
        mData->mSession.mDirectControl.setNull();
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Direct control is set to NULL\n"));

        /*
         *  Create the progress object the client will use to wait until
         *  #checkForDeath() is called to uninitialize this session object
         *  after it releases the IPC semaphore.
         */
        ComObjPtr <Progress> progress;
        progress.createObject();
        progress->init (mParent, (IMachine *) mPeer, Bstr (tr ("Closing session")),
                        FALSE /* aCancelable */);
        progress.queryInterfaceTo (aProgress);
        mData->mSession.mProgress = progress;
    }
    else
    {
        /* the remote session is being normally closed */
        Data::Session::RemoteControlList::iterator it =
            mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.begin();
        while (it != mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.end())
        {
            if (control.equalsTo (*it))
                break;
            ++it;
        }
        BOOL found = it != mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.end();
        ComAssertMsgRet (found, ("The session is not found in the session list!"),
                         E_INVALIDARG);
        mData->mSession.mRemoteControls.remove (*it);
    }

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::BeginSavingState (IProgress *aProgress, BSTR *aStateFilePath)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aProgress, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aStateFilePath, E_POINTER);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* mParent->addProgress() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Paused &&
                  mSnapshotData.mLastState == MachineState_InvalidMachineState &&
                  mSnapshotData.mProgressId.isEmpty() &&
                  mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath.isNull(),
                  E_FAIL);

    /* memorize the progress ID and add it to the global collection */
    Guid progressId;
    HRESULT rc = aProgress->COMGETTER(Id) (progressId.asOutParam());
    AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);
    rc = mParent->addProgress (aProgress);
    AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);

    Bstr stateFilePath;
    /* stateFilePath is null when the machine is not running */
    if (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Paused)
    {
        stateFilePath = Utf8StrFmt ("%ls%c{%Vuuid}.sav",
                                    mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.raw(),
                                    RTPATH_DELIMITER, mData->mUuid.raw());
    }

    /* fill in the snapshot data */
    mSnapshotData.mLastState = mData->mMachineState;
    mSnapshotData.mProgressId = progressId;
    mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath = stateFilePath;

    /* set the state to Saving (this is expected by Console::SaveState()) */
    setMachineState (MachineState_Saving);

    stateFilePath.cloneTo (aStateFilePath);

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::EndSavingState (BOOL aSuccess)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* endSavingState() need mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    AssertReturn (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saving &&
                  mSnapshotData.mLastState != MachineState_InvalidMachineState &&
                  !mSnapshotData.mProgressId.isEmpty() &&
                  !mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath.isNull(),
                  E_FAIL);

    /*
     *  on success, set the state to Saved;
     *  on failure, set the state to the state we had when BeginSavingState() was
     *  called (this is expected by Console::SaveState() and
     *  Console::saveStateThread())
     */
    if (aSuccess)
        setMachineState (MachineState_Saved);
    else
        setMachineState (mSnapshotData.mLastState);

    return endSavingState (aSuccess);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::BeginTakingSnapshot (
    IConsole *aInitiator, INPTR BSTR aName, INPTR BSTR aDescription,
    IProgress *aProgress, BSTR *aStateFilePath,
    IProgress **aServerProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AssertReturn (aInitiator && aName, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aStateFilePath && aServerProgress, E_POINTER);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("aName='%ls'\n", aName));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Progress::init() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    AssertReturn ((mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running ||
                   mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Paused) &&
                  mSnapshotData.mLastState == MachineState_InvalidMachineState &&
                  mSnapshotData.mSnapshot.isNull() &&
                  mSnapshotData.mServerProgress.isNull() &&
                  mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress.isNull(),
                  E_FAIL);

    bool takingSnapshotOnline = mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Paused;

    if (!takingSnapshotOnline && mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Saved)
    {
        /*
         *  save all current settings to ensure current changes are committed
         *  and hard disks are fixed up
         */
        HRESULT rc = saveSettings();
        CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
    }

    /* check that there are no Writethrough hard disks attached */
    for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator
         it = mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
         it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = (*it)->hardDisk();
        AutoLock hdLock (hd);
        if (hd->type() == HardDiskType_WritethroughHardDisk)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot take a snapshot when there is a Writethrough hard "
                    " disk attached ('%ls')"), hd->toString().raw());
    }

    AssertReturn (aProgress || !takingSnapshotOnline, E_FAIL);

    /* create an ID for the snapshot */
    Guid snapshotId;
    snapshotId.create();

    Bstr stateFilePath;
    /* stateFilePath is null when the machine is not online nor saved */
    if (takingSnapshotOnline || mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saved)
        stateFilePath = Utf8StrFmt ("%ls%c{%Vuuid}.sav",
                                    mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.raw(),
                                    RTPATH_DELIMITER,
                                    snapshotId.ptr());

    /* ensure the directory for the saved state file exists */
    if (stateFilePath)
    {
        Utf8Str dir = stateFilePath;
        RTPathStripFilename (dir.mutableRaw());
        if (!RTDirExists (dir))
        {
            int vrc = RTDirCreateFullPath (dir, 0777);
            if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
                return setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Could not create a directory '%s' to save the "
                        "VM state to (%Vrc)"),
                    dir.raw(), vrc);
        }
    }

    /* create a snapshot machine object */
    ComObjPtr <SnapshotMachine> snapshotMachine;
    snapshotMachine.createObject();
    HRESULT rc = snapshotMachine->init (this, snapshotId, stateFilePath);
    AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);

    Bstr progressDesc = Bstr (tr ("Taking snapshot of virtual machine"));
    Bstr firstOpDesc = Bstr (tr ("Preparing to take snapshot"));

    /*
     *  create a server-side progress object (it will be descriptionless
     *  when we need to combine it with the VM-side progress, i.e. when we're
     *  taking a snapshot online). The number of operations is:
     *  1 (preparing) + # of VDIs + 1 (if the state is saved so we need to copy it)
     */
    ComObjPtr <Progress> serverProgress;
    {
        ULONG opCount = 1 + mHDData->mHDAttachments.size();
        if (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saved)
            opCount ++;
        serverProgress.createObject();
        if (takingSnapshotOnline)
            rc = serverProgress->init (FALSE, opCount, firstOpDesc);
        else
            rc = serverProgress->init (mParent, aInitiator, progressDesc, FALSE,
                                       opCount, firstOpDesc);
        AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);
    }

    /* create a combined server-side progress object when necessary */
    ComObjPtr <CombinedProgress> combinedProgress;
    if (takingSnapshotOnline)
    {
        combinedProgress.createObject();
        rc = combinedProgress->init (mParent, aInitiator, progressDesc,
                                     serverProgress, aProgress);
        AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);
    }

    /* create a snapshot object */
    RTTIMESPEC time;
    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;
    snapshot.createObject();
    rc = snapshot->init (snapshotId, aName, aDescription,
                         RTTimeSpecGetMilli (RTTimeNow (&time)),
                         snapshotMachine, mData->mCurrentSnapshot);
    AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);

    /*
     *  create and start the task on a separate thread
     *  (note that it will not start working until we release alock)
     */
    TakeSnapshotTask *task = new TakeSnapshotTask (this);
    int vrc = RTThreadCreate (NULL, taskHandler,
                              (void *) task,
                              0, RTTHREADTYPE_MAIN_WORKER, 0, "TakeSnapshot");
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
    {
        snapshot->uninit();
        delete task;
        ComAssertFailedRet (E_FAIL);
    }

    /* fill in the snapshot data */
    mSnapshotData.mLastState = mData->mMachineState;
    mSnapshotData.mSnapshot = snapshot;
    mSnapshotData.mServerProgress = serverProgress;
    mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress = combinedProgress;

    /* set the state to Saving (this is expected by Console::TakeSnapshot()) */
    setMachineState (MachineState_Saving);

    if (takingSnapshotOnline)
        stateFilePath.cloneTo (aStateFilePath);
    else
        *aStateFilePath = NULL;

    serverProgress.queryInterfaceTo (aServerProgress);

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::EndTakingSnapshot (BOOL aSuccess)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Lock mParent because of endTakingSnapshot() */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    AssertReturn (!aSuccess ||
                  (mData->mMachineState == MachineState_Saving &&
                   mSnapshotData.mLastState != MachineState_InvalidMachineState &&
                   !mSnapshotData.mSnapshot.isNull() &&
                   !mSnapshotData.mServerProgress.isNull() &&
                   !mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress.isNull()),
                  E_FAIL);

    /*
     *  set the state to the state we had when BeginTakingSnapshot() was called
     *  (this is expected by Console::TakeSnapshot() and
     *  Console::saveStateThread())
     */
    setMachineState (mSnapshotData.mLastState);

    return endTakingSnapshot (aSuccess);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this + children objects for writing!
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::DiscardSnapshot (
    IConsole *aInitiator, INPTR GUIDPARAM aId,
    MachineState_T *aMachineState, IProgress **aProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    Guid id = aId;
    AssertReturn (aInitiator && !id.isEmpty(), E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aMachineState && aProgress, E_POINTER);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Progress::init() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    ComAssertRet (mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running, E_FAIL);

    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> snapshot;
    HRESULT rc = findSnapshot (id, snapshot, true /* aSetError */);
    CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);

    AutoLock snapshotLock (snapshot);
    if (snapshot == mData->mFirstSnapshot)
    {
        AutoLock chLock (mData->mFirstSnapshot->childrenLock());
        size_t childrenCount = mData->mFirstSnapshot->children().size();
        if (childrenCount > 1)
            return setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Cannot discard the snapshot '%ls' because it is the first "
                    "snapshot of the machine '%ls' and it has more than one "
                    "child snapshot (%d)"),
                snapshot->data().mName.raw(), mUserData->mName.raw(),
                childrenCount);
    }

    /*
     *  If the snapshot being discarded is the current one, ensure current
     *  settings are committed and saved.
     */
    if (snapshot == mData->mCurrentSnapshot)
    {
        if (isModified())
        {
            rc = saveSettings();
            CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
        }
    }

    /*
     *  create a progress object. The number of operations is:
     *    1 (preparing) + # of VDIs
     */
    ComObjPtr <Progress> progress;
    progress.createObject();
    rc = progress->init (mParent, aInitiator,
                         Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (tr ("Discarding snapshot '%ls'"),
                             snapshot->data().mName.raw())),
                         FALSE /* aCancelable */,
                         1 + snapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments.size(),
                         Bstr (tr ("Preparing to discard snapshot")));
    AssertComRCReturn (rc, rc);

    /* create and start the task on a separate thread */
    DiscardSnapshotTask *task = new DiscardSnapshotTask (this, progress, snapshot);
    int vrc = RTThreadCreate (NULL, taskHandler,
                              (void *) task,
                              0, RTTHREADTYPE_MAIN_WORKER, 0, "DiscardSnapshot");
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        delete task;
    ComAssertRCRet (vrc, E_FAIL);

    /* set the proper machine state (note: after creating a Task instance) */
    setMachineState (MachineState_Discarding);

    /* return the progress to the caller */
    progress.queryInterfaceTo (aProgress);

    /* return the new state to the caller */
    *aMachineState = mData->mMachineState;

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + this + children objects for writing!
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::DiscardCurrentState (
    IConsole *aInitiator, MachineState_T *aMachineState, IProgress **aProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AssertReturn (aInitiator, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aMachineState && aProgress, E_POINTER);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Progress::init() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    ComAssertRet (mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running, E_FAIL);

    if (mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Could not discard the current state of the machine '%ls' "
                "because it doesn't have any snapshots"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());

    /*
     *  create a progress object. The number of operations is:
     *    1 (preparing) + # of VDIs + 1 (if we need to copy the saved state file)
     */
    ComObjPtr <Progress> progress;
    progress.createObject();
    {
        ULONG opCount = 1 + mData->mCurrentSnapshot->data()
                                .mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments.size();
        if (mData->mCurrentSnapshot->stateFilePath())
            ++ opCount;
        progress->init (mParent, aInitiator,
                        Bstr (tr ("Discarding current machine state")),
                        FALSE /* aCancelable */, opCount,
                        Bstr (tr ("Preparing to discard current state")));
    }

    /* create and start the task on a separate thread */
    DiscardCurrentStateTask *task =
        new DiscardCurrentStateTask (this, progress, false /* discardCurSnapshot */);
    int vrc = RTThreadCreate (NULL, taskHandler,
                              (void *) task,
                              0, RTTHREADTYPE_MAIN_WORKER, 0, "DiscardCurState");
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        delete task;
    ComAssertRCRet (vrc, E_FAIL);

    /* set the proper machine state (note: after creating a Task instance) */
    setMachineState (MachineState_Discarding);

    /* return the progress to the caller */
    progress.queryInterfaceTo (aProgress);

    /* return the new state to the caller */
    *aMachineState = mData->mMachineState;

    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks mParent + other objects for writing!
 */
STDMETHODIMP SessionMachine::DiscardCurrentSnapshotAndState (
    IConsole *aInitiator, MachineState_T *aMachineState, IProgress **aProgress)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AssertReturn (aInitiator, E_INVALIDARG);
    AssertReturn (aMachineState && aProgress, E_POINTER);

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Progress::init() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    ComAssertRet (mData->mMachineState < MachineState_Running, E_FAIL);

    if (mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
        return setError (E_FAIL,
            tr ("Could not discard the current state of the machine '%ls' "
                "because it doesn't have any snapshots"),
            mUserData->mName.raw());

    /*
     *  create a progress object. The number of operations is:
     *    1 (preparing) + # of VDIs in the current snapshot +
     *    # of VDIs in the previous snapshot +
     *    1 (if we need to copy the saved state file of the previous snapshot)
     *  or (if there is no previous snapshot):
     *    1 (preparing) + # of VDIs in the current snapshot * 2 +
     *    1 (if we need to copy the saved state file of the current snapshot)
     */
    ComObjPtr <Progress> progress;
    progress.createObject();
    {
        ComObjPtr <Snapshot> curSnapshot = mData->mCurrentSnapshot;
        ComObjPtr <Snapshot> prevSnapshot = mData->mCurrentSnapshot->parent();

        ULONG opCount = 1;
        if (prevSnapshot)
        {
            opCount += curSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments.size();
            opCount += prevSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments.size();
            if (prevSnapshot->stateFilePath())
                ++ opCount;
        }
        else
        {
            opCount += curSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments.size() * 2;
            if (curSnapshot->stateFilePath())
                ++ opCount;
        }

        progress->init (mParent, aInitiator,
                        Bstr (tr ("Discarding current machine snapshot and state")),
                        FALSE /* aCancelable */, opCount,
                        Bstr (tr ("Preparing to discard current snapshot and state")));
    }

    /* create and start the task on a separate thread */
    DiscardCurrentStateTask *task =
        new DiscardCurrentStateTask (this, progress, true /* discardCurSnapshot */);
    int vrc = RTThreadCreate (NULL, taskHandler,
                              (void *) task,
                              0, RTTHREADTYPE_MAIN_WORKER, 0, "DiscardCurState");
    if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
        delete task;
    ComAssertRCRet (vrc, E_FAIL);

    /* set the proper machine state (note: after creating a Task instance) */
    setMachineState (MachineState_Discarding);

    /* return the progress to the caller */
    progress.queryInterfaceTo (aProgress);

    /* return the new state to the caller */
    *aMachineState = mData->mMachineState;

    return S_OK;
}

// public methods only for internal purposes
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Called from the client watcher thread to check for unexpected client
 *  process death.
 *
 *  @note On Win32, this method is called only when we've got the semaphore
 *  (i.e. it has been signaled when we were waiting for it).
 *
 *  On Win32, this method always returns true.
 *
 *  On Linux, the method returns true if the client process has terminated
 *  abnormally (and/or the session has been uninitialized) and false if it is
 *  still alive.
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for writing.
 */
bool SessionMachine::checkForDeath()
{
    Uninit::Reason reason;
    bool doUninit = false;
    bool rc = false;

    /*
     *  Enclose autoCaller with a block because calling uninit()
     *  from under it will deadlock.
     */
    {
        AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
        if (!autoCaller.isOk())
        {
            /*
             *  return true if not ready, to cause the client watcher to exclude
             *  the corresponding session from watching
             */
            LogFlowThisFunc (("Already uninitialized!"));
            return true;
        }

        AutoLock alock (this);

        /*
         *  Determine the reason of death: if the session state is Closing here,
         *  everything is fine. Otherwise it means that the client did not call
         *  OnSessionEnd() before it released the IPC semaphore.
         *  This may happen either because the client process has abnormally
         *  terminated, or because it simply forgot to call ISession::Close()
         *  before exiting. We threat the latter also as an abnormal termination
         *  (see Session::uninit() for details).
         */
        reason = mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionClosing ?
                 Uninit::Normal :
                 Uninit::Abnormal;

#if defined(__WIN__)

        AssertMsg (mIPCSem, ("semaphore must be created"));

        if (reason == Uninit::Abnormal)
        {
            LogWarningThisFunc (("ABNORMAL client termination! (wasRunning=%d)\n",
                                 mData->mMachineState >= MachineState_Running));

            /* reset the state to Aborted */
            if (mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Aborted)
                setMachineState (MachineState_Aborted);
        }

        /* release the IPC mutex */
        ::ReleaseMutex (mIPCSem);

        doUninit = true;

        rc = true;

#elif defined(VBOX_WITH_SYS_V_IPC_SESSION_WATCHER)

        AssertMsg (mIPCSem >= 0, ("semaphore must be created"));

        int val = ::semctl (mIPCSem, 0, GETVAL);
        if (val > 0)
        {
            /* the semaphore is signaled, meaning the session is terminated */

            if (reason == Uninit::Abnormal)
            {
                LogWarningThisFunc (("ABNORMAL client termination! (wasRunning=%d)\n",
                                     mData->mMachineState >= MachineState_Running));

                /* reset the state to Aborted */
                if (mData->mMachineState != MachineState_Aborted)
                    setMachineState (MachineState_Aborted);
            }

            doUninit = true;
        }

        rc = val > 0;

#endif

    } /* AutoCaller block */

    if (doUninit)
        uninit (reason);

    return rc;
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onDVDDriveChange()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnDVDDriveChange();
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onFloppyDriveChange()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnFloppyDriveChange();
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onNetworkAdapterChange(INetworkAdapter *networkAdapter)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnNetworkAdapterChange(networkAdapter);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onVRDPServerChange()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnVRDPServerChange();
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onUSBControllerChange()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnUSBControllerChange();
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onUSBDeviceAttach (IUSBDevice *aDevice)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnUSBDeviceAttach (aDevice);
}

/**
 *  @note Locks this object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::onUSBDeviceDetach (INPTR GUIDPARAM aId)
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;
    }

    /* ignore notifications sent after #OnSessionEnd() is called */
    if (!directControl)
        return S_OK;

    return directControl->OnUSBDeviceDetach (aId);
}

// protected methods
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Helper method to finalize saving the state.
 *
 *  @note Must be called from under this object's lock.
 *
 *  @param aSuccess TRUE if the snapshot has been taken successfully
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::endSavingState (BOOL aSuccess)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* mParent->removeProgress() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (aSuccess)
    {
        mSSData->mStateFilePath = mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath;

        /* save all VM settings */
        rc = saveSettings();
    }
    else
    {
        /* delete the saved state file (it might have been already created) */
        RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath));
    }

    /* remove the completed progress object */
    mParent->removeProgress (mSnapshotData.mProgressId);

    /* clear out the temporary saved state data */
    mSnapshotData.mLastState = MachineState_InvalidMachineState;
    mSnapshotData.mProgressId.clear();
    mSnapshotData.mStateFilePath.setNull();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Helper method to finalize taking a snapshot.
 *  Gets called only from #EndTakingSnapshot() that is expected to
 *  be called by the VM process when it finishes *all* the tasks related to
 *  taking a snapshot, either scucessfully or unsuccessfilly.
 *
 *  @param aSuccess TRUE if the snapshot has been taken successfully
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::endTakingSnapshot (BOOL aSuccess)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    /* Progress object uninitialization needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    if (aSuccess)
    {
        /* the server progress must be completed on success */
        Assert (mSnapshotData.mServerProgress->completed());

        mData->mCurrentSnapshot = mSnapshotData.mSnapshot;
        /* memorize the first snapshot if necessary */
        if (!mData->mFirstSnapshot)
            mData->mFirstSnapshot = mData->mCurrentSnapshot;

        int opFlags = SaveSS_AddOp | SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId;
        if (mSnapshotData.mLastState != MachineState_Paused && !isModified())
        {
            /*
             *  the machine was powered off or saved when taking a snapshot,
             *  so reset the mCurrentStateModified flag
             */
            mData->mCurrentStateModified = FALSE;
            opFlags |= SaveSS_UpdateCurStateModified;
        }

        rc = saveSnapshotSettings (mSnapshotData.mSnapshot, opFlags);
    }

    if (!aSuccess || FAILED (rc))
    {
        if (mSnapshotData.mSnapshot)
        {
            /* wait for the completion of the server progress (diff VDI creation) */
            /// @todo (dmik) later, we will definitely want to cancel it instead
            // (when the cancel function is implemented)
            mSnapshotData.mServerProgress->WaitForCompletion (-1);

            /*
             *  delete all differencing VDIs created
             *  (this will attach their parents back)
             */
            rc = deleteSnapshotDiffs (mSnapshotData.mSnapshot);
            /* continue cleanup on error */

            /* delete the saved state file (it might have been already created) */
            if (mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->stateFilePath())
                RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->stateFilePath()));

            mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->uninit();
        }
    }

    /* inform callbacks */
    if (aSuccess && SUCCEEDED (rc))
        mParent->onSnapshotTaken (mData->mUuid, mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->data().mId);

    /* clear out the snapshot data */
    mSnapshotData.mLastState = MachineState_InvalidMachineState;
    mSnapshotData.mSnapshot.setNull();
    mSnapshotData.mServerProgress.setNull();
    /* uninitialize the combined progress (to remove it from the VBox collection) */
    if (!mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress.isNull())
    {
        mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress->uninit();
        mSnapshotData.mCombinedProgress.setNull();
    }

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Take snapshot task handler.
 *  Must be called only by TakeSnapshotTask::handler()!
 *
 *  The sole purpose of this task is to asynchronously create differencing VDIs
 *  and copy the saved state file (when necessary). The VM process will wait
 *  for this task to complete using the mSnapshotData.mServerProgress
 *  returned to it.
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this objects for writing.
 */
void SessionMachine::takeSnapshotHandler (TakeSnapshotTask &aTask)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("state=%d\n", autoCaller.state()));
    if (!autoCaller.isOk())
    {
        /*
         *  we might have been uninitialized because the session was
         *  accidentally closed by the client, so don't assert
         */
        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return;
    }

    /* endTakingSnapshot() needs mParent lock */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    LogFlowThisFunc (("Creating differencing VDIs...\n"));

    /* create new differencing hard disks and attach them to this machine */
    rc = createSnapshotDiffs (&mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->data().mId,
                              mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull,
                              mSnapshotData.mServerProgress,
                              true /* aOnline */);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc) && mSnapshotData.mLastState == MachineState_Saved)
    {
        Utf8Str stateFrom = mSSData->mStateFilePath;
        Utf8Str stateTo = mSnapshotData.mSnapshot->stateFilePath();

        LogFlowThisFunc (("Copying the execution state from '%s' to '%s'...\n",
                          stateFrom.raw(), stateTo.raw()));

        mSnapshotData.mServerProgress->advanceOperation (
            Bstr (tr ("Copying the execution state")));

        /*
         *  We can safely leave the lock here:
         *  mMachineState is MachineState_Saving here
         */
        alock.leave();

        /* copy the state file */
        int vrc = RTFileCopyEx (stateFrom, stateTo, progressCallback,
                                static_cast <Progress *> (mSnapshotData.mServerProgress));

        alock.enter();

        if (VBOX_FAILURE (vrc))
            rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                tr ("Could not copy the state file '%ls' to '%ls' (%Vrc)"),
                    stateFrom.raw(), stateTo.raw());
    }

    /*
     *  we have to call endTakingSnapshot() here if the snapshot was taken
     *  offline, because the VM process will not do it in this case
     */
    if (mSnapshotData.mLastState != MachineState_Paused)
    {
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Finalizing the taken snapshot (rc=%08X)...\n", rc));

        setMachineState (mSnapshotData.mLastState);
        updateMachineStateOnClient();

        /* finalize the progress after setting the state, for consistency */
        mSnapshotData.mServerProgress->notifyComplete (rc);

        endTakingSnapshot (SUCCEEDED (rc));
    }
    else
    {
        mSnapshotData.mServerProgress->notifyComplete (rc);
    }

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

/**
 *  Discard snapshot task handler.
 *  Must be called only by DiscardSnapshotTask::handler()!
 *
 *  When aTask.subTask is true, the associated progress object is left
 *  uncompleted on success. On failure, the progress is marked as completed
 *  regardless of this parameter.
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this + child objects for writing!
 */
void SessionMachine::discardSnapshotHandler (DiscardSnapshotTask &aTask)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("state=%d\n", autoCaller.state()));
    if (!autoCaller.isOk())
    {
        /*
         *  we might have been uninitialized because the session was
         *  accidentally closed by the client, so don't assert
         */
        aTask.progress->notifyComplete (
            E_FAIL, COM_IIDOF (IMachine), getComponentName(),
            tr ("The session has been accidentally closed"));

        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return;
    }

    ComObjPtr <SnapshotMachine> sm = aTask.snapshot->data().mMachine;

    /* mParent is locked because of Progress::notifyComplete(), etc. */
    AutoMultiLock <3> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock(), sm->rlock());

    /* Safe locking in the direction parent->child */
    AutoLock snapshotLock (aTask.snapshot);
    AutoLock snapshotChildrenLock (aTask.snapshot->childrenLock());

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    /* save the snapshot ID (for callbacks) */
    Guid snapshotId = aTask.snapshot->data().mId;

    do
    {
        /* first pass: */
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Check hard disk accessibility and affected machines...\n"));

        HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it;
        for (it = sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> parent = hd->parent();

            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            if (hd->hasForeignChildren())
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("One or more hard disks belonging to other machines are "
                        "based on the hard disk '%ls' stored in the snapshot '%ls'"),
                    hd->toString().raw(), aTask.snapshot->data().mName.raw());
                break;
            }

            if (hd->type() == HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk)
            {
                AutoLock hdChildrenLock (hd->childrenLock());
                size_t childrenCount = hd->children().size();
                if (childrenCount > 1)
                {
                    rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                        tr ("Normal hard disk '%ls' stored in the snapshot '%ls' "
                            "has more than one child hard disk (%d)"),
                        hd->toString().raw(), aTask.snapshot->data().mName.raw(),
                        childrenCount);
                    break;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid hard disk type %d\n", hd->type()),
                                         rc = E_FAIL);
            }

            Bstr accessError;
            rc = hd->getAccessibleWithChildren (accessError);
            CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);

            if (!accessError.isNull())
            {
                rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                    tr ("Hard disk '%ls' stored in the snapshot '%ls' is not "
                        "accessible (%ls)"),
                    hd->toString().raw(), aTask.snapshot->data().mName.raw(),
                    accessError.raw());
                break;
            }

            rc = hd->setBusyWithChildren();
            if (FAILED (rc))
            {
                /* reset the busy flag of all previous hard disks */
                while (it != sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin())
                    (*(-- it))->hardDisk()->clearBusyWithChildren();
                break;
            }
        }

        CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);

        /* second pass: */
        LogFlowThisFunc (("Performing actual vdi merging...\n"));

        for (it = sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> hda = *it;
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = hda->hardDisk();
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> parent = hd->parent();

            AutoLock hdLock (hd);

            Bstr hdRootString = hd->root()->toString (true /* aShort */);

            if (parent)
            {
                if (hd->isParentImmutable())
                {
                    aTask.progress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                        tr ("Discarding changes to immutable hard disk '%ls'"),
                        hdRootString.raw())));

                    /* clear the busy flag before unregistering */
                    hd->clearBusy();

                    /*
                     *  unregisterDiffHardDisk() is supposed to delete and uninit
                     *  the differencing hard disk
                     */
                    rc = mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (hd);
                    CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);
                    continue;
                }
                else
                {
                    /*
                     *  differencing VDI:
                     *  merge this image to all its children
                     */

                    aTask.progress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                        tr ("Merging changes to normal hard disk '%ls' to children"),
                        hdRootString.raw())));

                    snapshotChildrenLock.unlock();
                    snapshotLock.unlock();
                    alock.leave();

                    rc = hd->asVDI()->mergeImageToChildren (aTask.progress);

                    alock.enter();
                    snapshotLock.lock();
                    snapshotChildrenLock.lock();

                    // debug code
                    // if (it != sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin())
                    // {
                    //    rc = setError (E_FAIL, "Simulated failure");
                    //    break;
                    //}

                    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
                        rc = mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (hd);
                    else
                        hd->clearBusyWithChildren();

                    CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);
                }
            }
            else if (hd->type() == HardDiskType_NormalHardDisk)
            {
                /*
                 *  normal vdi has the only child or none
                 *  (checked in the first pass)
                 */

                ComObjPtr <HardDisk> child;
                {
                    AutoLock hdChildrenLock (hd->childrenLock());
                    if (hd->children().size())
                        child = hd->children().front();
                }

                if (child.isNull())
                {
                    aTask.progress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                        tr ("Detaching normal hard disk '%ls'"),
                        hdRootString.raw())));

                    /* just deassociate the normal image from this machine */
                    hd->setMachineId (Guid());
                    hd->setSnapshotId (Guid());

                    /* clear the busy flag */
                    hd->clearBusy();
                }
                else
                {
                    AutoLock childLock (child);

                    aTask.progress->advanceOperation (Bstr (Utf8StrFmt (
                        tr ("Preserving changes to normal hard disk '%ls'"),
                        hdRootString.raw())));

                    ComObjPtr <Machine> cm;
                    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> cs;
                    ComObjPtr <HardDiskAttachment> childHda;
                    rc = findHardDiskAttachment (child, &cm, &cs, &childHda);
                    CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);
                    /* must be the same machine (checked in the first pass) */
                    ComAssertBreak (cm->mData->mUuid == mData->mUuid, rc = E_FAIL);

                    /* merge the child to this basic image */

                    snapshotChildrenLock.unlock();
                    snapshotLock.unlock();
                    alock.leave();

                    rc = child->asVDI()->mergeImageToParent (aTask.progress);

                    alock.enter();
                    snapshotLock.lock();
                    snapshotChildrenLock.lock();

                    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
                        rc = mParent->unregisterDiffHardDisk (child);
                    else
                        hd->clearBusyWithChildren();

                    CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);

                    /* reset the snapshot Id  */
                    hd->setSnapshotId (Guid());

                    /* replace the child image in the appropriate place */
                    childHda->updateHardDisk (hd, FALSE /* aDirty */);

                    if (!cs)
                    {
                        aTask.settingsChanged = true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        rc = cm->saveSnapshotSettings (cs, SaveSS_UpdateAllOp);
                        CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                ComAssertMsgFailedBreak (("Invalid hard disk type %d\n", hd->type()),
                                         rc = E_FAIL);
            }
        }

        /* fetch the current error info */
        ErrorInfo mergeEi;
        HRESULT mergeRc = rc;

        if (FAILED (rc))
        {
            /* clear the busy flag on the rest of hard disks */
            for (++ it; it != sm->mHDData->mHDAttachments.end(); ++ it)
                (*it)->hardDisk()->clearBusyWithChildren();
        }

        /*
         *  we have to try to discard the snapshot even if merging failed
         *  because some images might have been already merged (and deleted)
         */

        do
        {
            LogFlowThisFunc (("Discarding the snapshot (reparenting children)...\n"));

            ComObjPtr <Snapshot> parentSnapshot = aTask.snapshot->parent();

            /// @todo (dmik):
            //  when we introduce clones later, discarding the snapshot
            //  will affect the current and first snapshots of clones, if they are
            //  direct children of this snapshot. So we will need to lock machines
            //  associated with child snapshots as well and update mCurrentSnapshot
            //  and/or mFirstSnapshot fields.

            if (aTask.snapshot == mData->mCurrentSnapshot)
            {
                /* currently, the parent snapshot must refer to the same machine */
                ComAssertBreak (
                    !parentSnapshot ||
                    parentSnapshot->data().mMachine->mData->mUuid == mData->mUuid,
                    rc = E_FAIL);
                mData->mCurrentSnapshot = parentSnapshot;
                /* mark the current state as modified */
                mData->mCurrentStateModified = TRUE;
            }

            if (aTask.snapshot == mData->mFirstSnapshot)
            {
                /*
                 *  the first snapshot must have only one child when discarded,
                 *  or no children at all
                 */
                ComAssertBreak (aTask.snapshot->children().size() <= 1, rc = E_FAIL);

                if (aTask.snapshot->children().size() == 1)
                {
                    ComObjPtr <Snapshot> childSnapshot = aTask.snapshot->children().front();
                    ComAssertBreak (
                        childSnapshot->data().mMachine->mData->mUuid == mData->mUuid,
                        rc = E_FAIL);
                    mData->mFirstSnapshot = childSnapshot;
                }
                else
                    mData->mFirstSnapshot.setNull();
            }

            /// @todo (dmik)
            //  if we implement some warning mechanism later, we'll have
            //  to return a warning if the state file path cannot be deleted
            Bstr stateFilePath = aTask.snapshot->stateFilePath();
            if (stateFilePath)
                RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (stateFilePath));

            aTask.snapshot->discard();

            rc = saveSnapshotSettings (parentSnapshot,
                                       SaveSS_UpdateAllOp | SaveSS_UpdateCurrentId);
        }
        while (0);

        /* restore the merge error if any */
        if (FAILED (mergeRc))
        {
            rc = mergeRc;
            setError (mergeEi);
        }
    }
    while (0);

    if (!aTask.subTask || FAILED (rc))
    {
        if (!aTask.subTask)
        {
            /* save current error info */
            ErrorInfo ei;

            /* restore the machine state */
            setMachineState (aTask.state);
            updateMachineStateOnClient();

            /*
             *  save settings anyway, since we've already changed the current
             *  machine configuration
             */
            if (aTask.settingsChanged)
            {
                saveSettings (true /* aMarkCurStateAsModified */,
                              true /* aInformCallbacksAnyway */);
            }

            /* restore current error info */
            setError (ei);
        }

        /* set the result (this will try to fetch current error info on failure) */
        aTask.progress->notifyComplete (rc);
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        mParent->onSnapshotDiscarded (mData->mUuid, snapshotId);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("Done discarding snapshot (rc=%08X)\n", rc));
    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

/**
 *  Discard current state task handler.
 *  Must be called only by DiscardCurrentStateTask::handler()!
 *
 *  @note Locks mParent + this object for writing.
 */
void SessionMachine::discardCurrentStateHandler (DiscardCurrentStateTask &aTask)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);

    LogFlowThisFunc (("state=%d\n", autoCaller.state()));
    if (!autoCaller.isOk())
    {
        /*
         *  we might have been uninitialized because the session was
         *  accidentally closed by the client, so don't assert
         */
        aTask.progress->notifyComplete (
            E_FAIL, COM_IIDOF (IMachine), getComponentName(),
            tr ("The session has been accidentally closed"));

        LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
        return;
    }

    /* mParent is locked because of Progress::notifyComplete(), etc. */
    AutoMultiLock <2> alock (mParent->wlock(), this->wlock());

    /*
     *  discard all current changes to mUserData (name, OSType etc.)
     *  (note that the machine is powered off, so there is no need
     *  to inform the direct session)
     */
    if (isModified())
        rollback (false /* aNotify */);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    bool errorInSubtask = false;
    bool stateRestored = false;

    const bool isLastSnapshot = mData->mCurrentSnapshot->parent().isNull();

    do
    {
        /*
         *  discard the saved state file if the machine was Saved prior
         *  to this operation
         */
        if (aTask.state == MachineState_Saved)
        {
            Assert (!mSSData->mStateFilePath.isEmpty());
            RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (mSSData->mStateFilePath));
            mSSData->mStateFilePath.setNull();
            aTask.modifyLastState (MachineState_PoweredOff);
            rc = saveStateSettings (SaveSTS_StateFilePath);
            CheckComRCBreakRC (rc);
        }

        if (aTask.discardCurrentSnapshot && !isLastSnapshot)
        {
            /*
             *  the "discard current snapshot and state" task is in action,
             *  the current snapshot is not the last one.
             *  Discard the current snapshot first.
             */

            DiscardSnapshotTask subTask (aTask, mData->mCurrentSnapshot);
            subTask.subTask = true;
            discardSnapshotHandler (subTask);
            aTask.settingsChanged = subTask.settingsChanged;
            if (aTask.progress->completed())
            {
                /*
                 *  the progress can be completed by a subtask only if there was
                 *  a failure
                 */
                Assert (FAILED (aTask.progress->resultCode()));
                errorInSubtask = true;
                rc = aTask.progress->resultCode();
                break;
            }
        }

        LONG64 snapshotTimeStamp = 0;

        {
            ComObjPtr <Snapshot> curSnapshot = mData->mCurrentSnapshot;
            AutoLock snapshotLock (curSnapshot);

            /* remember the timestamp of the snapshot we're restoring from */
            snapshotTimeStamp = curSnapshot->data().mTimeStamp;

            /* copy all hardware data from the current snapshot */
            copyFrom (curSnapshot->data().mMachine);

            LogFlowThisFunc (("Restoring VDIs from the snapshot...\n"));

            /* restore the attachmends from the snapshot */
            mHDData.backup();
            mHDData->mHDAttachments =
                curSnapshot->data().mMachine->mHDData->mHDAttachments;

            snapshotLock.unlock();
            alock.leave();
            rc = createSnapshotDiffs (NULL, mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull,
                                      aTask.progress,
                                      false /* aOnline */);
            alock.enter();
            snapshotLock.lock();

            if (FAILED (rc))
            {
                /* here we can still safely rollback, so do it */
                ErrorInfo ei;
                /* undo all changes */
                rollback (false /* aNotify */);
                setError (ei);
                break;
            }

            /*
             *  note: old VDIs will be deassociated/deleted on #commit() called
             *  either from #saveSettings() or directly at the end
             */

            /* should not have a saved state file associated at this point */
            Assert (mSSData->mStateFilePath.isNull());

            if (curSnapshot->stateFilePath())
            {
                Utf8Str snapStateFilePath = curSnapshot->stateFilePath();

                Utf8Str stateFilePath = Utf8StrFmt ("%ls%c{%Vuuid}.sav",
                    mUserData->mSnapshotFolderFull.raw(),
                    RTPATH_DELIMITER, mData->mUuid.raw());

                LogFlowThisFunc (("Copying saved state file from '%s' to '%s'...\n",
                                  snapStateFilePath.raw(), stateFilePath.raw()));

                aTask.progress->advanceOperation (
                    Bstr (tr ("Restoring the execution state")));

                /* copy the state file */
                snapshotLock.unlock();
                alock.leave();
                int vrc = RTFileCopyEx (snapStateFilePath, stateFilePath,
                                        progressCallback, aTask.progress);
                alock.enter();
                snapshotLock.lock();

                if (VBOX_SUCCESS (vrc))
                {
                    mSSData->mStateFilePath = stateFilePath;
                }
                else
                {
                    rc = setError (E_FAIL,
                        tr ("Could not copy the state file '%s' to '%s' (%Vrc)"),
                        snapStateFilePath.raw(), stateFilePath.raw(), vrc);
                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        bool informCallbacks = false;

        if (aTask.discardCurrentSnapshot && isLastSnapshot)
        {
            /*
             *  discard the current snapshot and state task is in action,
             *  the current snapshot is the last one.
             *  Discard the current snapshot after discarding the current state.
             */

            /* commit changes to fixup hard disks before discarding */
            rc = commit();
            if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
            {
                DiscardSnapshotTask subTask (aTask, mData->mCurrentSnapshot);
                subTask.subTask = true;
                discardSnapshotHandler (subTask);
                aTask.settingsChanged = subTask.settingsChanged;
                if (aTask.progress->completed())
                {
                    /*
                     *  the progress can be completed by a subtask only if there
                     *  was a failure
                     */
                    Assert (FAILED (aTask.progress->resultCode()));
                    errorInSubtask = true;
                    rc = aTask.progress->resultCode();
                }
            }

            /*
             *  we've committed already, so inform callbacks anyway to ensure
             *  they don't miss some change
             */
            informCallbacks = true;
        }

        /*
         *  we have already discarded the current state, so set the
         *  execution state accordingly no matter of the discard snapshot result
         */
        if (mSSData->mStateFilePath)
            setMachineState (MachineState_Saved);
        else
            setMachineState (MachineState_PoweredOff);

        updateMachineStateOnClient();
        stateRestored = true;

        if (errorInSubtask)
            break;

        /* assign the timestamp from the snapshot */
        Assert (snapshotTimeStamp != 0);
        mData->mLastStateChange = snapshotTimeStamp;

        /* mark the current state as not modified */
        mData->mCurrentStateModified = FALSE;

        /* save all settings and commit */
        rc = saveSettings (false /* aMarkCurStateAsModified */,
                           informCallbacks);
        aTask.settingsChanged = false;
    }
    while (0);

    if (FAILED (rc))
    {
        ErrorInfo ei;

        if (!stateRestored)
        {
            /* restore the machine state */
            setMachineState (aTask.state);
            updateMachineStateOnClient();
        }

        /*
         *  save all settings and commit if still modified (there is no way to
         *  rollback properly). Note that isModified() will return true after
         *  copyFrom(). Also save the settings if requested by the subtask.
         */
        if (isModified() || aTask.settingsChanged)
        {
            if (aTask.settingsChanged)
                saveSettings (true /* aMarkCurStateAsModified */,
                              true /* aInformCallbacksAnyway */);
            else
                saveSettings();
        }

        setError (ei);
    }

    if (!errorInSubtask)
    {
        /* set the result (this will try to fetch current error info on failure) */
        aTask.progress->notifyComplete (rc);
    }

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        mParent->onSnapshotDiscarded (mData->mUuid, Guid());

    LogFlowThisFunc (("Done discarding current state (rc=%08X)\n", rc));

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

/**
 *  Helper to change the machine state (reimplementation).
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for writing.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::setMachineState (MachineState_T aMachineState)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("aMachineState=%d\n", aMachineState));

    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    AutoLock alock (this);

    MachineState_T oldMachineState = mData->mMachineState;

    AssertMsgReturn (oldMachineState != aMachineState,
                     ("oldMachineState=%d, aMachineState=%d\n",
                      oldMachineState, aMachineState), E_FAIL);

    HRESULT rc = S_OK;

    int stsFlags = 0;
    bool deleteSavedState = false;

    /* detect some state transitions */

    if (oldMachineState < MachineState_Running &&
        aMachineState >= MachineState_Running &&
        aMachineState != MachineState_Discarding)
    {
        /*
         *  the EMT thread is about to start, so mark attached HDDs as busy
         *  and all its ancestors as being in use
         */
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it =
                 mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = (*it)->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);
            hd->setBusy();
            hd->addReaderOnAncestors();
        }
    }
    else
    if (oldMachineState >= MachineState_Running &&
        oldMachineState != MachineState_Discarding &&
        aMachineState < MachineState_Running)
    {
        /*
         *  the EMT thread stopped, so mark attached HDDs as no more busy
         *  and remove the in-use flag from all its ancestors
         */
        for (HDData::HDAttachmentList::const_iterator it =
                 mHDData->mHDAttachments.begin();
             it != mHDData->mHDAttachments.end();
             ++ it)
        {
            ComObjPtr <HardDisk> hd = (*it)->hardDisk();
            AutoLock hdLock (hd);
            hd->releaseReaderOnAncestors();
            hd->clearBusy();
        }
    }

    if (oldMachineState == MachineState_Restoring)
    {
        if (aMachineState != MachineState_Saved)
        {
            /*
             *  delete the saved state file once the machine has finished
             *  restoring from it (note that Console sets the state from
             *  Restoring to Saved if the VM couldn't restore successfully,
             *  to give the user an ability to fix an error and retry --
             *  we keep the saved state file in this case)
             */
            deleteSavedState = true;
        }
    }
    else
    if (oldMachineState == MachineState_Saved &&
        (aMachineState == MachineState_PoweredOff ||
         aMachineState == MachineState_Aborted))
    {
        /*
         *  delete the saved state after Console::DiscardSavedState() is called
         *  or if the VM process (owning a direct VM session) crashed while the
         *  VM was Saved
         */

        /// @todo (dmik)
        //      Not sure that deleting the saved state file just because of the
        //      client death before it attempted to restore the VM is a good
        //      thing. But when it crashes we need to go to the Aborted state
        //      which cannot have the saved state file associated... The only
        //      way to fix this is to make the Aborted condition not a VM state
        //      but a bool flag: i.e., when a crash occurs, set it to true and
        //      change the state to PoweredOff or Saved depending on the
        //      saved state presence.

        deleteSavedState = true;
        mData->mCurrentStateModified = TRUE;
        stsFlags |= SaveSTS_CurStateModified;
    }

    if (aMachineState == MachineState_Starting ||
        aMachineState == MachineState_Restoring)
    {
        /*
         *  set the current state modified flag to indicate that the
         *  current state is no more identical to the state in the
         *  current snapshot
         */
        if (!mData->mCurrentSnapshot.isNull())
        {
            mData->mCurrentStateModified = TRUE;
            stsFlags |= SaveSTS_CurStateModified;
        }
    }

    if (deleteSavedState == true)
    {
        Assert (!mSSData->mStateFilePath.isEmpty());
        RTFileDelete (Utf8Str (mSSData->mStateFilePath));
        mSSData->mStateFilePath.setNull();
        stsFlags |= SaveSTS_StateFilePath;
    }

    /* redirect to the underlying peer machine */
    mPeer->setMachineState (aMachineState);

    if (aMachineState == MachineState_PoweredOff ||
        aMachineState == MachineState_Aborted ||
        aMachineState == MachineState_Saved)
    {
        stsFlags |= SaveSTS_StateTimeStamp;
    }

    rc = saveStateSettings (stsFlags);

    if ((oldMachineState != MachineState_PoweredOff &&
         oldMachineState != MachineState_Aborted) &&
        (aMachineState == MachineState_PoweredOff ||
         aMachineState == MachineState_Aborted))
    {
        /*
         *  clear differencing hard disks based on immutable hard disks
         *  once we've been shut down for any reason
         */
        rc = wipeOutImmutableDiffs();
    }

    LogFlowThisFunc (("rc=%08X\n", rc));
    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Sends the current machine state value to the VM process.
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for reading, then calls a client process.
 */
HRESULT SessionMachine::updateMachineStateOnClient()
{
    AutoCaller autoCaller (this);
    AssertComRCReturn (autoCaller.rc(), autoCaller.rc());

    ComPtr <IInternalSessionControl> directControl;
    {
        AutoReaderLock alock (this);
        AssertReturn (!!mData, E_FAIL);
        directControl = mData->mSession.mDirectControl;

        /* directControl may be already set to NULL here in #OnSessionEnd()
         * called too early by the direct session process while there is still
         * some operation (like discarding the snapshot) in progress. The client
         * process in this case is waiting inside Session::close() for the
         * "end session" process object to complete, while #uninit() called by
         * #checkForDeath() on the Watcher thread is waiting for the pending
         * operation to complete. For now, we accept this inconsitent behavior
         * and simply do nothing here. */

        if (mData->mSession.mState == SessionState_SessionClosing)
            return S_OK;

        AssertReturn (!directControl.isNull(), E_FAIL);
    }

    return directControl->UpdateMachineState (mData->mMachineState);
}

/* static */
DECLCALLBACK(int) SessionMachine::taskHandler (RTTHREAD thread, void *pvUser)
{
    AssertReturn (pvUser, VERR_INVALID_POINTER);

    Task *task = static_cast <Task *> (pvUser);
    task->handler();

    // it's our responsibility to delete the task
    delete task;

    return 0;
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// SnapshotMachine class
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

DEFINE_EMPTY_CTOR_DTOR (SnapshotMachine)

HRESULT SnapshotMachine::FinalConstruct()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    /* set the proper type to indicate we're the SnapshotMachine instance */
    unconst (mType) = IsSnapshotMachine;

    return S_OK;
}

void SnapshotMachine::FinalRelease()
{
    LogFlowThisFunc (("\n"));

    uninit();
}

/**
 *  Initializes the SnapshotMachine object when taking a snapshot.
 *
 *  @param aSessionMachine  machine to take a snapshot from
 *  @param aSnapshotId      snapshot ID of this snapshot machine
 *  @param aStateFilePath   file where the execution state will be later saved
 *                          (or NULL for the offline snapshot)
 *
 *  @note Locks aSessionMachine object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SnapshotMachine::init (SessionMachine *aSessionMachine,
                               INPTR GUIDPARAM aSnapshotId,
                               INPTR BSTR aStateFilePath)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("mName={%ls}\n", aSessionMachine->mUserData->mName.raw()));

    AssertReturn (aSessionMachine && !Guid (aSnapshotId).isEmpty(), E_INVALIDARG);

    /* Enclose the state transition NotReady->InInit->Ready */
    AutoInitSpan autoInitSpan (this);
    AssertReturn (autoInitSpan.isOk(), E_UNEXPECTED);

    mSnapshotId = aSnapshotId;

    AutoReaderLock alock (aSessionMachine);

    /* memorize the primary Machine instance (i.e. not SessionMachine!) */
    unconst (mPeer) = aSessionMachine->mPeer;
    /* share the parent pointer */
    unconst (mParent) = mPeer->mParent;

    /* take the pointer to Data to share */
    mData.share (mPeer->mData);
    /*
     *  take the pointer to UserData to share
     *  (our UserData must always be the same as Machine's data)
     */
    mUserData.share (mPeer->mUserData);
    /* make a private copy of all other data (recent changes from SessionMachine) */
    mHWData.attachCopy (aSessionMachine->mHWData);
    mHDData.attachCopy (aSessionMachine->mHDData);

    /* SSData is always unique for SnapshotMachine */
    mSSData.allocate();
    mSSData->mStateFilePath = aStateFilePath;

    /*
     *  create copies of all shared folders (mHWData after attiching a copy
     *  contains just references to original objects)
     */
    for (HWData::SharedFolderList::iterator it = mHWData->mSharedFolders.begin();
         it != mHWData->mSharedFolders.end();
         ++ it)
    {
        ComObjPtr <SharedFolder> folder;
        folder.createObject();
        HRESULT rc = folder->initCopy (this, *it);
        CheckComRCReturnRC (rc);
        *it = folder;
    }

    /* create all other child objects that will be immutable private copies */

    unconst (mBIOSSettings).createObject();
    mBIOSSettings->initCopy (this, mPeer->mBIOSSettings);

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    unconst (mVRDPServer).createObject();
    mVRDPServer->initCopy (this, mPeer->mVRDPServer);
#endif

    unconst (mDVDDrive).createObject();
    mDVDDrive->initCopy (this, mPeer->mDVDDrive);

    unconst (mFloppyDrive).createObject();
    mFloppyDrive->initCopy (this, mPeer->mFloppyDrive);

    unconst (mAudioAdapter).createObject();
    mAudioAdapter->initCopy (this, mPeer->mAudioAdapter);

    unconst (mUSBController).createObject();
    mUSBController->initCopy (this, mPeer->mUSBController);

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
    {
        unconst (mNetworkAdapters [slot]).createObject();
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->initCopy (this, mPeer->mNetworkAdapters [slot]);
    }

    /* Confirm a successful initialization when it's the case */
    autoInitSpan.setSucceeded();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return S_OK;
}

/**
 *  Initializes the SnapshotMachine object when loading from the settings file.
 *
 *  @param aMachine machine the snapshot belngs to
 *  @param aHWNode          <Hardware> node
 *  @param aHDAsNode        <HardDiskAttachments> node
 *  @param aSnapshotId      snapshot ID of this snapshot machine
 *  @param aStateFilePath   file where the execution state is saved
 *                          (or NULL for the offline snapshot)
 *
 *  @note Locks aMachine object for reading.
 */
HRESULT SnapshotMachine::init (Machine *aMachine, CFGNODE aHWNode, CFGNODE aHDAsNode,
                               INPTR GUIDPARAM aSnapshotId, INPTR BSTR aStateFilePath)
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();
    LogFlowThisFunc (("mName={%ls}\n", aMachine->mUserData->mName.raw()));

    AssertReturn (aMachine && aHWNode && aHDAsNode && !Guid (aSnapshotId).isEmpty(),
                  E_INVALIDARG);

    /* Enclose the state transition NotReady->InInit->Ready */
    AutoInitSpan autoInitSpan (this);
    AssertReturn (autoInitSpan.isOk(), E_UNEXPECTED);

    mSnapshotId = aSnapshotId;

    AutoReaderLock alock (aMachine);

    /* memorize the primary Machine instance */
    unconst (mPeer) = aMachine;
    /* share the parent pointer */
    unconst (mParent) = mPeer->mParent;

    /* take the pointer to Data to share */
    mData.share (mPeer->mData);
    /*
     *  take the pointer to UserData to share
     *  (our UserData must always be the same as Machine's data)
     */
    mUserData.share (mPeer->mUserData);
    /* allocate private copies of all other data (will be loaded from settings) */
    mHWData.allocate();
    mHDData.allocate();

    /* SSData is always unique for SnapshotMachine */
    mSSData.allocate();
    mSSData->mStateFilePath = aStateFilePath;

    /* create all other child objects that will be immutable private copies */

    unconst (mBIOSSettings).createObject();
    mBIOSSettings->init (this);

#ifdef VBOX_VRDP
    unconst (mVRDPServer).createObject();
    mVRDPServer->init (this);
#endif

    unconst (mDVDDrive).createObject();
    mDVDDrive->init (this);

    unconst (mFloppyDrive).createObject();
    mFloppyDrive->init (this);

    unconst (mAudioAdapter).createObject();
    mAudioAdapter->init (this);

    unconst (mUSBController).createObject();
    mUSBController->init (this);

    for (ULONG slot = 0; slot < ELEMENTS (mNetworkAdapters); slot ++)
    {
        unconst (mNetworkAdapters [slot]).createObject();
        mNetworkAdapters [slot]->init (this, slot);
    }

    /* load hardware and harddisk settings */

    HRESULT rc = loadHardware (aHWNode);
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        rc = loadHardDisks (aHDAsNode, true /* aRegistered */, &mSnapshotId);

    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
    {
        /* commit all changes made during the initialization */
        commit();
    }

    /* Confirm a successful initialization when it's the case */
    if (SUCCEEDED (rc))
        autoInitSpan.setSucceeded();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
    return rc;
}

/**
 *  Uninitializes this SnapshotMachine object.
 */
void SnapshotMachine::uninit()
{
    LogFlowThisFuncEnter();

    /* Enclose the state transition Ready->InUninit->NotReady */
    AutoUninitSpan autoUninitSpan (this);
    if (autoUninitSpan.uninitDone())
        return;

    uninitDataAndChildObjects();

    unconst (mParent).setNull();
    unconst (mPeer).setNull();

    LogFlowThisFuncLeave();
}

// AutoLock::Lockable interface
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Overrides VirtualBoxBase::lockHandle() in order to share the lock handle
 *  with the primary Machine instance (mPeer).
 */
AutoLock::Handle *SnapshotMachine::lockHandle() const
{
    AssertReturn (!mPeer.isNull(), NULL);
    return mPeer->lockHandle();
}

// public methods only for internal purposes
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

/**
 *  Called by the snapshot object associated with this SnapshotMachine when
 *  snapshot data such as name or description is changed.
 *
 *  @note Locks this object for writing.
 */
HRESULT SnapshotMachine::onSnapshotChange (Snapshot *aSnapshot)
{
    AutoLock alock (this);

    mPeer->saveSnapshotSettings (aSnapshot, SaveSS_UpdateAttrsOp);

    /* inform callbacks */
    mParent->onSnapshotChange (mData->mUuid, aSnapshot->data().mId);

    return S_OK;
}