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#! /usr/bin/python
# -*- python -*-
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# twatch - Experimental use of the perf python interface
# Copyright (C) 2011 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
#
# This application 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; version 2.
#
# This application is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
import perf
def main():
cpus = perf.cpu_map()
threads = perf.thread_map()
evsel = perf.evsel(type = perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE,
config = perf.COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
task = 1, comm = 1, mmap = 0, freq = 0,
wakeup_events = 1, watermark = 1,
sample_id_all = 1,
sample_type = perf.SAMPLE_PERIOD | perf.SAMPLE_TID | perf.SAMPLE_CPU)
"""What we want are just the PERF_RECORD_ lifetime events for threads,
using the default, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE + PERF_COUNT_HW_CYCLES & freq=1
(the default), makes perf reenable irq_vectors:local_timer_entry, when
disabling nohz, not good for some use cases where all we want is to get
threads comes and goes... So use (perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE, perf_COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
freq=0) instead."""
evsel.open(cpus = cpus, threads = threads);
evlist = perf.evlist(cpus, threads)
evlist.add(evsel)
evlist.mmap()
while True:
evlist.poll(timeout = -1)
for cpu in cpus:
event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu)
if not event:
continue
print "cpu: %2d, pid: %4d, tid: %4d" % (event.sample_cpu,
event.sample_pid,
event.sample_tid),
print event
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()