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1#! /usr/bin/python
2# -*- python -*-
3# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
4#   twatch - Experimental use of the perf python interface
5#   Copyright (C) 2011 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
6#
7#   This application is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8#   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
9#   as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2.
10#
11#   This application is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
14#   General Public License for more details.
15
16import perf
17
18def main(context_switch = 0, thread = -1):
19	cpus = perf.cpu_map()
20	threads = perf.thread_map(thread)
21	evsel = perf.evsel(type	  = perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE,
22			   config = perf.COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
23			   task = 1, comm = 1, mmap = 0, freq = 0,
24			   wakeup_events = 1, watermark = 1,
25			   sample_id_all = 1, context_switch = context_switch,
26			   sample_type = perf.SAMPLE_PERIOD | perf.SAMPLE_TID | perf.SAMPLE_CPU)
27
28	"""What we want are just the PERF_RECORD_ lifetime events for threads,
29	 using the default, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE + PERF_COUNT_HW_CYCLES & freq=1
30	 (the default), makes perf reenable irq_vectors:local_timer_entry, when
31	 disabling nohz, not good for some use cases where all we want is to get
32	 threads comes and goes... So use (perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE, perf_COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
33	 freq=0) instead."""
34
35	evsel.open(cpus = cpus, threads = threads);
36	evlist = perf.evlist(cpus, threads)
37	evlist.add(evsel)
38	evlist.mmap()
39	while True:
40		evlist.poll(timeout = -1)
41		for cpu in cpus:
42			event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu)
43			if not event:
44				continue
45			print("cpu: {0}, pid: {1}, tid: {2} {3}".format(event.sample_cpu,
46                                                                        event.sample_pid,
47                                                                        event.sample_tid,
48                                                                        event))
49
50if __name__ == '__main__':
51    """
52	To test the PERF_RECORD_SWITCH record, pick a pid and replace
53	in the following line.
54
55	Example output:
56
57cpu: 3, pid: 31463, tid: 31593 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31593, switch_out: 1 }
58cpu: 1, pid: 31463, tid: 31489 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31489, switch_out: 1 }
59cpu: 2, pid: 31463, tid: 31496 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31496, switch_out: 1 }
60cpu: 3, pid: 31463, tid: 31491 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31491, switch_out: 0 }
61
62	It is possible as well to use event.misc & perf.PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT
63	to figure out if this is a context switch in or out of the monitored threads.
64
65	If bored, please add command line option parsing support for these options :-)
66    """
67    # main(context_switch = 1, thread = 31463)
68    main()
69