Re: [PATCH 3/3] perf script/python: Pass thread/dso name and symbolinfo to event handler in python

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu May 17 2012 - 11:47:37 EST


Em Wed, May 16, 2012 at 08:59:15PM +0800, Feng Tang escreveu:
> Signed-off-by: Feng Tang <feng.tang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> index a202881..c96f5e2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> @@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ static void python_process_general_event(union perf_event *pevent __unused,
> static char handler_name[64];
> unsigned n = 0;
> void *data = sample->raw_data;
> + struct thread *thread = al->thread;
>
> t = PyTuple_New(MAX_FIELDS);
> if (!t)
> @@ -348,13 +349,21 @@ static void python_process_general_event(union perf_event *pevent __unused,
> goto exit;
> }
>
> - /* Pass 3 parameters: event_attr, perf_sample, raw data, thread name */
> + /* Pass parameters: attr, perf_sample, raw data, thread and dso name */
> PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromStringAndSize(
> (const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
> PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromStringAndSize(
> (const char *)sample, sizeof(*sample)));
> PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromStringAndSize(
> data, sample->raw_size));
> + PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(thread->comm));
> + PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
> +
> + /* Pass the resolved symbol if there is, othersize pass "Unkown" */
> + if (al->sym)
> + PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(al->sym->name));
> + else
> + PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString("Unknown"));

Isn't this getting a little bit convoluted?

I.e. python has dictionaries, perhaps we could pass a dict instead of a
tuple, in that case we would simply not add the "symbol" key.

> if (_PyTuple_Resize(&t, n) == -1)
> Py_FatalError("error resizing Python tuple");
> --
> 1.7.1
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