Re: [PATCH] tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer: Free the trace buffer memory

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 11:31 PM, Doug Smythies <doug.smythies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The trace buffer memory should be, mostly, freed after
> the buffer has been output.
>
> This patch is required before a future patch that will allow
> the user to override the default, and specify the trace buffer
> memory allocation as a command line option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks OK to me.  Srinivas?

> ---
>  .../power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py  | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py b/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py
> index 0b24dd9..29f50d4 100755
> --- a/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py
> +++ b/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py
> @@ -411,6 +411,16 @@ def set_trace_buffer_size():
>          print('IO error setting trace buffer size ')
>          quit()
>
> +def free_trace_buffer():
> +    """ Free the trace buffer memory """
> +
> +    try:
> +       open('/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb'
> +                 , 'w').write("1")
> +    except:
> +        print('IO error setting trace buffer size ')
> +        quit()
> +
>  def read_trace_data(filename):
>      """ Read and parse trace data """
>
> @@ -583,4 +593,9 @@ for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'):
>      for f in files:
>          fix_ownership(f)
>
> +clear_trace_file()
> +# Free the memory
> +if interval:
> +    free_trace_buffer()
> +
>  os.chdir('../../')
> --
> 2.7.4
>