Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] perf python tracepoint: Switch to using parse_events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 17:16:03 EST


On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 02:23:08PM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Rather than manually configuring an evsel, switch to using
> parse_events for greater commonality with the rest of the perf code.
>
> Reviewed-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Now will all in place I'm trying to test it and I am getting some
strange results:

root@number:/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next# tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
<SNIP lots of seemingly ok lines>
time 78318710956557 prev_comm=sudo prev_pid=3133818 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0x1 ==> next_comm=swapper/14 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
time 78318720082300 prev_comm=swapper/16 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0x0 ==> next_comm=kworker/u112:8 next_pid=1752774 next_prio=120
time 78318706232435 prev_comm=kworker/u112:17 prev_pid=1551246 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0x80 ==> next_comm=swapper/21 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
time 78318708202121 prev_comm=sudo prev_pid=3133818 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0x2 ==> next_comm=swapper/25 next_pid=0 next_prio=120
time 78318748346989 prev_comm=swapper/26 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=0x0 ==> next_comm=gnome-terminal- next_pid=3551 next_prio=120
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py", line 47, in <module>
main()
File "/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py", line 42, in main
event.next_comm,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'perf.sample_event' object has no attribute 'next_comm'
root@number:/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next#

But it shouldn't get there as there is this check:

if not isinstance(event, perf.sample_event):
continue


:-\

Trying to debug that...

- Arnaldo