[PATCH 3/4] perf python: Add evlist close and next methods

From: Gautam Menghani
Date: Thu May 01 2025 - 05:38:12 EST


Add support for the evlist close and next methods. The next method
enables iterating over the evsels in an evlist.

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/python.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 5a4d2c9aaabd..599cb37600f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -1163,6 +1163,16 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__open(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
return Py_None;
}

+static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__close(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist)
+{
+ struct evlist *evlist = &pevlist->evlist;
+
+ evlist__close(evlist);
+
+ Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+ return Py_None;
+}
+
static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__config(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist)
{
struct record_opts opts = {
@@ -1202,6 +1212,31 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__enable(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist)
return Py_None;
}

+static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__next(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+ PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+ struct evlist *evlist = &pevlist->evlist;
+ PyObject *py_evsel;
+ struct perf_evsel *pevsel;
+ struct evsel *evsel;
+ struct pyrf_evsel *next_evsel = PyObject_New(struct pyrf_evsel, &pyrf_evsel__type);
+ static char *kwlist[] = { "evsel", NULL };
+
+ if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O", kwlist,
+ &py_evsel))
+ return NULL;
+
+ pevsel = (py_evsel == Py_None) ? NULL : &(((struct pyrf_evsel *)py_evsel)->evsel.core);
+ pevsel = perf_evlist__next(&(evlist->core), pevsel);
+ if (pevsel != NULL) {
+ evsel = container_of(pevsel, struct evsel, core);
+ next_evsel = container_of(evsel, struct pyrf_evsel, evsel);
+ return (PyObject *) next_evsel;
+ }
+
+ return Py_None;
+}
+
static PyMethodDef pyrf_evlist__methods[] = {
{
.ml_name = "all_cpus",
@@ -1221,6 +1256,12 @@ static PyMethodDef pyrf_evlist__methods[] = {
.ml_flags = METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
.ml_doc = PyDoc_STR("open the file descriptors.")
},
+ {
+ .ml_name = "close",
+ .ml_meth = (PyCFunction)pyrf_evlist__close,
+ .ml_flags = METH_NOARGS,
+ .ml_doc = PyDoc_STR("close the file descriptors.")
+ },
{
.ml_name = "poll",
.ml_meth = (PyCFunction)pyrf_evlist__poll,
@@ -1263,6 +1304,12 @@ static PyMethodDef pyrf_evlist__methods[] = {
.ml_flags = METH_NOARGS,
.ml_doc = PyDoc_STR("Enable the evsels in the evlist.")
},
+ {
+ .ml_name = "next",
+ .ml_meth = (PyCFunction)pyrf_evlist__next,
+ .ml_flags = METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
+ .ml_doc = PyDoc_STR("Return next evsel")
+ },
{ .ml_name = NULL, }
};

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2.49.0