Re: [PATCH 42/46] perf script powerpc: Python script for hypervisor call statistics

[Paul Clarke]

On 06/07/2018 12:34 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> On 06/06/2018 08:23 PM, Paul Clarke wrote:
>> On 06/05/2018 12:50 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>>> From: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Add python script to show hypervisor call statistics. Ex,
>>>
>>>   # perf record -a -e "{powerpc:hcall_entry,powerpc:hcall_exit}"
>>>   # perf script -s scripts/python/powerpc-hcalls.py
>>>     hcall                            count   min(ns)   max(ns)   avg(ns)
>>>     --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>     H_RANDOM                            82       838      1164       904
>>>     H_PUT_TCE                           47      1078      5928      2003
>>>     H_EOI                              266      1336      3546      1654
>>>     H_ENTER                             28      1646      4038      1952
>>>     H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT                 230      2166     18168      6109
>>>     H_IPI                              238      1072      3232      1688
>>>     H_SEND_LOGICAL_LAN                  42      5488     21366      7694
>>>     H_STUFF_TCE                        294       986      6210      3591
>>>     H_XIRR                             266      2286      6990      3783
>>>     H_PROTECT                           10      2196      3556      2555
>>>     H_VIO_SIGNAL                       294      1028      2784      1311
>>>     H_ADD_LOGICAL_LAN_BUFFER            53      1978      3450      2600
>>>     H_SEND_CRQ                          77      1762      7240      2447
>>
>> This translation from HCALL code to mnemonic is more generally useful.  Is there a good way to make the "hcall_table_lookup" function more generally available, like "syscall_name" in scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py ?  It's even simpler than the syscall ID-to-name mapping, because the HCALL codes are constant, unlike syscall IDs which vary between arches.
>>
> 
> Right, but I don't see any other python script for hcalls. So, I thought
> to add it in the script itself. Let me know if you are planning to add
> any :) We will move it in a generic module.

We're already doing the same thing in an external script.  (https://github.com/open-power-sdk/curt/blob/master/curt.py#L264 revision 107c97c3aadba3177bc8cf35b06ba165e6ac557f.)

...which reminds me that I should consider sending that script to linux-perf-users to see if it's interesting enough to be included upstream.

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