Re: [PATCH v1] perf script flamegraph: Avoid d3-flame-graph package dependency

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 04:25:21 EST


On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 7:04 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Currently flame graph generation requires a d3-flame-graph template to
> be installed. Unfortunately this is hard to come by for things like
> Debian [1]. If the template isn't installed warn and download it from
> jsdelivr CDN. If downloading fails generate a minimal flame graph
> again with the javascript coming from jsdelivr CDN.
>
> [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=996839
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py | 63 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
> index b6af1dd5f816..808b0e1c9be5 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
> @@ -25,6 +25,27 @@ import io
> import argparse
> import json
> import subprocess
> +import urllib.request
> +
> +minimal_html = """<head>
> + <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3-flame-graph@4.1.3/dist/d3-flamegraph.css";>

(hopefully fixed Martin Spier's e-mail address)

The @4.1.3 comes from the README.md:
https://github.com/spiermar/d3-flame-graph/blob/master/README.md
Does it make sense just to drop it or use @latest ? It'd be nice not
to patch this file for every d3-flame-graph update.

Thanks,
Ian

> +</head>
> +<body>
> + <div id="chart"></div>
> + <script type="text/javascript" src="https://d3js.org/d3.v7.js";></script>
> + <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3-flame-graph@4.1.3/dist/d3-flamegraph.min.js";></script>
> + <script type="text/javascript">
> + const stacks = [/** @flamegraph_json **/];
> + // Note, options is unused.
> + const options = [/** @options_json **/];
> +
> + var chart = flamegraph();
> + d3.select("#chart")
> + .datum(stacks[0])
> + .call(chart);
> + </script>
> +</body>
> +"""
>
> # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
> class Node:
> @@ -50,15 +71,18 @@ class FlameGraphCLI:
> self.args = args
> self.stack = Node("all", "root")
>
> - if self.args.format == "html" and \
> - not os.path.isfile(self.args.template):
> - print("Flame Graph template {} does not exist. Please install "
> - "the js-d3-flame-graph (RPM) or libjs-d3-flame-graph (deb) "
> - "package, specify an existing flame graph template "
> - "(--template PATH) or another output format "
> - "(--format FORMAT).".format(self.args.template),
> - file=sys.stderr)
> - sys.exit(1)
> + if self.args.format == "html":
> + if os.path.isfile(self.args.template):
> + self.template = f"file://{self.args.template}"
> + else:
> + print(f"""
> +Warning: Flame Graph template '{self.args.template}'
> +does not exist, a template will be downloaded via http. To avoid this
> +please install a package such as the js-d3-flame-graph or
> +libjs-d3-flame-graph, specify an existing flame graph template
> +(--template PATH) or another output format (--format FORMAT).
> +""", file=sys.stderr)
> + self.template = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/d3-flame-graph@4.1.3/dist/templates/d3-flamegraph-base.html";
>
> @staticmethod
> def get_libtype_from_dso(dso):
> @@ -129,15 +153,18 @@ class FlameGraphCLI:
> options_json = json.dumps(options)
>
> try:
> - with io.open(self.args.template, encoding="utf-8") as template:
> - output_str = (
> - template.read()
> - .replace("/** @options_json **/", options_json)
> - .replace("/** @flamegraph_json **/", stacks_json)
> - )
> - except IOError as err:
> - print("Error reading template file: {}".format(err), file=sys.stderr)
> - sys.exit(1)
> + with urllib.request.urlopen(self.template) as template:
> + output_str = '\n'.join([
> + l.decode('utf-8') for l in template.readlines()
> + ])
> + except Exception as err:
> + print(f"Error reading template {self.template}: {err}\n"
> + "a minimal flame graph will be generated", file=sys.stderr)
> + output_str = minimal_html
> +
> + output_str = output_str.replace("/** @options_json **/", options_json)
> + output_str = output_str.replace("/** @flamegraph_json **/", stacks_json)
> +
> output_fn = self.args.output or "flamegraph.html"
> else:
> output_str = stacks_json
> --
> 2.39.0.314.g84b9a713c41-goog
>