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perf script: Add flamegraph.py script

This script works in tandem with d3-flame-graph to generate flame graphs
from perf. It supports two output formats: JSON and HTML (the default).
The HTML format will look for a standalone d3-flame-graph template file
in /usr/share/d3-flame-graph/d3-flamegraph-base.html and fill in the
collected stacks.

Usage:

perf record -a -g -F 99 sleep 60
perf script report flamegraph

Combined:

perf script flamegraph -a -F 99 sleep 60

Committer testing:

Tested both with "PYTHON=python3" and with the default, that uses
python2-devel:

Complete set of instructions:

$ mkdir /tmp/build/perf
$ make PYTHON=python3 -C tools/perf O=/tmp/build/perf install-bin
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$ perf record -a -g -F 99 sleep 60
$ perf script report flamegraph

Now go and open the generated flamegraph.html file in a browser.

At first this required building with PYTHON=python3, but after I
reported this Andreas was kind enough to send a patch making it work
with both python and python3.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gerstmayr <agerstmayr@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <bgregg@netflix.com>
Cc: Martin Spier <mspier@netflix.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200320151355.66302-1-agerstmayr@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

authored by

Andreas Gerstmayr and committed by
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tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/flamegraph-record
··· 1 + #!/usr/bin/sh 2 + perf record -g "$@"
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tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/flamegraph-report
··· 1 + #!/usr/bin/sh 2 + # description: create flame graphs 3 + perf script -s "$PERF_EXEC_PATH"/scripts/python/flamegraph.py -- "$@"
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tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
··· 1 + # flamegraph.py - create flame graphs from perf samples 2 + # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 3 + # 4 + # Usage: 5 + # 6 + # perf record -a -g -F 99 sleep 60 7 + # perf script report flamegraph 8 + # 9 + # Combined: 10 + # 11 + # perf script flamegraph -a -F 99 sleep 60 12 + # 13 + # Written by Andreas Gerstmayr <agerstmayr@redhat.com> 14 + # Flame Graphs invented by Brendan Gregg <bgregg@netflix.com> 15 + # Works in tandem with d3-flame-graph by Martin Spier <mspier@netflix.com> 16 + 17 + from __future__ import print_function 18 + import sys 19 + import os 20 + import argparse 21 + import json 22 + 23 + 24 + class Node: 25 + def __init__(self, name, libtype=""): 26 + self.name = name 27 + self.libtype = libtype 28 + self.value = 0 29 + self.children = [] 30 + 31 + def toJSON(self): 32 + return { 33 + "n": self.name, 34 + "l": self.libtype, 35 + "v": self.value, 36 + "c": self.children 37 + } 38 + 39 + 40 + class FlameGraphCLI: 41 + def __init__(self, args): 42 + self.args = args 43 + self.stack = Node("root") 44 + 45 + if self.args.format == "html" and \ 46 + not os.path.isfile(self.args.template): 47 + print("Flame Graph template {} does not exist. Please install " 48 + "the js-d3-flame-graph (RPM) or libjs-d3-flame-graph (deb) " 49 + "package, specify an existing flame graph template " 50 + "(--template PATH) or another output format " 51 + "(--format FORMAT).".format(self.args.template), 52 + file=sys.stderr) 53 + sys.exit(1) 54 + 55 + def find_or_create_node(self, node, name, dso): 56 + libtype = "kernel" if dso == "[kernel.kallsyms]" else "" 57 + if name is None: 58 + name = "[unknown]" 59 + 60 + for child in node.children: 61 + if child.name == name and child.libtype == libtype: 62 + return child 63 + 64 + child = Node(name, libtype) 65 + node.children.append(child) 66 + return child 67 + 68 + def process_event(self, event): 69 + node = self.find_or_create_node(self.stack, event["comm"], None) 70 + if "callchain" in event: 71 + for entry in reversed(event['callchain']): 72 + node = self.find_or_create_node( 73 + node, entry.get("sym", {}).get("name"), event.get("dso")) 74 + else: 75 + node = self.find_or_create_node( 76 + node, entry.get("symbol"), event.get("dso")) 77 + node.value += 1 78 + 79 + def trace_end(self): 80 + json_str = json.dumps(self.stack, default=lambda x: x.toJSON()) 81 + 82 + if self.args.format == "html": 83 + try: 84 + with open(self.args.template) as f: 85 + output_str = f.read().replace("/** @flamegraph_json **/", 86 + json_str) 87 + except IOError as e: 88 + print("Error reading template file: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr) 89 + sys.exit(1) 90 + output_fn = self.args.output or "flamegraph.html" 91 + else: 92 + output_str = json_str 93 + output_fn = self.args.output or "stacks.json" 94 + 95 + if output_fn == "-": 96 + sys.stdout.write(output_str) 97 + else: 98 + print("dumping data to {}".format(output_fn)) 99 + try: 100 + with open(output_fn, "w") as out: 101 + out.write(output_str) 102 + except IOError as e: 103 + print("Error writing output file: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr) 104 + sys.exit(1) 105 + 106 + 107 + if __name__ == "__main__": 108 + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create flame graphs.") 109 + parser.add_argument("-f", "--format", 110 + default="html", choices=["json", "html"], 111 + help="output file format") 112 + parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", 113 + help="output file name") 114 + parser.add_argument("--template", 115 + default="/usr/share/d3-flame-graph/d3-flamegraph-base.html", 116 + help="path to flamegraph HTML template") 117 + parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", 118 + help=argparse.SUPPRESS) 119 + 120 + args = parser.parse_args() 121 + cli = FlameGraphCLI(args) 122 + 123 + process_event = cli.process_event 124 + trace_end = cli.trace_end