linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] perf python tracepoint: Switch to using parse

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Message-ID: <Z89WvaIVyF7klGp6@x1>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:16:45 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
	"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>,
	Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>, Ze Gao <zegao2021@...il.com>,
	Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>, Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@....com>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Howard Chu <howardchu95@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] perf python tracepoint: Switch to using
 parse_events

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 06:15:42PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> 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@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> 
> Now will all in place I'm trying to test it and I am getting some
> strange results:
> 
> root@...ber:/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@...ber:/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...

And it doesn't seem related to your series, I checked and v6.13 has the
same problem, I nuked the build dir, etc.

- Arnaldo