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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
17from __future__ import print_function
18import sys
19import os
20import io
21import argparse
22import json
23
24
25class Node:
26    def __init__(self, name, libtype=""):
27        self.name = name
28        self.libtype = libtype
29        self.value = 0
30        self.children = []
31
32    def toJSON(self):
33        return {
34            "n": self.name,
35            "l": self.libtype,
36            "v": self.value,
37            "c": self.children
38        }
39
40
41class FlameGraphCLI:
42    def __init__(self, args):
43        self.args = args
44        self.stack = Node("root")
45
46        if self.args.format == "html" and \
47                not os.path.isfile(self.args.template):
48            print("Flame Graph template {} does not exist. Please install "
49                  "the js-d3-flame-graph (RPM) or libjs-d3-flame-graph (deb) "
50                  "package, specify an existing flame graph template "
51                  "(--template PATH) or another output format "
52                  "(--format FORMAT).".format(self.args.template),
53                  file=sys.stderr)
54            sys.exit(1)
55
56    def find_or_create_node(self, node, name, dso):
57        libtype = "kernel" if dso == "[kernel.kallsyms]" else ""
58        if name is None:
59            name = "[unknown]"
60
61        for child in node.children:
62            if child.name == name and child.libtype == libtype:
63                return child
64
65        child = Node(name, libtype)
66        node.children.append(child)
67        return child
68
69    def process_event(self, event):
70        node = self.find_or_create_node(self.stack, event["comm"], None)
71        if "callchain" in event:
72            for entry in reversed(event['callchain']):
73                node = self.find_or_create_node(
74                    node, entry.get("sym", {}).get("name"), event.get("dso"))
75        else:
76            node = self.find_or_create_node(
77                node, entry.get("symbol"), event.get("dso"))
78        node.value += 1
79
80    def trace_end(self):
81        json_str = json.dumps(self.stack, default=lambda x: x.toJSON())
82
83        if self.args.format == "html":
84            try:
85                with io.open(self.args.template, encoding="utf-8") as f:
86                    output_str = f.read().replace("/** @flamegraph_json **/",
87                                                  json_str)
88            except IOError as e:
89                print("Error reading template file: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
90                sys.exit(1)
91            output_fn = self.args.output or "flamegraph.html"
92        else:
93            output_str = json_str
94            output_fn = self.args.output or "stacks.json"
95
96        if output_fn == "-":
97            with io.open(sys.stdout.fileno(), "w", encoding="utf-8", closefd=False) as out:
98                out.write(output_str)
99        else:
100            print("dumping data to {}".format(output_fn))
101            try:
102                with io.open(output_fn, "w", encoding="utf-8") as out:
103                    out.write(output_str)
104            except IOError as e:
105                print("Error writing output file: {}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
106                sys.exit(1)
107
108
109if __name__ == "__main__":
110    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create flame graphs.")
111    parser.add_argument("-f", "--format",
112                        default="html", choices=["json", "html"],
113                        help="output file format")
114    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output",
115                        help="output file name")
116    parser.add_argument("--template",
117                        default="/usr/share/d3-flame-graph/d3-flamegraph-base.html",
118                        help="path to flamegraph HTML template")
119    parser.add_argument("-i", "--input",
120                        help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
121
122    args = parser.parse_args()
123    cli = FlameGraphCLI(args)
124
125    process_event = cli.process_event
126    trace_end = cli.trace_end
127