Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] scripts: python: Add trace end processing and JSON output

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed Jul 12 2023 - 13:28:59 EST


On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 4:13 PM Anup Sharma <anupnewsmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Inside the trace end function the final output will be dumped
> to standard output in JSON gecko format. Additionally, constants
> such as USER_CATEGORY_INDEX, KERNEL_CATEGORY_INDEX, CATEGORIES, and
> PRODUCT are defined to provide contextual information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Sharma <anupnewsmail@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> .../scripts/python/firefox-gecko-converter.py | 34 ++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/firefox-gecko-converter.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/firefox-gecko-converter.py
> index 0b8a86bdcab1..39818a603265 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/firefox-gecko-converter.py
> +++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/firefox-gecko-converter.py
> @@ -24,8 +24,40 @@ from Core import *
> thread_map = {}
> start_time = None
>
> +# Follow Brendan Gregg's Flamegraph convention: orange for kernel and yellow for user
> +CATEGORIES = [
> + {'name': 'User', 'color': 'yellow', 'subcategories': ['Other']},
> + {'name': 'Kernel', 'color': 'orange', 'subcategories': ['Other']}
> +]

A follow up could be to make these command line options, defaulting to
orange and yellow.

Thanks,
Ian

> +
> +# The product name is used by the profiler UI to show the Operating system and Processor.
> +PRODUCT = os.popen('uname -op').read().strip()
> +
> def trace_end():
> - pass
> + thread_array = thread_map.values()))
> +
> + result = {
> + 'meta': {
> + 'interval': 1,
> + 'processType': 0,
> + 'product': PRODUCT,
> + 'stackwalk': 1,
> + 'debug': 0,
> + 'gcpoison': 0,
> + 'asyncstack': 1,
> + 'startTime': start_time,
> + 'shutdownTime': None,
> + 'version': 24,
> + 'presymbolicated': True,
> + 'categories': CATEGORIES,
> + 'markerSchema': []
> + },
> + 'libs': [],
> + 'threads': thread_array,
> + 'processes': [],
> + 'pausedRanges': []
> + }
> + json.dump(result, sys.stdout, indent=2)
>
> def process_event(param_dict):
> global start_time
> --
> 2.34.1
>