# EventClass.py # # This is a library defining some events types classes, which could # be used by other scripts to analyzing the perf samples. # # Currently there are just a few classes defined for examples, # PerfEvent is the base class for all perf event sample, PebsEvent # is a HW base Intel x86 PEBS event, and user could add more SW/HW # event classes based on requirements. import struct # Event types, user could add more here EVTYPE_GENERIC = 0 EVTYPE_PEBS = 1 # Basic PEBS event EVTYPE_PEBS_LL = 2 # PEBS event with load latency info EVTYPE_IBS = 3 # # Currently we don't have good way to tell the event type, but by # the size of raw buffer, raw PEBS event with load latency data's # size is 176 bytes, while the pure PEBS event's size is 144 bytes. # def create_event(name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf): if (len(raw_buf) == 144): event = PebsEvent(name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf) elif (len(raw_buf) == 176): event = PebsNHM(name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf) else: event = PerfEvent(name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf) return event class PerfEvent(object): event_num = 0 def __init__(self, name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf, ev_type=EVTYPE_GENERIC): self.name = name self.comm = comm self.dso = dso self.symbol = symbol self.raw_buf = raw_buf self.ev_type = ev_type PerfEvent.event_num += 1 def show(self): print "PMU event: name=%12s, symbol=%24s, comm=%8s, dso=%12s" % (self.name, self.symbol, self.comm, self.dso) # # Basic Intel PEBS (Precise Event-based Sampling) event, whose raw buffer # contains the context info when that event happened: the EFLAGS and # linear IP info, as well as all the registers. # class PebsEvent(PerfEvent): pebs_num = 0 def __init__(self, name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf, ev_type=EVTYPE_PEBS): tmp_buf=raw_buf[0:80] flags, ip, ax, bx, cx, dx, si, di, bp, sp = struct.unpack('QQQQQQQQQQ', tmp_buf) self.flags = flags self.ip = ip self.ax = ax self.bx = bx self.cx = cx self.dx = dx self.si = si self.di = di self.bp = bp self.sp = sp PerfEvent.__init__(self, name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf, ev_type) PebsEvent.pebs_num += 1 del tmp_buf # # Intel Nehalem and Westmere support PEBS plus Load Latency info which lie # in the four 64 bit words write after the PEBS data: # Status: records the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS register value # DLA: Data Linear Address (EIP) # DSE: Data Source Encoding, where the latency happens, hit or miss # in L1/L2/L3 or IO operations # LAT: the actual latency in cycles # class PebsNHM(PebsEvent): pebs_nhm_num = 0 def __init__(self, name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf, ev_type=EVTYPE_PEBS_LL): tmp_buf=raw_buf[144:176] status, dla, dse, lat = struct.unpack('QQQQ', tmp_buf) self.status = status self.dla = dla self.dse = dse self.lat = lat PebsEvent.__init__(self, name, comm, dso, symbol, raw_buf, ev_type) PebsNHM.pebs_nhm_num += 1 del tmp_buf |