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Python scripting can be used without libtraceevent. In particular,
scripting for Intel PT does not use tracepoints, and so does not need
libtraceevent support.
Alter the build and employ conditional compilation to allow Python
scripting without libtraceevent.
Example:
Before:
$ ldd `which perf` | grep -i python
$ ldd `which perf` | grep -i libtraceevent
$ perf record -e intel_pt//u uname
Linux
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.031 MB perf.data ]
$ perf script intel-pt-events.py |& head -3
Error: Couldn't find script `intel-pt-events.py'
See perf script -l for available scripts.
After:
$ ldd `which perf` | grep -i python
libpython3.10.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.10.so.1.0 (0x00007f4bac400000)
$ ldd `which perf` | grep -i libtraceevent
$ perf script intel-pt-events.py | head
Intel PT Branch Trace, Power Events, Event Trace and PTWRITE
Switch In 8021/8021 [000] 11234.097713404 0/0
perf-exec 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098041726 psb offset: 0x0 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
perf-exec 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098041726 cbr 45 freq: 4505 MHz (161%) 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098082170 branches:uH tr strt 0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7f3a8b9422b0 _start+0x0 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098082379 branches:uH tr end 7f3a8b9422b0 _start+0x0 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098083629 branches:uH tr strt 0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7f3a8b9422b0 _start+0x0 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098083629 branches:uH call 7f3a8b9422b3 _start+0x3 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2) => 7f3a8b943050 _dl_start+0x0 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098083837 branches:uH tr end 7f3a8b943060 _dl_start+0x10 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown]) IPC: 0.01 (9/938)
uname 8021/8021 [000] 11234.098084670 branches:uH tr strt 0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7f3a8b943060 _dl_start+0x10 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
Fixes: 378ef0f5d9d7f465 ("perf build: Use libtraceevent from the system")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230315084321.14563-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.