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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
index 4f82dfea0a70..e49ff242b779 100755
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/flamegraph.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ class FlameGraphCLI:
return child
def process_event(self, event):
+ # ignore events where the event name does not match
+ # the one specified by the user
+ if self.args.event_name and event.get("ev_name") != self.args.event_name:
+ return
+
pid = event.get("sample", {}).get("pid", 0)
# event["dso"] sometimes contains /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/*/vmlinux
# for user-space processes; let's use pid for kernel or user-space distinction
@@ -130,7 +135,10 @@ class FlameGraphCLI:
else:
output = subprocess.check_output(["perf", "report", "--header-only"])
- return output.decode("utf-8")
+ result = output.decode("utf-8")
+ if self.args.event_name:
+ result += "\nFocused event: " + self.args.event_name
+ return result
except Exception as err: # pylint: disable=broad-except
print("Error reading report header: {}".format(err), file=sys.stderr)
return ""
@@ -241,6 +249,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
default=False,
action="store_true",
help="allow unprompted downloading of HTML template")
+ parser.add_argument("-e", "--event",
+ default="",
+ dest="event_name",
+ type=str,
+ help="specify the event to generate flamegraph for")
cli_args = parser.parse_args()
cli = FlameGraphCLI(cli_args)