#!/usr/bin/env python # Copyright (c) 2012, Neville-Neil Consulting # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are # met: # # Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # # Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # # Neither the name of Neville-Neil Consulting nor the names of its # contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from # this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS # "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT # LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR # A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT # OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, # SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT # LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY # THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # # Author: George V. Neville-Neil # # $FreeBSD: head/tools/test/hwpmc/pmctest.py 231634 2012-02-14 04:18:59Z gnn $ # Description: A program to run a simple program against every available # pmc counter present in a system. # # To use: # # pmctest.py ls > /dev/null # # This should result in ls being run with every available counter # and the system should neither lock up nor panic. import sys import subprocess from subprocess import PIPE # A list of strings that are not really counters, just # name tags that are output by pmccontrol -L notcounter = ["IAF", "IAP", "TSC", "UNC", "UCF"] def main(): if (len(sys.argv) != 2): print ("usage: pmctest.py program") program = sys.argv[1] p = subprocess.Popen(["pmccontrol", "-L"], stdout=PIPE) counters = p.communicate()[0] if len(counters) <= 0: print "no counters found" sys.exit() for counter in counters.split(): if counter in notcounter: continue p = subprocess.Popen(["pmcstat", "-p", counter, program], stdout=PIPE) result = p.communicate()[0] print result # The canonical way to make a python module into a script. # Remove if unnecessary. if __name__ == "__main__": main()