#!/usr/bin/python # # sync_timing.py Trace time between syncs. # For Linux, uses BCC, eBPF. Embedded C. # # Written as a basic example of tracing time between events. # # Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc. # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License") from __future__ import print_function from bcc import BPF from bcc.utils import printb # load BPF program b = BPF(text=""" #include BPF_HASH(last); int do_trace(struct pt_regs *ctx) { u64 ts, *tsp, delta, key = 0; // attempt to read stored timestamp tsp = last.lookup(&key); if (tsp != NULL) { delta = bpf_ktime_get_ns() - *tsp; if (delta < 1000000000) { // output if time is less than 1 second bpf_trace_printk("%d\\n", delta / 1000000); } last.delete(&key); } // update stored timestamp ts = bpf_ktime_get_ns(); last.update(&key, &ts); return 0; } """) b.attach_kprobe(event=b.get_syscall_fnname("sync"), fn_name="do_trace") print("Tracing for quick sync's... Ctrl-C to end") # format output start = 0 while 1: try: (task, pid, cpu, flags, ts, ms) = b.trace_fields() if start == 0: start = ts ts = ts - start printb(b"At time %.2f s: multiple syncs detected, last %s ms ago" % (ts, ms)) except KeyboardInterrupt: exit()