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+# perf trace event handlers, generated by perf trace -g python
+# (c) 2010, Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+#
+# This script tests basic functionality such as flag and symbol
+# strings, common_xxx() calls back into perf, begin, end, unhandled
+# events, etc.  Basically, if this script runs successfully and
+# displays expected results, Python scripting support should be ok.
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.environ['PERF_EXEC_PATH'] + \
+	'/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace')
+
+from Core import *
+from perf_trace_context import *
+
+unhandled = autodict()
+
+def trace_begin():
+	print "trace_begin"
+	pass
+
+def trace_end():
+        print_unhandled()
+
+def irq__softirq_entry(event_name, context, common_cpu,
+	common_secs, common_nsecs, common_pid, common_comm,
+	vec):
+		print_header(event_name, common_cpu, common_secs, common_nsecs,
+			common_pid, common_comm)
+
+                print_uncommon(context)
+
+		print "vec=%s\n" % \
+		(symbol_str("irq__softirq_entry", "vec", vec)),
+
+def kmem__kmalloc(event_name, context, common_cpu,
+	common_secs, common_nsecs, common_pid, common_comm,
+	call_site, ptr, bytes_req, bytes_alloc,
+	gfp_flags):
+		print_header(event_name, common_cpu, common_secs, common_nsecs,
+			common_pid, common_comm)
+
+                print_uncommon(context)
+
+		print "call_site=%u, ptr=%u, bytes_req=%u, " \
+		"bytes_alloc=%u, gfp_flags=%s\n" % \
+		(call_site, ptr, bytes_req, bytes_alloc,
+
+		flag_str("kmem__kmalloc", "gfp_flags", gfp_flags)),
+
+def trace_unhandled(event_name, context, common_cpu, common_secs, common_nsecs,
+		common_pid, common_comm):
+    try:
+        unhandled[event_name] += 1
+    except TypeError:
+        unhandled[event_name] = 1
+
+def print_header(event_name, cpu, secs, nsecs, pid, comm):
+	print "%-20s %5u %05u.%09u %8u %-20s " % \
+	(event_name, cpu, secs, nsecs, pid, comm),
+
+# print trace fields not included in handler args
+def print_uncommon(context):
+    print "common_preempt_count=%d, common_flags=%s, common_lock_depth=%d, " \
+        % (common_pc(context), trace_flag_str(common_flags(context)), \
+               common_lock_depth(context))
+
+def print_unhandled():
+    keys = unhandled.keys()
+    if not keys:
+        return
+
+    print "\nunhandled events:\n\n",
+
+    print "%-40s  %10s\n" % ("event", "count"),
+    print "%-40s  %10s\n" % ("----------------------------------------", \
+                                 "-----------"),
+
+    for event_name in keys:
+	print "%-40s  %10d\n" % (event_name, unhandled[event_name])