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#!/usr/bin/python
''' Reusable functions related to sched mc FVT are put together
'''
import os
import sys
import re
from time import time
__author__ = "Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>"
__author__ = "Poornima Nayak <mpnayak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>"
cpu_map = {}
stats_start = {}
stats_stop = {}
stats_percentage = {}
intr_start = []
intr_stop = []
cpu_count = 0
socket_count = 0
cpu1_max_intr = 0
cpu2_max_intr = 0
intr_stat_timer_0 = []
siblings_list = []
def clear_dmesg():
'''
Clears dmesg
'''
try:
os.system('dmesg -c >/dev/null')
except OSError, e:
print 'Clearing dmesg failed', e
sys.exit(1)
def count_num_cpu():
''' Returns number of cpu's in system
'''
try:
cpuinfo = open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r')
global cpu_count
for line in cpuinfo:
if line.startswith('processor'):
cpu_count += 1
cpuinfo.close()
except IOError, e:
print "Could not get cpu count", e
sys.exit(1)
def count_num_sockets():
''' Returns number of cpu's in system
'''
socket_list = []
global socket_count
try:
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
phy_pkg_file = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%s' % i
phy_pkg_file += '/topology/physical_package_id'
socket_id = open(phy_pkg_file).read().rstrip()
if socket_id not in socket_list:
socket_list.append(socket_id)
socket_count = socket_count + 1
except Exception, details:
print "INFO: Failed to get number of sockets in system", details
sys.exit(1)
def is_multi_socket():
'''Return 1 if the system is multi socket else return 0
'''
try:
if socket_count > 1:
return 1
else:
return 0
except Exception:
print "Failed to check if system is multi socket system"
sys.exit(1)
def is_hyper_threaded():
'''Return 1 if the system is hyper threaded else return 0
'''
try:
file_cpuinfo = open("/proc/cpuinfo", 'r')
for line in file_cpuinfo:
if line.startswith('siblings'):
siblings = line.split(":")
if line.startswith('cpu cores'):
cpu_cores = line.split(":")
break
if int( siblings[1] ) / int( cpu_cores[1] )> 1:
file_cpuinfo.close()
return 1
else:
return 0
except Exception:
print "Failed to check if system is hyper-threaded"
sys.exit(1)
def is_multi_core():
''' Return true if system has sockets has multiple cores
'''
try:
file_cpuinfo = open("/proc/cpuinfo", 'r')
for line in file_cpuinfo:
if line.startswith('siblings'):
siblings = line.split(":")
if line.startswith('cpu cores'):
cpu_cores = line.split(":")
break
if int( siblings[1] ) == int( cpu_cores[1] ):
if int( cpu_cores[1] ) > 1:
multi_core = 1
else:
multi_core = 0
else:
num_of_cpus = int(siblings[1]) / int(cpu_cores[1])
if num_of_cpus > 1:
multi_core = 1
else:
multi_core = 0
file_cpuinfo.close()
return multi_core
except Exception:
print "Failed to check if system is multi core system"
sys.exit(1)
def get_hyper_thread_count():
''' Return number of threads in CPU. For eg for x3950 this function
would return 2. In future if 4 threads are supported in CPU, this
routine would return 4
'''
try:
file_cpuinfo = open("/proc/cpuinfo", 'r')
for line in file_cpuinfo:
if line.startswith('siblings'):
siblings = line.split(":")
if line.startswith('cpu cores'):
cpu_cores = line.split(":")
break
return( int( siblings[1] ) / int( cpu_cores[1] ) )
except Exception:
print "Failed to check if system is hyper-threaded"
sys.exit(1)
def map_cpuid_pkgid():
''' Routine to map physical package id to cpu id
'''
if is_hyper_threaded():
core_info = {}
try:
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
phy_pkg_file = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%s' % i
phy_pkg_file += '/topology/physical_package_id'
core_file = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%s' % i
core_file += '/topology/core_id'
core_id = open(core_file).read().rstrip()
cpu_phy_id = open(phy_pkg_file).read().rstrip()
if not cpu_phy_id in cpu_map.keys():
core_info = {}
else:
core_info = cpu_map[cpu_phy_id]
if not core_id in core_info.keys():
core_info[core_id] = [i]
else:
core_info[core_id].append(i)
cpu_map[cpu_phy_id] = core_info
except Exception, details:
print "Package, core & cpu map table creation failed", e
sys.exit(1)
else:
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
try:
phy_pkg_file = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%s' %i
phy_pkg_file += '/topology/physical_package_id'
cpu_phy_id = open(phy_pkg_file).read().rstrip()
if not cpu_phy_id in cpu_map.keys():
cpu_map[cpu_phy_id] = [i]
else:
cpu_map[cpu_phy_id].append(i)
except IOError, e:
print "Mapping of CPU to pkg id failed", e
sys.exit(1)
def generate_sibling_list():
''' Routine to generate siblings list
'''
try:
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
siblings_file = '/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%s' % i
siblings_file += '/topology/thread_siblings_list'
threads_sibs = open(siblings_file).read().rstrip()
thread_ids = threads_sibs.split("-")
if not thread_ids in siblings_list:
siblings_list.append(thread_ids)
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in generate_siblings_list", details
sys.exit(1)
def get_siblings(cpu_id):
''' Return siblings of cpu_id
'''
try:
cpus = ""
for i in range(0, len(siblings_list)):
for cpu in siblings_list[i]:
if cpu_id == cpu:
for j in siblings_list[i]:
# Exclude cpu_id in the list of siblings
if j != cpu_id:
cpus += j
return cpus
return cpus
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in get_siblings", details
sys.exit(1)
def get_proc_data(stats_list):
''' Read /proc/stat info and store in dictionary
'''
try:
file_procstat = open("/proc/stat", 'r')
for line in file_procstat:
if line.startswith('cpu'):
data = line.split()
stats_list[data[0]] = data
file_procstat.close()
except OSError, e:
print "Could not read statistics", e
sys.exit(1)
def get_proc_loc_count(loc_stats):
''' Read /proc/interrupts info and store in list
'''
try:
file_procstat = open("/proc/interrupts", 'r')
for line in file_procstat:
if line.startswith(' LOC:') or line.startswith('LOC:'):
data = line.split()
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
# To skip LOC
loc_stats.append(data[i+1])
file_procstat.close()
return
except Exception, details:
print "Could not read interrupt statistics", details
sys.exit(1)
def set_sched_mc_power(sched_mc_level):
''' Routine to set sched_mc_power_savings to required level
'''
try:
os.system('echo %s > \
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings 2>/dev/null'
% sched_mc_level)
get_proc_data(stats_start)
except OSError, e:
print "Could not set sched_mc_power_savings to", sched_mc_level, e
sys.exit(1)
def set_sched_smt_power(sched_smt_level):
''' Routine to set sched_smt_power_savings to required level
'''
try:
os.system('echo %s > \
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings 2>/dev/null'
% sched_smt_level)
get_proc_data(stats_start)
except OSError, e:
print "Could not set sched_smt_power_savings to", sched_smt_level, e
sys.exit(1)
def set_timer_migration_interface(value):
''' Set value of timer migration interface to a value
passed as argument
'''
try:
os.system('echo %s > \
/proc/sys/kernel/timer_migration 2>/dev/null' % value)
except OSError, e:
print "Could not set timer_migration to ", value, e
sys.exit(1)
def get_job_count(stress, workload, sched_smt):
''' Returns number of jobs/threads to be triggered
'''
try:
if stress == "thread":
threads = get_hyper_thread_count()
if stress == "partial":
threads = cpu_count / socket_count
if is_hyper_threaded():
if workload == "ebizzy" and int(sched_smt) ==0:
threads = threads / get_hyper_thread_count()
if workload == "kernbench" and int(sched_smt) < 2:
threads = threads / get_hyper_thread_count()
if stress == "full":
threads = cpu_count
if stress == "single_job":
threads = 1
duration = 180
return threads
except Exception, details:
print "get job count failed ", details
sys.exit(1)
def trigger_ebizzy (sched_smt, stress, duration, background, pinned):
''' Triggers ebizzy workload for sched_mc=1
testing
'''
try:
threads = get_job_count(stress, "ebizzy", sched_smt)
olddir = os.getcwd()
path = '%s/utils/benchmark' % os.environ['LTPROOT']
os.chdir(path)
wklds_avlbl = list()
workload = "ebizzy"
workload_dir = ""
# Use the latest version of similar workload available
for file_name in os.listdir('.'):
if file_name.find(workload) != -1:
wklds_avlbl.append(file_name)
wklds_avlbl.sort()
workload_dir = wklds_avlbl[len(wklds_avlbl)-1]
if workload_dir != "":
new_path = os.path.join(path,"%s" % workload_dir)
get_proc_data(stats_start)
get_proc_loc_count(intr_start)
try:
os.chdir(new_path)
if background == "yes":
succ = os.system('./ebizzy -t%s -s4096 -S %s >/dev/null &'
% (threads, duration))
else:
if pinned == "yes":
succ = os.system('taskset -c %s ./ebizzy -t%s -s4096 -S %s >/dev/null'
% (cpu_count -1, threads, duration))
else:
succ = os.system('./ebizzy -t%s -s4096 -S %s >/dev/null'
% (threads, duration))
if succ == 0:
print "INFO: ebizzy workload triggerd"
os.chdir(olddir)
#Commented bcoz it doesnt make sense to capture it when workload triggered
#in background
#get_proc_loc_count(intr_stop)
#get_proc_data(stats_stop)
else:
print "INFO: ebizzy workload triggerd failed"
os.chdir(olddir)
sys.exit(1)
except Exception, details:
print "Ebizzy workload trigger failed ", details
sys.exit(1)
except Exception, details:
print "Ebizzy workload trigger failed ", details
sys.exit(1)
def trigger_kernbench (sched_smt, stress, background, pinned, perf_test):
''' Trigger load on system like kernbench.
Copys existing copy of LTP into as LTP2 and then builds it
with make -j
'''
olddir = os.getcwd()
try:
threads = get_job_count(stress, "kernbench", sched_smt)
dst_path = "/root"
olddir = os.getcwd()
path = '%s/utils/benchmark' % os.environ['LTPROOT']
os.chdir(path)
wklds_avlbl = list()
for file_name in os.listdir('.'):
if file_name.find("kernbench") != -1:
wklds_avlbl.append(file_name)
if len(wklds_avlbl):
wklds_avlbl.sort()
workload_dir = wklds_avlbl[len(wklds_avlbl)-1]
if workload_dir != "":
benchmark_path = os.path.join(path,"%s" % workload_dir)
else:
print "INFO: kernbench benchmark not found"
sys.exit(1)
os.chdir(olddir)
os.chdir(dst_path)
linux_source_dir=""
for file_name in os.listdir('.'):
if file_name.find("linux-2.6") != -1 and os.path.isdir(file_name):
linux_source_dir=file_name
break
if linux_source_dir != "":
os.chdir(linux_source_dir)
else:
print "INFO: Linux kernel source not found in /root. Workload\
Kernbench cannot be executed"
sys.exit(1)
get_proc_data(stats_start)
get_proc_loc_count(intr_start)
if pinned == "yes":
os.system ( 'taskset -c %s %s/kernbench -o %s -M -H -n 1 \
>/dev/null 2>&1 &' % (cpu_count-1, benchmark_path, threads))
# We have to delete import in future
import time
time.sleep(240)
stop_wkld("kernbench")
else:
if background == "yes":
os.system ( '%s/kernbench -o %s -M -H -n 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 &' \
% (benchmark_path, threads))
else:
if perf_test == "yes":
os.system ( '%s/kernbench -o %s -M -H -n 1 >/dev/null 2>&1' \
% (benchmark_path, threads))
else:
os.system ( '%s/kernbench -o %s -M -H -n 1 >/dev/null 2>&1 &' \
% (benchmark_path, threads))
# We have to delete import in future
import time
time.sleep(240)
stop_wkld("kernbench")
print "INFO: Workload kernbench triggerd"
os.chdir(olddir)
except Exception, details:
print "Workload kernbench trigger failed ", details
sys.exit(1)
def trigger_workld(sched_smt, workload, stress, duration, background, pinned, perf_test):
''' Triggers workload passed as argument. Number of threads
triggered is based on stress value.
'''
try:
if workload == "ebizzy":
trigger_ebizzy (sched_smt, stress, duration, background, pinned)
if workload == "kernbench":
trigger_kernbench (sched_smt, stress, background, pinned, perf_test)
except Exception, details:
print "INFO: Trigger workload failed", details
sys.exit(1)
def generate_report():
''' Generate report of CPU utilization
'''
cpu_labels = ('cpu', 'user', 'nice', 'system', 'idle', 'iowait', 'irq',
'softirq', 'x', 'y')
if (not os.path.exists('/procstat')):
os.mkdir('/procstat')
get_proc_data(stats_stop)
reportfile = open('/procstat/cpu-utilisation', 'a')
debugfile = open('/procstat/cpu-utilisation.debug', 'a')
for l in stats_stop:
percentage_list = []
total = 0
for i in range(1, len(stats_stop[l])):
stats_stop[l][i] = int(stats_stop[l][i]) - int(stats_start[l][i])
total += stats_stop[l][i]
percentage_list.append(l)
for i in range(1, len(stats_stop[l])):
percentage_list.append(float(stats_stop[l][i])*100/total)
stats_percentage[l] = percentage_list
for i in range(0, len(cpu_labels)):
print >> debugfile, cpu_labels[i], '\t',
print >> debugfile
for l in sorted(stats_stop.keys()):
print >> debugfile, l, '\t',
for i in range(1, len(stats_stop[l])):
print >> debugfile, stats_stop[l][i], '\t',
print >> debugfile
for i in range(0, len(cpu_labels)):
print >> reportfile, cpu_labels[i], '\t',
print >> reportfile
for l in sorted(stats_percentage.keys()):
print >> reportfile, l, '\t',
for i in range(1, len(stats_percentage[l])):
print >> reportfile, " %3.4f" % stats_percentage[l][i],
print >> reportfile
#Now get the package ID information
try:
print >> debugfile, "cpu_map: ", cpu_map
keyvalfile = open('/procstat/keyval', 'a')
print >> keyvalfile, "nr_packages=%d" % len(cpu_map)
print >> keyvalfile, "system-idle=%3.4f" % (stats_percentage['cpu'][4])
for pkg in sorted(cpu_map.keys()):
if is_hyper_threaded():
for core in sorted(cpu_map[pkg].keys()):
total_idle = 0
total = 0
for cpu in cpu_map[pkg][core]:
total_idle += stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu][4]
for i in range(1, len(stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu])):
total += stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu][i]
else:
total_idle = 0
total = 0
for cpu in cpu_map[pkg]:
total_idle += stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu][4]
for i in range(1, len(stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu])):
total += stats_stop["cpu%d" % cpu][i]
print >> reportfile, "Package: ", pkg, "Idle %3.4f%%" \
% (float(total_idle)*100/total)
print >> keyvalfile, "package-%s=%3.4f" % \
(pkg, (float(total_idle)*100/total))
except Exception, details:
print "Generating utilization report failed: ", details
sys.exit(1)
#Add record delimiter '\n' before closing these files
print >> debugfile
debugfile.close()
print >> reportfile
reportfile.close()
print >> keyvalfile
keyvalfile.close()
def generate_loc_intr_report():
''' Generate interrupt report of CPU's
'''
try:
if (not os.path.exists('/procstat')):
os.mkdir('/procstat')
get_proc_loc_count(intr_stop)
reportfile = open('/procstat/cpu-loc_interrupts', 'a')
print >> reportfile, "=============================================="
print >> reportfile, " Local timer interrupt stats "
print >> reportfile, "=============================================="
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
intr_stop[i] = int(intr_stop[i]) - int(intr_start[i])
print >> reportfile, "CPU%s: %s" %(i, intr_stop[i])
print >> reportfile
reportfile.close()
except Exception, details:
print "Generating interrupt report failed: ", details
sys.exit(1)
def record_loc_intr_count():
''' Record Interrupt statistics when timer_migration
was disabled
'''
try:
global intr_start, intr_stop
for i in range(0, cpu_count):
intr_stat_timer_0.append(intr_stop[i])
intr_start = []
intr_stop = []
except Exception, details:
print "INFO: Record interrupt statistics when timer_migration=0",details
def expand_range(range_val):
'''
Expand the range of value into actual numbers
'''
ids_list = list()
try:
sep_comma = range_val.split(",")
for i in range(0, len(sep_comma)):
hyphen_values = sep_comma[i].split("-")
if len(hyphen_values) == 1:
ids_list.append(int(hyphen_values[0]))
else:
for j in range(int(hyphen_values[0]), int(hyphen_values[1])+1):
ids_list.append(j)
return(ids_list)
except Exception, details:
print "INFO: expand_pkg_grps failed ", details
def is_quad_core():
'''
Read /proc/cpuinfo and check if system is Quad core
'''
try:
cpuinfo = open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r')
for line in cpuinfo:
if line.startswith('cpu cores'):
cores = line.split("cpu cores")
num_cores = cores[1].split(":")
cpuinfo.close()
if int(num_cores[1]) == 4:
return(1)
else:
return(0)
except IOError, e:
print "Failed to get cpu core information", e
sys.exit(1)
def validate_cpugrp_map(cpu_group, sched_mc_level, sched_smt_level):
'''
Verify if cpugrp belong to same package
'''
modi_cpu_grp = cpu_group[:]
try:
if is_hyper_threaded():
for pkg in sorted(cpu_map.keys()):
# if CPU utilized is across package this condition will be true
if len(modi_cpu_grp) != len(cpu_group):
break
for core in sorted(cpu_map[pkg].keys()):
core_cpus = cpu_map[pkg][core]
if core_cpus == modi_cpu_grp:
return 0
else:
#if CPUs used across the cores
for i in range(0, len(core_cpus)):
if core_cpus[i] in modi_cpu_grp:
modi_cpu_grp.remove(core_cpus[i])
if len(modi_cpu_grp) == 0:
return 0
#This code has to be deleted
#else:
# If sched_smt == 0 then its oky if threads run
# in different cores of same package
#if sched_smt_level > 0 :
#return 1
else:
for pkg in sorted(cpu_map.keys()):
pkg_cpus = cpu_map[pkg]
if len(cpu_group) == len(pkg_cpus):
if pkg_cpus == cpu_group:
return(0)
else:
if int(cpus_utilized[0]) in cpu_map[pkg] or int(cpus_utilized[1]) in cpu_map[pkg]:
return(0)
return(1)
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in validate_cpugrp_map: ", details
sys.exit(1)
def verify_sched_domain_dmesg(sched_mc_level, sched_smt_level):
'''
Read sched domain information from dmesg.
'''
cpu_group = list()
try:
dmesg_info = os.popen('dmesg').read()
if dmesg_info != "":
lines = dmesg_info.split('\n')
for i in range(0, len(lines)):
if lines[i].endswith('CPU'):
groups = lines[i+1].split("groups:")
group_info = groups[1]
if group_info.find("(") != -1:
openindex=group_info.index("(")
closeindex=group_info.index(")")
group_info=group_info.replace\
(group_info[openindex:closeindex+1],"")
subgroup = group_info.split(",")
for j in range(0, len(subgroup)):
cpu_group = expand_range(subgroup[j])
status = validate_cpugrp_map(cpu_group, sched_mc_level,\
sched_smt_level)
if status == 1:
if is_quad_core() == 1:
if int(sched_mc_level) == 0:
return(0)
else:
return(1)
else:
return(1)
return(0)
else:
return(1)
except Exception, details:
print "Reading dmesg failed", details
sys.exit(1)
def get_cpu_utilization(cpu):
''' Return cpu utilization of cpu_id
'''
try:
for l in sorted(stats_percentage.keys()):
if cpu == stats_percentage[l][0]:
return stats_percentage[l][1]
return -1
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in get_cpu_utilization", details
sys.exit(1)
def validate_cpu_consolidation(stress, work_ld, sched_mc_level, sched_smt_level):
''' Verify if cpu's on which threads executed belong to same
package
'''
cpus_utilized = list()
threads = get_job_count(stress, work_ld, sched_smt_level)
try:
for l in sorted(stats_percentage.keys()):
#modify threshold
cpu_id = stats_percentage[l][0].split("cpu")
if cpu_id[1] == '':
continue
if int(cpu_id[1]) in cpus_utilized:
continue
if is_hyper_threaded():
if work_ld == "kernbench" and sched_smt_level < sched_mc_level:
siblings = get_siblings(cpu_id[1])
if siblings != "":
sib_list = siblings.split()
utilization = int(stats_percentage[l][1])
for i in range(0, len(sib_list)):
utilization += int(get_cpu_utilization("cpu%s" %sib_list[i]))
else:
utilization = stats_percentage[l][1]
if utilization > 40:
cpus_utilized.append(int(cpu_id[1]))
if siblings != "":
for i in range(0, len(sib_list)):
cpus_utilized.append(int(sib_list[i]))
else:
# This threshold wuld be modified based on results
if stats_percentage[l][1] > 40:
cpus_utilized.append(int(cpu_id[1]))
else:
if work_ld == "kernbench" :
if stats_percentage[l][1] > 50:
cpus_utilized.append(int(cpu_id[1]))
else:
if stats_percentage[l][1] > 70:
cpus_utilized.append(int(cpu_id[1]))
cpus_utilized.sort()
print "INFO: CPU's utilized ", cpus_utilized
# If length of CPU's utilized is not = number of jobs exit with 1
if len(cpus_utilized) < threads:
return 1
status = validate_cpugrp_map(cpus_utilized, sched_mc_level, \
sched_smt_level)
if status == 1:
print "INFO: CPUs utilized is not in same package or core"
return(status)
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in validate_cpu_consolidation: ", details
sys.exit(1)
def get_cpuid_max_intr_count():
'''Return the cpu id's of two cpu's with highest number of intr'''
try:
highest = 0
second_highest = 0
cpus_utilized = []
#Skipping CPU0 as it is generally high
for i in range(1, cpu_count):
if int(intr_stop[i]) > int(highest):
if highest != 0:
second_highest = highest
cpu2_max_intr = cpu1_max_intr
highest = int(intr_stop[i])
cpu1_max_intr = i
else:
if int(intr_stop[i]) > int(second_highest):
second_highest = int(intr_stop[i])
cpu2_max_intr = i
cpus_utilized.append(cpu1_max_intr)
cpus_utilized.append(cpu2_max_intr)
for i in range(1, cpu_count):
if i != cpu1_max_intr and i != cpu2_max_intr:
diff = second_highest - intr_stop[i]
''' Threshold of difference has to be manipulated '''
if diff < 10000:
print "INFO: Diff in interrupt count is below threshold"
cpus_utilized = []
return cpus_utilized
print "INFO: Interrupt count in other CPU's low as expected"
return cpus_utilized
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in get_cpuid_max_intr_count: ", details
sys.exit(1)
def validate_ilb (sched_mc_level, sched_smt_level):
''' Validate if ilb is running in same package where work load is running
'''
try:
cpus_utilized = get_cpuid_max_intr_count()
if not cpus_utilized:
return 1
status = validate_cpugrp_map(cpus_utilized, sched_mc_level, sched_smt_level)
return status
except Exception, details:
print "Exception in validate_ilb: ", details
sys.exit(1)
def reset_schedmc():
''' Routine to reset sched_mc_power_savings to Zero level
'''
try:
os.system('echo 0 > \
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings 2>/dev/null')
except OSError, e:
print "Could not set sched_mc_power_savings to 0", e
sys.exit(1)
def reset_schedsmt():
''' Routine to reset sched_smt_power_savings to Zero level
'''
try:
os.system('echo 0 > \
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_smt_power_savings 2>/dev/null')
except OSError, e:
print "Could not set sched_smt_power_savings to 0", e
sys.exit(1)
def stop_wkld(work_ld):
''' Kill workload triggered in background
'''
try:
os.system('pkill %s 2>/dev/null' %work_ld)
if work_ld == "kernbench":
os.system('pkill make 2>/dev/null')
except OSError, e:
print "Exception in stop_wkld", e
sys.exit(1)