Re: Perf Python Scripting Leaks Memory

Joseph Schuchart
2013-10-24T06:10:07Z

On 23.10.2013 22:01, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 04:37:41PM +0200, Joseph Schuchart escreveu:
>> We are using the Python scripting interface in perf to extract kernel
>> events relevant for performance analysis of HPC codes. We noticed that the
>> "perf script" call allocates a significant amount of memory (in the order
>> of several 100 MiB) during it's run, e.g. 125 MiB for a 25 MiB input file:
>
> Thanks for the analysis and the bug fix!
>
> I asked Tom Zanussi and he kindly reviewed your patch and provided an
> Acked-by tag for it, Tom, may I add a Reviewed-by: as well?
>
> Joseph, can I have your Signed-off-by: tag, as documented in:
>
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>

Thanks for your quick reply and sorry for not following the
recommendations in the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Joseph Schuchart <joseph.schuchart@tu-dresden.de>

Thanks!
Joseph