Re: Perf Python Scripting Leaks Memory

Tom Zanussi
2013-10-23T20:04:58Z

On Wed, 2013-10-23 at 17:01 -0300, 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?
>

Sure.

Reviewed-by: <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>

Tom

> Joseph, can I have your Signed-off-by: tag, as documented in:
>
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches
>
> In the "12) Sign your work" section?
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Arnaldo