Re: [tip:perf/core] perf script/python: Print array argument as string

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

On 06/12/2014 02:01 PM, tip-bot for Namhyung Kim wrote:

> Commit-ID:  e646fe730a324098a718f1c9b2f349efb99d5457
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e646fe730a324098a718f1c9b2f349efb99d5457
> Author:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> AuthorDate: Thu, 29 May 2014 13:44:55 +0900
> Committer:  Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> CommitDate: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 12:21:03 +0200
> 
> perf script/python: Print array argument as string
> 
> With the Sebastian's change of handling num array argument (of raw
> syscall enter), the script still failed to work like this:

This patch got merged. It fixes something that was introduced by
  "perf script: move the number processing into its own function" [0]
  "perf script: handle the num array type in python properly" [1]

which was not yet merged.

[0] lkml.kernel.org/r/1401207274-8170-1-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de
[1] lkml.kernel.org/r/1401207274-8170-2-git-send-email-bigeasy@linutronix.de

>   $ perf record -e raw_syscalls:* sleep 1
>   $ perf script -g python
>   $ perf script -s perf-script.py
>   ...
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "perf-script.py", line 42, in raw_syscalls__sys_enter
>       (id, args),
>   TypeError: %u format: a number is required, not list
>   Fatal Python error: problem in Python trace event handler
>   Aborted (core dumped)
> 
> This is because the generated script tries to print the array arg as
> unsigned integer (%u).  Since the python seems to convert arguments to
> strings by default, just using %s solved the problem for me.

Sebastian