[PATCH 3/6] perf python tracepoint.py: Change the COMM using setproctitle if available

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo posted 6 patches 9 months ago
[PATCH 3/6] perf python tracepoint.py: Change the COMM using setproctitle if available
Posted by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 9 months ago
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Otherwise when debugging we see just "python" in perf, top, etc.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
index 38b2b6d11f64566a..15b0c82689966f23 100755
--- a/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
+++ b/tools/perf/python/tracepoint.py
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
 
 import perf
 
+def change_proctitle():
+    try:
+        import setproctitle
+        setproctitle.setproctitle("tracepoint.py")
+    except:
+        print("Install the setproctitle python package to help with top and friends")
+
 def main():
+    change_proctitle()
     cpus    = perf.cpu_map()
     threads = perf.thread_map(-1)
     evlist = perf.parse_events("sched:sched_switch", cpus, threads)
-- 
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