"""Provides a pre-kill method to run on Linux. This timeout pre-kill method relies on the Linux perf-tools distribution. The appropriate way to obtain this set of tools will depend on the Linux distribution. For Ubuntu 16.04, the invoke the following command: sudo apt-get install perf-tools-unstable """ from __future__ import print_function # system imports import os import subprocess import sys import tempfile def do_pre_kill(process_id, runner_context, output_stream, sample_time=3): """Samples the given process id, and puts the output to output_stream. @param process_id the local process to sample. @param runner_context a dictionary of details about the architectures and platform on which the given process is running. Expected keys are archs (array of architectures), platform_name, platform_url, and platform_working_dir. @param output_stream file-like object that should be used to write the results of sampling. @param sample_time specifies the time in seconds that should be captured. """ # Validate args. if runner_context is None: raise Exception("runner_context argument is required") if not isinstance(runner_context, dict): raise Exception("runner_context argument must be a dictionary") # We will try to run sample on the local host only if there is no URL # to a remote. if "platform_url" in runner_context and ( runner_context["platform_url"] is not None): import pprint sys.stderr.write( "warning: skipping timeout pre-kill sample invocation because we " "don't know how to run on a remote yet. runner_context={}\n" .format(pprint.pformat(runner_context))) # We're going to create a temp file, and immediately overwrite it with the # following command. This just ensures we don't have any races in # creation of the temporary sample file. fileno, filename = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='perfdata') os.close(fileno) fileno = None try: with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull: returncode = subprocess.call(['timeout', str(sample_time), 'perf', 'record', '-g', '-o', filename, '-p', str(process_id)], stdout=devnull, stderr=devnull) if returncode == 0 or returncode == 124: # This is okay - this is the timeout return code, which is totally # expected. pass else: raise Exception("failed to call 'perf record .., error: {}".format( returncode)) with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull: output = subprocess.check_output(['perf', 'report', '--call-graph', '--stdio', '-i', filename], stderr=devnull) output_stream.write(output) finally: os.remove(filename)