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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/simpletrace.py | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace.py b/scripts/simpletrace.py index 4c990047b6..d60b3a08f7 100755 --- a/scripts/simpletrace.py +++ b/scripts/simpletrace.py @@ -116,7 +116,28 @@ class Analyzer(object): is invoked. If a method matching a trace event name exists, it is invoked to process - that trace record. Otherwise the catchall() method is invoked.""" + that trace record. Otherwise the catchall() method is invoked. + + Example: + The following method handles the runstate_set(int new_state) trace event:: + + def runstate_set(self, new_state): + ... + + The method can also take a timestamp argument before the trace event + arguments:: + + def runstate_set(self, timestamp, new_state): + ... + + Timestamps have the uint64_t type and are in nanoseconds. + + The pid can be included in addition to the timestamp and is useful when + dealing with traces from multiple processes:: + + def runstate_set(self, timestamp, pid, new_state): + ... + """ def begin(self): """Called at the start of the trace.""" |