1 Perf-Trace-Util version 0.01
2 ============================
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4 This module contains utility functions for use with perf script.
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6 Core.pm and Util.pm are pure Perl modules; Core.pm contains routines
7 that the core perf support for Perl calls on and should always be
8 'used', while Util.pm contains useful but optional utility functions
9 that scripts may want to use. Context.pm contains the Perl->C
10 interface that allows scripts to access data in the embedding perf
11 executable; scripts wishing to do that should 'use Context.pm'.
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13 The Perl->C perf interface is completely driven by Context.xs. If you
14 want to add new Perl functions that end up accessing C data in the
15 perf executable, you add desciptions of the new functions here.
16 scripting_context is a pointer to the perf data in the perf executable
17 that you want to access - it's passed as the second parameter,
18 $context, to all handler functions.
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20 After you do that:
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22 perl Makefile.PL # to create a Makefile for the next step
23 make # to create Context.c
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25 edit Context.c to add const to the char* file = __FILE__ line in
26 XS(boot_Perf__Trace__Context) to silence a warning/error.
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28 You can delete the Makefile, object files and anything else that was
29 generated e.g. blib and shared library, etc, except for of course
30 Context.c
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32 You should then be able to run the normal perf make as usual.
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34 INSTALLATION
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36 Building perf with perf script Perl scripting should install this
37 module in the right place.
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39 You should make sure libperl and ExtUtils/Embed.pm are installed first
40 e.g. apt-get install libperl-dev or yum install perl-ExtUtils-Embed.
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42 DEPENDENCIES
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44 This module requires these other modules and libraries:
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46 None
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48 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
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50 Copyright (C) 2009 by Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
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52 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
53 it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or,
54 at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
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56 Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
57 GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free
58 Software Foundation.
59
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