On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 6:12 AM, Nair, Reena via iovisor-dev
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> Hi,
>
>
> I am trying to track the scheduling events of a particular process using the
> static tracepoint:  sched_switch.
>
> A map entry is updated for each context switch, which is working fine,
> however some of the events are missed while printing the value using
> bpf_trace_printk() (Each context switch updates the value by '1', however
> sometimes the output printed is not continuous).
>
> What could be the reason?

If you try to print too much in a very short period of time, kernel
may skip some of prints.

>
> Why is it given that PERF_OUTPUT is better than bpf_trace_printk?

perf_output is per process and bpf_trace_printk is global.

>
> Is there any way to use PERF_OUTPUT with static tracepoints?

Yes. You can take a look at bcc/tests/python/test_usdt.py as an example.

>
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Reena
>
>
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