On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 23:54 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 11:31 PM, Doug Smythies <[email protected] > om> wrote: > > > > The trace buffer memory should be, mostly, freed after > > the buffer has been output. > > > > This patch is required before a future patch that will allow > > the user to override the default, and specify the trace buffer > > memory allocation as a command line option. > > > > Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <[email protected]> > Looks OK to me. Srinivas?
Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <[email protected]> > > > > > --- > > .../power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py | 15 > > +++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git > > a/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py > > b/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py > > index 0b24dd9..29f50d4 100755 > > --- a/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py > > +++ b/tools/power/x86/intel_pstate_tracer/intel_pstate_tracer.py > > @@ -411,6 +411,16 @@ def set_trace_buffer_size(): > > print('IO error setting trace buffer size ') > > quit() > > > > +def free_trace_buffer(): > > + """ Free the trace buffer memory """ > > + > > + try: > > + open('/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb' > > + , 'w').write("1") > > + except: > > + print('IO error setting trace buffer size ') > > + quit() > > + > > def read_trace_data(filename): > > """ Read and parse trace data """ > > > > @@ -583,4 +593,9 @@ for root, dirs, files in os.walk('.'): > > for f in files: > > fix_ownership(f) > > > > +clear_trace_file() > > +# Free the memory > > +if interval: > > + free_trace_buffer() > > + > > os.chdir('../../') > > -- > > 2.7.4 > >
