From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: irogers@google.com, acme@kernel.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
alice.mei.rogers@gmail.com, james.clark@linaro.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com, leo.yan@linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
peterz@infradead.org, tmricht@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v1 25/49] perf python: Port failed-syscalls from Perl to perf module
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 22:21:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bf86935636daa6939a43ceeca772ec8f053381a.1789880842.git.irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1789880842.git.irogers@google.com>
Replace the legacy Perl script failed-syscalls.pl with a standalone
Python script in tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py using the perf
Python module.
Improvements compared to the legacy Perl script:
- Remove the dependency on libperl and Perf::Trace::Util.
- Support both syscalls:sys_exit_* and raw_syscalls:sys_exit events (the
legacy script only handled raw_syscalls::sys_exit).
- Use session.is_64_bit to distinguish 32-bit vs 64-bit unsigned error
return ranges (0xfffff000..0xffffffff vs >= 0xfffffffffffff000) so
valid 64-bit syscalls returning ~4GB values are not misclassified as
32-bit negative errors.
- Add argparse CLI support (-i/--input and optional comm filter) and
full type annotations.
Add a shell test
(test_failed_syscalls_python.sh) to verify the standalone script.
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py | 88 +++++++++++++++++++
.../shell/test_failed_syscalls_python.sh | 81 +++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 169 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py
create mode 100755 tools/perf/tests/shell/test_failed_syscalls_python.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py b/tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..99c3432b2e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/python/failed-syscalls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+"""Failed system call counts."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+from collections import defaultdict
+import sys
+from typing import Optional
+import perf
+
+class FailedSyscalls:
+ """Tracks and displays failed system call totals."""
+ def __init__(self, comm: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
+ self.failed_syscalls: dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
+ self.for_comm = comm
+ self.session: Optional[perf.session] = None
+
+ def process_event(self, sample: perf.sample_event) -> None:
+ """Process sys_exit events."""
+ event_name = str(sample.evsel)
+ if not event_name.startswith("evsel(syscalls:sys_exit") and \
+ not event_name.startswith("evsel(raw_syscalls:sys_exit"):
+ return
+
+ try:
+ ret = sample.ret
+ except AttributeError:
+ print("ERROR: tracepoint fields missed", file=sys.stderr)
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+ if ret > 0:
+ if ret >= 0xfffffffffffff000: # 64-bit negative errors
+ ret -= 0x10000000000000000
+ elif 0xfffff000 <= ret <= 0xffffffff: # 32-bit negative errors
+ assert self.session is not None
+ if not self.session.is_64_bit:
+ ret -= 0x100000000
+
+ if ret >= 0:
+ return
+
+ tid = sample.sample_tid
+ assert self.session is not None
+ try:
+ thread = self.session.find_thread(tid)
+ comm = (thread.comm() if thread else None) or "unknown"
+ except (TypeError, AttributeError):
+ # find_thread returns None when the thread isn't known.
+ comm = "unknown"
+
+ if self.for_comm and comm != self.for_comm:
+ return
+
+ self.failed_syscalls[comm] += 1
+
+ def print_totals(self) -> None:
+ """Print summary table."""
+ print("\nfailed syscalls by comm:\n")
+ print(f"{'comm':<20s} {'# errors':>10s}")
+ print(f"{'-'*20} {'-'*10}")
+
+ for comm, val in sorted(self.failed_syscalls.items(),
+ key=lambda kv: (kv[1], kv[0]), reverse=True):
+ print(f"{comm:<20s} {val:10d}")
+
+ def run(self, input_file: str) -> None:
+ """Run the session."""
+ self.session = perf.session(perf.data(input_file), sample=self.process_event)
+ self.session.process_events()
+ self.print_totals()
+
+def main() -> None:
+ """Main function."""
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Trace failed syscalls")
+ parser.add_argument("comm", nargs="?", help="Filter by command name")
+ parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", default="perf.data", help="Input file")
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ analyzer = FailedSyscalls(args.comm)
+ try:
+ analyzer.run(args.input)
+ except IOError as e:
+ print(e, file=sys.stderr)
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_failed_syscalls_python.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_failed_syscalls_python.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7ab1f50b4260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/test_failed_syscalls_python.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# failed-syscalls python test
+
+set -e
+
+shelldir=$(dirname "$0")
+# shellcheck source=lib/setup_python.sh
+. "${shelldir}"/lib/setup_python.sh
+
+if ! "$PYTHON" -c 'import perf' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping test, perf python module not found"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+script_dir="$(dirname "$0")/../../python"
+script_path="${script_dir}/failed-syscalls.py"
+
+if ! perf check feature -q libtraceevent > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping test, libtraceevent is disabled"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+
+if [ ! -f "$script_path" ]; then
+ echo "Skipping test, failed-syscalls.py not found at $script_path"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+err=0
+temp_data=""
+temp_out=""
+
+cleanup() {
+ rm -f "${temp_data}" "${temp_out}"
+}
+trap 'cleanup' EXIT TERM INT
+
+temp_data=$(mktemp /tmp/perf.data.XXXXXX)
+temp_out=$(mktemp /tmp/perf.out.XXXXXX)
+
+echo "Testing failed-syscalls.py..."
+
+# Check if sys_exit event can be recorded
+if ! perf record -e raw_syscalls:sys_exit -o /dev/null -- true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if ! perf record -e syscalls:sys_exit -o /dev/null -- true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ echo "Skipping test, no permission or support for sys_exit event"
+ exit 2
+ else
+ EVENT="syscalls:sys_exit"
+ fi
+else
+ EVENT="raw_syscalls:sys_exit"
+fi
+
+# Run perf record with a command that fails a syscall (ls non-existent file).
+# ls exits with non-zero, so perf record returns non-zero exit code of the workload.
+perf record -e "${EVENT}" -o "${temp_data}" \
+ -- ls /nonexistent_file_for_test >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+if [ ! -s "${temp_data}" ]; then
+ echo "Skipping test, perf record failed to create data"
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+# Check that the script executes
+if ! "$PYTHON" "$script_path" -i "${temp_data}" > "${temp_out}"; then
+ echo "failed-syscalls.py test failed"
+ err=1
+else
+ if ! grep -q "failed syscalls by comm" "${temp_out}" || \
+ ! grep -q "ls" "${temp_out}"; then
+ echo "Failed to find the metrics table header or expected error"
+ err=1
+ else
+ echo "failed-syscalls test passed."
+ fi
+fi
+rm -f "${temp_out}"
+
+exit $err
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
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2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 22/49] perf python: Port syscall-counts " Ian Rogers
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2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 45/49] perf python: Move and clean up parallel-perf.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 46/49] perf: Remove libpython support and legacy Python scripts Ian Rogers
2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 47/49] perf Makefile: Update Python script installation path Ian Rogers
2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 48/49] perf script: Support standalone scripts and remove embedded scripting Ian Rogers
2026-09-20 5:21 ` [PATCH v1 49/49] perf Documentation: Update for standalone Python scripts Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 00/49] perf: Complete transition to " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/49] perf python: Update syscall format string to optional positional Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 02/49] perf python: Update callchain stubs and session thread lookup Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/49] perf python: Clean up pylint warnings in ilist.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/49] perf python: Clean up pylint warnings in treport.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/49] perf python: Clean up pylint warnings in tracepoint.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 06/49] perf python: Clean up pylint warnings in twatch.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 07/49] perf python: Improve perf script -l descriptions Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 08/49] perf python: Expose addr location, transaction, and context_switch Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 09/49] perf python: Add Intel PT call_return and itrace capability Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 10/49] perf python: Allow KeyboardInterrupt to propagate in LiveSession Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 11/49] perf pmu-events: Clean up mypy and pylint issues Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 12/49] perf test: Clean up mypy and pylint issues in shell test libraries Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 13/49] perf build: Make mypy build test opt-out (NO_MYPY=1) Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 14/49] perf build: Make pylint build test opt-out (NO_PYLINT=1) Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 15/49] perf Makefile: Install standalone Python scripts during transition Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 16/49] perf python: Port stat-cpi to perf module Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 17/49] perf python: Port mem-phys-addr " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 18/49] perf python: Port stackcollapse " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 19/49] perf python: Port flamegraph " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 20/49] perf python: Port gecko " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 21/49] perf python: Port event_analyzing_sample " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 22/49] perf python: Port syscall-counts " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 23/49] perf python: Port syscall-counts-by-pid " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 24/49] perf python: Port failed-syscalls-by-pid " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 25/49] perf python: Port failed-syscalls from Perl " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 26/49] perf python: Port sctop " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 27/49] perf python: Port rw-by-file from Perl " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 28/49] perf python: Port rw-by-pid " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 29/49] perf python: Port rwtop " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 30/49] perf python: Port futex-contention " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 31/49] perf python: Port task-analyzer " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 32/49] perf python: Port sched-migration and SchedGui " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 33/49] perf python: Port wakeup-latency from Perl " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 34/49] perf python: Port compaction-times " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 35/49] perf python: Port net_dropmonitor " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 36/49] perf python: Port netdev-times " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 37/49] perf python: Port check-perf-trace " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 38/49] perf python: Port arm-cs-trace-disasm " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 39/49] perf python: Port powerpc-hcalls " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 40/49] perf python: Port intel-pt-events and libxed " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:06 ` [PATCH v2 41/49] perf test: Migrate Intel PT virtual LBR test to Python API Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 42/49] perf python: Port export-to-sqlite to perf module Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 43/49] perf python: Port export-to-postgresql " Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 44/49] perf python: Move and clean up exported-sql-viewer.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 45/49] perf python: Move and clean up parallel-perf.py Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 46/49] perf: Remove libpython support and legacy Python scripts Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 47/49] perf Makefile: Update Python script installation path Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 48/49] perf script: Support standalone scripts and remove embedded scripting Ian Rogers
2026-09-21 5:07 ` [PATCH v2 49/49] perf Documentation: Update for standalone Python scripts Ian Rogers
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