#!/usr/bin/env python # # urandomread Example of instrumenting a kernel tracepoint. # For Linux, uses BCC, BPF. Embedded C. # # REQUIRES: Linux 4.7+ (BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACEPOINT support). # # Test by running this, then in another shell, run: # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/null bs=1k count=5 # # Copyright 2016 Netflix, Inc. # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License") from __future__ import print_function from bcc import BPF # load BPF program b = BPF(text=""" TRACEPOINT_PROBE(random, urandom_read) { // args is from /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/random/urandom_read/format bpf_trace_printk("%d\\n", args->got_bits); return 0; } """) # header print("%-18s %-16s %-6s %s" % ("TIME(s)", "COMM", "PID", "GOTBITS")) # format output while 1: try: (task, pid, cpu, flags, ts, msg) = b.trace_fields() except ValueError: continue print("%-18.9f %-16s %-6d %s" % (ts, task, pid, msg))