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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+# -*- python -*-
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#   twatch - Experimental use of the perf python interface
+#   Copyright (C) 2011 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+#
+
+import perf
+
+def main(context_switch = 0, thread = -1):
+	cpus = perf.cpu_map()
+	threads = perf.thread_map(thread)
+	evsel = perf.evsel(type	  = perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+			   config = perf.COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
+			   task = 1, comm = 1, mmap = 0, freq = 0,
+			   wakeup_events = 1, watermark = 1,
+			   sample_id_all = 1, context_switch = context_switch,
+			   sample_type = perf.SAMPLE_PERIOD | perf.SAMPLE_TID | perf.SAMPLE_CPU)
+
+	"""What we want are just the PERF_RECORD_ lifetime events for threads,
+	 using the default, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE + PERF_COUNT_HW_CYCLES & freq=1
+	 (the default), makes perf reenable irq_vectors:local_timer_entry, when
+	 disabling nohz, not good for some use cases where all we want is to get
+	 threads comes and goes... So use (perf.TYPE_SOFTWARE, perf_COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
+	 freq=0) instead."""
+
+	evsel.open(cpus = cpus, threads = threads);
+	evlist = perf.evlist(cpus, threads)
+	evlist.add(evsel)
+	evlist.mmap()
+	while True:
+		evlist.poll(timeout = -1)
+		for cpu in cpus:
+			event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu)
+			if not event:
+				continue
+			print("cpu: {0}, pid: {1}, tid: {2} {3}".format(event.sample_cpu,
+                                                                        event.sample_pid,
+                                                                        event.sample_tid,
+                                                                        event))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    """
+	To test the PERF_RECORD_SWITCH record, pick a pid and replace
+	in the following line.
+
+	Example output:
+
+cpu: 3, pid: 31463, tid: 31593 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31593, switch_out: 1 }
+cpu: 1, pid: 31463, tid: 31489 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31489, switch_out: 1 }
+cpu: 2, pid: 31463, tid: 31496 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31496, switch_out: 1 }
+cpu: 3, pid: 31463, tid: 31491 { type: context_switch, next_prev_pid: 31463, next_prev_tid: 31491, switch_out: 0 }
+
+	It is possible as well to use event.misc & perf.PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT
+	to figure out if this is a context switch in or out of the monitored threads.
+
+	If bored, please add command line option parsing support for these options :-)
+    """
+    # main(context_switch = 1, thread = 31463)
+    main()