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Proposed Patches Would Allow Using Linux Kernel's libperf From Python


A set of patches from IBM would introduce a C extension module for the Linux kernel's libperf code to allow usage from the Python programming language.

A set of patches from IBM would introduce a C extension module for the Linux kernel's libperf code to allow usage from the Python programming language. In making it easier to leverage this API for accessing the Linux kernel's perf events subsystem, the "request for comments" patches would introduce a C extension module so it's easy to tap libperf from Python code. Those interested in the prospects of leveraging the libperf API from Python code can see this RFC patch series for all the details.

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