feat(tools): Add script to flamegraph a command

Add tools.perf-flamegraph, which collects the base case execution of
perf piped through stackcollapse-perf and flamegraph to flamegraph the
execution of an external command via perf.

Change-Id: I671fe254dc374b6cd7deca2d3bdea266164de025
Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/1176
Reviewed-by: tazjin <mail@tazj.in>
Tested-by: BuildkiteCI
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Griffin Smith 2020-07-15 09:54:18 -04:00 committed by glittershark
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# Script that collects perf timing for the execution of a command and writes a
# flamegraph to stdout
{ pkgs, ... }:
pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "perf-flamegraph" ''
set -euo pipefail
${pkgs.linuxPackages.perf}/bin/perf record -g -a -F max "$@"
${pkgs.linuxPackages.perf}/bin/perf script \
| ${pkgs.flamegraph}/bin/stackcollapse-perf.pl \
| ${pkgs.flamegraph}/bin/flamegraph.pl
''