[PATCH v2 0/5] net/mlx5: introduce Tx datapath tracing

[Robin Jarry]

Slava Ovsiienko, Jun 29, 2023 at 09:16:
> Hi, Robin
>
> Thank you for your courtesy about script reviewing.
> Please see an attachment - the raw data gathered as a result of tracing, and brief description.

Thanks for the details. I think that most of the contents of the
included pdf file should go into the docs and/or into the script help.

As for the script itself, the first thing to do would be to fix all
warnings reported by pylint:

$ pylint --enable=all mlx5_trace.py

After that, I have a few general remarks:

* do not use global variables except for constants
* most of the time, there is no need to use sys.exit() explicitly
* print errors on stderr
* remember that python has exceptions, it makes error handling easier

I would also advise to format your code using [black][1] so that you
don't have to bother about coding style.

[1]: https://github.com/psf/black

Feel free to inspire from the general structure that is present in some
of the scripts that I have written:

* usertools/dpdk-pmdinfo.py
* usertools/dpdk-rss-flows.py (not yet applied,
  http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230628134748.117697-3-rjarry@redhat.com/)

Cheers,
Robin