csv2pprof

Converts CSV to pprof profile format.

Use csv2pprof when you have some data in a database or a spreadsheet you'd like to turn into a pprof profile.

Installation

go install github.com/google/csv2pprof@latest

Usage

csv2pprof < input.csv > output.pprof.gz

Input CSVs must have:

• a header row
• a semicolon-delimited stack column (similar to Brendan Gregg's Folded Stacks format)
• one or more integer measurement columns (e.g. samples, or time). Measurements can have units given after a forward-slash /.

Example CSV input:

cpu-time/milliseconds,stack
1000,main;foo
2000,main;foo;bar
4000,main;baz

Or you can have many measurement columns:

cpu-time/milliseconds,samples,instructions,stack
1000,10,100,main;foo
2000,20,200,main;foo;bar
4000,40,400,main;baz

If you want to use a different separator for the stack than semicolon, use --stacksep:

$ csv2pprof --stacksep=\n < input.csv > pprof.pb.gz

See Also / Prior Art

• Brendan Gregg's Folded Stacks Format uses semicolon-separated stacks, and a space-separated measurement.
• felixge's pprofutils converts folded stack format to pprof.

The folded stack format is just a little harder to generate from databases and spreadsheets.