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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+#Copyright (c) 2015-present Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+#Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+#of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+#in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+#to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+#copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+#furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+#The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+#all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+#THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+#IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+#FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+#AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+#LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+#OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+#THE SOFTWARE.
+
+import os, re
+import filecmp
+import argparse
+
+events_count = {}
+events_order = {} 
+trace2level = {}
+trace2level_filename = 'tests_trace_cmp_levels.txt'
+
+def parse_trace_levels(filename):
+    f = open(filename)
+    trace2level = {}
+    for line in f:
+        item = line.split(' ', 1)
+        trace2level[item[0]] = eval(item[1])
+    return trace2level
+
+# check trace againt golden reference and returns 0 for match, 1 for mismatch 
+def check_trace_status(tracename):
+  trace2level = parse_trace_levels(trace2level_filename)
+  trace = tracename + '.txt'
+  rtrace = tracename + '_r.txt'
+  if os.path.basename(tracename) in trace2level:
+    trace_level = trace2level[os.path.basename(tracename)]
+    print 'Trace comparison for ' + os.path.basename(tracename) + ' is at level ' + str(trace_level) + '\n'
+  else:
+    print 'Trace ' + os.path.basename(tracename) + ' not found in ' + trace2level_filename + ', defaulting to level 0\n'
+    return 0
+  
+  if trace_level == 1:
+    cnt_r = gen_events_info(rtrace,'cnt')
+    cnt = gen_events_info(trace,'cnt')
+    if cnt_r == cnt:
+      return 0
+    else:
+      return 1
+  elif trace_level == 2:
+    cnt_r = gen_events_info(rtrace,'or')
+    cnt = gen_events_info(trace,'or')
+    if cnt_r == cnt:
+      return 0
+    else:
+      return 1
+  elif trace_level == 3:
+   if filecmp.cmp(trace,rtrace):
+     return 0
+   else:
+     return 1
+
+#Parses roctracer trace file for regression purpose 
+#and generates events count per event (when cnt is on) or events order per tid (when order is on) 
+def gen_events_info(tracefile, metric):
+  res=''
+  with open(tracefile) as f: 
+    for line in f: 
+      event_pattern = re.compile(r'<(\w+)\s+id\(\d+\)\s+.*tid\((\d+)\)>')
+      # event_pattern extracts event(grp1) and tid (grp2) from a line like this:
+      # <hsaKmtGetVersion id(2) correlation_id(0) on-enter pid(26224) tid(26224)>
+      m = event_pattern.match(line)
+      if m:
+        event = m.group(1)
+        tid = m.group(2)
+      event_pattern2 = re.compile(r'\d+:\d+\s+\d+:(\d+)\s+(\w+)')
+      # event_pattern2 extracts tid (grp1) and event (grp2) from a line like this:
+      # 1822810364769411:1822810364771941 116477:116477 hsa_agent_get_info(<agent 0x8990e0>, 17, 0x7ffeac015fec) = 0
+      m2 = event_pattern2.match(line)
+      if m2:
+        event = m2.group(2)
+        tid = m2.group(1)
+      if metric == 'cnt' and (m or m2):
+        if event in events_count:
+          events_count[event] = events_count[event] + 1
+        else:
+          events_count[event] = 1
+      if metric == 'or' and (m or m2):
+        if tid in events_order.keys():
+          events_order[tid].append(event)
+        else:
+          events_order[tid] = [event]
+  if metric == 'cnt':
+    for event,count in events_count.items():
+      res = res + event + " : count " + str(count) + '\n'
+  if metric == 'or':
+    for tid in sorted (events_order.keys()) :
+      res = res + str(events_order[tid]) 
+
+return res
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='check_trace.py: check a trace aainst golden ref. Returns 0 for success, 1 for failure')
+requiredNamed = parser.add_argument_group('Required arguments')
+requiredNamed.add_argument('-in', metavar='file', help='Name of trace to be checked', required=True)
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    check_trace_status(args['in'])
+