Handle pcp-dstat transition
dstat is Python 2, never going to be updated and effectively
abandonded. The replacement is pcp-dstat [1] which is mostly
compatible, with a few differences. As distro start transitioning
(Fedora has), just drop the unsupported args for now.
[1] https://pcp.io/man/man1/pcp-dstat.1.html
Change-Id: Ibec8a37cb18a14656d97e2096c66bc8b21406068
diff --git a/tools/dstat.sh b/tools/dstat.sh
index 01c6d9b..e6cbb0f 100755
--- a/tools/dstat.sh
+++ b/tools/dstat.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,17 @@
# Retrieve log directory as argument from calling script.
LOGDIR=$1
+DSTAT_TOP_OPTS="--top-cpu-adv --top-io-adv --top-mem"
+if dstat --version | grep -q 'pcp-dstat' ; then
+ # dstat is unmaintained, and moving to a plugin of performance
+ # co-pilot. Fedora 29 for example has rolled this out. It's
+ # mostly compatible, except for a few options which are not
+ # implemented (yet?)
+ DSTAT_TOP_OPTS=""
+fi
+
# Command line arguments for primary DStat process.
-DSTAT_OPTS="-tcmndrylpg --top-cpu-adv --top-io-adv --top-mem --swap --tcp"
+DSTAT_OPTS="-tcmndrylpg ${DSTAT_TOP_OPTS} --swap --tcp"
# Command-line arguments for secondary background DStat process.
DSTAT_CSV_OPTS="-tcmndrylpg --tcp --output $LOGDIR/dstat-csv.log"