have fun

README.adoc

@@ -12194,7 +12194,7 @@ We then try to see if it is any better when you have a bunch of dump events:
 ./run --arch aarch64 --emulator gem5 --userland userland/c/m5ops.c --userland-args 'd 1000'
 ....
 
-and there yes, we see that the file size fell from 39MB on `stats.txt` to 3.2MB on `stats.m5`, so the increase observed previously was just due to some initial size overhead.
+and there yes, we see that the file size fell from 39MB on `stats.txt` to 3.2MB on `stats.m5`, so the increase observed previously was just due to some initial size overhead (considering the patched gem5 with no spaces in the text file).
 
 We also note however that the stat dump made the such a simulation that just loops and dumps considerably slower, from 3s to 15s on <<p51>>. Fascinating, we are definitely not disk bound there.
 

common.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import urllib.request
 
 from shell_helpers import LF
+import china_dictatorship
 import cli_function
 import path_properties
 import shell_helpers
@@ -227,6 +228,13 @@ def __init__(
             default=True,
             help='''\
 Enable or disable ccache: https://cirosantilli.com/linux-kernel-module-cheat#ccache
+'''
+        )
+        self.add_argument(
+            '--china',
+            default=False,
+            help='''\
+To have some fun when the kernel starts to beat you.
 '''
         )
         self.add_argument(
@@ -1349,6 +1357,9 @@ def main(self, *args, **kwargs):
                  return that. Otherwise, return 0.
         '''
         env = kwargs.copy()
+        if env['china']:
+            print(china_dictatorship.get_data())
+            sys.exit(0)
         self.input_args = env.copy()
         env.update(consts)
         real_all_archs = env['all_archs']

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Cython==0.29.15
+china-dictatorship==0.0.52
 pexpect==4.6.0