From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.9 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5FCC04A6B for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:01:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A44A2217F4 for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:01:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728099AbfEJUBu (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 May 2019 16:01:50 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55096 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727982AbfEJUBL (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 May 2019 16:01:11 -0400 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6D1E02182B; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:01:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hPBhd-0006oF-HK; Fri, 10 May 2019 16:01:09 -0400 Message-Id: <20190510200109.421670142@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:28 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , Jiri Olsa , Namhyung Kim , Andrew Morton , Tzvetomir Stoyanov Subject: [PATCH 22/27] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event fields APIs References: <20190510195606.537643615@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Sender: linux-trace-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs: tep_event_common_fields(), tep_event_fields() Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-22-tstoyanov@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- .../Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt | 105 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1ccb531d5114 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_event_common_fields, tep_event_fields - Get a list of fields for an event. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include * + +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_event_common_fields*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_); +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_event_fields*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_event_common_fields()_ function returns an array of pointers to common +fields for the _event_. The array is allocated in the function and must be freed +by free(). The last element of the array is NULL. + +The _tep_event_fields()_ function returns an array of pointers to event specific +fields for the _event_. The array is allocated in the function and must be freed +by free(). The last element of the array is NULL. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +Both _tep_event_common_fields()_ and _tep_event_fields()_ functions return +an array of pointers to tep_format_field structures in case of success, or +NULL in case of an error. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +int i; +struct tep_format_field **fields; +struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "kvm", "kvm_exit"); +if (event != NULL) { + fields = tep_event_common_fields(event); + if (fields != NULL) { + i = 0; + while (fields[i]) { + /* + walk through the list of the common fields + of the kvm_exit event + */ + i++; + } + free(fields); + } + fields = tep_event_fields(event); + if (fields != NULL) { + i = 0; + while (fields[i]) { + /* + walk through the list of the event specific + fields of the kvm_exit event + */ + i++; + } + free(fields); + } +} +... +-- + +FILES +----- +[verse] +-- +*event-parse.h* + Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs. +*-ltraceevent* + Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library. +-- + +SEE ALSO +-------- +_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_ + +AUTHOR +------ +[verse] +-- +*Steven Rostedt* , author of *libtraceevent*. +*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* , author of this man page. +-- +REPORTING BUGS +-------------- +Report bugs to + +LICENSE +------- +libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 + +RESOURCES +--------- +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git -- 2.20.1