[PATCH 26/27] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for APIs, used to extract common fields from a record

Steven Rostedt
2019-05-10T20:01:26Z

From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>

Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:
tep_data_type(),
tep_data_pid(),
tep_data_preempt_count(),
tep_data_flags()

Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-26-tstoyanov@vmware.com

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
[ Fixed missing T in description of NOSUPPORT flag ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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.../libtraceevent-record_parse.txt | 137 ++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 137 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-record_parse.txt

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-record_parse.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-record_parse.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9a69116c78b
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_data_type, tep_data_pid,tep_data_preempt_count, tep_data_flags -
+Extract common fields from a record.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+enum *trace_flag_type* {
+ _TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF_,
+ _TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT_,
+ _TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED_,
+ _TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ_,
+ _TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ_,
+};
+
+int *tep_data_type*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_rec_);
+int *tep_data_pid*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_rec_);
+int *tep_data_preempt_count*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_rec_);
+int *tep_data_flags*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_rec_);
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This set of functions can be used to extract common fields from a record.
+
+The _tep_data_type()_ function gets the event id from the record _rec_.
+It reads the "common_type" field. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser
+context.
+
+The _tep_data_pid()_ function gets the process id from the record _rec_.
+It reads the "common_pid" field. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser
+context.
+
+The _tep_data_preempt_count()_ function gets the preemption count from the
+record _rec_. It reads the "common_preempt_count" field. The _tep_ argument is
+the trace event parser context.
+
+The _tep_data_flags()_ function gets the latency flags from the record _rec_.
+It reads the "common_flags" field. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser
+context. Supported latency flags are:
+[verse]
+--
+ _TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_OFF_, Interrupts are disabled.
+ _TRACE_FLAG_IRQS_NOSUPPORT_, Reading IRQ flag is not supported by the architecture.
+ _TRACE_FLAG_NEED_RESCHED_, Task needs rescheduling.
+ _TRACE_FLAG_HARDIRQ_, Hard IRQ is running.
+ _TRACE_FLAG_SOFTIRQ_, Soft IRQ is running.
+--
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_data_type()_ function returns an integer, representing the event id.
+
+The _tep_data_pid()_ function returns an integer, representing the process id
+
+The _tep_data_preempt_count()_ function returns an integer, representing the
+preemption count.
+
+The _tep_data_flags()_ function returns an integer, representing the latency
+flags. Look at the _trace_flag_type_ enum for supported flags.
+
+All these functions in case of an error return a negative integer.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+void process_record(struct tep_record *record)
+{
+ int data;
+
+ data = tep_data_type(tep, record);
+ if (data >= 0) {
+ /* Got the ID of the event */
+ }
+
+ data = tep_data_pid(tep, record);
+ if (data >= 0) {
+ /* Got the process ID */
+ }
+
+ data = tep_data_preempt_count(tep, record);
+ if (data >= 0) {
+ /* Got the preemption count */
+ }
+
+ data = tep_data_flags(tep, record);
+ if (data >= 0) {
+ /* Got the latency flags */
+ }
+}
+...
+--
+
+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* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
+*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
+--
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
+
+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
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