[tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Man page for tep_strerror()

tip-bot for Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-18T09:06:14Z

Commit-ID: c127ef56761e41ad3eb4cb6eaaf1805e04c9a46e
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/c127ef56761e41ad3eb4cb6eaaf1805e04c9a46e
Author: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:16 -0400
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:48 -0300

tools lib traceevent: Man page for tep_strerror()

Create man page for tep_strerror() libtraceevent API.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-10-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200107.371692630@goodmis.org
[ Added "always" to state it doesn't matter if it is POSIX or GNU ]
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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.../Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 85 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_strerror - Returns a string describing regular errno and tep error number.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+int *tep_strerror*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_errno _errnum_, char pass:[*]_buf_, size_t _buflen_);
+
+--
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The _tep_strerror()_ function converts tep error number into a human
+readable string.
+The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The _errnum_ is a regular
+errno, defined in errno.h, or a tep error number. The string, describing this
+error number is copied in the _buf_ argument. The _buflen_ argument is
+the size of the _buf_.
+
+It as a thread safe wrapper around strerror_r(). The library function has two
+different behaviors - POSIX and GNU specific. The _tep_strerror()_ API always
+behaves as the POSIX version - the error string is copied in the user supplied
+buffer.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_strerror()_ function returns 0, if a valid _errnum_ is passed and the
+string is copied into _buf_. If _errnum_ is not a valid error number,
+-1 is returned and _buf_ is not modified.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+char buf[32];
+char *pool = calloc(1, 128);
+if (tep == NULL) {
+ tep_strerror(tep, TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED, buf, 32);
+ printf ("The pool is not initialized, %s", buf);