[tip:perf/core] tools lib traceevent: Man page for header_page APIs

tip-bot for Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2019-05-18T09:02:40Z

Commit-ID: 3d2626bd1f15711711b575463befbe137ac1adc6
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/3d2626bd1f15711711b575463befbe137ac1adc6
Author: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:11 -0400
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:47 -0300

tools lib traceevent: Man page for header_page APIs

Create a man page for libtraceevent APIs:

tep_get_header_page_size(),
tep_get_header_timestamp_size(),
tep_is_old_format()

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/20190503091119.23399-5-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200106.583928896@goodmis.org
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-header_page.txt | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 102 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_page.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_page.txt
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_get_header_page_size, tep_get_header_timestamp_size, tep_is_old_format -
+Get the data stored in the header page, in kernel context.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+int *tep_get_header_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+int *tep_get_header_timestamp_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+bool *tep_is_old_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+--
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+These functions retrieve information from kernel context, stored in tracefs
+events/header_page. Old kernels do not have header page info, so default values
+from user space context are used.
+
+The _tep_get_header_page_size()_ function returns the size of a long integer,
+in kernel context. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
+This information is retrieved from tracefs events/header_page, "commit" field.
+
+The _tep_get_header_timestamp_size()_ function returns the size of timestamps,
+in kernel context. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. This
+information is retrieved from tracefs events/header_page, "timestamp" field.
+
+The _tep_is_old_format()_ function returns true if the kernel predates
+the addition of events/header_page, otherwise it returns false.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_get_header_page_size()_ function returns the size of a long integer,
+in bytes.
+
+The _tep_get_header_timestamp_size()_ function returns the size of timestamps,
+in bytes.
+
+The _tep_is_old_format()_ function returns true, if an old kernel is used to
+generate the tracing data, which has no event/header_page. If the kernel is new,
+or _tep_ is NULL, false is returned.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+ int longsize;
+ int timesize;
+ bool old;
+
+ longsize = tep_get_header_page_size(tep);
+ timesize = tep_get_header_timestamp_size(tep);
+ old = tep_is_old_format(tep);
+
+ printf ("%s kernel is used to generate the tracing data.\n",
+ old?"Old":"New");
+ printf("The size of a long integer is %d bytes.\n", longsize);
+ printf("The timestamps size is %d bytes.\n", timesize);