From patchwork Tue Nov 27 15:42:28 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tzvetomir Stoyanov X-Patchwork-Id: 10759923 Return-Path: Received: from mail-eopbgr730068.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.107.73.68]:47354 "EHLO NAM05-DM3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729862AbeK1Ckz (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:40:55 -0500 From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov To: "rostedt@goodmis.org" CC: "linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: [PATCH v3 17/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_read_number() Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:42:28 +0000 Message-ID: <20181127154153.11315-18-tstoyanov@vmware.com> References: <20181127154153.11315-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <20181127154153.11315-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com> Content-Language: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-trace-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Length: 2455 Create man page for tep_read_number() as part of the libtraceevent APIs. Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov --- .../libtraceevent-endian_read.txt | 76 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-endian_read.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-endian_read.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-endian_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7f355e439a6e --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-endian_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_read_number - Reads a number from raw data. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include * + +unsigned long long *tep_read_number*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const void pass:[*]_ptr_, int _size_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_read_number()_ function reads an integer from raw data, taking into +account the endianness of the raw data and the current host. The _tep_ argument +is the trace event parser context. The _ptr_ is a pointer to the raw data, where +the integer is, and the _size_ is the size of the integer. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_read_number()_ function returns the integer in the byte order of +the current host. In case of an error, 0 is returned. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +void process_record(struct tep_record *record) +{ + int data = tep_read_number(tep, record->data, 4); + /* Read the first 4 bytes of the record as integer */ +} +... +-- + +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