From patchwork Tue Nov 27 15:42:39 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tzvetomir Stoyanov X-Patchwork-Id: 10759947 Return-Path: Received: from mail-eopbgr700068.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.107.70.68]:1600 "EHLO NAM04-SN1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726381AbeK1Cle (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:41:34 -0500 From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov To: "rostedt@goodmis.org" CC: "linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: [PATCH v3 25/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_read_number_field() Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:42:39 +0000 Message-ID: <20181127154153.11315-26-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: 2582 Create man page for tep_read_number_field() as part of the libtraceevent APIs. Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov --- .../libtraceevent-field_read.txt | 80 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_read.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_read.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8e4ca26b73aa --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_read_number_field - Reads a number from a raw data. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include * + +int *tep_read_number_field*(struct tep_format_field pass:[*]_field_, const void pass:[*]_data_, unsigned long long pass:[*]_value_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_read_number_field()_ function reads the value of the _field_ from the +raw _data_ and stores it in the _value_. The function sets the _value_ according +to the endianness of the raw data and the current machine. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_read_number_field()_ function retunrs 0 in case of success, or -1 in +case of an error. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "timer", "hrtimer_start"); +... +void process_record(struct tep_record *record) +{ + unsigned long long pid; + struct tep_format_field *field_pid = tep_find_common_field(event, "common_pid"); + + if (tep_read_number_field(field_pid, record->data, &pid) != 0) { + /* Failed to get "common_pid" value */ + } +} +... +-- +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