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[v4,33/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_filter_make_string()

Message ID 20190308133654.21264-34-tstoyanov@vmware.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Libtraceevent MAN pages | expand

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Tzvetomir Stoyanov March 8, 2019, 1:36 p.m. UTC 
Create man page for tep_filter_make_string()
as part of the libtraceevent APIs.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
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 .../libtraceevent-filter_show.txt             | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter_show.txt
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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter_show.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter_show.txt
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_filter_make_string - Returns a string showing the filter.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+char pass:[*]*tep_filter_make_string*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, int _event_id_);
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The _tep_filter_make_string()_ function constructs a string, displaying
+the _filter_ contents for given _event_id_.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_filter_make_string()_ function returns a string, which must be freed
+with free(), or NULL in case of an error.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+struct tep_event_filter *filter = tep_filter_alloc(tep);
+...
+char *fstring = tep_filter_make_string(filter, 352);
+if (fstring != NULL) {
+	/* The filter for event 352 is in fstring */
+	free(fstring);
+}
+...
+--
+
+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