[v4,35/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for tep_find_function() and tep_find_function_address()

Commit Message

Tzvetomir Stoyanov March 8, 2019, 1:36 p.m. UTC

Create man pages for tep_find_function() and tep_find_function_address()
as part of the libtraceevent APIs.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <[e-mail]>
---
 .../Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt | 88 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt

Comments

Steven Rostedt March 13, 2019, 8:05 p.m. UTC | #1

On Fri,  8 Mar 2019 15:36:43 +0200
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Create man pages for tep_find_function() and tep_find_function_address()
> as part of the libtraceevent APIs.

This man page could probably be merged with tep_register_function() man
pages as they are related.

-- Steve

Patch

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_find_function,tep_find_function_address - Find function name / start address.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+const char pass:[*]*tep_find_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_);
+unsigned long long *tep_find_function_address*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_);
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+These functions can be used to find function name and start address, by given
+address. The given address does not have to be exact, it will select the function
+that would contain it.
+
+The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, which contains the
+given address _addr_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context.
+
+The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address,
+by given address _addr_. The _addr_ does not have to be exact, it will select the
+function that would contain it. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, or NULL in case
+it cannot be found.
+
+The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address,
+or 0 in case it cannot be found.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+void show_function( unsigned long long addr)
+{
+	const char *fname = tep_find_function(tep, addr);
+	unsigned long long fstart = tep_find_function_address(tep, addr);
+
+	/* addr is in function named fname, starting at fstart address, at offset (addr - fstart) */
+}
+...
+--
+
+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* <[e-mail]>, author of *libtraceevent*.
+*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <[e-mail]>, author of this man page.
+--
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to  <[e-mail]>
+
+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