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[v4,06/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_get_header_page_size()

Message ID 20190308133654.21264-7-tstoyanov@vmware.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Libtraceevent MAN pages | expand

Commit Message

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

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
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 .../libtraceevent-header_size.txt             | 73 +++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt
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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_get_header_page_size - Get the size of a long integer, in kernel context.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+int *tep_get_header_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+
+--
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+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 /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/header_page,
+ "commit" field.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_get_header_page_size()_ function returns the size of a long integer,
+in bytes
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+	int lsize = tep_get_header_page_size(tep);
+	printf ("The size of a long in kernel context is %d bytes", lsize);
+...
+--
+
+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