From patchwork Fri May 10 19:56:24 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Steven Rostedt X-Patchwork-Id: 10939481 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E6C14DB for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A6E28C9B for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:02:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 3876628CCC; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:02:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6B028C9B for ; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727778AbfEJUCR (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 May 2019 16:02:17 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:55294 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727926AbfEJUBK (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 May 2019 16:01:10 -0400 Received: from gandalf.local.home (cpe-66-24-58-225.stny.res.rr.com [66.24.58.225]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AB73D2186A; Fri, 10 May 2019 20:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rostedt by gandalf.local.home with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1hPBhc-0006mJ-Qu; Fri, 10 May 2019 16:01:08 -0400 Message-Id: <20190510200108.721589427@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:24 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Ingo Molnar , Jiri Olsa , Namhyung Kim , Andrew Morton , Tzvetomir Stoyanov Subject: [PATCH 18/27] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages find field APIs References: <20190510195606.537643615@goodmis.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-trace-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs: tep_find_common_field(), tep_find_field() tep_find_any_field() Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-18-tstoyanov@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) --- .../libtraceevent-field_find.txt | 118 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 118 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_find.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_find.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_find.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0896af5b9eff --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_find.txt @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_find_common_field, tep_find_field, tep_find_any_field - +Search for a field in an event. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include * + +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_common_field*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_); +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_field*(struct tep_event_ormat pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_); +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_any_field*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +These functions search for a field with given name in an event. The field +returned can be used to find the field content from within a data record. + +The _tep_find_common_field()_ function searches for a common field with _name_ +in the _event_. + +The _tep_find_field()_ function searches for an event specific field with +_name_ in the _event_. + +The _tep_find_any_field()_ function searches for any field with _name_ in the +_event_. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_find_common_field(), _tep_find_field()_ and _tep_find_any_field()_ +functions return a pointer to the found field, or NULL in case there is no field +with the requested name. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include +... +void get_htimer_info(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tep_record *record) +{ + struct tep_format_field *field; + struct tep_event *event; + long long softexpires; + int mode; + int pid; + + event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "timer", "hrtimer_start"); + + field = tep_find_common_field(event, "common_pid"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "common_pid" field in the event */ + } else { + /* Get pid from the data record */ + pid = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset, + field->size); + } + + field = tep_find_field(event, "softexpires"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "softexpires" event specific field in the event */ + } else { + /* Get softexpires parameter from the data record */ + softexpires = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset, + field->size); + } + + field = tep_find_any_field(event, "mode"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "mode" field in the event */ + } else + { + /* Get mode parameter from the data record */ + mode = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset, + field->size); + } +} +... +-- + +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