@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ int tracecmd_output_set_msg(struct tracecmd_output *handler,
struct tracecmd_msg_handle *msg_handle);
int tracecmd_output_set_trace_dir(struct tracecmd_output *handler, const char *tracing_dir);
int tracecmd_output_set_kallsyms(struct tracecmd_output *handler, const char *kallsyms);
+int tracecmd_output_set_from_input(struct tracecmd_output *handler, struct tracecmd_input *ihandle);
struct tracecmd_output *tracecmd_create_file_latency(const char *output_file, int cpus);
struct tracecmd_output *
tracecmd_create_init_file_glob(const char *output_file,
@@ -996,6 +996,39 @@ int tracecmd_output_set_kallsyms(struct tracecmd_output *handler, const char *ka
return 0;
}
+/**
+ * tracecmd_output_set_from_input - Inherit parameters from an existing trace file
+ * @handle: output handler to a trace file.
+ * @ihandle: input handler to an existing trace file.
+ *
+ * This API copies parameters from input handler @ihandle, associated with an existing trace file,
+ * to the output handler @handle, associated with file that is going to be created.
+ * These parameters are copied:
+ * - tep handler
+ * - page size
+ * - file endian
+ * - file version
+ * - file compression protocol
+ * This API must be called before tracecmd_output_write_init().
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or -1 if the output file handler is not allocated or not in expected state.
+ */
+int tracecmd_output_set_from_input(struct tracecmd_output *handler, struct tracecmd_input *ihandle)
+{
+ if (!handler || !ihandle || handler->file_state != TRACECMD_FILE_ALLOCATED)
+ return -1;
+
+ /* get endian, page size, file version and compression */
+ /* Use the pevent of the ihandle for later writes */
+ handler->pevent = tracecmd_get_tep(ihandle);
+ tep_ref(handler->pevent);
+ handler->page_size = tracecmd_page_size(ihandle);
+ handler->file_version = tracecmd_get_in_file_version(ihandle);
+ handler->big_endian = tep_is_file_bigendian(handler->pevent);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int select_file_version(struct tracecmd_output *handle,
struct tracecmd_input *ihandle)
{
The new API initializes previously allocated output handler with parameters from an input handler to a trace file. tracecmd_output_set_from_input() Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com> --- .../include/private/trace-cmd-private.h | 1 + lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)