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[6/7] tools/lib/traceevent: Implement libtraceevent man pages

Message ID 20181106132035.7692-7-tstoyanov@vmware.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series libtracevent man pages | expand

Commit Message

Tzvetomir Stoyanov Nov. 6, 2018, 1:20 p.m. UTC
This patch implements a man page, which documents
tep_get_page_size() and tep_set_page_size()
libtraceevent APIs

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
---
 .../Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt

Comments

Steven Rostedt Nov. 7, 2018, 12:23 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 13:20:56 +0000
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com> wrote:

> This patch implements a man page, which documents
> tep_get_page_size() and tep_set_page_size()
> libtraceevent APIs
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
> ---
>  .../Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt
> 
> diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..d2bad8dca42d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
> +libtraceevent(3)
> +================
> +
> +NAME
> +----
> +tep_get_page_size,tep_set_page_size - Get / set the size of a memory page on the 
> +machine, where the trace is generated 
> +
> +SYNOPSIS
> +--------
> +[verse]
> +--
> +*#include <event-parse.h>*
> +
> +int *tep_get_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
> +void *tep_set_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _page_size_);
> +--
> +
> +DESCRIPTION
> +-----------
> +The _tep_get_page_size()_ function returns the size of a memory page on 
> +the machine, where the trace is generated. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
> +
> +The _tep_set_page_size()_ function sets the size of a memory page on the machine, 
> +where the trace is generated. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.

Note, we don't actually set the memory page size of the machine, that's
already fixed ;-)

We use tep_set_page_size() to tell the tep handler what the page size
is for the raw data it is parsing, and we use tep_get_page_size to
retrieve what the page_size is for the handler. The get_page_size is
used by plugins that need to know this information.

-- Steve




> +The _page_size_ argument is the size of a memory page, in bytes. 
> +This information is saved in the trace.dat file. 
> +
> +RETURN VALUE
> +------------
> +The _tep_get_page_size()_ function returns size, in bytes, of the memory page.
> +
> +EXAMPLE
> +-------
> +[source,c]
> +--
> +#include <event-parse.h>
> +...
> +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
> +...
> +	int page_size = 4096;
> +	tep_set_page_size(tep, page_size);
> +	if ( 4096 != tep_get_page_size(tep)) {
> +		/* Something wrong happened, page size is not set as expected */
> +	}
> +--
> +
> +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
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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2bad8dca42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-page_size.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ 
+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_get_page_size,tep_set_page_size - Get / set the size of a memory page on the 
+machine, where the trace is generated 
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+int *tep_get_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+void *tep_set_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _page_size_);
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The _tep_get_page_size()_ function returns the size of a memory page on 
+the machine, where the trace is generated. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
+
+The _tep_set_page_size()_ function sets the size of a memory page on the machine, 
+where the trace is generated. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
+The _page_size_ argument is the size of a memory page, in bytes. 
+This information is saved in the trace.dat file. 
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_get_page_size()_ function returns size, in bytes, of the memory page.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+	int page_size = 4096;
+	tep_set_page_size(tep, page_size);
+	if ( 4096 != tep_get_page_size(tep)) {
+		/* Something wrong happened, page size is not set as expected */
+	}
+--
+
+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