From patchwork Tue Nov 27 15:42:35 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Tzvetomir Stoyanov X-Patchwork-Id: 10759937 Return-Path: Received: from mail-eopbgr690062.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([40.107.69.62]:29120 "EHLO NAM04-CO1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729968AbeK1Ck6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:40:58 -0500 From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov To: "rostedt@goodmis.org" CC: "linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: [PATCH v3 22/46] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages tep_find_common_field(), tep_find_field() and tep_find_any_field() Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 15:42:35 +0000 Message-ID: <20181127154153.11315-23-tstoyanov@vmware.com> References: <20181127154153.11315-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com> In-Reply-To: <20181127154153.11315-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com> Content-Language: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-trace-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Length: 3288 Create man pages for tep_find_common_field(), tep_find_field() and tep_find_any_field() as part of the libtraceevent APIs. Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov --- .../libtraceevent-field_find.txt | 98 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 98 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..a5afe260285a --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-field_find.txt @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +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 _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 +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "timer", "hrtimer_start"); +... + struct tep_format_field *field; + + field = tep_find_common_field(event, "common_pid"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "common_pid" common field in the event */ + } + + field = tep_find_field(event, "softexpires"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "softexpires" event specific field in the event */ + } + + field = tep_find_any_field(event, "mode"); + if (field == NULL) { + /* Cannot find "mode" field in the event */ + } +... +-- + +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