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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+CFLAGS += -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall -I../../usr/include
+
+example: example.o
+example.o: example.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/user_events.h>
+
+/* Assumes debugfs is mounted */
+const char *data_file = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_data";
+const char *status_file = "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/user_events_status";
+
+static int event_status(char **status)
+{
+ int fd = open(status_file, O_RDONLY);
+
+ *status = mmap(NULL, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE), PROT_READ,
+ MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ if (*status == MAP_FAILED)
+ return -1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int event_reg(int fd, const char *command, int *status, int *write)
+{
+ struct user_reg reg = {0};
+
+ reg.size = sizeof(reg);
+ reg.name_args = (__u64)command;
+
+ if (ioctl(fd, DIAG_IOCSREG, ®) == -1)
+ return -1;
+
+ *status = reg.status_index;
+ *write = reg.write_index;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int data_fd, status, write;
+ char *status_page;
+ struct iovec io[2];
+ __u32 count = 0;
+
+ if (event_status(&status_page) == -1)
+ return errno;
+
+ data_fd = open(data_file, O_RDWR);
+
+ if (event_reg(data_fd, "test u32 count", &status, &write) == -1)
+ return errno;
+
+ /* Setup iovec */
+ io[0].iov_base = &write;
+ io[0].iov_len = sizeof(write);
+ io[1].iov_base = &count;
+ io[1].iov_len = sizeof(count);
+
+ask:
+ printf("Press enter to check status...\n");
+ getchar();
+
+ /* Check if anyone is listening */
+ if (status_page[status]) {
+ /* Yep, trace out our data */
+ writev(data_fd, (const struct iovec *)io, 2);
+
+ /* Increase the count */
+ count++;
+
+ printf("Something was attached, wrote data\n");
+ }
+
+ goto ask;
+
+ return 0;
+}
Add sample code for user_events typical usage to show how to register and monitor status, as well as to write out data. Signed-off-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com> --- samples/user_events/Makefile | 5 ++ samples/user_events/example.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+) create mode 100644 samples/user_events/Makefile create mode 100644 samples/user_events/example.c