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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1ccb531d5114 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-fields.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_event_common_fields, tep_event_fields - Get a list of fields for an event. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_event_common_fields*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_); +struct tep_format_field pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_event_fields*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_event_common_fields()_ function returns an array of pointers to common +fields for the _event_. The array is allocated in the function and must be freed +by free(). The last element of the array is NULL. + +The _tep_event_fields()_ function returns an array of pointers to event specific +fields for the _event_. The array is allocated in the function and must be freed +by free(). The last element of the array is NULL. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +Both _tep_event_common_fields()_ and _tep_event_fields()_ functions return +an array of pointers to tep_format_field structures in case of success, or +NULL in case of an error. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +int i; +struct tep_format_field **fields; +struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "kvm", "kvm_exit"); +if (event != NULL) { + fields = tep_event_common_fields(event); + if (fields != NULL) { + i = 0; + while (fields[i]) { + /* + walk through the list of the common fields + of the kvm_exit event + */ + i++; + } + free(fields); + } + fields = tep_event_fields(event); + if (fields != NULL) { + i = 0; + while (fields[i]) { + /* + walk through the list of the event specific + fields of the kvm_exit event + */ + i++; + } + free(fields); + } +} +... +-- + +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 |