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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_list.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_list.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fba350e5a4cb --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_list.txt @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_list_events, tep_list_events_copy - +Get list of events, sorted by given criteria. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +enum *tep_event_sort_type* { + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID_, + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_NAME_, + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_SYSTEM_, +}; + +struct tep_event pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_list_events*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_event_sort_type _sort_type_); +struct tep_event pass:[*]pass:[*]*tep_list_events_copy*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_event_sort_type _sort_type_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_list_events()_ function returns an array of pointers to the events, +sorted by the _sort_type_ criteria. The last element of the array is NULL. +The returned memory must not be freed, it is managed by the library. +The function is not thread safe. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser +context. The _sort_type_ argument is the required sort criteria: +[verse] +-- + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID_ - sort by the event ID. + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_NAME_ - sort by the event (name, system, id) triplet. + _TEP_EVENT_SORT_SYSTEM_ - sort by the event (system, name, id) triplet. +-- + +The _tep_list_events_copy()_ is a thread safe version of _tep_list_events()_. +It has the same behavior, but the returned array is allocated internally and +must be freed by the caller. Note that the content of the array must not be +freed (see the EXAMPLE below). + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_list_events()_ function returns an array of pointers to events. +In case of an error, NULL is returned. The returned array must not be freed, +it is managed by the library. + +The _tep_list_events_copy()_ function returns an array of pointers to events. +In case of an error, NULL is returned. The returned array must be freed by +the caller. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +int i; +struct tep_event_format **events; + +i=0; +events = tep_list_events(tep, TEP_EVENT_SORT_ID); +if (events == NULL) { + /* Failed to get the events, sorted by ID */ +} else { + while(events[i]) { + /* walk through the list of the events, sorted by ID */ + i++; + } +} + +i=0; +events = tep_list_events_copy(tep, TEP_EVENT_SORT_NAME); +if (events == NULL) { + /* Failed to get the events, sorted by name */ +} else { + while(events[i]) { + /* walk through the list of the events, sorted by name */ + i++; + } + free(events); +} + +... +-- + +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 |