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diff --git a/Documentation/libtraceevent-host_endian.txt b/Documentation/libtraceevent-host_endian.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..76d309a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/libtraceevent-host_endian.txt @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_is_bigendian, tep_is_local_bigendian, tep_set_local_bigendian - Get / set +the endianness of the local machine. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +enum *tep_endian* { + TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0, + TEP_BIG_ENDIAN +}; + +int *tep_is_bigendian*(void); +bool *tep_is_local_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_set_local_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_endian _endian_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +The *tep_is_bigendian()* gets the endianness of the machine, executing +the function. + +The *tep_is_local_bigendian()* function gets the endianness of the local +machine, saved in the _tep_ handler. The _tep_ argument is the trace event +parser context. This API is a bit faster than *tep_is_bigendian()*, as it +returns cached endianness of the local machine instead of checking it each time. + +The *tep_set_local_bigendian()* function sets the endianness of the local +machine in the _tep_ handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. +The _endian_ argument is the endianness: +[verse] +-- + _TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ - the machine is little endian, + _TEP_BIG_ENDIAN_ - the machine is big endian. +-- + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The *tep_is_bigendian()* function returns non zero if the endianness of the +machine, executing the code, is big endian and zero otherwise. + +The *tep_is_local_bigendian()* function returns true, if the endianness of the +local machine, saved in the _tep_ handler, is big endian, or false otherwise. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... + if (tep_is_bigendian()) + tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_BIG_ENDIAN); + else + tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN); +... + if (tep_is_local_bigendian(tep)) + printf("This machine you are running on is bigendian\n"); + else + printf("This machine you are running on is little endian\n"); + +-- + +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/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/ |