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diff --git a/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt b/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa53344 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_strerror - Returns a string describing regular errno and tep error number. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +int *tep_strerror*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_errno _errnum_, char pass:[*]_buf_, size_t _buflen_); + +-- +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The *tep_strerror()* function converts tep error number into a human +readable string. +The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The _errnum_ is a regular +errno, defined in errno.h, or a tep error number. The string, describing this +error number is copied in the _buf_ argument. The _buflen_ argument is +the size of the _buf_. + +It as a thread safe wrapper around strerror_r(). The library function has two +different behaviors - POSIX and GNU specific. The *tep_strerror()* API always +behaves as the POSIX version - the error string is copied in the user supplied +buffer. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The *tep_strerror()* function returns 0, if a valid _errnum_ is passed and the +string is copied into _buf_. If _errnum_ is not a valid error number, +-1 is returned and _buf_ is not modified. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +char buf[32]; +char *pool = calloc(1, 128); +if (tep == NULL) { + tep_strerror(tep, TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED, buf, 32); + printf ("The pool is not initialized, %s", buf); +} +... +-- + +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/ |