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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..04840e244 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_find_function,tep_find_function_address - Find function name / start address. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +const char pass:[*]*tep_find_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_); +unsigned long long *tep_find_function_address*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +These functions can be used to find function name and start address, by given +address. The given address does not have to be exact, it will select the function +that would contain it. + +The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, which contains the +given address _addr_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. + +The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address, +by given address _addr_. The _addr_ does not have to be exact, it will select the +function that would contain it. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, or NULL in case +it cannot be found. + +The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address, +or 0 in case it cannot be found. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +void show_function( unsigned long long addr) +{ + const char *fname = tep_find_function(tep, addr); + unsigned long long fstart = tep_find_function_address(tep, addr); + + /* addr is in function named fname, starting at fstart address, at offset (addr - fstart) */ +} +... +-- + +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 |