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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-parse_head.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-parse_head.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c90f16c7d --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-parse_head.txt @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_parse_header_page - Parses the data stored in the header page. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +int *tep_parse_header_page*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, char pass:[*]_buf_, unsigned long _size_, int _long_size_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_parse_header_page()_ function parses the header page data from _buf_, +and initializes the _tep_, trace event parser context, with it. The buffer +_buf_ is with _size_, and is supposed to be copied from +tracefs/events/header_page. + +Some old kernels do not have header page info, in this case the +_tep_parse_header_page()_ function can be called with _size_ equal to 0. The +_tep_ context is initialized with default values. The _long_size_ can be used in +this use case, to set the size of a long integer to be used. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_parse_header_page()_ function returns 0 in case of success, or -1 +in case of an error. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +char *buf; +int size; +buf = read_file("/sys/kernel/tracing/events/header_page", &size); +if (tep_parse_header_page(tep, buf, size, sizeof(unsigned long)) != 0) { + /* Failed to parse the header page */ +} +... +-- + +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 |