libtraceevent: Man pages for tep plugins APIs

Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:

  tep_load_plugins(),
  tep_unload_plugin()

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190903133434.30417-1-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190919212542.216189588@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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libtraceevent(3)
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NAME
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tep_load_plugins, tep_unload_plugins - Load / unload traceevent plugins.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
--
*#include <event-parse.h>*
struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]*tep_load_plugins*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
void *tep_unload_plugins*(struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]_plugin_list_, struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
--
DESCRIPTION
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The _tep_load_plugins()_ function loads all plugins, located in the plugin
directories. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
The plugin directories are :
[verse]
--
- System's plugin directory, defined at the library compile time. It
depends on the library installation prefix and usually is
_(install_preffix)/lib/traceevent/plugins_
- Directory, defined by the environment variable _TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR_
- User's plugin directory, located at _~/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins_
--
Loading of plugins can be controlled by the _tep_flags_, using the
_tep_set_flag()_ API:
[verse]
--
_TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS_ - do not load plugins, located in
the system's plugin directory.
_TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS_ - do not load any plugins.
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The _tep_set_flag()_ API needs to be called before _tep_load_plugins()_, if
loading of all plugins is not the desired case.
The _tep_unload_plugins()_ function unloads the plugins, previously loaded by
_tep_load_plugins()_. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The
_plugin_list_ is the list of loaded plugins, returned by
the _tep_load_plugins()_ function.
RETURN VALUE
------------
The _tep_load_plugins()_ function returns a list of successfully loaded plugins,
or NULL in case no plugins are loaded.
EXAMPLE
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[source,c]
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#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
struct tep_plugin_list *plugins = tep_load_plugins(tep);
if (plugins == NULL) {
/* no plugins are loaded */
}
...
tep_unload_plugins(plugins, tep);
--
FILES
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[verse]
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*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.
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SEE ALSO
--------
_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_, _tep_set_flag(3)_
AUTHOR
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[verse]
--
*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
--
REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
LICENSE
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libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
RESOURCES
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git