linux/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_find.txt
Tzvetomir Stoyanov 86e8076e93 tools lib traceevent: Man pages for event find APIs
Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:

  tep_find_event()
  tep_find_event_by_name()
  tep_find_event_by_record()

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/20190503091119.23399-15-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200108.197407057@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-05-15 16:36:48 -03:00

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libtraceevent(3)
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NAME
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tep_find_event,tep_find_event_by_name,tep_find_event_by_record -
Find events by given key.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
--
*#include <event-parse.h>*
struct tep_event pass:[*]*tep_find_event*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _id_);
struct tep_event pass:[*]*tep_find_event_by_name*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const char pass:[*]_sys_, const char pass:[*]_name_);
struct tep_event pass:[*]*tep_find_event_by_record*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_);
--
DESCRIPTION
-----------
This set of functions can be used to search for an event, based on a given
criteria. All functions require a pointer to a _tep_, trace event parser
context.
The _tep_find_event()_ function searches for an event by given event _id_. The
event ID is assigned dynamically and can be viewed in event's format file,
"ID" field.
The tep_find_event_by_name()_ function searches for an event by given
event _name_, under the system _sys_. If the _sys_ is NULL (not specified),
the first event with _name_ is returned.
The tep_find_event_by_record()_ function searches for an event from a given
_record_.
RETURN VALUE
------------
All these functions return a pointer to the found event, or NULL if there is no
such event.
EXAMPLE
-------
[source,c]
--
#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
struct tep_event *event;
event = tep_find_event(tep, 1857);
if (event == NULL) {
/* There is no event with ID 1857 */
}
event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "kvm", "kvm_exit");
if (event == NULL) {
/* There is no kvm_exit event, from kvm system */
}
void event_from_record(struct tep_record *record)
{
struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_record(tep, record);
if (event == NULL) {
/* There is no event from given record */
}
}
...
--
FILES
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[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
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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