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| author | Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com> | 2019-05-10 15:56:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2019-05-15 16:36:47 -0300 |
| commit | 9571f7371f143cfb7a324b531aac2814cb9044c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e04b1f6c52fd9d72d8f3747104300df515853f9 /tools/lib | |
| parent | ba28fabe43c3a13bbc6e48f78fdf609dcc5e114b (diff) | |
| download | linux-9571f7371f143cfb7a324b531aac2814cb9044c7.tar.bz2 | |
tools lib traceevent: Man page for file endian APIs
Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:
tep_is_file_bigendian(),
tep_set_file_bigendian()
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/20190503091119.23399-7-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200106.895177252@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt | 91 |
1 files changed, 91 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f401ad311047 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_is_file_bigendian, tep_set_file_bigendian - Get / set the endianness of the +raw data being accessed by the tep handler. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +enum *tep_endian* { + TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0, + TEP_BIG_ENDIAN +}; + +bool *tep_is_file_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_set_file_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_endian _endian_); + +-- +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_is_file_bigendian()_ function gets the endianness of the raw data, +being accessed by the tep handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser +context. + +The _tep_set_file_bigendian()_ function sets the endianness of raw data being +accessed by the tep handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. +[verse] +-- +The _endian_ argument is the endianness: + _TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ - the raw data is in little endian format, + _TEP_BIG_ENDIAN_ - the raw data is in big endian format. +-- +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_is_file_bigendian()_ function returns true if the data is in bigendian +format, false otherwise. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... + tep_set_file_bigendian(tep, TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN); +... + if (tep_is_file_bigendian(tep)) { + /* The raw data is in big endian */ + } else { + /* The raw data is in little endian */ + } +-- + +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 |