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From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
To: "rostedt@goodmis.org" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: "linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 05/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_get_header_page_size()
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 13:31:51 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181109133135.25804-5-tstoyanov@vmware.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181109133135.25804-1-tstoyanov@vmware.com>

Create a man page for tep_get_header_page_size(),
as part of the libtraceevent API.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
---
 .../libtraceevent-header_size.txt             | 73 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse-api.c        |  4 +-
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8edf49d2a709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-header_size.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_get_header_page_size - Get the size of a long integer, in kernel context.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+int *tep_get_header_page_size*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+
+--
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The _tep_get_header_page_size()_ function returns the size of a long integer,
+in kernel context. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
+This information is retrieved from /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/header_page,
+ "commit" field.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_get_header_page_size()_ function returns the size of a long integer, 
+in bytes
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+	int lsize = tep_get_header_page_size(tep);
+	printf ("The size of a long in kernel context is %d bytes", lsize);
+...	
+--
+
+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
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse-api.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse-api.c
index c0bbd7864f53..9137862261a5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse-api.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse-api.c
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ tep_data2host8(struct tep_handle *pevent, unsigned long long data)
 }
 
 /**
- * tep_get_header_page_size - get size of the header page
+ * tep_get_header_page_size - get the size of a long integer, in kernel context
  * @pevent: a handle to the tep_handle
  *
- * This returns size of the header page
+ * This returns the size of a long integer, in kernel context
  * If @pevent is NULL, 0 is returned.
  */
 int tep_get_header_page_size(struct tep_handle *pevent)
-- 
2.17.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-11-09 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-09 13:31 [PATCH v2 00/10] Man pages for libtraceevent Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Fix libtraceevent/Documentation Makefile Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Add support for man pages with multiple names Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] tools/lib/traceevent: libtraceevent man pages for tep_handler related APIs Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` Tzvetomir Stoyanov [this message]
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_get_cpus() and tep_set_cpus() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_is_file_bigendian() and tep_set_file_bigendian() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_is_host_bigendian() and tep_set_host_bigendian() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_is_latency_format() and tep_set_latency_format() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_get_page_size() and tep_set_page_size() Tzvetomir Stoyanov
2018-11-09 13:31 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] tools/lib/traceevent: Man page for tep_strerror() Tzvetomir Stoyanov

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