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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-handle.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-handle.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8d568316847d --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-handle.txt @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_alloc, tep_free,tep_ref, tep_unref,tep_ref_get - Create, destroy, manage +references of trace event parser context. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +struct tep_handle pass:[*]*tep_alloc*(void); +void *tep_free*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_ref*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_unref*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +int *tep_ref_get*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +These are the main functions to create and destroy tep_handle - the main +structure, representing the trace event parser context. This context is used as +the input parameter of most library APIs. + +The _tep_alloc()_ function allocates and initializes the tep context. + +The _tep_free()_ function will decrement the reference of the _tep_ handler. +When there is no more references, then it will free the handler, as well +as clean up all its resources that it had used. The argument _tep_ is +the pointer to the trace event parser context. + +The _tep_ref()_ function adds a reference to the _tep_ handler. + +The _tep_unref()_ function removes a reference from the _tep_ handler. When +the last reference is removed, the _tep_ is destroyed, and all resources that +it had used are cleaned up. + +The _tep_ref_get()_ functions gets the current references of the _tep_ handler. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +_tep_alloc()_ returns a pointer to a newly created tep_handle structure. +NULL is returned in case there is not enough free memory to allocate it. + +_tep_ref_get()_ returns the current references of _tep_. +If _tep_ is NULL, 0 is returned. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> + +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +int ref = tep_ref_get(tep); +tep_ref(tep); +if ( (ref+1) != tep_ref_get(tep)) { + /* Something wrong happened, the counter is not incremented by 1 */ +} +tep_unref(tep); +... +tep_free(tep); +... +-- +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 |