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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-set_flag.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-set_flag.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b0599780b9a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-set_flag.txt @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_set_flag, tep_clear_flag, tep_test_flag - +Manage flags of trace event parser context. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +enum *tep_flag* { + _TEP_NSEC_OUTPUT_, + _TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS_, + _TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS_ +}; +void *tep_set_flag*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_flag _flag_); +void *tep_clear_flag*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_flag _flag_); +bool *tep_test_flag*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_flag _flag_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +Trace event parser context flags are defined in *enum tep_flag*: +[verse] +-- +_TEP_NSEC_OUTPUT_ - print event's timestamp in nano seconds, instead of micro seconds. +_TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS_ - disable plugins, located in system's plugin + directory. This directory is defined at library compile + time, and usually depends on library installation + prefix: (install_preffix)/lib/traceevent/plugins +_TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS_ - disable all library plugins: + - in system's plugin directory + - in directory, defined by the environment variable _TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR_ + - in user's home directory, _~/.traceevent/plugins_ +-- +Note: plugin related flags must me set before calling _tep_load_plugins()_ API. + +The _tep_set_flag()_ function sets _flag_ to _tep_ context. + +The _tep_clear_flag()_ function clears _flag_ from _tep_ context. + +The _tep_test_flag()_ function tests if _flag_ is set to _tep_ context. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +_tep_test_flag()_ function returns true if _flag_ is set, false otherwise. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +/* Print timestamps in nanoseconds */ +tep_set_flag(tep, TEP_NSEC_OUTPUT); +... +if (tep_test_flag(tep, TEP_NSEC_OUTPUT)) { + /* print timestamps in nanoseconds */ +} else { + /* print timestamps in microseconds */ +} +... +/* Print timestamps in microseconds */ +tep_clear_flag(tep, TEP_NSEC_OUTPUT); +... +-- +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 |