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libtraceevent(3)
================

NAME
----
tep_load_plugins, tep_unload_plugins - Load / unload traceevent plugins.

SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
--
*#include <event-parse.h>*

struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]*tep_load_plugins*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
void *tep_unload_plugins*(struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]_plugin_list_, struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
--

DESCRIPTION
-----------
The _tep_load_plugins()_ function loads all plugins, located in the plugin
directories. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
The plugin directories are :
[verse]
--
	- System's plugin directory, defined at the library compile time. It
	  depends on the library installation prefix and usually is
	  _(install_preffix)/lib/traceevent/plugins_
	- Directory, defined by the environment variable _TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR_
	- User's plugin directory, located at _~/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins_
--
Loading of plugins can be controlled by the _tep_flags_, using the
_tep_set_flag()_ API:
[verse]
--
	_TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS_	- do not load plugins, located in
					the system's plugin directory.
	_TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS_		- do not load any plugins.
--
The _tep_set_flag()_ API needs to be called before _tep_load_plugins()_, if
loading of all plugins is not the desired case.

The _tep_unload_plugins()_ function unloads the plugins, previously loaded by
_tep_load_plugins()_. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The
_plugin_list_ is the list of loaded plugins, returned by
the _tep_load_plugins()_ function.

RETURN VALUE
------------
The _tep_load_plugins()_ function returns a list of successfully loaded plugins,
or NULL in case no plugins are loaded.

EXAMPLE
-------
[source,c]
--
#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
struct tep_plugin_list *plugins = tep_load_plugins(tep);
if (plugins == NULL) {
	/* no plugins are loaded */
}
...
tep_unload_plugins(plugins, 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)_, _tep_set_flag(3)_

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