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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_get.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_get.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6525092fc417 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-event_get.txt @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_get_event, tep_get_first_event, tep_get_events_count - Access events. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +struct tep_event pass:[*]*tep_get_event*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _index_); +struct tep_event pass:[*]*tep_get_first_event*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +int *tep_get_events_count*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_get_event()_ function returns a pointer to event at the given _index_. +The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context, the _index_ is the index of +the requested event. + +The _tep_get_first_event()_ function returns a pointer to the first event. +As events are stored in an array, this function returns the pointer to the +beginning of the array. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. + +The _tep_get_events_count()_ function returns the number of the events +in the array. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_get_event()_ returns a pointer to the event located at _index_. +NULL is returned in case of error, in case there are no events or _index_ is +out of range. + +The _tep_get_first_event()_ returns a pointer to the first event. NULL is +returned in case of error, or in case there are no events. + +The _tep_get_events_count()_ returns the number of the events. 0 is +returned in case of error, or in case there are no events. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +int i,count = tep_get_events_count(tep); +struct tep_event *event, *events = tep_get_first_event(tep); + +if (events == NULL) { + /* There are no events */ +} else { + for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { + event = (events+i); + /* process events[i] */ + } + + /* Get the last event */ + event = tep_get_event(tep, count-1); +} +-- + +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 |