Commit-ID: 9571f7371f143cfb7a324b531aac2814cb9044c7 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/9571f7371f143cfb7a324b531aac2814cb9044c7 Author: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoya...@vmware.com> AuthorDate: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:13 -0400 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com> CommitDate: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:47 -0300
tools lib traceevent: Man page for file endian APIs Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs: tep_is_file_bigendian(), tep_set_file_bigendian() Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoya...@vmware.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> Cc: linux-trace-de...@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-7-tstoya...@vmware.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200106.895177...@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rost...@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <a...@redhat.com> --- .../Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt | 91 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f401ad311047 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-file_endian.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_is_file_bigendian, tep_set_file_bigendian - Get / set the endianness of the +raw data being accessed by the tep handler. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +enum *tep_endian* { + TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0, + TEP_BIG_ENDIAN +}; + +bool *tep_is_file_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_set_file_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_endian _endian_); + +-- +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_is_file_bigendian()_ function gets the endianness of the raw data, +being accessed by the tep handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser +context. + +The _tep_set_file_bigendian()_ function sets the endianness of raw data being +accessed by the tep handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. +[verse] +-- +The _endian_ argument is the endianness: + _TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ - the raw data is in little endian format, + _TEP_BIG_ENDIAN_ - the raw data is in big endian format. +-- +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_is_file_bigendian()_ function returns true if the data is in bigendian +format, false otherwise. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... + tep_set_file_bigendian(tep, TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN); +... + if (tep_is_file_bigendian(tep)) { + /* The raw data is in big endian */ + } else { + /* The raw data is in little endian */ + } +-- + +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* <rost...@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*. +*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoya...@gmail.com>, author of this man page. +-- +REPORTING BUGS +-------------- +Report bugs to <linux-trace-de...@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
