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author | Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com> | 2019-05-10 15:56:18 -0400 |
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committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2019-05-15 16:36:48 -0300 |
commit | c818e2dbe4720151f99876a28252cc9b27e561f8 (patch) | |
tree | c0d6cadc22974447d0b1782e1121c1b0372448f2 /tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt | |
parent | tools lib traceevent: Man pages for event handler APIs (diff) | |
download | linux-dev-c818e2dbe4720151f99876a28252cc9b27e561f8.tar.xz linux-dev-c818e2dbe4720151f99876a28252cc9b27e561f8.zip |
tools lib traceevent: Man pages for function related libtraceevent APIs
Added new man pages, describing function related libtraceevent APIs:
tep_register_function(),
tep_register_print_string(),
tep_find_function(),
tep_find_function_address(),
tep_set_function_resolver(),
tep_reset_function_resolver()
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-12-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200107.701962205@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..04840e244445 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-func_find.txt @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_find_function,tep_find_function_address - Find function name / start address. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +const char pass:[*]*tep_find_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_); +unsigned long long *tep_find_function_address*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_); +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +These functions can be used to find function name and start address, by given +address. The given address does not have to be exact, it will select the function +that would contain it. + +The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, which contains the +given address _addr_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. + +The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address, +by given address _addr_. The _addr_ does not have to be exact, it will select the +function that would contain it. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, or NULL in case +it cannot be found. + +The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address, +or 0 in case it cannot be found. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +void show_function( unsigned long long addr) +{ + const char *fname = tep_find_function(tep, addr); + unsigned long long fstart = tep_find_function_address(tep, addr); + + /* addr is in function named fname, starting at fstart address, at offset (addr - fstart) */ +} +... +-- + +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 |