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tools lib traceevent: Man pages for registering print function 

Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:

  tep_register_print_function()
  tep_unregister_print_function()

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://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200107.857252818@goodmis.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-13-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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libtraceevent(3)
================
NAME
----
tep_register_print_function,tep_unregister_print_function -
Registers / Unregisters a helper function.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
--
*#include <event-parse.h>*
enum *tep_func_arg_type* {
TEP_FUNC_ARG_VOID,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_INT,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_LONG,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_STRING,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_PTR,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_MAX_TYPES
};
typedef unsigned long long (*pass:[*]tep_func_handler*)(struct trace_seq pass:[*]s, unsigned long long pass:[*]args);
int *tep_register_print_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, tep_func_handler _func_, enum tep_func_arg_type _ret_type_, char pass:[*]_name_, _..._);
int *tep_unregister_print_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, tep_func_handler _func_, char pass:[*]_name_);
--
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Some events may have helper functions in the print format arguments.
This allows a plugin to dynamically create a way to process one of
these functions.
The _tep_register_print_function()_ registers such helper function. The _tep_
argument is the trace event parser context. The _func_ argument is a pointer
to the helper function. The _ret_type_ argument is the return type of the
helper function, value from the _tep_func_arg_type_ enum. The _name_ is the name
of the helper function, as seen in the print format arguments. The _..._ is a
variable list of _tep_func_arg_type_ enums, the _func_ function arguments.
This list must end with _TEP_FUNC_ARG_VOID_. See 'EXAMPLE' section.
The _tep_unregister_print_function()_ unregisters a helper function, previously
registered with _tep_register_print_function()_. The _tep_ argument is the
trace event parser context. The _func_ and _name_ arguments are the same, used
when the helper function was registered.
The _tep_func_handler_ is the type of the helper function. The _s_ argument is
the trace sequence, it can be used to create a custom string.
The _args_ is a list of arguments, defined when the helper function was
registered.
RETURN VALUE
------------
The _tep_register_print_function()_ function returns 0 in case of success.
In case of an error, TEP_ERRNO_... code is returned.
The _tep_unregister_print_function()_ returns 0 in case of success, or -1 in
case of an error.
EXAMPLE
-------
Some events have internal functions calls, that appear in the print format
output. For example "tracefs/events/i915/g4x_wm/format" has:
[source,c]
--
print fmt: "pipe %c, frame=%u, scanline=%u, wm %d/%d/%d, sr %s/%d/%d/%d, hpll %s/%d/%d/%d, fbc %s",
((REC->pipe) + 'A'), REC->frame, REC->scanline, REC->primary,
REC->sprite, REC->cursor, yesno(REC->cxsr), REC->sr_plane,
REC->sr_cursor, REC->sr_fbc, yesno(REC->hpll), REC->hpll_plane,
REC->hpll_cursor, REC->hpll_fbc, yesno(REC->fbc)
--
Notice the call to function _yesno()_ in the print arguments. In the kernel
context, this function has the following implementation:
[source,c]
--
static const char *yesno(int x)
{
static const char *yes = "yes";
static const char *no = "no";
return x ? yes : no;
}
--
The user space event parser has no idea how to handle this _yesno()_ function.
The _tep_register_print_function()_ API can be used to register a user space
helper function, mapped to the kernel's _yesno()_:
[source,c]
--
#include <event-parse.h>
#include <trace-seq.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
static const char *yes_no_helper(int x)
{
return x ? "yes" : "no";
}
...
if ( tep_register_print_function(tep,
yes_no_helper,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_STRING,
"yesno",
TEP_FUNC_ARG_INT,
TEP_FUNC_ARG_VOID) != 0) {
/* Failed to register yes_no_helper function */
}
/*
Now, when the event parser encounters this yesno() function, it will know
how to handle it.
*/
...
if (tep_unregister_print_function(tep, yes_no_helper, "yesno") != 0) {
/* Failed to unregister yes_no_helper function */
}
--
FILES
-----
[verse]
--
*event-parse.h*
Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
*trace-seq.h*
Header file to include in order to have access to trace sequences
related APIs. Trace sequences are used to allow a function to call
several other functions to create a string of data to use.
*-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