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authorSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-11-09 18:52:13 -0500
committerSteven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>2022-11-09 20:16:03 -0500
commit91aa46119b428835aeac6e4338c6f9f4666bed11 (patch)
tree1ad2722a1f83fb885efe84223b847184085244a2
parent29cef9383ac49b6e3a639473e269570bea0abd32 (diff)
downloadlibtracefs-91aa46119b428835aeac6e4338c6f9f4666bed11.tar.gz
libtracefs: Add man pages for tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd() and tracefs_cpu_free_fd()
Update the man pages to describe the tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd() and tracefs_cpu_free_fd(). Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20221109235214.2191393-8-rostedt@goodmis.org Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/libtracefs-cpu-open.txt24
-rw-r--r--Documentation/libtracefs.txt2
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/libtracefs-cpu-open.txt b/Documentation/libtracefs-cpu-open.txt
index 58dde50..c5a900a 100644
--- a/Documentation/libtracefs-cpu-open.txt
+++ b/Documentation/libtracefs-cpu-open.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libtracefs(3)
NAME
----
-tracefs_cpu_open, tracefs_cpu_close - Opening trace_pipe_raw data for reading
+tracefs_cpu_open, tracefs_cpu_close, tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd, tracefs_cpu_free_fd - Opening trace_pipe_raw data for reading
SYNOPSIS
--------
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]*tracefs_cpu_open*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_,
int _cpu_, bool _nonblock_);
void *tracefs_cpu_close*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_);
+
+struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]*tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd*(int _fd_, int _subbuf_size_, bool _nonblock_);
+void *tracefs_cpu_free_fd*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_);
--
DESCRIPTION
@@ -29,11 +32,30 @@ NULL than the toplevel trace_pipe_raw file is used.
The *tracefs_cpu_close()* closes all the file descriptors associated to the trace_pipe_raw
opened by *tracefs_cpu_open()*.
+The *tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd()* will create a tracefs_cpu descriptor from an existing
+file descriptor _fd_. This is useful to use when connecting to a socket or pipe where
+the other end is feeding raw tracing data in the same format as the trace_pipe_raw
+file would (like in guest to host tracing). The caller is responsible for determining
+the _subbuf_size_ that will be used to break up the sub-buffers being read by the
+file descriptor. The _nonblock_ is treated the same as the same parameter in
+*tracefs_cpu_open()*.
+
+The *tracefs_cpu_free_fd()* is used to free the descriptor returned by *tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd()*.
+It does all the clean up that *tracefs_cpu_close()* performs, and that could also be
+used to free up the descriptor created by *tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd()* but will also close
+the file descriptor passed in. Note that *tracefs_cpu_free_fd()* should not be used
+on the descriptor returned by *tracefs_cpu_open()* as it will not close the file descriptor
+created by it.
+
RETURN VALUE
------------
The *tracefs_cpu_open()* returns a struct tracefs_cpu descriptor that can be
used by the other functions or NULL on error.
+The *tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd()* returns a struct tracefs_cpu descriptor that can
+be used by the *tracefs_cpu_read*(3) related functions, where the descriptor
+will be reading the passed in _fd_ file descriptor.
+
EXAMPLE
-------
See *tracefs_cpu_read*(3) for an example.
diff --git a/Documentation/libtracefs.txt b/Documentation/libtracefs.txt
index d41c7ab..50af23e 100644
--- a/Documentation/libtracefs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/libtracefs.txt
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ Histograms:
Recording of trace_pipe_raw files:
struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]*tracefs_cpu_open*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_,
int _cpu_, bool _nonblock_);
+ struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]*tracefs_cpu_alloc_fd*(int _fd_, int _subbuf_size_, bool _nonblock_);
void *tracefs_cpu_close*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_);
+ void *tracefs_cpu_free_fd*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_);
int *tracefs_cpu_read_size*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_);
int *tracefs_cpu_read*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_, void pass:[*]_buffer_, bool _nonblock_);
int *tracefs_cpu_buffered_read*(struct tracefs_cpu pass:[*]_tcpu_, void pass:[*]_buffer_, bool _nonblock_);