'\" t .\" Title: libtracefs .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 10/08/2022 .\" Manual: libtracefs Manual .\" Source: libtracefs 1.5.0 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "LIBTRACEFS" "3" "10/08/2022" "libtracefs 1\&.5\&.0" "libtracefs Manual" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" tracefs_hist_start, tracefs_hist_destroy, tracefs_hist_pause, tracefs_hist_continue, tracefs_hist_reset \- Pause, continue, or clear an existing histogram .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fB#include \fR int \fBtracefs_hist_start\fR(struct tracefs_instance *\fIinstance\fR, struct tracefs_hist *\fIhist\fR); int \fBtracefs_hist_destroy\fR(struct tracefs_instance *\fIinstance\fR, struct tracefs_hist *\fIhist\fR); int \fBtracefs_hist_pause\fR(struct tracefs_instance *\fIinstance\fR, struct tracefs_hist *\fIhist\fR); int \fBtracefs_hist_continue\fR(struct tracefs_instance *\fIinstance\fR, struct tracefs_hist *\fIhist\fR); int \fBtracefs_hist_reset\fR(struct tracefs_instance *\fIinstance\fR, struct tracefs_hist *\fIhist\fR); .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp \fBtracefs_hist_start()\fR is called to actually start the histogram \fIhist\fR\&. The \fIinstance\fR is the instance to start the histogram in, NULL if it should start at the top level\&. .sp \fBtracefs_hist_pause()\fR is called to pause the histogram \fIhist\fR\&. The \fIinstance\fR is the instance to pause the histogram in, NULL if it is in the top level\&. .sp \fBtracefs_hist_continue()\fR is called to continue a paused histogram \fIhist\fR\&. The \fIinstance\fR is the instance to continue the histogram, NULL if it is in the top level\&. .sp \fBtracefs_hist_reset()\fR is called to clear / reset the histogram \fIhist\fR\&. The \fIinstance\fR is the instance to clear the histogram, NULL if it is in the top level\&. .sp \fBtracefs_hist_destroy()\fR is called to delete the histogram where it will no longer exist\&. The \fIinstance\fR is the instance to delete the histogram from, NULL if it is in the top level\&. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .sp All the return zero on success or \-1 on error\&. .SH "EXAMPLE" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf #include #include enum commands { START, PAUSE, CONT, RESET, DELETE, SHOW, }; int main (int argc, char **argv, char **env) { struct tracefs_instance *instance; struct tracefs_hist *hist; struct tep_handle *tep; enum commands cmd; char *cmd_str; int ret; if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s command\en", argv[0]); exit(\-1); } cmd_str = argv[1]; if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "start")) cmd = START; else if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "pause")) cmd = PAUSE; else if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "cont")) cmd = CONT; else if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "reset")) cmd = RESET; else if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "delete")) cmd = DELETE; else if (!strcmp(cmd_str, "show")) cmd = SHOW; else { fprintf(stderr, "Unknown command %s\en", cmd_str); exit(\-1); } tep = tracefs_local_events(NULL); if (!tep) { perror("Reading tracefs"); exit(\-1); } instance = tracefs_instance_create("hist_test"); if (!instance) { fprintf(stderr, "Failed instance create\en"); exit(\-1); } hist = tracefs_hist_alloc_2d(tep, "kmem", "kmalloc", "call_site",TRACEFS_HIST_KEY_SYM, "bytes_req", 0); if (!hist) { fprintf(stderr, "Failed hist create\en"); exit(\-1); } ret = tracefs_hist_add_value(hist, "bytes_alloc"); ret |= tracefs_hist_add_sort_key(hist, "bytes_req"); ret |= tracefs_hist_add_sort_key(hist, "bytes_alloc"); ret |= tracefs_hist_sort_key_direction(hist, "bytes_alloc", TRACEFS_HIST_SORT_DESCENDING); if (ret) { fprintf(stderr, "Failed modifying histogram\en"); exit(\-1); } tracefs_error_clear(instance); switch (cmd) { case START: ret = tracefs_hist_start(instance, hist); if (ret) { char *err = tracefs_error_last(instance); if (err) fprintf(stderr, "\en%s\en", err); } break; case PAUSE: ret = tracefs_hist_pause(instance, hist); break; case CONT: ret = tracefs_hist_continue(instance, hist); break; case RESET: ret = tracefs_hist_reset(instance, hist); break; case DELETE: ret = tracefs_hist_destroy(instance, hist); break; case SHOW: { char *content; content = tracefs_event_file_read(instance, "kmem", "kmalloc", "hist", NULL); ret = content ? 0 : \-1; if (content) { printf("%s\en", content); free(content); } break; } } if (ret) fprintf(stderr, "Failed: command\en"); exit(ret); } .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "FILES" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf \fBtracefs\&.h\fR Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs\&. \fB\-ltracefs\fR Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBlibtracefs\fR(3), \fBlibtraceevent\fR(3), \fBtrace\-cmd\fR(1), \fBtracefs_hist_alloc\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_alloc_2d\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_alloc_nd\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_free\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_add_key\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_add_value\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_add_name\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_start\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_destory\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_add_sort_key\fR(3), \fBtracefs_hist_sort_key_direction\fR(3) .SH "AUTHOR" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf \fBSteven Rostedt\fR <\m[blue]\fBrostedt@goodmis\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2> \fBTzvetomir Stoyanov\fR <\m[blue]\fBtz\&.stoyanov@gmail\&.com\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2> \fBsameeruddin shaik\fR <\m[blue]\fBsameeruddin\&.shaik8@gmail\&.com\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[3]\d\s+2> .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "REPORTING BUGS" .sp Report bugs to <\m[blue]\fBlinux\-trace\-devel@vger\&.kernel\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[4]\d\s+2> .SH "LICENSE" .sp libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2\&.1 .SH "RESOURCES" .sp \m[blue]\fBhttps://git\&.kernel\&.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs\&.git/\fR\m[] .SH "COPYING" .sp Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc\&. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL)\&. .SH "NOTES" .IP " 1." 4 rostedt@goodmis.org .RS 4 \%mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org .RE .IP " 2." 4 tz.stoyanov@gmail.com .RS 4 \%mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com .RE .IP " 3." 4 sameeruddin.shaik8@gmail.com .RS 4 \%mailto:sameeruddin.shaik8@gmail.com .RE .IP " 4." 4 linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org .RS 4 \%mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org .RE