'\" t .\" Title: libtraceevent .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 01/14/2024 .\" Manual: libtraceevent Manual .\" Source: libtraceevent 1.8.2 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "LIBTRACEEVENT" "3" "01/14/2024" "libtraceevent 1\&.8\&.2" "libtraceevent 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" tep_get_header_page_size, tep_get_header_timestamp_size, tep_is_old_format \- Get the data stored in the header page, in kernel context\&. .SH "SYNOPSIS" .sp .nf \fB#include \fR int \fBtep_get_header_page_size\fR(struct tep_handle *\fItep\fR); int \fBtep_get_header_timestamp_size\fR(struct tep_handle *\fItep\fR); bool \fBtep_is_old_format\fR(struct tep_handle *\fItep\fR); .fi .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp These functions retrieve information from kernel context, stored in tracefs events/header_page\&. Old kernels do not have header page info, so default values from user space context are used\&. .sp The \fBtep_get_header_page_size()\fR function returns the size of a long integer, in kernel context\&. The \fItep\fR argument is trace event parser context\&. This information is retrieved from tracefs events/header_page, "commit" field\&. .sp The \fBtep_get_header_timestamp_size()\fR function returns the size of timestamps, in kernel context\&. The \fItep\fR argument is trace event parser context\&. This information is retrieved from tracefs events/header_page, "timestamp" field\&. .sp The \fBtep_is_old_format()\fR function returns true if the kernel predates the addition of events/header_page, otherwise it returns false\&. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .sp The \fBtep_get_header_page_size()\fR function returns the size of a long integer, in bytes\&. .sp The \fBtep_get_header_timestamp_size()\fR function returns the size of timestamps, in bytes\&. .sp The \fBtep_is_old_format()\fR function returns true, if an old kernel is used to generate the tracing data, which has no event/header_page\&. If the kernel is new, or \fItep\fR is NULL, false is returned\&. .SH "EXAMPLE" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf #include \&.\&.\&. struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); \&.\&.\&. int longsize; int timesize; bool old; longsize = tep_get_header_page_size(tep); timesize = tep_get_header_timestamp_size(tep); old = tep_is_old_format(tep); printf ("%s kernel is used to generate the tracing data\&.\en", old?"Old":"New"); printf("The size of a long integer is %d bytes\&.\en", longsize); printf("The timestamps size is %d bytes\&.\en", timesize); \&.\&.\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "FILES" .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf \fBevent\-parse\&.h\fR Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs\&. \fB\-ltraceevent\fR Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "SEE ALSO" .sp \fBlibtraceevent\fR(3), \fBtrace\-cmd\fR(1) .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>, author of \fBlibtraceevent\fR\&. \fBTzvetomir Stoyanov\fR <\m[blue]\fBtz\&.stoyanov@gmail\&.com\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2>, author of this man page\&. .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "REPORTING BUGS" .sp Report bugs to <\m[blue]\fBlinux\-trace\-devel@vger\&.kernel\&.org\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[3]\d\s+2> .SH "LICENSE" .sp libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2\&.1 .SH "RESOURCES" .sp \m[blue]\fBhttps://git\&.kernel\&.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent\&.git/\fR\m[] .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 linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org .RS 4 \%mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org .RE