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LIBTRACEFS(3)               libtracefs Manual              LIBTRACEFS(3)

NAME         top

       tracefs_iterate_raw_events, tracefs_iterate_stop,
       tracefs_follow_event, tracefs_follow_missed_events - Iterate over
       events in the ring buffer

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <tracefs.h>

       int tracefs_iterate_raw_events(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tracefs_instance *instance,
                                        cpu_set_t *cpus, int cpu_size,
                                        int (*callback)(struct tep_event *, struct tep_record *, int, void *),
                                        void *callback_context);
       void tracefs_iterate_stop(struct tracefs_instance *instance);

       int tracefs_follow_event(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tracefs_instance *instance,
                                 const char *system, const char *event_name,
                                 int (*callback)(struct tep_event *,
                                                 struct tep_record *,
                                                 int, void *),
                                 void *callback_data);
       int tracefs_follow_missed_events(struct tracefs_instance *instance,
                                 int (*callback)(struct tep_event *,
                                                 struct tep_record *,
                                                 int, void *),
                                 void *callback_data);

DESCRIPTION         top

       Trace iterator over raw events.

       The tracefs_iterate_raw_events() function will read the tracefs
       raw data buffers and call the specified callback function for
       every event it encounters. Events are iterated in sorted order:
       oldest first. An initialized tep handler is required (See
       tracefs_local_events(3)). If instance is NULL, then the toplevel
       tracefs buffer is used, otherwise the buffer for the
       corresponding instance is read. To filter only on a subset of
       CPUs, cpus and cpu_size may be set to only call callback with
       events that occurred on the CPUs specified, otherwise if cpus is
       NULL then the callback function will be called for all events,
       and cpu_size is ignored. The callback function will be called
       with the following parameters: A pointer to a struct tep_event
       that corresponds to the type of event the record is; The record
       representing the event; The CPU that the event occurred on; and a
       pointer to user specified callback_context. If the callback
       returns non-zero, the iteration stops.

       Use tracefs_iterate_stop() to force a executing
       tracefs_iterate_raw_events() to halt. This can be called from
       either a callback that is called by the iterator (even though a
       return of non-zero will stop it), or from another thread.

       The tracefs_follow_event() is used with
       tracefs_iterate_raw_events() but intead of the callback being
       called for every event, it is only called for the specified
       system / event_name given to the function. The callback is the
       same as for tracefs_iterate_raw_events(), and the passed in
       callback_context will be passed to the callback as well. Note, if
       it returns something other than 0, it will stop the loop before
       the callback of tracefs_iterate_raw_events() is called.

       The tracefs_follow_missed_events() will call the callback when
       missed events are detected. It will set the record parameter of
       the callback to the record that came after the missed events and
       event will be of the type of event record is. cpu will be set to
       the CPU that missed the events, and callback_data will be the
       content that was passed in to the function.

RETURN VALUE         top

       The tracefs_iterate_raw_events() function returns -1 in case of
       an error or 0 otherwise.

EXAMPLE         top

           #include <unistd.h>
           #include <tracefs.h>
           #include <stdbool.h>
           #include <signal.h>

           struct my_struct {
                   bool            stopped;
           };

           #define MAX_COUNT 500000
           static int counter;

           static int callback(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_record *record,
                               int cpu, void *data)
           {
                   struct my_struct *my_data = data;
                   static struct trace_seq seq;

                   if (counter++ > MAX_COUNT) {
                           my_data->stopped = true;
                           return 1;
                   }

                   if (!seq.buffer)
                           trace_seq_init(&seq);

                   tep_print_event(event->tep, &seq, record, "%16s-%-5d [%03d] %6.1000d %s: %s\n",
                                   TEP_PRINT_COMM, TEP_PRINT_PID, TEP_PRINT_CPU,
                                   TEP_PRINT_TIME, TEP_PRINT_NAME, TEP_PRINT_INFO);
                   trace_seq_terminate(&seq);
                   trace_seq_do_printf(&seq);
                   trace_seq_reset(&seq);
                   return 0;
           }

           static int sched_callback(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_record *record,
                                     int cpu, void *data)
           {
                   static struct tep_format_field *prev_pid;
                   static struct tep_format_field *next_pid;
                   unsigned long long pid;
                   int this_pid = *(int *)data;

                   if (!prev_pid) {
                           prev_pid = tep_find_field(event, "prev_pid");
                           next_pid = tep_find_field(event, "next_pid");
                           if (!prev_pid || !next_pid) {
                                   fprintf(stderr, "No pid fields??\n");
                                   return -1;
                           }
                   }

                   tep_read_number_field(prev_pid, record->data, &pid);
                   if (pid == this_pid)
                           printf("WE ARE LEAVING!\n");
                   tep_read_number_field(next_pid, record->data, &pid);
                   if (pid == this_pid)
                           printf("WE ARE ARRIVING!\n");
                   return 0;
           }

           static int missed_callback(struct tep_event *event, struct tep_record *record,
                                      int cpu, void *data)
           {
                   printf("OOPS! cpu %d dropped ", cpu);
                   if (record->missed_events > 0)
                           printf("%lld ", record->missed_events);
                   printf("events\n");
                   return 0;
           }

           static struct tracefs_instance *instance;
           static struct my_struct my_data;

           static void sig(int s)
           {
                   tracefs_iterate_stop(instance);
                   my_data.stopped = true;
           }

           int main (int argc, char **argv, char **env)
           {
                   struct tep_handle *tep;
                   int this_pid = getpid();

                   instance = tracefs_instance_create("my-buffer");
                   if (!instance)
                           return -1;

                   signal(SIGINT, sig);

                   tracefs_event_enable(instance, NULL, NULL);
                   sleep(1);
                   tracefs_event_disable(instance, NULL, NULL);
                   tep = tracefs_local_events(NULL);
                   tep_load_plugins(tep);
                   tracefs_follow_missed_events(instance, missed_callback, NULL);
                   tracefs_follow_event(tep, instance, "sched", "sched_switch", sched_callback, &this_pid);
                   tracefs_iterate_raw_events(tep, instance, NULL, 0, callback, &my_data);
                   tracefs_instance_destroy(instance);

                   if (my_data.stopped) {
                           if (counter > MAX_COUNT)
                                   printf("Finished max count\n");
                           else
                                   printf("Finished via signal\n");
                   }

                   return 0;
           }

FILES         top

           tracefs.h
                   Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
           -ltracefs
                   Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.

SEE ALSO         top

       libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1)

AUTHOR         top

           Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
           Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[3]>

LICENSE         top

       libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

RESOURCES         top

       https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/ 

COPYING         top

       Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is
       granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).

NOTES         top

        1. rostedt@goodmis.org
           mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org

        2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
           mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com

        3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
           mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org

COLOPHON         top

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libtracefs 1.7.0               12/22/2023                  LIBTRACEFS(3)