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1libtraceevent(3)
2================
3
4NAME
5----
6tep_print_field_content, tep_print_fields, tep_print_num_field, tep_print_func_field, tep_record_print_fields, tep_record_print_selected_fields -
7Print the field content.
8
9SYNOPSIS
10--------
11[verse]
12--
13*#include <event-parse.h>*
14*#include <trace-seq.h>*
15
16void *tep_print_field_content*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, void pass:[*]_data_, int size, struct tep_format_field pass:[*]_field_);
17void *tep_print_fields*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, void pass:[*]_data_, int _size_, struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_);
18int *tep_print_num_field*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, const char pass:[*]_fmt_, struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_, int _err_);
19int *tep_print_func_field*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, const char pass:[*]_fmt_, struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_, int _err_);
20void *tep_record_print_fields*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_, struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_);
21void *tep_record_print_selected_fields*(struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_, struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, int _select_mask_);
22--
23
24DESCRIPTION
25-----------
26These functions print recorded field's data, according to the field's type.
27
28The *tep_print_field_content()* function extracts from the recorded raw _data_ value of
29the _field_ and prints it into _s_, according to the field type.
30
31The *tep_print_fields()* prints each field name followed by the record's field
32value according to the field's type:
33[verse]
34--
35"field1_name=field1_value field2_name=field2_value ..."
36--
37It iterates all fields of the _event_, and calls *tep_print_field_content()* for each of
38them.
39
40The *tep_print_num_field()* function prints a numeric field with given format
41string. A search is performed in the _event_ for a field with _name_. If such
42field is found, its value is extracted from the _record_ and is printed in the
43_s_, according to the given format string _fmt_. If the argument _err_ is
44non-zero, and an error occures - it is printed in the _s_.
45
46The *tep_print_func_field()* function prints a function field with given format
47string.  A search is performed in the _event_ for a field with _name_. If such
48field is found, its value is extracted from the _record_. The value is assumed
49to be a function address, and a search is perform to find the name of this
50function. The function name (if found) and its address are printed in the _s_,
51according to the given format string _fmt_. If the argument _err_ is non-zero,
52and an error occures - it is printed in _s_.
53
54The *tep_record_print_fields()* prints the field's name followed by its value
55for all record's field.
56
57The *tep_record_print_selected_fields()* prints the field's name followed by
58its value for selected subset of record field. The fields to be printed are
59defined by the _select_mask_ bit mask.
60
61RETURN VALUE
62------------
63The *tep_print_num_field()* and *tep_print_func_field()* functions return 1
64on success, -1 in case of an error or 0 if the print buffer _s_ is full.
65
66EXAMPLE
67-------
68[source,c]
69--
70#include <event-parse.h>
71#include <trace-seq.h>
72...
73struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
74...
75struct trace_seq seq;
76trace_seq_init(&seq);
77struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "timer", "hrtimer_start");
78...
79void process_record(struct tep_record *record)
80{
81	struct tep_format_field *field_pid = tep_find_common_field(event, "common_pid");
82
83	trace_seq_reset(&seq);
84
85	/* Print the value of "common_pid" */
86	tep_print_field_content(&seq, record->data, record->size, field_pid);
87
88	/* Print all fields of the "hrtimer_start" event */
89	tep_print_fields(&seq, record->data, record->size, event);
90
91	/* Print the value of "expires" field with custom format string */
92	tep_print_num_field(&seq, " timer expires in %llu ", event, "expires", record, 0);
93
94	/* Print the address and the name of "function" field with custom format string */
95	tep_print_func_field(&seq, " timer function is %s ", event, "function", record, 0);
96 }
97 ...
98--
99
100FILES
101-----
102[verse]
103--
104*event-parse.h*
105	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
106*trace-seq.h*
107	Header file to include in order to have access to trace sequences related APIs.
108	Trace sequences are used to allow a function to call several other functions
109	to create a string of data to use.
110*-ltraceevent*
111	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
112--
113
114SEE ALSO
115--------
116*libtraceevent*(3), *trace-cmd*(1)
117
118AUTHOR
119------
120[verse]
121--
122*Steven Rostedt* <[email protected]>, author of *libtraceevent*.
123*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <[email protected]>, author of this man page.
124--
125REPORTING BUGS
126--------------
127Report bugs to  <[email protected]>
128
129LICENSE
130-------
131libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
132
133RESOURCES
134---------
135https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/
136