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1*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimilibtracefs(3)
2*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi=============
3*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
4*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiNAME
5*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi----
6*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimitracefs_option_enable, tracefs_option_disable, tracefs_option_name -
7*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiVarious trace option functions.
8*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
9*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiSYNOPSIS
10*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--------
11*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi[verse]
12*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
13*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*#include <tracefs.h>*
14*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
15*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiint *tracefs_option_enable*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, enum tracefs_option_id _id_);
16*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiint *tracefs_option_disable*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, enum tracefs_option_id _id_);
17*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiconst char pass:[*]*tracefs_option_name*(enum tracefs_option_id _id_);
18*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
19*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
20*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiDESCRIPTION
21*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi-----------
22*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThis set of APIs can be used to enable and disable ftrace options and to get the name of an option.
23*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
24*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThe *tracefs_option_enable()* function enables the option with _id_ in the given _instance_. If
25*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi_instance_ is NULL, the option is enabled in the top trace instance.
26*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
27*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThe *tracefs_option_disable()* function disables the option with _id_ in the given _instance_. If
28*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi_instance_ is NULL, the option is disabled in the top trace instance.
29*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
30*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThe *tracefs_option_name()* function returns a string, representing the option with _id_. The string
31*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimimust *not* be freed.
32*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
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34*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiRETURN VALUE
35*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi------------
36*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThe *tracefs_option_enable()* and *tracefs_option_disable()* functions return 0 if the state of the
37*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimioption is set successfully, or -1 in case of an error.
38*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
39*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiThe *tracefs_option_name()* function returns string with option name, or "unknown" in case of an
40*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimierror. The returned string must *not* be freed.
41*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
42*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiEXAMPLE
43*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi-------
44*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi[source,c]
45*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
46*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi#include <tracefs.h>
47*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi...
48*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiif (tracefs_option_enable(NULL, TRACEFS_OPTION_ANNOTATE)) {
49*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi	/* Failed to enable annotate option in top trace instance */
50*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi}
51*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi...
52*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiif (tracefs_option_disable(NULL, TRACEFS_OPTION_CONTEXT_INFO)) {
53*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi	/* Failed to disable context info option in top trace instance */
54*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi}
55*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi...
56*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimichar *name = tracefs_option_name(TRACEFS_OPTION_FUNC_STACKTRACE);
57*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimiif (strcmp(name, "unknown")) {
58*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi	/* Cannot get the name of the option */
59*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi}
60*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
61*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
62*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiFILES
63*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi-----
64*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi[verse]
65*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
66*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*tracefs.h*
67*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
68*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*-ltracefs*
69*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
70*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
71*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
72*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiSEE ALSO
73*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--------
74*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*libtracefs*(3),
75*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*libtraceevent*(3),
76*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*trace-cmd*(1)
77*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
78*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiAUTHOR
79*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi------
80*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi[verse]
81*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
82*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*Steven Rostedt* <[email protected]>
83*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <[email protected]>
84*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--
85*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiREPORTING BUGS
86*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi--------------
87*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiReport bugs to  <[email protected]>
88*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
89*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiLICENSE
90*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi-------
91*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimilibtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
92*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
93*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiRESOURCES
94*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi---------
95*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimihttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/
96*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi
97*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiCOPYING
98*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimi-------
99*287e80b3SSadaf EbrahimiCopyright \(C) 2020 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under
100*287e80b3SSadaf Ebrahimithe terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).
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