Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs: tep_set_latency_format(), tep_is_latency_format(), tep_data_latency_format() Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- .../libtraceevent-latency_format.txt | 154 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3a3c9e9866ec --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-latency_format.txt @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_set_latency_format, tep_is_latency_format, tep_data_latency_format - +"latency output" format APIs. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include <event-parse.h>* + +void *tep_set_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _lat_); +bool *tep_is_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_); +void *tep_data_latency_format*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct trace_seq pass:[*]_s_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_); + +-- + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +"Latency output" format prints information about interrupts being disabled, +soft irq being disabled, the "need_resched" flag being set and preempt count. +This information is recorded with every event, but by default is not printed. + +The _tep_set_latency_format()_ function enables the "latency output" printing. +The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The _lat_ argument can be +zero, for "latency output" disabled, or non zero for "latency output" enabled. +Information is displayed with 6 characters. When a field is zero, or N/A, +a pass:['.'] is printed. Example: +[verse] +-- + <idle>-0 0d.h1 106467.859747: function: ktime_get <-- tick_check_idle +-- +The 0d.h1. denotes this information. The first character is never a pass:['.'] +and represents what CPU the trace was recorded on (CPU 0). The pass:['d'] +denotes that interrupts were disabled. The pass:['.'] is "need_resched" flag. +If it is set, the character ['N'] would be displayed. The pass:['h'] means that +this was called inside an interrupt handler. The pass:['1'] is the preemption +disabled (preempt_count) was set to one. See 'LATENCY FORMAT' section. + +The _tep_is_latency_format()_ function gets if "latency output" is enabled. + +The _tep_data_latency_format()_ function parses out the latency format from +_record_ and writes it into _s_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser +context. + +This "Latency output" setting affects output of _tep_print_event_task()_ +and _tep_print_event_time()_ APIs. + +LATENCY FORMAT +-------------- +The latency format displays 5 or more fields: +[verse] +-- +CPU #, interrupt state, scheduling state, current context, and preemption count. + +Field 1 is the CPU number (starting with zero). + +Field 2 is the interrupt enabled state: + d : Interrupts are disabled + . : Interrupts are enabled + X : The architecture does not support this information + +Field 3 is the "need resched" state. + N : The task is set to call the scheduler when possible, as another + higher priority task may need to be scheduled in. + . : The task is not set to call the scheduler. + +Field 4 is the context state. + . : Normal context + s : Soft interrupt context + h : Hard interrupt context + H : Hard interrupt context which triggered during soft interrupt context. + z : NMI context + Z : NMI context which triggered during hard interrupt context + +Field 5 is the preemption count. + . : The preempt count is zero. + + On preemptible kernels (where the task can be scheduled out in + arbitrary locations while in kernel context), The preempt count, + when non zero, will prevent the kernel from scheduling out the + current task. The preempt count number is displayed when it is not + zero. +-- +Depending on the kernel, it may show other fields (lock depth, +or migration disabled, which are unique to specialized kernels). + +RETURN VALUE +------------ + +The _tep_is_latency_format()_ function returns true if "latency output" +is enabled, or false if it is disabled. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include <event-parse.h> +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +struct trace_seq seq; +trace_seq_init(&seq); +... + tep_set_latency_format(tep, 1); +... + if (tep_is_latency_format(tep)) { + /* latency output format is enabled */ + } else { + /* latency output format is disabled */ + } +... +void process_record(struct tep_record *record) +{ + /* Write latency information in seq */ + tep_data_latency_format(tep, &seq, record); +} +-- + +FILES +----- +[verse] +-- +*event-parse.h* + Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs. +*-ltraceevent* + Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library. +-- + +SEE ALSO +-------- +_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_, tep_print_event_task(3), +tep_print_event_time(3) + +AUTHOR +------ +[verse] +-- +*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, author of *libtraceevent*. +*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx>, author of this man page. +-- +REPORTING BUGS +-------------- +Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> + +LICENSE +------- +libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 + +RESOURCES +--------- +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git -- 2.20.1
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