Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] libtracefs man pages: helper APIs for working with trace file system.

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On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:02:52 +0200
"Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware)" <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +DESCRIPTION
> +-----------
> +Various useful functions for working with trace file system.
> +
> +The _tracefs_tracers()_ function returns array of strings with the
> +names of supported tracer plugins, located in the given _tracing_dir_ directory.
> +This could be NULL or tracefs mount point, for trace systems in top instance,
> +or full path to a trace instance, for trace systems in that instance.
> +The last entry in the array as a NULL pointer. The array must
> +be freed with _tracefs_list_free()_ API.

The description above needs to be updated as well.

-- Steve

> +
> +The _tracefs_get_clock()_ function returns name of the current trace clock,
> +used in the given _instance_. If _instance_ is NULL, the clock of the main
> +trace instance is returned. The returned string must be freed with free().
> +
> +The _tracefs_list_free()_ function frees an array of strings, returned by
> +_tracefs_event_systems()_, _tracefs_system_events()_ and _tracefs_tracers()_
> +APIs.
> +



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