From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Added kerneldoc comments to: tracefs_synth_show() tracefs_synth_append_start_filter() tracefs_synth_append_end_filter(); Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- src/tracefs-hist.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/tracefs-hist.c b/src/tracefs-hist.c index d518ae77fe72..8a0d43fafb7e 100644 --- a/src/tracefs-hist.c +++ b/src/tracefs-hist.c @@ -580,6 +580,15 @@ static const struct tep_format_field common_timestamp_usecs = { .size = 8, }; +/** + * tracefs_synth_free - free the resources alloced to a synth + * @synth: The tracefs_synth descriptor + * + * Frees the resources allocated for a @synth created with + * tracefs_synth_init(). It does not touch the system. That is, + * any synthetic event created, will not be destroyed by this + * function. + */ void tracefs_synth_free(struct tracefs_synth *synth) { if (!synth) @@ -1354,6 +1363,55 @@ inval: return -1; } +/** + * tracefs_synth_append_start_filter - create or append a filter + * @synth: The tracefs_synth descriptor + * @type: The type of element to add to the filter + * @field: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, the field to compare + * @compare: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, how to compare @field to @val + * @val: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, what value @field is to be + * + * This will put together a filter string for the starting event + * of @synth. It check to make sure that what is added is correct compared + * to the filter that is already built. + * + * @type can be: + * TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE: See below + * TRACEFS_FILTER_AND: Append "&&" to the filter + * TRACEFS_FILTER_OR: Append "||" to the filter + * TRACEFS_FILTER_NOT: Append "!" to the filter + * TRACEFS_FILTER_OPEN_PAREN: Append "(" to the filter + * TRACEFS_FILTER_CLOSE_PAREN: Append ")" to the filter + * + * For all types except TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, the @field, @compare, + * and @val are ignored. + * + * For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE. + * + * @field is the name of the field for the start event to compare. + * If it is not a field for the start event, this return an + * error. + * + * @compare can be one of: + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_EQ: Test @field == @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_NE: Test @field != @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_GT: Test @field > @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_GE: Test @field >= @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_LT: Test @field < @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_LE: Test @field <= @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_RE: Test @field ~ @val + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_AND: Test @field & @val + * + * If the @field is of type string, and @compare is not + * TRACEFS_COMPARE_EQ, TRACEFS_COMPARE_NE or TRACEFS_COMPARE_RE, + * then this will return an error. + * + * Various other checks are made, for instance, if more CLOSE_PARENs + * are added than existing OPEN_PARENs. Or if AND is added after an + * OPEN_PAREN or another AND or an OR or a NOT. + * + * Returns 0 on success and -1 on failure. + */ int tracefs_synth_append_start_filter(struct tracefs_synth *synth, enum tracefs_filter type, const char *field, @@ -1366,6 +1424,17 @@ int tracefs_synth_append_start_filter(struct tracefs_synth *synth, type, field, compare, val); } +/** + * tracefs_synth_append_end_filter - create or append a filter + * @synth: The tracefs_synth descriptor + * @type: The type of element to add to the filter + * @field: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, the field to compare + * @compare: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, how to compare @field to @val + * @val: For @type == TRACEFS_FILTER_COMPARE, what value @field is to be + * + * Performs the same thing as tracefs_synth_append_start_filter() but + * for the @synth end event. + */ int tracefs_synth_append_end_filter(struct tracefs_synth *synth, enum tracefs_filter type, const char *field, -- 2.30.2