On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 18:36:19 +0200 "Yordan Karadzhov (VMware)" <y.karadz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A new API is proposed, to get tep event descriptor for given synthetic > event: > > tracefs_synth_get_event () > > The API implementation gets derived from the implementation of the > existing API tracefs_dynevent_get_event(). It can detect any newly > created or removed synthetic events. Hi Yordan, > > Signed-off-by: Yordan Karadzhov (VMware) <y.karadz@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/libtracefs-synth2.txt | 14 ++++++++++++-- > include/tracefs-local.h | 2 ++ > include/tracefs.h | 2 ++ > src/tracefs-dynevents.c | 17 +---------------- > src/tracefs-events.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ > src/tracefs-hist.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 6 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/libtracefs-synth2.txt b/Documentation/libtracefs-synth2.txt > index 8056ab8..fac155b 100644 > --- a/Documentation/libtracefs-synth2.txt > +++ b/Documentation/libtracefs-synth2.txt > @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ NAME > tracefs_synth_create, tracefs_synth_destroy, tracefs_synth_echo_cmd, tracefs_synth_complete, > tracefs_synth_get_start_hist, tracefs_synth_trace, tracefs_synth_snapshot, > tracefs_synth_get_name, tracefs_synth_raw_fmt, tracefs_synth_show_event, > -tracefs_synth_show_start_hist, tracefs_synth_show_end_hist - Creation of synthetic events > +tracefs_synth_show_start_hist, tracefs_synth_show_end_hist, tracefs_synth_get_event > +- Creation of synthetic events > > SYNOPSIS > -------- > @@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ int tracefs_synth_raw_fmt(struct trace_seq pass:[*]seq, struct tracefs_synth pas > const char *tracefs_synth_show_event(struct tracefs_synth pass:[*]synth); > const char *tracefs_synth_show_start_hist(struct tracefs_synth pass:[*]synth); > const char *tracefs_synth_show_end_hist(struct tracefs_synth pass:[*]synth); > - > +tracefs_synth_get_event > +struct tep_event pass:[*]*tracefs_synth_get_event*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tracefs_synth pass:[*]_synth_); > -- > > DESCRIPTION > @@ -114,11 +116,19 @@ and is freed with the event by *tracefs_synth_free*(). > synthetic event or NULL on error. The returned string belongs to the synth event object > and is freed with the event by *tracefs_synth_free*(). > > +The *tracefs_synth_get_event*() function returns a tep event, describing the given synthetic > +event. The API detects any newly created or removed dynamic events. The returned pointer to > +tep event is controlled by @tep and must not be freed. > + > RETURN VALUE > ------------ > *tracefs_synth_get_name*(), *tracefs_synth_show_event*(), *tracefs_synth_show_start_hist*() > and *tracefs_synth_show_end_hist*() return a string owned by the synth event object. > > +The *tracefs_synth_get_event*() function returns a pointer to a tep event or NULL in case of an > +error or if the requested synthetic event is missing. The returned pointer to tep event is > +controlled by @tep and must not be freed. > + > All other functions return zero on success or -1 on error. > > ERRORS > diff --git a/include/tracefs-local.h b/include/tracefs-local.h > index daea5da..fc0a2c5 100644 > --- a/include/tracefs-local.h > +++ b/include/tracefs-local.h > @@ -116,5 +116,7 @@ int trace_load_events(struct tep_handle *tep, > const char *tracing_dir, const char *system); > int trace_rescan_events(struct tep_handle *tep, > const char *tracing_dir, const char *system); > +__hidden struct tep_event *get_tep_event(struct tep_handle *tep, > + const char *system, const char *name); > > #endif /* _TRACE_FS_LOCAL_H */ > diff --git a/include/tracefs.h b/include/tracefs.h > index bd758dc..9c53b84 100644 > --- a/include/tracefs.h > +++ b/include/tracefs.h > @@ -564,5 +564,7 @@ const char *tracefs_synth_show_end_hist(struct tracefs_synth *synth); > > struct tracefs_synth *tracefs_sql(struct tep_handle *tep, const char *name, > const char *sql_buffer, char **err); > +struct tep_event * > +tracefs_synth_get_event(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tracefs_synth *synth); > > #endif /* _TRACE_FS_H */ > diff --git a/src/tracefs-dynevents.c b/src/tracefs-dynevents.c > index d089d02..ddebb6b 100644 > --- a/src/tracefs-dynevents.c > +++ b/src/tracefs-dynevents.c > @@ -765,23 +765,8 @@ error: > struct tep_event * > tracefs_dynevent_get_event(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tracefs_dynevent *dynevent) > { > - struct tep_event *event; > - > if (!tep || !dynevent || !dynevent->event) > return NULL; > > - /* Check if event exists in the system */ > - if (!tracefs_event_file_exists(NULL, dynevent->system, dynevent->event, "format")) > - return NULL; > - > - /* If the dynamic event is already loaded in the tep, return it */ > - event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, dynevent->system, dynevent->event); > - if (event) > - return event; > - > - /* Try to load any new events from the given system */ > - if (trace_rescan_events(tep, NULL, dynevent->system)) > - return NULL; > - > - return tep_find_event_by_name(tep, dynevent->system, dynevent->event); > + return get_tep_event(tep, dynevent->system, dynevent->event); > } > diff --git a/src/tracefs-events.c b/src/tracefs-events.c > index 067f6e0..30e80ce 100644 > --- a/src/tracefs-events.c > +++ b/src/tracefs-events.c > @@ -752,6 +752,27 @@ __hidden int trace_load_events(struct tep_handle *tep, > return load_events(tep, tracing_dir, system, false); > } > > +__hidden struct tep_event *get_tep_event(struct tep_handle *tep, > + const char *system, const char *name) > +{ > + struct tep_event *event; > + > + /* Check if event exists in the system */ > + if (!tracefs_event_file_exists(NULL, system, name, "format")) > + return NULL; > + > + /* If the dynamic event is already loaded in the tep, return it */ As this was moved out of the tracefs_dynevent_get_event() function, we probably should update the comments too ;-) /* If the event is already loaded in the tep handler, return it */ -- Steve > + event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, system, name); > + if (event) > + return event; > + > + /* Try to load any new events from the given system */ > + if (trace_rescan_events(tep, NULL, system)) > + return NULL; > + > + return tep_find_event_by_name(tep, system, name); > +} > +