From c127ef56761e41ad3eb4cb6eaaf1805e04c9a46e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:56:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] tools lib traceevent: Man page for tep_strerror() Create man page for tep_strerror() libtraceevent API. Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov Cc: Andrew Morton Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-10-tstoyanov@vmware.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200107.371692630@goodmis.org [ Added "always" to state it doesn't matter if it is POSIX or GNU ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- .../Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt | 85 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ee4062a00c9f --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-strerror.txt @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +libtraceevent(3) +================ + +NAME +---- +tep_strerror - Returns a string describing regular errno and tep error number. + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +-- +*#include * + +int *tep_strerror*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_errno _errnum_, char pass:[*]_buf_, size_t _buflen_); + +-- +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The _tep_strerror()_ function converts tep error number into a human +readable string. +The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The _errnum_ is a regular +errno, defined in errno.h, or a tep error number. The string, describing this +error number is copied in the _buf_ argument. The _buflen_ argument is +the size of the _buf_. + +It as a thread safe wrapper around strerror_r(). The library function has two +different behaviors - POSIX and GNU specific. The _tep_strerror()_ API always +behaves as the POSIX version - the error string is copied in the user supplied +buffer. + +RETURN VALUE +------------ +The _tep_strerror()_ function returns 0, if a valid _errnum_ is passed and the +string is copied into _buf_. If _errnum_ is not a valid error number, +-1 is returned and _buf_ is not modified. + +EXAMPLE +------- +[source,c] +-- +#include +... +struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); +... +char buf[32]; +char *pool = calloc(1, 128); +if (tep == NULL) { + tep_strerror(tep, TEP_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED, buf, 32); + printf ("The pool is not initialized, %s", buf); +} +... +-- + +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)_ + +AUTHOR +------ +[verse] +-- +*Steven Rostedt* , author of *libtraceevent*. +*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* , author of this man page. +-- +REPORTING BUGS +-------------- +Report bugs to + +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 -- 2.30.2