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1*4882a593Smuzhiyunlibtraceevent(3)
2*4882a593Smuzhiyun================
3*4882a593Smuzhiyun
4*4882a593SmuzhiyunNAME
5*4882a593Smuzhiyun----
6*4882a593Smuzhiyuntep_find_common_field, tep_find_field, tep_find_any_field -
7*4882a593SmuzhiyunSearch for a field in an event.
8*4882a593Smuzhiyun
9*4882a593SmuzhiyunSYNOPSIS
10*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun[verse]
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun*#include <event-parse.h>*
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15*4882a593Smuzhiyunstruct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_common_field*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_);
16*4882a593Smuzhiyunstruct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_field*(struct tep_event_ormat pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_);
17*4882a593Smuzhiyunstruct tep_format_field pass:[*]*tep_find_any_field*(struct tep_event pass:[*]_event_, const char pass:[*]_name_);
18*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun
20*4882a593SmuzhiyunDESCRIPTION
21*4882a593Smuzhiyun-----------
22*4882a593SmuzhiyunThese functions search for a field with given name in an event. The field
23*4882a593Smuzhiyunreturned can be used to find the field content from within a data record.
24*4882a593Smuzhiyun
25*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe _tep_find_common_field()_ function searches for a common field with _name_
26*4882a593Smuzhiyunin the _event_.
27*4882a593Smuzhiyun
28*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe _tep_find_field()_ function searches for an event specific field with
29*4882a593Smuzhiyun_name_ in the _event_.
30*4882a593Smuzhiyun
31*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe _tep_find_any_field()_ function searches for any field with _name_ in the
32*4882a593Smuzhiyun_event_.
33*4882a593Smuzhiyun
34*4882a593SmuzhiyunRETURN VALUE
35*4882a593Smuzhiyun------------
36*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe _tep_find_common_field(), _tep_find_field()_ and _tep_find_any_field()_
37*4882a593Smuzhiyunfunctions return a pointer to the found field, or NULL in case there is no field
38*4882a593Smuzhiyunwith the requested name.
39*4882a593Smuzhiyun
40*4882a593SmuzhiyunEXAMPLE
41*4882a593Smuzhiyun-------
42*4882a593Smuzhiyun[source,c]
43*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
44*4882a593Smuzhiyun#include <event-parse.h>
45*4882a593Smuzhiyun...
46*4882a593Smuzhiyunvoid get_htimer_info(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tep_record *record)
47*4882a593Smuzhiyun{
48*4882a593Smuzhiyun	struct tep_format_field *field;
49*4882a593Smuzhiyun	struct tep_event *event;
50*4882a593Smuzhiyun	long long softexpires;
51*4882a593Smuzhiyun	int mode;
52*4882a593Smuzhiyun	int pid;
53*4882a593Smuzhiyun
54*4882a593Smuzhiyun	event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "timer", "hrtimer_start");
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56*4882a593Smuzhiyun	field = tep_find_common_field(event, "common_pid");
57*4882a593Smuzhiyun	if (field == NULL) {
58*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Cannot find "common_pid" field in the event */
59*4882a593Smuzhiyun	} else {
60*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Get pid from the data record */
61*4882a593Smuzhiyun		pid = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset,
62*4882a593Smuzhiyun				      field->size);
63*4882a593Smuzhiyun	}
64*4882a593Smuzhiyun
65*4882a593Smuzhiyun	field = tep_find_field(event, "softexpires");
66*4882a593Smuzhiyun	if (field == NULL) {
67*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Cannot find "softexpires" event specific field in the event */
68*4882a593Smuzhiyun	} else {
69*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Get softexpires parameter from the data record */
70*4882a593Smuzhiyun		softexpires = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset,
71*4882a593Smuzhiyun					      field->size);
72*4882a593Smuzhiyun	}
73*4882a593Smuzhiyun
74*4882a593Smuzhiyun	field = tep_find_any_field(event, "mode");
75*4882a593Smuzhiyun	if (field == NULL) {
76*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Cannot find "mode" field in the event */
77*4882a593Smuzhiyun	} else
78*4882a593Smuzhiyun	{
79*4882a593Smuzhiyun		/* Get mode parameter from the data record */
80*4882a593Smuzhiyun		mode = tep_read_number(tep, record->data + field->offset,
81*4882a593Smuzhiyun				       field->size);
82*4882a593Smuzhiyun	}
83*4882a593Smuzhiyun}
84*4882a593Smuzhiyun...
85*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
86*4882a593Smuzhiyun
87*4882a593SmuzhiyunFILES
88*4882a593Smuzhiyun-----
89*4882a593Smuzhiyun[verse]
90*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
91*4882a593Smuzhiyun*event-parse.h*
92*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
93*4882a593Smuzhiyun*-ltraceevent*
94*4882a593Smuzhiyun	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
95*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
96*4882a593Smuzhiyun
97*4882a593SmuzhiyunSEE ALSO
98*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------
99*4882a593Smuzhiyun_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_
100*4882a593Smuzhiyun
101*4882a593SmuzhiyunAUTHOR
102*4882a593Smuzhiyun------
103*4882a593Smuzhiyun[verse]
104*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
105*4882a593Smuzhiyun*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
106*4882a593Smuzhiyun*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
107*4882a593Smuzhiyun--
108*4882a593SmuzhiyunREPORTING BUGS
109*4882a593Smuzhiyun--------------
110*4882a593SmuzhiyunReport bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
111*4882a593Smuzhiyun
112*4882a593SmuzhiyunLICENSE
113*4882a593Smuzhiyun-------
114*4882a593Smuzhiyunlibtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
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116*4882a593SmuzhiyunRESOURCES
117*4882a593Smuzhiyun---------
118*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
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