[PATCH 23/27] tools/lib/traceevent: Man pages for event filter APIs

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Added new man pages, describing libtraceevent event filter APIs:
  tep_filter_alloc()
  tep_filter_free()
  tep_filter_reset()
  tep_filter_add_filter_str()
  tep_filter_strerror()
  tep_event_filtered()
  tep_filter_remove_event()
  tep_filter_match()
  tep_filter_copy()
  tep_filter_compare()
  tep_filter_make_string()

Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-23-tstoyanov@xxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 .../Documentation/libtraceevent-filter.txt    | 209 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 209 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter.txt

diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter.txt b/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-filter.txt
new file mode 100644
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+libtraceevent(3)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+tep_filter_alloc, tep_filter_free, tep_filter_reset, tep_filter_make_string,
+tep_filter_copy, tep_filter_compare, tep_filter_match, tep_event_filtered,
+tep_filter_remove_event, tep_filter_strerror, tep_filter_add_filter_str -
+Event filter related APIs.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+--
+*#include <event-parse.h>*
+
+struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]*tep_filter_alloc*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
+void *tep_filter_free*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_);
+void *tep_filter_reset*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_);
+enum tep_errno *tep_filter_add_filter_str*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, const char pass:[*]_filter_str_);
+int *tep_event_filtered*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, int _event_id_);
+int *tep_filter_remove_event*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, int _event_id_);
+enum tep_errno *tep_filter_match*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, struct tep_record pass:[*]_record_);
+int *tep_filter_copy*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_dest_, struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_source_);
+int *tep_filter_compare*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter1_, struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter2_);
+char pass:[*]*tep_filter_make_string*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, int _event_id_);
+int *tep_filter_strerror*(struct tep_event_filter pass:[*]_filter_, enum tep_errno _err_, char pass:[*]buf, size_t _buflen_);
+--
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Filters can be attached to traced events. They can be used to filter out various
+events when outputting them. Each event can be filtered based on its parameters,
+described in the event's format file. This set of functions can be used to
+create, delete, modify and attach event filters.
+
+The _tep_filter_alloc()_ function creates a new event filter. The _tep_ argument
+is the trace event parser context.
+
+The _tep_filter_free()_ function frees an event filter and all resources that it
+had used.
+
+The _tep_filter_reset()_ function removes all rules from an event filter and
+resets it.
+
+The _tep_filter_add_filter_str()_ function adds a new rule to the _filter_. The
+_filter_str_ argument is the filter string, that contains the rule.
+
+The _tep_event_filtered()_ function checks if the event with _event_id_ has
+_filter_.
+
+The _tep_filter_remove_event()_ function removes a _filter_ for an event with
+_event_id_.
+
+The _tep_filter_match()_ function tests if a _record_ matches given _filter_.
+
+The _tep_filter_copy()_ function copies a _source_ filter into a _dest_ filter.
+
+The _tep_filter_compare()_ function compares two filers - _filter1_ and _filter2_.
+
+The _tep_filter_make_string()_ function constructs a string, displaying
+the _filter_ contents for given _event_id_.
+
+The _tep_filter_strerror()_ function copies the _filter_ error buffer into the
+given _buf_ with the size _buflen_. If the error buffer is empty, in the _buf_
+is copied a string, describing the error _err_.
+
+RETURN VALUE
+------------
+The _tep_filter_alloc()_ function returns a pointer to the newly created event
+filter, or NULL in case of an error.
+
+The _tep_filter_add_filter_str()_ function returns 0 if the rule was
+successfully added or a negative error code.  Use _tep_filter_strerror()_ to see
+actual error message in case of an error.
+
+The _tep_event_filtered()_ function returns 1 if the filter is found for given
+event, or 0 otherwise.
+
+The _tep_filter_remove_event()_ function returns 1 if the vent was removed, or
+0 if the event was not found.
+
+The _tep_filter_match()_ function returns _tep_errno_, according to the result:
+[verse]
+--
+_pass:[TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_MATCH]_	- filter found for event, the record matches.
+_pass:[TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_MISS]_		- filter found for event, the record does not match.
+_pass:[TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_NOT_FOUND]_	- no filter found for record's event.
+_pass:[TEP_ERRNO__NO_FILTER]_		- no rules in the filter.
+--
+or any other _tep_errno_, if an error occurred during the test.
+
+The _tep_filter_copy()_ function returns 0 on success or -1 if not all rules
+ were copied.
+
+The _tep_filter_compare()_ function returns 1 if the two filters hold the same
+content, or 0 if they do not.
+
+The _tep_filter_make_string()_ function returns a string, which must be freed
+with free(), or NULL in case of an error.
+
+The _tep_filter_strerror()_ function returns 0 if message was filled
+successfully, or -1 in case of an error.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+[source,c]
+--
+#include <event-parse.h>
+...
+struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
+...
+char errstr[200];
+int ret;
+
+struct tep_event_filter *filter = tep_filter_alloc(tep);
+struct tep_event_filter *filter1 = tep_filter_alloc(tep);
+ret = tep_filter_add_filter_str(filter, "sched/sched_wakeup:target_cpu==1");
+if(ret < 0) {
+	tep_filter_strerror(filter, ret, errstr, sizeof(errstr));
+	/* Failed to add a new rule to the filter, the error string is in errstr */
+}
+if (tep_filter_copy(filter1, filter) != 0) {
+	/* Failed to copy filter in filter1 */
+}
+...
+if (tep_filter_compare(filter, filter1) != 1) {
+	/* Both filters are different */
+}
+...
+void process_record(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tep_record *record)
+{
+	struct tep_event *event;
+	char *fstring;
+
+	event = tep_find_event_by_record(tep, record);
+
+	if (tep_event_filtered(filter, event->id) == 1) {
+		/* The event has filter */
+		fstring = tep_filter_make_string(filter, event->id);
+		if (fstring != NULL) {
+			/* The filter for the event is in fstring */
+			free(fstring);
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch (tep_filter_match(filter, record)) {
+	case TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_MATCH:
+		/* The filter matches the record */
+		break;
+	case TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_MISS:
+		/* The filter does not match the record */
+		break;
+	case TEP_ERRNO__FILTER_NOT_FOUND:
+		/* No filter found for record's event */
+		break;
+	case TEP_ERRNO__NO_FILTER:
+		/* There are no rules in the filter */
+		break
+	default:
+		/* An error occurred during the test */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (tep_filter_remove_event(filter, event->id) == 1) {
+		/* The event was removed from the filter */
+	}
+}
+
+...
+tep_filter_reset(filter);
+...
+tep_filter_free(filter);
+tep_filter_free(filter1);
+...
+--
+
+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* <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, author of *libtraceevent*.
+*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@xxxxxxxxx>, author of this man page.
+--
+REPORTING BUGS
+--------------
+Report bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+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
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