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libtraceevent: Document tep_load_plugins_hook()

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Add description of tep_load_plugins_hook() traceevent API. Updated
library man pages with description of the tep_load_plugins_hook() API.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAM9d7cgLBWCrEHwz+Lhv5x5EXGcNWB0QQoeGh3OKh2JfR=dV9Q@mail.gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20200714103027.2477584-2-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20200716092014.2613403-2-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com

Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200722011754.720060785@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) 2020-07-21 21:16:44 -04:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent 4b0297ef8a
commit 9dc7dc75b1
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tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-plugins.txt
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ libtraceevent(3)
NAME
----
tep_load_plugins, tep_unload_plugins - Load / unload traceevent plugins.
tep_load_plugins, tep_unload_plugins, tep_load_plugins_hook - Load / unload traceevent plugins.
SYNOPSIS
--------
@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ SYNOPSIS
struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]*tep_load_plugins*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
void *tep_unload_plugins*(struct tep_plugin_list pass:[*]_plugin_list_, struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
void *tep_load_plugins_hook*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const char pass:[*]_suffix_,
void (pass:[*]_load_plugin_)(struct tep_handle pass:[*]tep,
const char pass:[*]path,
const char pass:[*]name,
void pass:[*]data),
void pass:[*]_data_);
--
DESCRIPTION
@ -22,11 +28,13 @@ directories. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
The plugin directories are :
[verse]
--
- Directories, specified in _tep_->plugins_dir with priority TEP_PLUGIN_FIRST
- System's plugin directory, defined at the library compile time. It
depends on the library installation prefix and usually is
_(install_preffix)/lib/traceevent/plugins_
- Directory, defined by the environment variable _TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR_
- User's plugin directory, located at _~/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins_
- Directories, specified in _tep_->plugins_dir with priority TEP_PLUGIN_LAST
--
Loading of plugins can be controlled by the _tep_flags_, using the
_tep_set_flag()_ API:
@ -44,6 +52,12 @@ _tep_load_plugins()_. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context. The
_plugin_list_ is the list of loaded plugins, returned by
the _tep_load_plugins()_ function.
The _tep_load_plugins_hook_ function walks through all directories with plugins
and calls user specified _load_plugin()_ hook for each plugin file. Only files
with given _suffix_ are considered to be plugins. The _data_ is a user specified
context, passed to _load_plugin()_. Directories and the walk order are the same
as in _tep_load_plugins()_ API.
RETURN VALUE
------------
The _tep_load_plugins()_ function returns a list of successfully loaded plugins,
@ -63,6 +77,15 @@ if (plugins == NULL) {
}
...
tep_unload_plugins(plugins, tep);
...
void print_plugin(struct tep_handle *tep, const char *path,
const char *name, void *data)
{
pritnf("Found libtraceevent plugin %s/%s\n", path, name);
}
...
tep_load_plugins_hook(tep, ".so", print_plugin, NULL);
...
--
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tools/lib/traceevent/event-plugin.c
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@ -543,6 +543,22 @@ load_plugins_dir(struct tep_handle *tep, const char *suffix,
closedir(dir);
}
/**
* tep_load_plugins_hook - call a user specified callback to load a plugin
* @tep: handler to traceevent context
* @suffix: filter only plugin files with given suffix
* @load_plugin: user specified callback, called for each plugin file
* @data: custom context, passed to @load_plugin
*
* Searches for traceevent plugin files and calls @load_plugin for each
* The order of plugins search is:
* - Directories, specified in @tep->plugins_dir and priority TEP_PLUGIN_FIRST
* - Directory, specified at compile time with PLUGIN_TRACEEVENT_DIR
* - Directory, specified by environment variable TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR
* - In user's home: ~/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins/
* - Directories, specified in @tep->plugins_dir and priority TEP_PLUGIN_LAST
*
*/
void tep_load_plugins_hook(struct tep_handle *tep, const char *suffix,
void (*load_plugin)(struct tep_handle *tep,
const char *path,