| libtraceevent(3) |
| ================ |
| |
| NAME |
| ---- |
| tep_load_plugins, tep_unload_plugins, tep_load_plugins_hook, tep_add_plugin_path, |
| tep_plugin_add_option - Load / unload traceevent plugins. |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| -------- |
| [verse] |
| -- |
| *#include <event-parse.h>* |
| |
| 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_); |
| int *tep_add_plugin_path*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]tep, char pass:[*]path, |
| enum tep_plugin_load_priority prio); |
| int *tep_plugin_add_option*(const char pass:[*]_name_, const char pass:[*]_val_); |
| -- |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| ----------- |
| The *tep_load_plugins()* function loads all plugins, located in the plugin |
| 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: |
| [verse] |
| -- |
| _TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS_ - do not load plugins, located in |
| the system's plugin directory. |
| _TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS_ - do not load any plugins. |
| -- |
| The *tep_set_flag()* API needs to be called before *tep_load_plugins()*, if |
| loading of all plugins is not the desired case. |
| |
| The *tep_unload_plugins()* function unloads the plugins, previously loaded by |
| *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. |
| |
| The *tep_add_plugin_path()* functions adds additional directories with plugins in |
| the _tep_->plugins_dir list. It must be called before *tep_load_plugins()* in order |
| for the plugins from the new directories to be loaded. The _tep_ argument is |
| the trace event parser context. The _path_ is the full path to the new plugin |
| directory. The _prio_ argument specifies the loading priority order for the |
| new directory of plugins. The loading priority is important in case of different |
| versions of the same plugin located in multiple plugin directories.The last loaded |
| plugin wins. The priority can be: |
| [verse] |
| -- |
| _TEP_PLUGIN_FIRST_ - Load plugins from this directory first |
| _TEP_PLUGIN_LAST_ - Load plugins from this directory last |
| -- |
| Where the plugins in TEP_PLUGIN_LAST" will take precedence over the |
| plugins in the other directories. |
| |
| The *tep_plugin_add_option()* sets options defined by a plugin. The _name_ is the |
| name of the option to set to _val_. Plugins can add options to change its behavior |
| and *tep_plugin_add_option()* is used by the application to make those modifications. |
| |
| |
| RETURN VALUE |
| ------------ |
| The *tep_load_plugins()* function returns a list of successfully loaded plugins, |
| or NULL in case no plugins are loaded. |
| The *tep_add_plugin_path()* function returns -1 in case of an error, 0 otherwise. |
| |
| EXAMPLE |
| ------- |
| [source,c] |
| -- |
| #include <event-parse.h> |
| ... |
| struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc(); |
| ... |
| tep_add_plugin_path(tep, "~/dev_plugins", TEP_PLUGIN_LAST); |
| ... |
| struct tep_plugin_list *plugins = tep_load_plugins(tep); |
| if (plugins == NULL) { |
| /* no plugins are loaded */ |
| } |
| ... |
| 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); |
| ... |
| -- |
| |
| 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), *tep_set_flag*(3) |
| |
| AUTHOR |
| ------ |
| [verse] |
| -- |
| *Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*. |
| *Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page. |
| -- |
| REPORTING BUGS |
| -------------- |
| Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org> |
| |
| LICENSE |
| ------- |
| libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1 |
| |
| RESOURCES |
| --------- |
| https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/ |