tep_find_event - Man Page

#include <event-parse.h>

struct tep_event *tep_find_event(struct tep_handle *tep, int id);
struct tep_event *tep_find_event_by_name(struct tep_handle *tep, const char *sys, const char *name);
struct tep_event *tep_find_event_by_record(struct tep_handle *tep, struct tep_record *record);

This set of functions can be used to search for an event, based on a given criteria. All functions require a pointer to a tep, trace event parser context.

The tep_find_event() function searches for an event by given event id. The event ID is assigned dynamically and can be viewed in event’s format file, "ID" field.

The tep_find_event_by_name()_ function searches for an event by given event name, under the system sys. If the sys is NULL (not specified), the first event with name is returned.

The tep_find_event_by_record()_ function searches for an event from a given record.

All these functions return a pointer to the found event, or NULL if there is no such event.

#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
struct tep_event *event;

event = tep_find_event(tep, 1857);
if (event == NULL) {
        /* There is no event with ID 1857 */
}

event = tep_find_event_by_name(tep, "kvm", "kvm_exit");
if (event == NULL) {
        /* There is no kvm_exit event, from kvm system */
}

void event_from_record(struct tep_record *record)
{
 struct tep_event *event = tep_find_event_by_record(tep, record);
        if (event == NULL) {
                /* There is no event from given record */
        }
}
...

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.

libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1)

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>, author of libtraceevent.
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>, author of this man page.

Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org^[3]>

libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/

1. rostedt@goodmis.org
   mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
   mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
   mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org

The man pages tep_find_event_by_name(3) and tep_find_event_by_record(3) are aliases of tep_find_event(3).