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-libtraceevent(3)
-================
-
-NAME
-----
-tep_register_comm, tep_override_comm, tep_pid_is_registered,
-tep_data_comm_from_pid, tep_data_pid_from_comm, tep_cmdline_pid -
-Manage pid to process name mappings.
-
-SYNOPSIS
---------
-[verse]
---
-*#include <event-parse.h>*
-
-int *tep_register_comm*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const char pass:[*]_comm_, int _pid_);
-int *tep_override_comm*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const char pass:[*]_comm_, int _pid_);
-bool *tep_is_pid_registered*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int _pid_);
-const char pass:[*]*tep_data_comm_from_pid*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_pevent_, int _pid_);
-struct cmdline pass:[*]*tep_data_pid_from_comm*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_pevent_, const char pass:[*]_comm_, struct cmdline pass:[*]_next_);
-int *tep_cmdline_pid*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_pevent_, struct cmdline pass:[*]_cmdline_);
---
-
-DESCRIPTION
------------
-These functions can be used to handle the mapping between pid and process name.
-The library builds a cache of these mappings, which is used to display the name
-of the process, instead of its pid. This information can be retrieved from
-tracefs/saved_cmdlines file.
-
-The _tep_register_comm()_ function registers a _pid_ / process name mapping.
-If a command with the same _pid_ is already registered, an error is returned.
-The _pid_ argument is the process ID, the _comm_ argument is the process name,
-_tep_ is the event context. The _comm_ is duplicated internally.
-
-The _tep_override_comm()_ function registers a _pid_ / process name mapping.
-If a process with the same pid is already registered, the process name string is
-udapted with the new one. The _pid_ argument is the process ID, the _comm_
-argument is the process name, _tep_ is the event context. The _comm_ is
-duplicated internally.
-
-The _tep_is_pid_registered()_ function checks if a pid has a process name
-mapping registered. The _pid_ argument is the process ID, _tep_ is the event
-context.
-
-The _tep_data_comm_from_pid()_ function returns the process name for a given
-pid. The _pid_ argument is the process ID, _tep_ is the event context.
-The returned string should not be freed, but will be freed when the _tep_
-handler is closed.
-
-The _tep_data_pid_from_comm()_ function returns a pid for a given process name.
-The _comm_ argument is the process name, _tep_ is the event context.
-The argument _next_ is the cmdline structure to search for the next pid.
-As there may be more than one pid for a given process, the result of this call
-can be passed back into a recurring call in the _next_ parameter, to search for
-the next pid. If _next_ is NULL, it will return the first pid associated with
-the _comm_. The function performs a linear search, so it may be slow.
-
-The _tep_cmdline_pid()_ function returns the pid associated with a given
-_cmdline_. The _tep_ argument is the event context.
-
-RETURN VALUE
-------------
-_tep_register_comm()_ function returns 0 on success. In case of an error -1 is
-returned and errno is set to indicate the cause of the problem: ENOMEM, if there
-is not enough memory to duplicate the _comm_ or EEXIST if a mapping for this
-_pid_ is already registered.
-
-_tep_override_comm()_ function returns 0 on success. In case of an error -1 is
-returned and errno is set to indicate the cause of the problem: ENOMEM, if there
-is not enough memory to duplicate the _comm_.
-
-_tep_is_pid_registered()_ function returns true if the _pid_ has a process name
-mapped to it, false otherwise.
-
-_tep_data_comm_from_pid()_ function returns the process name as string, or the
-string "<...>" if there is no mapping for the given pid.
-
-_tep_data_pid_from_comm()_ function returns a pointer to a struct cmdline, that
-holds a pid for a given process, or NULL if none is found. This result can be
-passed back into a recurring call as the _next_ parameter of the function.
-
-_tep_cmdline_pid()_ functions returns the pid for the give cmdline. If _cmdline_
- is NULL, then -1 is returned.
-
-EXAMPLE
--------
-The following example registers pid for command "ls", in context of event _tep_
-and performs various searches for pid / process name mappings:
-[source,c]
---
-#include <event-parse.h>
-...
-int ret;
-int ls_pid = 1021;
-struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
-...
- ret = tep_register_comm(tep, "ls", ls_pid);
- if (ret != 0 && errno == EEXIST)
- ret = tep_override_comm(tep, "ls", ls_pid);
- if (ret != 0) {
- /* Failed to register pid / command mapping */
- }
-...
- if (tep_is_pid_registered(tep, ls_pid) == 0) {
- /* Command mapping for ls_pid is not registered */
- }
-...
- const char *comm = tep_data_comm_from_pid(tep, ls_pid);
- if (comm) {
- /* Found process name for ls_pid */
- }
-...
- int pid;
- struct cmdline *cmd = tep_data_pid_from_comm(tep, "ls", NULL);
- while (cmd) {
- pid = tep_cmdline_pid(tep, cmd);
- /* Found pid for process "ls" */
- cmd = tep_data_pid_from_comm(tep, "ls", cmd);
- }
---
-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@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/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git