1libtraceevent(3)
2================
3
4NAME
5----
6tep_find_function, tep_find_function_address, tep_set_function_resolver,
7tep_reset_function_resolver, tep_register_function, tep_register_print_string -
8function related tep APIs
9
10SYNOPSIS
11--------
12[verse]
13--
14*#include <event-parse.h>*
15
16typedef char pass:[*](*tep_func_resolver_t*)(void pass:[*]_priv_, unsigned long long pass:[*]_addrp_, char pass:[**]_modp_);
17int *tep_set_function_resolver*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, tep_func_resolver_t pass:[*]_func_, void pass:[*]_priv_);
18void *tep_reset_function_resolver*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
19const char pass:[*]*tep_find_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_);
20unsigned long long *tep_find_function_address*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, unsigned long long _addr_);
21int *tep_register_function*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, char pass:[*]_name_, unsigned long long _addr_, char pass:[*]_mod_);
22int *tep_register_print_string*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, const char pass:[*]_fmt_, unsigned long long _addr_);
23--
24
25DESCRIPTION
26-----------
27Some tools may have already a way to resolve the kernel functions. These APIs
28allow them to keep using it instead of duplicating all the entries inside.
29
30The _tep_func_resolver_t_ type is the prototype of the alternative kernel
31functions resolver. This function receives a pointer to its custom context
32(set with the _tep_set_function_resolver()_ call ) and the address of a kernel
33function, which has to be resolved. In case of success, it should return
34the name of the function and its module (if any) in _modp_.
35
36The _tep_set_function_resolver()_ function registers _func_ as an alternative
37kernel functions resolver. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
38The _priv_ argument is a custom context of the _func_ function. The function
39resolver is used by the APIs _tep_find_function()_,
40_tep_find_function_address()_, and _tep_print_func_field()_ to resolve
41a function address to a function name.
42
43The _tep_reset_function_resolver()_ function resets the kernel functions
44resolver to the default function.  The _tep_ argument is trace event parser
45context.
46
47
48These APIs can be used to find function name and start address, by given
49address. The given address does not have to be exact, it will select
50the function that would contain it.
51
52The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, which contains the
53given address _addr_. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context.
54
55The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address,
56by given address _addr_. The _addr_ does not have to be exact, it will select
57the function that would contain it. The _tep_ argument is the trace event
58parser context.
59
60The _tep_register_function()_ function registers a function name mapped to an
61address and (optional) module. This mapping is used in case the function tracer
62or events have "%pS" parameter in its format string. It is common to pass in
63the kallsyms function names with their corresponding addresses with this
64function. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser context. The _name_ is
65the name of the function, the string is copied internally. The _addr_ is the
66start address of the function. The _mod_ is the kernel module the function may
67be in (NULL for none).
68
69The _tep_register_print_string()_ function  registers a string by the address
70it was stored in the kernel. Some strings internal to the kernel with static
71address are passed to certain events. The "%s" in the event's format field
72which has an address needs to know what string would be at that address. The
73tep_register_print_string() supplies the parsing with the mapping between kernel
74addresses and those strings. The _tep_ argument is the trace event parser
75context. The _fmt_ is the string to register, it is copied internally.
76The _addr_ is the address the string was located at.
77
78
79RETURN VALUE
80------------
81The _tep_set_function_resolver()_ function returns 0 in case of success, or -1
82in case of an error.
83
84The _tep_find_function()_ function returns the function name, or NULL in case
85it cannot be found.
86
87The _tep_find_function_address()_ function returns the function start address,
88or 0 in case it cannot be found.
89
90The _tep_register_function()_ function returns 0 in case of success. In case of
91an error -1 is returned, and errno is set to the appropriate error number.
92
93The _tep_register_print_string()_ function returns 0 in case of success. In case
94of an error -1 is returned, and errno is set to the appropriate error number.
95
96EXAMPLE
97-------
98[source,c]
99--
100#include <event-parse.h>
101...
102struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
103...
104char *my_resolve_kernel_addr(void *context,
105			     unsigned long long *addrp, char **modp)
106{
107	struct db *function_database = context;
108	struct symbol *sym = sql_lookup(function_database, *addrp);
109
110	if (!sym)
111		return NULL;
112
113	*modp = sym->module_name;
114	return sym->name;
115}
116
117void show_function( unsigned long long addr)
118{
119	unsigned long long fstart;
120	const char *fname;
121
122	if (tep_set_function_resolver(tep, my_resolve_kernel_addr,
123				      function_database) != 0) {
124		/* failed to register my_resolve_kernel_addr */
125	}
126
127	/* These APIs use my_resolve_kernel_addr() to resolve the addr */
128	fname = tep_find_function(tep, addr);
129	fstart = tep_find_function_address(tep, addr);
130
131	/*
132	   addr is in function named fname, starting at fstart address,
133	   at offset (addr - fstart)
134	*/
135
136	tep_reset_function_resolver(tep);
137
138}
139...
140	if (tep_register_function(tep, "kvm_exit",
141				(unsigned long long) 0x12345678, "kvm") != 0) {
142		/* Failed to register kvm_exit address mapping */
143	}
144...
145	if (tep_register_print_string(tep, "print string",
146				(unsigned long long) 0x87654321, NULL) != 0) {
147		/* Failed to register "print string" address mapping */
148	}
149...
150--
151
152FILES
153-----
154[verse]
155--
156*event-parse.h*
157	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
158*-ltraceevent*
159	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
160--
161
162SEE ALSO
163--------
164_libtraceevent(3)_, _trace-cmd(1)_
165
166AUTHOR
167------
168[verse]
169--
170*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
171*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
172--
173REPORTING BUGS
174--------------
175Report bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>
176
177LICENSE
178-------
179libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
180
181RESOURCES
182---------
183https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
184