libtracecmd(3)

# libtracecmd(3) Manual Page

## NAME

tracecmd_read_cpu_first, tracecmd_read_data, tracecmd_read_at, tracecmd_free_record, tracecmd_get_tep - Read recorded events from a trace file.

## SYNOPSIS

    #include <trace-cmd.h>

    struct tep_record *tracecmd_read_cpu_first(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int cpu);
    struct tep_record *tracecmd_read_data(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int cpu);
    struct tep_record *tracecmd_read_at(struct tracecmd_input *handle, unsigned long long offset, int *cpu);
    void tracecmd_free_record(struct tep_record *record);
    struct tep_handle *tracecmd_get_tep(struct tracecmd_input *handle);

## DESCRIPTION

This set of APIs can be used to read tracing data from a trace file opened with tracecmd_open()(3), tracecmd_open_fd()(3) or tracecmd_open_head()(3).

The tracecmd_read_cpu_first() function reads the first trace record for a given cpu from a trace file associated with handle. The returned record must be freed with tracecmd_free_record().

The tracecmd_read_data() function reads the next trace record for a given cpu from a trace file associated with handle and increments the read location pointer, so that the next call to tracecmd_read_data() will not read the same record again. The returned record must be freed with tracecmd_free_record().

The tracecmd_read_at() function reads a trace record from a specific offset within the file associated with handle. The CPU on which the recorded event occurred is stored in the cpu. The function does not change the current read location pointer. The returned record must be freed with tracecmd_free_record().

The tracecmd_free_record() function frees a record returned by any of the tracecmd_read_ APIs.

The tracecmd_get_tep() function returns a tep context for a given handle.

## RETURN VALUE

The tracecmd_read_cpu_first(), tracecmd_read_data() and tracecmd_read_at() functions return a pointer to struct tep_record or NULL in case of an error.The returned record must be freed with tracecmd_free_record().

The tracecmd_get_tep() function returns a pointer to tep context or NULL if there is no tep context for the given handle. The returned tep pointer must not be freed.

## EXAMPLE

## FILES

    trace-cmd.h
            Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
    -ltracecmd
            Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.

## SEE ALSO

libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1) trace-cmd.dat(5)

## AUTHOR

    Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
    Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>

## LICENSE

libtracecmd is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

## RESOURCES

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git/

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2020 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL).