NAME

       tracecmd_buffer_instances, tracecmd_buffer_instance_name, tracecmd_buffer_instance_handle
       - Read tracing instances from a trace file.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <trace-cmd.h>

       int tracecmd_buffer_instances(struct tracecmd_input *handle);
       const char *tracecmd_buffer_instance_name(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int indx);
       struct tracecmd_input *tracecmd_buffer_instance_handle(struct tracecmd_input *handle, int indx);

DESCRIPTION

       This set of APIs can be used to get information and read tracing data from tracing
       instances stored in a trace file.

       The tracecmd_buffer_instances() function gets the number of tracing instances recorded in
       a trace file. The top instance is not counted. The handle is a tracecmd_input handler
       returned by tracecmd_open_head().

       The tracecmd_buffer_instance_name() function gets the name of the tracing instance with
       given index indx, recorded in a trace file. The indx is a number in the interval [0 ..
       count-1], where count is the number returned by tracecmd_buffer_instances(). The handle is
       a tracecmd_input handler returned by tracecmd_open_head().

       The tracecmd_buffer_instance_handle() allocates and initializes a tracecmd_input handle,
       associated with trace instance with index indx from a trace file. The handle is a
       tracecmd_input handler returned by tracecmd_open_head(). The indx is a number in the
       interval [0 .. count-1], where count is the number returned by
       tracecmd_buffer_instances().

RETURN VALUE

       The tracecmd_buffer_instances() function returns the number of tracing instances recorded
       in a trace file.

       The tracecmd_buffer_instance_name() function returns a string, the name of a tracing
       instance, or NULL in case of an error The string must not be freed.

       The tracecmd_buffer_instance_handle() function returns a pointer to newly allocated
       tracecmd_input handler or NULL in case if an error. The returned handler must be closed by
       tracecmd_close()(3)

EXAMPLE

           #include <trace-cmd.h>
           ...
           struct tracecmd_input *handle = tracecmd_open_head("trace.dat");
                   if (!handle) {
                           /* Failed to open trace.dat file */
                   }
           ...
           int num = tracecmd_buffer_instances(handle);

                   while(num) {
                           struct tracecmd_input *h;
                           char *name;

                           name = tracecmd_buffer_instance_name(handle, num);
                           if (!name) {
                                   /* Failed to get name of instance num */
                           }
                           h = tracecmd_buffer_instance_handle(handle, num);
                           if (!h) {
                                   /* Failed to initialize handler for instance num */
                           }

                           ...
                           tracecmd_close(h);
                           num--;
                   }
           ...
                   tracecmd_close(handle);

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[1]>
           Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>

REPORTING BUGS

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

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).

NOTES

        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