linux_dsm_epyc7002/tools/lib/traceevent/Documentation/libtraceevent-host_endian.txt
Tzvetomir Stoyanov 802e985eb6 tools lib traceevent: Man page for host endian APIs
Create man pages for libtraceevent APIs:

  tep_is_bigendian(),
  tep_is_local_bigendian(),
  tep_set_local_bigendian()

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tstoyanov@vmware.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20190503091119.23399-8-tstoyanov@vmware.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190510200107.063709363@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-05-15 16:36:47 -03:00

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libtraceevent(3)
================
NAME
----
tep_is_bigendian, tep_is_local_bigendian, tep_set_local_bigendian - Get / set
the endianness of the local machine.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
--
*#include <event-parse.h>*
enum *tep_endian* {
TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0,
TEP_BIG_ENDIAN
};
int *tep_is_bigendian*(void);
bool *tep_is_local_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_);
void *tep_set_local_bigendian*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, enum tep_endian _endian_);
--
DESCRIPTION
-----------
The _tep_is_bigendian()_ gets the endianness of the machine, executing
the function.
The _tep_is_local_bigendian()_ function gets the endianness of the local
machine, saved in the _tep_ handler. The _tep_ argument is the trace event
parser context. This API is a bit faster than _tep_is_bigendian()_, as it
returns cached endianness of the local machine instead of checking it each time.
The _tep_set_local_bigendian()_ function sets the endianness of the local
machine in the _tep_ handler. The _tep_ argument is trace event parser context.
The _endian_ argument is the endianness:
[verse]
--
_TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN_ - the machine is little endian,
_TEP_BIG_ENDIAN_ - the machine is big endian.
--
RETURN VALUE
------------
The _tep_is_bigendian()_ function returns non zero if the endianness of the
machine, executing the code, is big endian and zero otherwise.
The _tep_is_local_bigendian()_ function returns true, if the endianness of the
local machine, saved in the _tep_ handler, is big endian, or false otherwise.
EXAMPLE
-------
[source,c]
--
#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
if (tep_is_bigendian())
tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_BIG_ENDIAN);
else
tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
...
if (tep_is_local_bigendian(tep))
printf("This machine you are running on is bigendian\n");
else
printf("This machine you are running on is little endian\n");
--
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