libtracefs(3)
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NAME
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libtracefs - Linux kernel trace file system library

SYNOPSIS
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*#include <tracefs.h>*

Locations of tracing files and directories:
	char pass:[*]*tracefs_get_tracing_file*(const char pass:[*]_name_);
	void *tracefs_put_tracing_file*(char pass:[*]_name_);
	const char pass:[*]*tracefs_tracing_dir*(void);

Trace instances:
	struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_create*(const char pass:[*]_name_);
	int *tracefs_instance_destroy*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
	void *tracefs_instance_free*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
	bool *tracefs_instance_is_new*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
	bool *tracefs_file_exists*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, char pass:[*]_name_);
	bool *tracefs_dir_exists*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, char pass:[*]_name_);
	char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_file*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, const char pass:[*]_file_);
	char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_dir*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
	int *tracefs_instance_file_write*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, const char pass:[*]_file_, const char pass:[*]_str_);
	char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_file_read*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, const char pass:[*]_file_, int pass:[*]_psize_);
	const char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_name*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
	int *tracefs_instances_walk*(int (pass:[*]_callback_)(const char pass:[*], void pass:[*]), void pass:[*]_context)_;
	bool *tracefs_instance_exists*(const char pass:[*]_name_);

Trace events:
	char pass:[*]pass:[*]*tracefs_event_systems*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_);
	char pass:[*]pass:[*]*tracefs_system_events*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_, const char pass:[*]_system_);
	int *tracefs_iterate_raw_events*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_, cpu_set_t pass:[*]_cpus_, int _cpu_size_, int (pass:[*]_callback_)(struct tep_event pass:[*], struct tep_record pass:[*], int, void pass:[*]), void pass:[*]_callback_context_);
	struct tep_handle pass:[*]*tracefs_local_events*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_);
	struct tep_handle pass:[*]*tracefs_local_events_system*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_, const char pass:[*] const pass:[*]_sys_names_);
	int *tracefs_fill_local_events*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_, struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, int pass:[*]_parsing_failures_);

Trace helper functions:
	void *tracefs_list_free*(char pass:[*]pass:[*]_list_);
	char pass:[*]pass:[*]*tracefs_tracers*(const char pass:[*]_tracing_dir_);
	char pass:[*]*tracefs_get_clock*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
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DESCRIPTION
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The libtracefs(3) library provides APIs to access kernel trace file system.

FILES
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*tracefs.h*
	Header file to include in order to have access to the library APIs.
*-ltracefs*
	Linker switch to add when building a program that uses the library.
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SEE ALSO
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_libtraceevent(3)_
_trace-cmd(1)_

AUTHOR
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*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>
*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
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REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>

LICENSE
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libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

RESOURCES
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtracefs.git/

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