libtracefs(3)
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NAME
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tracefs_instance_get_name, tracefs_instance_get_trace_dir,
tracefs_instances_walk, tracefs_instance_exists -
Helper functions for working with tracing instances.

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
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*#include <tracefs.h>*

const char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_name*(struct tracefs_instance pass:[*]_instance_);
const char pass:[*]*tracefs_instance_get_trace_dir*(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_);

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DESCRIPTION
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Helper functions for working with trace instances.

The *tracefs_instance_get_name()* function returns the name of the given _instance_.
Note that the top instance has no name, the function returns NULL for it.

The *tracefs_instance_get_trace_dir()* function returns the tracing directory, where
the given _instance_ is configured.

The *tracefs_instances_walk()* function walks through all configured tracing
instances in the system and calls _callback_ for each one of them. The _context_
argument is passed to the _callback_, together with the instance name. If the
_callback_ returns non-zero, the iteration stops. Note, the _callback_ is not
called for the top top instance.

The *tracefs_instance_exists()* function checks if an instance with the given
_name_ exists in the system.

RETURN VALUE
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The *tracefs_instance_get_name()* returns a string or NULL in case of the top
instance. The returned string must _not_ be freed.

The *tracefs_instance_get_trace_dir()* returns a string or NULL in case of an error.
The returned string must _not_ be freed.

The *tracefs_instances_walk()* function returns 0, if all instances were iterated, 1
if the iteration was stopped by the _callback_, or -1 in case of an error.

The *tracefs_instance_exists()* returns true if an instance with the given _name_
exists in the system or false otherwise.

EXAMPLE
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[source,c]
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#include <tracefs.h>

struct tracefs_instance *inst;
....
char *name = tracefs_instance_get_name(inst);
	if(name) {
		/* Got name of the instance */
	}
char *dir = tracefs_instance_get_trace_dir(inst);
	if(dir) {
		/* Got tracing directory of the instance */
	}
...
static int instance_walk(char *name, void *context)
{
	/* Got instance with name */
	return 0;
}
...
	if (tracefs_instances_walk(instance_walk, NULL) < 0) {
		/* Error walking through the instances */
	}
...
	if (tracefs_instance_exists("foo")) {
		/* There is instance with name foo in the system */
	} else {
		/* There is no instance with name foo in the system */
	}
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FILES
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[verse]
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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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*libtracefs*(3),
*libtraceevent*(3),
*trace-cmd*(1)

AUTHOR
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[verse]
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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).
