lttng-gen-tp(1) — Linux manual page

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LTTNG-GEN-TP(1)               LTTng Manual               LTTNG-GEN-TP(1)

NAME         top

       lttng-gen-tp - Generate LTTng-UST tracepoint provider code

SYNOPSIS         top

       lttng-gen-tp [--verbose] [--output=FILE.c]
                    [--output=FILE.h] [--output=FILE.o] TEMPLATE

DESCRIPTION         top

       The lttng-gen-tp tool simplifies the generation of LTTng-UST
       tracepoint provider files. It takes a simple template file,
       TEMPLATE, and generates the necessary C code to use the defined
       tracepoints in your application. See the Template file format
       section below for more information about the format of TEMPLATE.

       Currently, lttng-gen-tp can generate the .h, .c, and .o files
       associated with your tracepoint provider. The generated .h file
       can be included directly in your application. You can let lttng-
       gen-tp generate the .o file or compile the .c file yourself. See
       lttng-ust(3) for more information about compiling LTTng-UST
       tracepoint providers.

       By default, lttng-gen-tp generates the .h, .c, and .o files,
       their basename being the basename of TEMPLATE. You can generate
       one or more specific file types with the --output option,
       repeated if needed.

   Template file format
       The template file, which usually has the .tp extension, contains
       a list of LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() definitions and other
       optional definition entries, like
       LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_LOGLEVEL(). See lttng-ust(3) for the
       complete list of available definitions.

       The LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() definitions are written as you
       would write them in an LTTng-UST template provider header file. C
       comments are supported (/* */ and //), as well as lines starting
       with #.

           Note

           The provider name (the first argument of
           LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_EVENT()) must be the same in all the
           LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_EVENT() macros of TEMPLATE.

       Here’s an example:

           LTTNG_UST_TRACEPOINT_EVENT(
               // Tracepoint provider name
               my_provider,

               // Tracepoint/event name
               my_event,

               // Tracepoint arguments (input)
               LTTNG_UST_TP_ARGS(char *, text),

               // Tracepoint/event fields (output)
               LTTNG_UST_TP_FIELDS(
                   lttng_ust_field_string(message, text)
               )
           )

OPTIONS         top

       -o, --output=FILE
           Do not generate default files: generate FILE.

           The extension of FILE determines what is generated, amongst
           .h, .c, and .o. This option can be used more than one time to
           generate different file types.

       -v, --verbose
           Increase verbosity.

       -h, --help
           Show command help.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES         top

       CC
           C compiler to use. Default: cc, then gcc if cc is not found.
           This option is only relevant when generating the .o file.

       CFLAGS
           Flags and options passed directly to the compiler ($CC). This
           option is only relevant when generating the .o file.

EXIT STATUS         top

       0
           Success

       Non-zero
           Error

BUGS         top

       If you encounter any issue or usability problem, please report it
       on the LTTng bug tracker <https://bugs.lttng.org/projects/lttng-
       ust>.

RESOURCES         top

       •   LTTng project website <http://lttng.org>

       •   LTTng documentation <http://lttng.org/docs>

       •   Git repositories <http://git.lttng.org>

       •   GitHub organization <http://github.com/lttng>

       •   Continuous integration <http://ci.lttng.org/>

       •   Mailing list <http://lists.lttng.org> for support and
           development: lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org

       •   IRC channel <irc://irc.oftc.net/lttng>: #lttng on
           irc.oftc.net

COPYRIGHTS         top

       lttng-gen-tp is part of the LTTng-UST project.

       lttng-gen-tp is distributed under the GNU General Public License,
       version 2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-
       licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html>. See the for more details.

AUTHOR         top

       lttng-gen-tp was originally written by Yannick Brosseau
       <mailto:yannick.brosseau@gmail.com>. It is currently maintained
       by Mathieu Desnoyers <mailto:mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>.

SEE ALSO         top

       lttng-ust(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the LTTng-UST (LTTng Userspace Tracer)
       project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://lttng.org/⟩.  It is not known how to report bugs for this
       man page; if you know, please send a mail to man-pages@man7.org.
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LTTng 2.14.0-pre               12/17/2022                LTTNG-GEN-TP(1)

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