libtraceevent(3)
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NAME
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tep_parse_header_page - Parses the data stored in the header page.

SYNOPSIS
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[verse]
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*#include <event-parse.h>*

int *tep_parse_header_page*(struct tep_handle pass:[*]_tep_, char pass:[*]_buf_, unsigned long _size_, int _long_size_);
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DESCRIPTION
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The *tep_parse_header_page()* function parses the header page data from _buf_,
and initializes the _tep_, trace event parser context, with it. The buffer
_buf_ is with _size_, and is supposed to be copied from
tracefs/events/header_page.

Some old kernels do not have header page info, in this case the
*tep_parse_header_page()* function  can be called with _size_ equal to 0. The
_tep_ context is initialized with default values. The _long_size_ can be used in
this use case, to set the size of a long integer to be used.

RETURN VALUE
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The *tep_parse_header_page()* function returns 0 in case of success, or -1
in case of an error.

EXAMPLE
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[source,c]
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#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
char *buf;
int size;
buf = read_file("/sys/kernel/tracing/events/header_page", &size);
if (tep_parse_header_page(tep, buf, size, sizeof(unsigned long)) != 0) {
	/* Failed to parse the header page */
}
...
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FILES
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[verse]
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*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.
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SEE ALSO
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*libtraceevent*(3), *trace-cmd*(1)

AUTHOR
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[verse]
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*Steven Rostedt* <rostedt@goodmis.org>, author of *libtraceevent*.
*Tzvetomir Stoyanov* <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>, author of this man page.
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REPORTING BUGS
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Report bugs to  <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org>

LICENSE
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libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

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