From: David Goulet Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 21:43:43 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Fix: update/clean lttng.h comments X-Git-Tag: v2.1.0~83 X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=41039c060435ac14b46d21761e02ec0a344cc6ac;p=lttng-tools.git Fix: update/clean lttng.h comments Signed-off-by: David Goulet --- diff --git a/include/lttng/lttng.h b/include/lttng/lttng.h index 515e07c4e..e21b47977 100644 --- a/include/lttng/lttng.h +++ b/include/lttng/lttng.h @@ -360,15 +360,18 @@ extern struct lttng_handle *lttng_create_handle(const char *session_name, struct lttng_domain *domain); /* - * Destroy a handle. This will simply free(3) the data pointer returned by - * lttng_create_handle(), rendering it unusable. + * Destroy an handle. + * + * It free(3) the data pointer returned by lttng_create_handle(), rendering it + * unusable. */ extern void lttng_destroy_handle(struct lttng_handle *handle); /* * Create a tracing session using a name and an optional URL. * - * If _url_ is NULL, no consumer is created for the session. + * If _url_ is NULL, no consumer is created for the session. The name can't be + * NULL here. */ extern int lttng_create_session(const char *name, const char *url); @@ -377,6 +380,8 @@ extern int lttng_create_session(const char *name, const char *url); * * The session will not be usable anymore, tracing will be stopped for all * registered traces, and the tracing buffers will be flushed. + * + * The name can't be NULL here. */ extern int lttng_destroy_session(const char *name); @@ -443,7 +448,8 @@ extern int lttng_session_daemon_alive(void); /* * Set the tracing group for the *current* flow of execution. * - * On success, returns 0, on error, returns -1 (null name) or -ENOMEM. + * On success, returns 0 else a negative value on error being a lttng error + * code found in lttng-error.h */ extern int lttng_set_tracing_group(const char *name); @@ -477,6 +483,8 @@ extern int lttng_start_tracing(const char *session_name); * this can take an abritrary amount of time. However, when returning you have * the guarantee that the data is ready to be read and analyse. Use the * _no_wait call below to avoid this behavior. + * + * The session_name can't be NULL. */ extern int lttng_stop_tracing(const char *session_name); @@ -489,9 +497,11 @@ extern int lttng_stop_tracing_no_wait(const char *session_name); /* * Add context to event(s) for a specific channel (or for all). * - * If event_name is NULL, the context is applied to all events of the channel. - * If channel_name is NULL, a lookup of the event's channel is done. - * If both are NULL, the context is applied to all events of all channels. + * If channel_name is NULL, a lookup of the event's channel is done. If both + * are NULL, the context is applied to all events of all channels. + * + * Note that whatever event_name value is, a context can not be added to an + * event, so we just ignore it for now. */ extern int lttng_add_context(struct lttng_handle *handle, struct lttng_event_context *ctx, const char *event_name, @@ -502,8 +512,9 @@ extern int lttng_add_context(struct lttng_handle *handle, * * If the event you are trying to enable does not exist, it will be created, * else it is enabled. - * If event_name is NULL, all events are enabled. * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0). + * + * The handle and ev params can not be NULL. */ extern int lttng_enable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle, struct lttng_event *ev, const char *channel_name); @@ -513,7 +524,7 @@ extern int lttng_enable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle, * * If the event you are trying to enable does not exist, it will be created, * else it is enabled. - * If event_name is NULL, all events are enabled with that filter. + * If ev is NULL, all events are enabled with that filter. * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0) and created * if not found. * If filter_expression is NULL, an event without associated filter is @@ -525,7 +536,8 @@ extern int lttng_enable_event_with_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle, /* * Create or enable a channel. - * The channel name cannot be NULL. + * + * The chan and handle params can not be NULL. */ extern int lttng_enable_channel(struct lttng_handle *handle, struct lttng_channel *chan); @@ -533,7 +545,7 @@ extern int lttng_enable_channel(struct lttng_handle *handle, /* * Disable event(s) of a channel and domain. * - * If event_name is NULL, all events are disabled. + * If name is NULL, all events are disabled. * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0). */ extern int lttng_disable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle, @@ -542,13 +554,14 @@ extern int lttng_disable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle, /* * Disable channel. * - * The channel name cannot be NULL. */ extern int lttng_disable_channel(struct lttng_handle *handle, const char *name); /* * Calibrate LTTng overhead. + * + * The chan and handle params can not be NULL. */ extern int lttng_calibrate(struct lttng_handle *handle, struct lttng_calibrate *calibrate); @@ -557,7 +570,7 @@ extern int lttng_calibrate(struct lttng_handle *handle, * Set the default channel attributes for a specific domain and an allocated * lttng_channel_attr pointer. * - * If either or both of the arguments are NULL, nothing happens. + * If one or both arguments are NULL, nothing happens. */ extern void lttng_channel_set_default_attr(struct lttng_domain *domain, struct lttng_channel_attr *attr); @@ -593,6 +606,8 @@ extern int lttng_disable_consumer(struct lttng_handle *handle); * * Any other positive value is an lttcomm error which can be translate with * lttng_strerror(). + * + * Please see lttng-health-check(3) man page for more information. */ extern int lttng_health_check(enum lttng_health_component c);