tracefs_print_init, tracefs_print_close, tracefs_printf, tracefs_vprintf - Open, close and write formated

StevenRostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>
           TzvetomirStoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>

       Copyright (C) 2021 VMware, Inc. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Public
       License (GPL).

       Set of functions to write formated strings in the trace buffer. See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst from
       the Linux kernel tree for more information about writing data from user space in the trace buffer. All
       these APIs have instance as a first argument. If NULL is passed as instance, the top trace instance is
       used.

       The tracefs_print_init() function initializes the library for writing into the trace buffer of the
       selected instance. It is not mandatory to call this API before writing strings, any of the printf APIs
       will call it automatically, if the library is not yet initialized. But calling tracefs_print_init() in
       advance will speed up the writing.

       The tracefs_printf() function writes a formatted string in the trace buffer of the selected instance. The
       fmt argument is a string in printf format, followed by variable arguments ....

       The tracefs_vprintf() function writes a formatted string in the trace buffer of the selected instance.
       The fmt argument is a string in printf format, followed by list ap of arguments.

       The tracefs_print_close() function closes the resources, used by the library for writing in the trace
       buffer of the selected instance.

           #include <tracefs.h>

           if (tracefs_print_init(NULL) < 0) {
            /* Failed to initialize the library for writing in the trace buffer of the top trace instance */
           }

           void foo_print(char *format, ...)
           {
                   va_list ap;
                   va_start(ap, format);
                   if (tracefs_vprintf(NULL, format, ap) < 0) {
                           /* Failed to print in the trace buffer */
                   }
                   va_end(ap);
           }

           void foo_print_string(char *message)
           {
                   if (tracefs_printf(NULL, "Message from user space: %s", message) < 0) {
                           /* Failed to print in the trace buffer */
                   }
           }

           tracefs_print_close();

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.

       libtracefs is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1

       tracefs_print_init, tracefs_print_close, tracefs_printf, tracefs_vprintf - Open, close and write formated
       strings in the trace buffer.

        1. rostedt@goodmis.orgmailto:rostedt@goodmis.org

        2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.commailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com

        3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.orgmailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org

libtracefs 1.8.1                                   06/05/2025                                      LIBTRACEFS(3)

       Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[3]>

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

       The tracefs_print_init(), tracefs_printf(), and tracefs_vprintf() functions return 0 if the operation is
       successful, or -1 in case of an error.

libtracefs(3), libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1), Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst from the Linux kernel tree

#include<tracefs.h>

       int tracefs_print_init(struct tracefs_instance *instance);
       int tracefs_printf(struct tracefs_instance *instance, const char *fmt, ...);
       int tracefs_vprintf(struct tracefs_instance *instance, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
       void tracefs_print_close(struct tracefs_instance *instance);