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authorDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-03-16 12:15:51 -0400
committerDave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>2009-03-16 12:15:51 -0400
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Merge branch 'master' of git://sources.redhat.com/git/systemtap
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-rw-r--r--doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/en-US/Tapset_Dev_Guide.xml18
-rw-r--r--doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/manpager.sh103
2 files changed, 118 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/en-US/Tapset_Dev_Guide.xml b/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/en-US/Tapset_Dev_Guide.xml
index 555fa7e6..01e4c358 100644
--- a/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/en-US/Tapset_Dev_Guide.xml
+++ b/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/en-US/Tapset_Dev_Guide.xml
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@
beginning of those functions:
</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
probe process.exec = kernel.function("do_execve"),
kernel.function("compat_do_execve")
{<replaceable>probe body</replaceable>}
</programlisting>
+</para>
<para>
Try to place probes on stable interfaces (i.e., functions
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ kernel.function("compat_do_execve")
defined in <filename>task.stp</filename>.
</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
{
@@ -109,6 +112,7 @@ probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
new_pid = task_pid(task)
}
</programlisting>
+</para>
<para>
It is not advisable to write probes for every function. Most SystemTap users
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
The specified format for documenting tapsets is as follows:
</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
/**
* probe tapset.name - Short summary of what the tapset does.
@@ -209,9 +214,11 @@ probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
* A paragraph that will appear under the heading "Header".
**/
</programlisting>
-
+</para>
+
<para>For example:</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
/**
* probe vm.write_shared_copy- Page copy for shared page write.
@@ -226,17 +233,21 @@ probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
* always preceded by a <command>vm.shared_write</command>.
**/
</programlisting>
+</para>
-<para>To override the automatically-generated <command>Synopsis</command> content, use:
+<para>To override the automatically-generated <command>Synopsis</command> content, use:</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
* Synopsis:
- * <programlisting>Synopsis string</programlisting>
+ * <replaceable>New Synopsis string</replaceable>
*
</programlisting>
+</para>
<para>For example:</para>
+<para>
<programlisting>
/**
* probe signal.handle - Fires when the signal handler is invoked
@@ -247,6 +258,7 @@ probe process.create = kernel.function("copy_process").return
* sigset_t *oldset, struct pt_regs * regs)&lt;/programlisting>
*/
</programlisting>
+</para>
<para>
It is recommended that you use the <command>&lt;programlisting&gt;</command> tag in
diff --git a/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/manpager.sh b/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/manpager.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9aede5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Tapset_Reference_Guide/manpager.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script builds the man pages from comments in tapsets. As such, the man page content
+# generated herein should be in sync with Tapset Reference Guide
+
+# cleanup
+rm -rf manpages
+
+# create working directory
+mkdir manpages ;
+
+# create list of man pages to generate; should be in sync with Tapset Reference Guide
+cat ../SystemTap_Tapset_Reference/tapsets.tmpl | grep ^\!Itapset > manpageus ;
+sed -i -e 's/\!Itapset\///g' manpageus ;
+
+# copy list of man pages into working directory
+for i in `cat manpageus` ; do cp ../../tapset/$i manpages ; done ;
+
+# enter workdir
+# rm manpageus ;
+cd manpages ;
+
+# copy tapsetdescriptions, then clean
+for i in `ls`; do sed -n '/\/\/ <tapsetdescription>/,/\/\/ <\/tapsetdescription>/ s/.*/&/w temp' < $i ;
+mv temp $i.tapsetdescription ;
+sed -i -e 's/\/\/ <tapsetdescription>//g' $i.tapsetdescription ;
+sed -i -e 's/\/\/ <\/tapsetdescription>//g' $i.tapsetdescription ;
+sed -i -e 's/\/\///g' $i.tapsetdescription ;
+done
+
+# strip all tapset files to just comments; but first, make sure all comments are exactly 1 space before *
+for i in `ls | grep -v tapsetdescription` ; do sed -i -e 's/^ \*/ \*/g' $i; done ;
+for i in `ls | grep -v tapsetdescription` ; do sed -i -e '/^ \*/!d' $i; done ;
+# rename all tapsets (remove .stp filename suffix), create templates
+for i in `ls | grep -v tapsetdescription` ; do echo $i > tempname ; sed -i -e 's/.stp//g' tempname ; mv $i `cat tempname` ; mv tempname $i ; done ;
+# clean all tapsetdescriptions (remove excess spaces)
+# for i in `ls | grep tapsetdescription` ; do perl -p -i -e 's|^\n||g' $i ; done ;
+
+for i in `ls | grep -v .stp | grep -v tapsetdescription` ;
+do echo ".\" -*- nroff -*-" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".TH STAPPROBES.manpagename 5 @DATE@ "IBM"" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".SH NAME" >> $i.template ;
+echo "stapprobes."`cat $i.stp`" \- systemtap "`cat $i.stp`" probe points" >> $i.template ;
+echo " " >> $i.template ;
+echo ".\" macros" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".de SAMPLE" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".br" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".RS" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".nf" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".nh" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".." >> $i.template ;
+echo ".de ESAMPLE" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".hy" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".fi" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".RE" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".." >> $i.template ;
+echo " " >> $i.template ;
+echo ".SH DESCRIPTION" >> $i.template ;
+cat $i.stp.tapsetdescription >> $i.template ;
+echo ".P" >> $i.template ;
+echo ".TP" >> $i.template ;
+done
+
+for i in `ls | grep -v .stp | grep -v tapsetdescription | grep -v template` ;
+do cp $i $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| \* sfunction|.B|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| \* probe|.B|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| -|\n\t|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|(^\t[^\n]*)\n|$1\n\n.B Arguments:|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| \* @([^:]*):|.I $1 \n|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| \* ([^:]*):|.B $1 \n|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's| \* ||g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|.B Arguments: \*|.B No Arguments:\n\n.B Description:|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|.B Arguments:.I|.B Arguments:\n.I|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|^ \*/|\n.P\n.TP|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|\.I|\n\n.I|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+perl -p -i -e 's|.B Context|\n.B Context|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+#perl -p -i -e 's|^[^*]*\*|.P|g' $i.manpagebody ;
+done
+
+# generate footer template
+mv ../manpageus .
+sed -i -e 's/.stp//g' manpageus
+echo ".SH SEE ALSO" >> footer
+echo ".IR stap (1)," >> footer
+echo ".IR stapprobes (5)," >> footer
+for i in `cat manpageus`; do echo ".IR stapprobes."$i" (5)," >> footer ; done
+
+# assemble parts
+for i in `cat manpageus`; do
+cat $i.template >> stapprobes.$i.5.in ;
+cat $i.manpagebody >> stapprobes.$i.5.in ;
+cat footer >> stapprobes.$i.5.in ;
+done
+
+# cleanup
+for i in `cat manpageus`; do
+perl -p -i -e 's|.B Description:/|\n.P\n.TP|g' stapprobes.$i.5.in ;
+done
+
+
+# perl -p -i -e 's|||g' $i.manpagebody
+# use to move marked strings.
+# sed -n '/\/\/ <tapsetdescription>/,/\/\/ <\/tapsetdescription>/ s/.*/&/w bleh' < ioscheduler \ No newline at end of file