tep_is_bigendian(3) — Linux manual page
LIBTRACEEVENT(3) libtraceevent Manual LIBTRACEEVENT(3)
NAME
tep_is_bigendian, tep_is_local_bigendian, tep_set_local_bigendian
- Get / set the endianness of the local machine.
SYNOPSIS
#include <event-parse.h>
enum tep_endian {
TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0,
TEP_BIG_ENDIAN
};
int tep_is_bigendian(void);
bool tep_is_local_bigendian(struct tep_handle *tep);
void tep_set_local_bigendian(struct tep_handle *tep, enum tep_endian endian);
DESCRIPTION
The tep_is_bigendian() gets the endianness of the machine,
executing the function.
The tep_is_local_bigendian() function gets the endianness of the
local machine, saved in the tep handler. The tep argument is the
trace event parser context. This API is a bit faster than
tep_is_bigendian(), as it returns cached endianness of the local
machine instead of checking it each time.
The tep_set_local_bigendian() function sets the endianness of the
local machine in the tep handler. The tep argument is trace event
parser context. The endian argument is the endianness:
TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN - the machine is little endian,
TEP_BIG_ENDIAN - the machine is big endian.
RETURN VALUE
The tep_is_bigendian() function returns non zero if the
endianness of the machine, executing the code, is big endian and
zero otherwise.
The tep_is_local_bigendian() function returns true, if the
endianness of the local machine, saved in the tep handler, is big
endian, or false otherwise.
EXAMPLE
#include <event-parse.h>
...
struct tep_handle *tep = tep_alloc();
...
if (tep_is_bigendian())
tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_BIG_ENDIAN);
else
tep_set_local_bigendian(tep, TEP_LITTLE_ENDIAN);
...
if (tep_is_local_bigendian(tep))
printf("This machine you are running on is bigendian\n");
else
printf("This machine you are running on is little endian\n");
FILES
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.
SEE ALSO
libtraceevent(3), trace-cmd(1)
AUTHOR
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org[1]>, author of libtraceevent.
Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com[2]>, author of this man page.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org[3]>
LICENSE
libtraceevent is Free Software licensed under the GNU LGPL 2.1
RESOURCES
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libtrace/libtraceevent.git/
NOTES
1. rostedt@goodmis.org
mailto:rostedt@goodmis.org
2. tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
mailto:tz.stoyanov@gmail.com
3. linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
mailto:linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
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