[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] simpletrace: document Analyzer method signatures

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

Users can inherit from the simpletrace.Analyzer class and receive
callbacks when events of interest occur in a trace file.  The method
signature is a little magic because the timestamp and pid arguments are
optional.  Document this.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
---
 scripts/simpletrace.py | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/simpletrace.py b/scripts/simpletrace.py
index 4c99004..d60b3a0 100755
--- a/scripts/simpletrace.py
+++ b/scripts/simpletrace.py
@@ -116,7 +116,28 @@ class Analyzer(object):
     is invoked.
 
     If a method matching a trace event name exists, it is invoked to process
-    that trace record.  Otherwise the catchall() method is invoked."""
+    that trace record.  Otherwise the catchall() method is invoked.
+
+    Example:
+    The following method handles the runstate_set(int new_state) trace event::
+
+      def runstate_set(self, new_state):
+          ...
+
+    The method can also take a timestamp argument before the trace event
+    arguments::
+
+      def runstate_set(self, timestamp, new_state):
+          ...
+
+    Timestamps have the uint64_t type and are in nanoseconds.
+
+    The pid can be included in addition to the timestamp and is useful when
+    dealing with traces from multiple processes::
+
+      def runstate_set(self, timestamp, pid, new_state):
+          ...
+    """
 
     def begin(self):
         """Called at the start of the trace."""
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