The tep_load_plugins() function loads all plugins, located in the plugin
directories. The tep argument is trace event parser context.
The plugin directories are :
- Directories, specified in tep→plugins_dir with priority TEP_PLUGIN_FIRST
- System’s plugin directory, defined at the library compile time. It
depends on the library installation prefix and usually is
(install_preffix)/lib/traceevent/plugins
- Directory, defined by the environment variable TRACEEVENT_PLUGIN_DIR
- User’s plugin directory, located at ~/.local/lib/traceevent/plugins
- Directories, specified in tep→plugins_dir with priority TEP_PLUGIN_LAST
Loading of plugins can be controlled by the tep_flags, using the
tep_set_flag() API:
TEP_DISABLE_SYS_PLUGINS - do not load plugins, located in
the system’s plugin directory.
TEP_DISABLE_PLUGINS - do not load any plugins.
The tep_set_flag() API needs to be called before tep_load_plugins(), if
loading of all plugins is not the desired case.
The tep_unload_plugins() function unloads the plugins, previously loaded by
tep_load_plugins(). The tep argument is trace event parser context. The
plugin_list is the list of loaded plugins, returned by
the tep_load_plugins() function.
The tep_load_plugins_hook() function walks through all directories with plugins
and calls user specified load_plugin() hook for each plugin file. Only files
with given suffix are considered to be plugins. The data is a user specified
context, passed to load_plugin(). Directories and the walk order are the same
as in tep_load_plugins() API.
The tep_add_plugin_path() functions adds additional directories with plugins in
the tep→plugins_dir list. It must be called before tep_load_plugins() in order
for the plugins from the new directories to be loaded. The tep argument is
the trace event parser context. The path is the full path to the new plugin
directory. The prio argument specifies the loading priority order for the
new directory of plugins. The loading priority is important in case of different
versions of the same plugin located in multiple plugin directories.The last loaded
plugin wins. The priority can be:
TEP_PLUGIN_FIRST - Load plugins from this directory first
TEP_PLUGIN_LAST - Load plugins from this directory last
Where the plugins in TEP_PLUGIN_LAST" will take precedence over the
plugins in the other directories.