API Fix: bt_ctf_iter_read_event_flags

[babeltrace.git] / include / babeltrace / iterator.h

diff --git a/include/babeltrace/iterator.h b/include/babeltrace/iterator.h
index 1aaa5dd0345dd401059e7fa3d1f02910f229ab31..7eb3c5ebc4c34ffea7232afd80f8fd041fb739de 100644 (file)
--- a/include/babeltrace/iterator.h
+++ b/include/babeltrace/iterator.h
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 #include <babeltrace/format.h>
 #include <babeltrace/context.h>
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* Flags for the iterator read_event */
+enum {
+       BT_ITER_FLAG_LOST_EVENTS        = (1 << 0),
+};
+
 /* Forward declarations */
 struct bt_iter;
 struct bt_saved_pos;
@@ -36,10 +45,17 @@ struct bt_saved_pos;
  *
  * type represents the type of seek to use.
  * u is the argument of the seek if necessary :
- * - seek_time is the timestamp to seek to when using BT_SEEK_TIME, it
- *   is expressed in "raw" seconds (not offsetted)
+ * - seek_time is the real timestamp to seek to when using BT_SEEK_TIME, it
+ *   is expressed in nanoseconds
  * - restore is a position saved with bt_iter_get_pos, it is used with
  *   BT_SEEK_RESTORE.
+ *
+ * Note about BT_SEEK_LAST: if many events happen to be at the last
+ * timestamp, it is implementation-defined which event will be the last,
+ * and the order of events with the same timestamp may not be the same
+ * as normal iteration on the trace. Therefore, it is recommended to
+ * only use BT_SEEK_LAST to get the timestamp of the last event(s) in
+ * the trace.
  */
 struct bt_iter_pos {
        enum {
@@ -47,7 +63,7 @@ struct bt_iter_pos {
                BT_SEEK_RESTORE,        /* uses u.restore */
                BT_SEEK_CUR,
                BT_SEEK_BEGIN,
-               BT_SEEK_END,
+               BT_SEEK_LAST,
        } type;
        union {
                uint64_t seek_time;
@@ -94,9 +110,13 @@ int bt_iter_set_pos(struct bt_iter *iter, const struct bt_iter_pos *pos);
  *
  * This function allocates and returns a new bt_iter_pos (which must be freed
  * with bt_iter_free_pos) to be able to restore an iterator position based on a
- * timestamp.
+ * real timestamp.
  */
 struct bt_iter_pos *bt_iter_create_time_pos(struct bt_iter *iter,
                uint64_t timestamp);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _BABELTRACE_ITERATOR_H */