lttng.h API update: set filter becomes enable event with filter

[lttng-tools.git] / include / lttng / lttng.h

diff --git a/include/lttng/lttng.h b/include/lttng/lttng.h
index 9e2d4d129894878631d38452f05bc5ffc25c946a..c6fc60558ae833a5fe011147d24ec75f10b20b5c 100644 (file)
--- a/include/lttng/lttng.h
+++ b/include/lttng/lttng.h
@@ -509,13 +509,15 @@ extern int lttng_enable_event(struct lttng_handle *handle,
                struct lttng_event *ev, const char *channel_name);
 
 /*
- * Apply a filter expression to an event.
+ * Create or enable an event with a specific filter.
  *
- * If event is NULL, the filter is applied to all events of the channel.
- * If channel_name is NULL, a lookup of the event's channel is done.
- * If both are NULL, the filter is applied to all events of all channels.
+ * If the event you are trying to enable does not exist, it will be created,
+ * else it is enabled.
+ * If event_name is NULL, all events are enabled with that filter.
+ * If channel_name is NULL, the default channel is used (channel0) and created
+ * if not found.
  */
-extern int lttng_set_event_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle,
+extern int lttng_enable_event_with_filter(struct lttng_handle *handle,
                struct lttng_event *event, const char *channel_name,
                const char *filter_expression);