ir: add BT_CTF_BYTE_ORDER_NONE and make it the default trace's native BO

[babeltrace.git] / plugins / libctfcopytrace / ctfcopytrace.c

diff --git a/plugins/libctfcopytrace/ctfcopytrace.c b/plugins/libctfcopytrace/ctfcopytrace.c
index 99a332bebce9e8c3c6227c6599e12d08a6ca249e..cd8f2d5c8b500404b89b682613b95fa71ed86b72 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/libctfcopytrace/ctfcopytrace.c
+++ b/plugins/libctfcopytrace/ctfcopytrace.c
@@ -878,11 +878,19 @@ enum bt_component_status ctf_copy_trace(FILE *err, struct bt_ctf_trace *trace,
                goto end;
        }
 
-       ret = bt_ctf_trace_set_native_byte_order(writer_trace, order);
-       if (ret) {
-               fprintf(err, "[error] %s in %s:%d\n", __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__);
-               ret = BT_COMPONENT_STATUS_ERROR;
-               goto end;
+       /*
+        * Only explicitly set the writer trace's native byte order if
+        * the original trace has a specific one. Otherwise leave what
+        * the CTF writer object chooses, which is the machine's native
+        * byte order.
+        */
+       if (order != BT_CTF_BYTE_ORDER_NONE) {
+               ret = bt_ctf_trace_set_native_byte_order(writer_trace, order);
+               if (ret) {
+                       fprintf(err, "[error] %s in %s:%d\n", __func__, __FILE__, __LINE__);
+                       ret = BT_COMPONENT_STATUS_ERROR;
+                       goto end;
+               }
        }
 
        header_type = bt_ctf_trace_get_packet_header_type(writer_trace);