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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) - 2017 Francis Deslauriers <francis.deslauriers@efficios.com>
+ * Copyright (C) - 2018 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; version 2.1 of the License.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+#define LTTNG_MODULES_FILE "/proc/lttng-test-filter-event"
+
+/*
+ * The process waits for the creation of a file passed as argument from an
+ * external processes to execute a syscall and exiting. This is useful for tests
+ * in combinaison with LTTng's PID tracker feature where we can trace the kernel
+ * events generated by our test process only.
+ */
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ int fd = -1, ret;
+ char *start_file, *nr_events_str;
+ ssize_t len;
+
+ if (argc != 3) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: Missing argument\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "USAGE: %s PATH_WAIT_FILE NR_EVENTS\n",
+ argv[0]);
+ ret = -1;
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ start_file = argv[1];
+ nr_events_str = argv[2];
+
+ /*
+ * Wait for the start_file to be created by an external process
+ * (typically the test script) before executing the syscalls.
+ */
+ ret = wait_on_file(start_file);
+ if (ret != 0) {
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Start generating events.
+ */
+ fd = open(LTTNG_MODULES_FILE, O_RDWR);
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ perror("open");
+ ret = -1;
+ goto end;
+ }
+
+ len = write(fd, nr_events_str, strlen(nr_events_str) + 1);
+ if (len != strlen(nr_events_str) + 1) {
+ perror("write");
+ ret = -1;
+ } else {
+ ret = 0;
+ }
+
+end:
+ if (fd >= 0) {
+ int closeret = close(fd);
+ if (closeret) {
+ perror("close");
+ }
+ }
+ return ret;
+}