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-rw-r--r--scripts/tracetool/__init__.py14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
index dc93416e9d..bf01e9341e 100644
--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py
@@ -282,7 +282,17 @@ class Event(object):
self)
-def _read_events(fobj):
+def read_events(fobj):
+ """Generate the output for the given (format, backends) pair.
+
+ Parameters
+ ----------
+ fobj : file
+ Event description file.
+
+ Returns a list of Event objects
+ """
+
events = []
for line in fobj:
if not line.strip():
@@ -391,6 +401,6 @@ def generate(fevents, format, backends,
tracetool.backend.dtrace.BINARY = binary
tracetool.backend.dtrace.PROBEPREFIX = probe_prefix
- events = _read_events(fevents)
+ events = read_events(fevents)
tracetool.format.generate(events, format, backend)