descriptions...).
When a trace is closed, all the associated facilities, types and fields
- are released as well. */
+ are released as well.
+
+ return value is NULL if there is an error when opening the trace.
+
+ */
LttTrace *ltt_trace_open(const char *pathname);
-/* copy reopens a trace */
+/* copy reopens a trace
+ *
+ * return value NULL if error while opening the trace
+ */
LttTrace *ltt_trace_copy(LttTrace *self);
char * ltt_trace_name(LttTrace *t);
/* Seek to the first event with position equal or larger to ep */
void ltt_tracefile_seek_position(LttTracefile *t,
- LttEventPosition *ep);
+ const LttEventPosition *ep);
/* Read the next event */
void ltt_tracefile_open_cpu(LttTrace *t, char * tracefile_name);
-void ltt_tracefile_open_control(LttTrace *t, char * control_name);
+gint ltt_tracefile_open_control(LttTrace *t, char * control_name);
/* obtain the time of an event */