NAME
pmc_read, pmc_rw, pmc_write – read and write hardware performance counters
LIBRARY
library “libpmc”
SYNOPSIS
#include <pmc.h>
int
pmc_read(pmc_id_t pmc, pmc_value_t *value);
int
pmc_rw(pmc_id_t pmc, pmc_value_t newvalue, pmc_value_t *oldvaluep);
int
pmc_write(pmc_id_t pmc, pmc_value_t value);
DESCRIPTION
These functions read and write the current value of a PMC.
Function pmc_read() will read the current value of the PMC specified by argument pmc and write it to the location specified by argument value.
Function pmc_write() will set the current value of the PMC specified by argument pmc to the value specified by argument value.
Function pmc_rw() combines a read and a write into a single atomic operation.
For write operations the PMC should be a quiescent state.
RETURN VALUES
The pmc_read() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
A call to these functions may fail with the following errors:
- [EBUSY]
-
A write operation specified a currently running PMC.
- [EINVAL]
-
Argument pmc specified a PMC not in a readable state.
- [EINVAL]
-
The PMC specified by argument pmc was not owned by the current process.