PMC_READ(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PMC_READ(3)NAME
pmc_read, pmc_rw, pmc_write, — read and write hardware performace coun‐
ters
LIBRARY
Performance Counters Library (libpmc, -lpmc)
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() with 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 opera‐
tion.
For write operations the PMC should be a quiesced state.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; 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.
SEE ALSOpmc(3), hwpmc(4)BSD November 25, 2007 BSD