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PMC_NAME_OF_CAPABILITY(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual
NAME pmc_name_of_capability, pmc_name_of_class, pmc_name_of_cputype, pmc_name_of_disposition, pmc_name_of_event, pmc_name_of_mode, pmc_name_of_state - human readable names for numeric constants used by pmc(3) and hwpmc(4)
LIBRARY Performance Counters Library (libpmc, -lpmc)
SYNOPSIS #include <pmc.h>
const char * pmc_name_of_capability(enum pmc_caps pc);
const char * pmc_name_of_class(enum pmc_class pc);
const char * pmc_name_of_cputype(enum pmc_cputype ct);
const char * pmc_name_of_disposition(enum pmc_disp pd);
const char * pmc_name_of_event(enum pmc_event pe);
const char * pmc_name_of_mode(enum pmc_mode pm);
const char * pmc_name_of_state(enum pmc_state ps);
DESCRIPTION These convenience functions translate numeric constants used by the Performance Counters Library (libpmc, -lpmc) to const char * pointers to human readable representations of their arguments.
Function pmc_name_of_capability() translates a PMC capability flag given in argument pc to a human readable string. PMC capabilities are described in pmc(3).
Function pmc_name_of_class() translates the PMC class value specified in argument pc to a human readable name. PMC classes are described in pmc(3).
Function pmc_name_of_cputype() translates the CPU type value specified in argument ct to a human readable name. CPU types known to the library are described in pmc(3).
Function pmc_name_of_disposition() translates the PMC row disposition specified in argument pd to a human readable name. PMC row dispositions are described in hwpmc(4).
Function pmc_name_of_event() translates the PMC event number specified by argument pe to a string. PMC event names are documented in section EVENT SPECIFIERS of pmc(3).
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES The returned pointers point to static storage inside the PMC library and should not be freed by the caller.
RETURN VALUES These functions return a non-NULL pointer on successful completion. In case of an error, a NULL pointer 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:
[EINVAL] The function argument specified an invalid value.
SEE ALSO pmc(3), pmc_cpuinfo(3), pmc_pmcinfo(3), hwpmc(4)
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 November 24, 2007 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11