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PMC.SOFT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PMC.SOFT(3) NAME
pmc.soft -- measurements using software based events LIBRARY
Performance Counters Library (libpmc, -lpmc) SYNOPSIS
#include <pmc.h> DESCRIPTION
Software events are used to collect various source of software events. PMC Features 16 sampling counters using software events based on various sources. These PMCs support the following capabilities: Capability Support PMC_CAP_CASCADE No PMC_CAP_EDGE No PMC_CAP_INTERRUPT Yes PMC_CAP_INVERT No PMC_CAP_READ Yes PMC_CAP_PRECISE No PMC_CAP_SYSTEM Yes PMC_CAP_TAGGING No PMC_CAP_THRESHOLD No PMC_CAP_USER Yes PMC_CAP_WRITE Yes Event Qualifiers There is no supported event qualifier. The event specifiers supported by software are: CLOCK.HARD Hard clock ticks. CLOCK.STAT Stat clock ticks. CLOCK.PROF Profiling clock ticks. LOCK.FAILED Lock acquisition failed. PAGE_FAULT.ALL All page fault type. PAGE_FAULT.READ Read page fault. PAGE_FAULT.WRITE Write page fault. SEE ALSO
pmc(3), pmc.atom(3), pmc.core(3), pmc.corei7(3), pmc.corei7uc(3), pmc.iaf(3), pmc.k7(3), pmc.k8(3), pmc.p4(3), pmc.p5(3), pmc.p6(3), pmc.tsc(3), pmc.ucf(3), pmc.westmereuc(3), pmc_cpuinfo(3), pmclog(3), hwpmc(4) HISTORY
The pmc library first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. AUTHORS
The Performance Counters Library (libpmc, -lpmc) library was written by Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>. Software PMC was written by Fabien Thomas <fabient@FreeBSD.org>. BSD
February 26, 2013 BSD
