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27 .TH PERFMONCTL 2 2021-03-22 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
29 perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
32 .B #include <syscall.h>
33 .B #include <perfmon.h>
35 .BI "long perfmonctl(int " fd ", int " cmd ", void *" arg ", int " narg ");"
39 There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
43 system call provides an interface to the
44 PMU (performance monitoring unit).
45 The PMU consists of PMD (performance monitoring data) registers and
46 PMC (performance monitoring control) registers,
47 which gather hardware statistics.
52 to the input arguments specified by
54 The number of arguments is defined by \fInarg\fR.
57 argument specifies the perfmon context to operate on.
65 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT, pfarg_context_t *" ctxt ", 1);"
72 A new perfmon context is created as specified in
74 and its file descriptor is returned in \fIctxt->ctx_fd\fR.
76 The file descriptor can be used in subsequent calls to
78 and can be used to read event notifications (type
82 The file descriptor is pollable using
88 The context can be destroyed by calling
90 on the file descriptor.
95 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMCS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmcs ", n);"
101 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);"
109 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_READ_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);"
116 .\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, arg, 1);
117 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, NULL, 0);"
124 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_STOP, NULL, 0);"
129 .\" pfm_context_load()
131 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT, pfarg_load_t *" largs ", 1);"
133 Attach the context to a thread.
135 .B PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT
136 .\" pfm_context_unload()
138 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT, NULL, 0);"
140 Detach the context from a thread.
145 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_RESTART, NULL, 0);"
147 Restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification.
150 .\" pfm_get_features()
152 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GET_FEATURES, pfarg_features_t *" arg ", 1);"
158 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_DEBUG, " val ", 0);"
162 is nonzero, enable debugging mode, otherwise disable.
164 .B PFM_GET_PMC_RESET_VAL
165 .\" pfm_get_pmc_reset()
167 .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GET_PMC_RESET_VAL, pfarg_reg_t *" req ", n);"
169 Reset PMC registers to default values.
173 .\" .B PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS
175 .\" create or modify event sets
177 .\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
180 .\" .B PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS
181 .\" delete event sets
183 .\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_DELETE_EVTSET, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
186 .\" .B PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS
187 .\" get information about event sets
189 .\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS, pfarg_setinfo_t *info, n);
193 returns zero when the operation is successful.
194 On error, \-1 is returned and
196 is set to indicate the error.
199 was added in Linux 2.4;
200 .\" commit ecf5b72d5f66af843f189dfe9ce31598c3e48ad7
201 it was removed in Linux 5.10.
204 is Linux-specific and is available only on the IA-64 architecture.
206 This system call was broken for many years,
207 and ultimately removed in Linux 5.10.
209 Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call;
210 on kernels where it exists, call it using
215 The perfmon2 interface specification