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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000
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.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH perfmonctl 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH perfmonctl 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <syscall.h>
.B #include <perfmon.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "long perfmonctl(int " fd ", int " cmd ", void " arg [. narg "], int " narg ");"
.fi
-.PP
+.P
.IR Note :
There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see HISTORY.
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PMU (performance monitoring unit).
The PMU consists of PMD (performance monitoring data) registers and
PMC (performance monitoring control) registers,
which gather hardware statistics.
-.PP
+.P
.BR perfmonctl ()
applies the operation
.I cmd
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The number of arguments is defined by \fInarg\fR.
The
.I fd
argument specifies the perfmon context to operate on.
-.PP
+.P
Supported values for
.I cmd
are:
@@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ Linux on IA-64.
Added in Linux 2.4;
.\" commit ecf5b72d5f66af843f189dfe9ce31598c3e48ad7
removed in Linux 5.10.
-.PP
+.P
This system call was broken for many years,
and ultimately removed in Linux 5.10.
-.PP
+.P
glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call;
on kernels where it exists, call it using
.BR syscall (2).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gprof (1)
-.PP
+.P
The perfmon2 interface specification