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diff --git a/man2/perfmonctl.2 b/man2/perfmonctl.2 index 2155bb4..fac1aa1 100644 --- a/man2/perfmonctl.2 +++ b/man2/perfmonctl.2 @@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ .\" .\" 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 |