NAME

• PAPI_num_hwctrs - return the number of hardware counters on the cpu
• PAPI_num_cmp_hwctrs - return the number of hardware counters for the specified component

Synopsis

C Interface

#include <papi.h>
int PAPI_num_hwctrs();
int PAPI_num_cmp_hwctrs(int  cidx );

Fortran Interface

#include fpapi.h
PAPIF_num_hwctrs(C_INT  num)

Description

PAPI_num_hwctrs() returns the number of physical hardware counters present in the cpu. This is included to preserve backward compatability.

PAPI_num_cmp_hwctrs() returns the number of counters present in the specified component. By convention, component 0 is always the cpu. This count does not include any special purpose registers or other performance hardware. PAPI_library_init (3) must be called in order for this function to return anything greater than 0.

Arguments

cidx -- An integer identifier for a component. By convention, component 0 is always the cpu component.

Examples

/* Query the cpu component for the number of counters. */
printf("%d hardware counters found.\n", PAPI_num_cmp_hwctrs(0));

Bugs

None.

See Also

PAPI(3), PAPIF(3), PAPI_library_init(3)