papi_cost(1)

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version 7.2.0 · 9 versions
, in centos-stream 9

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, papi_cost — it's the papi_cost utility, literally that's it 💅

and the file is papi_cost.c 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

papi_cost — she computes execution time costs for basic PAPI operations. no cap 🫶

🦋 Synopsis 🦋

papi_cost [-dhps] [-b bins] [-t threshold]

💖 Description 💖

so like, papi_cost is this PAPI utility program that computes the min / max / mean / std. deviation of execution times for PAPI start/stop pairs and for PAPI reads. basically she's out here giving you the receipts on how much it actually costs your program to collect hardware counter data — the basic operating cost, the whole vibe check 🔥

and the command line options? they control the display capabilities. iconic behavior tbh 👑

⭐ Options ⭐

  • -b < bins > — this one defines the number of bins into which the results are partitioned for display. the default is 100. slay 🧚
  • -d — displays a graphical distribution of costs in a vertical histogram. visual queen 🌈
  • -h — displays help information about this utility. the classic, the mother, the savior 😭
  • -p — displays 25/50/75 perecentile results for making boxplots 📊
  • -s — shows the number of iterations in each of the first 10 standard deviations above the mean. fancy 🎀
  • -t < threshold > — sets the threshold for the number of iterations to measure costs. the default is 1,000,000. yes, a whole million, she's thorough 💀

💜 Bugs 💜

good news bestie — there are no known bugs in this utility 🙈

but if you do find a bug, it should be reported to the PAPI Mailing List at ptools-perfapi@icl.utk.edu. do your civic duty, king 👑✨

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was written for Version 7.2.0.0 and dated Mon Nov 3 2025 — go forth and measure those costs, iykyk 💖🦋🎀

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