papi_multiplex_cost(1)

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💅 papi_multiplex_cost(1) — the PAPI girlies' edition 🎀

okay so this whole page lives in the PAPI manual, and it's literally the page for the papi_multiplex_cost utility bestie, like — the file is papi_multiplex_cost.c, that's the vibe ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

papi_multiplex_cost — it's the papi_multiplex_cost utility, no cap. 💖

file papi_multiplex_cost.c

🦋 NAME (yes, again, the page says NAME twice and we respect it) 🦋

papi_multiplex_cost — computes execution time costs for basic PAPI operations on multiplexed EventSets. periodt. 👑

✨ Synopsis ✨

papi_cost [-m, --min < min >] [-x, --max < max >] [-k,-s]
not me noticing the synopsis literally says papi_cost 😭 — that is exactly what's written on the page, so that's exactly what we're showing you. no editing, no "fixing", iykyk 💅

🌈 Description 🌈

so papi_multiplex_cost is a PAPI utility program, and what it does is compute the min / max / mean / std. deviation of execution times for PAPI start/stop pairs and for PAPI reads on multiplexed eventsets. 🫶

like, why do you care? because that info gives you the basic operating cost to a user's program for collecting hardware counter data — the price tag of the counter-collecting lifestyle, lowkey. 🍓

and the command line options? they control display capabilities. that's the whole job. iconic. 🔥

🌟 Options 🌟

  • -m < Min number of events to test > — sets the Min number of events to test, obviously bestie 💜
  • -x < Max number of events to test > — sets the Max number of events to test, the upper limit of the whole situation ✨
  • -k — Do not time kernel multiplexing 🙈
  • -s — Do not ime software multiplexed EventSets (yes, the page really says "ime" and I am not touching it, take it up with the manpage 💀)
  • -t THRESHOLD — Test with THRESHOLD iterations of counting loop, so you can tell it how many laps to do 🏃‍♀️

💀 Bugs 💀

There are no known bugs in this utility — she's flawless, she ate, no notes. 👑

but like, if you do find a bug (the audacity 😭), it should be reported to the PAPI Mailing List at ptools-perfapi@icl.utk.edu. send the email, bestie, be the main character of bug reporting 🦋

🎀 cute sign-off 🎀

and that's the page! brought to you by Version 7.2.0.0, dated Mon Nov 3 2025, filed under papi_multiplex_cost(1) in the PAPI manual. slay, bye, go collect those hardware counters 💖✨🌸

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