PAPI_event_info_t(3)

💅 PAPI_event_info_t 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

PAPI_event_info_t — the data-fields page where every field gets its moment, periodt. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

🎀 Data Fields 🎀

unsigned int event_code
char symbol [1024]
char short_descr [64]
char long_descr [1024]
int component_index
char units [64]
int location
int data_type
int value_type
int timescope
int update_type
int update_freq
unsigned int count
unsigned int event_type
char derived [64]
char postfix [256]
unsigned int code [12]
char name [12][256]
char note [1024]
int num_quals
char quals [8][1024]
char quals_descrs [8][1024]

📚 Field Documentation 📚

unsigned int PAPI_event_info_t::code[12]

array of values that further describe the event:

• presets: native event_code values
• native:, register values(?)

int PAPI_event_info_t::component_index

component this event belongs to 🧩

unsigned int PAPI_event_info_t::count

number of terms (usually 1) in the code and name fields:

• presets: these are native events
• native: these are unused

int PAPI_event_info_t::data_type

data type returned by PAPI ✨

char PAPI_event_info_t::derived[64]

name of the derived type:

• presets: usually NOT_DERIVED
• native: empty string

unsigned int PAPI_event_info_t::event_code

preset (0x8xxxxxxx) or native (0x4xxxxxxx) event code 🔥

unsigned int PAPI_event_info_t::event_type

event type or category for preset events only

int PAPI_event_info_t::location

location event applies to 📍

char PAPI_event_info_t::long_descr[1024]

a longer description: typically a sentence for presets, possibly a paragraph from vendor docs for native events 📝

char PAPI_event_info_t::name[12][256]

the page labels this < names of code terms: — yes, with that little < — and here's what it means:

• presets: native event names,
  • native: descriptive strings for each register value(?)

char PAPI_event_info_t::note[1024]

an optional developer note supplied with a preset event to delineate platform specific anomalies or restrictions 🫶

int PAPI_event_info_t::num_quals

number of qualifiers

char PAPI_event_info_t::postfix[256]

string containing postfix operations; only defined for preset events of derived type DERIVED_POSTFIX

char PAPI_event_info_t::quals[8][1024]

qualifiers

char PAPI_event_info_t::quals_descrs[8][1024]

qualifier descriptions

char PAPI_event_info_t::short_descr[64]

a short description suitable for use as a label 🏷️

char PAPI_event_info_t::symbol[1024]

name of the event 👑

int PAPI_event_info_t::timescope

from start, etc. — iconic and mysterious, but that's the field 💀

char PAPI_event_info_t::units[64]

units event is measured in 📏

int PAPI_event_info_t::update_freq

how frequently event is updated

int PAPI_event_info_t::update_type

how event is updated

int PAPI_event_info_t::value_type

sum or absolute

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