PAPI_get_dmem_info(3)

💖 PAPI_get_dmem_info 💖

okay so welcome to the PAPI_get_dmem_info(3) page from the PAPI manual, bestie — this is your group-chat cheat sheet for getting information about the dynamic memory usage of the current program. the way this function is lowkey iconic? periodt. ✨💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

PAPI_get_dmem_info — get information about the dynamic memory usage of the current program. 🫶

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📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

ngl, the synopsis is right here and then it literally rolls into the detailed description below — keep scrolling, bestie. 👇

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✨ Detailed Description ✨

🧚 C Prototype:

#include <papi.h>
int PAPI_get_dmem_info( PAPI_dmem_info_t *dest );

🎀 Parameters

• dest — structure to be filled in PAPI_dmem_info_t. this is the lil container that gets the info, slay. 💖

🔥 Return values

vibe check on the error codes, fr fr:

• PAPI_ECMP — the function is not implemented for the current component. 💀
• PAPI_EINVAL — any value in the structure or array may be undefined, as indicated by this error value. 😭
• PAPI_SYS — a system error occurred. 🚨

⭐ Note

⚠️ Linux-only, no cap: this function is only implemented for the Linux operating system. It takes a pointer to a PAPI_dmem_info_t structure and returns with the structure fields filled in. A value of PAPI_EINVAL in any field indicates an undefined parameter. 🙈

👀 See also

go say hi to these other pages, iykyk:

• PAPI_get_executable_info
• PAPI_get_hardware_info
• PAPI_get_opt
• PAPI_library_init

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✍️ Author ✍️

Generated automatically by Doxygen for PAPI from the source code. so don’t @ me, lol. 🎀

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okay that’s the whole page, bestie — PAPI version 7.2.0.0, dated Wed Jun 25 2025 19:30:48. mwah 💋💖