PAPI_get_event_info(3)

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version 7.2.0 · 8 versions
, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

PAPI_get_event_info(3) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the PAPI manual page for PAPI_get_event_info — this one is literally about getting an event’s name and description info, and yes it’s giving useful. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

PAPI_get_event_info — get the event's name and description info. periodt. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

💖 Detailed Description 💖

🎀 Parameters 🎀

  • EventCode — event code, bestie (preset or native). 🦋
  • info — structure with the event information, typed as PAPI_event_info_t. ✨

💅 Return values 💅

  • PAPI_EINVAL — one or more of the arguments is invalid. 😭
  • PAPI_ENOTPRESET — the PAPI preset mask was set, but the hardware event specified is not a valid PAPI preset. 💀
  • PAPI_ENOEVNT — the PAPI preset is not available on the underlying hardware. 🙈

okay so the whole point: this function fills the event information into a structure. In Fortran, some fields of the structure are returned explicitly — yes, that’s a thing, no cap. This function works with existing PAPI preset and native event codes. 💖

🦋 See also 🦋

  • PAPI_event_name_to_code — the see-also bestie, go look. 👑

👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for PAPI from the source code. not a human, just Doxygen doing its cute little thing. 🫶

💖 that’s the whole page, bestie! cute sign-off: PAPI version 7.2.0.0, dated Wed Jun 25 2025 19:30:48 — PAPI_get_event_info(3) is out. slay. ✨

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