PAPI_get_executable_info(3)

okay so bestie, welcome to PAPI_get_executable_info(3) from the PAPI manual — this is the page for getting the executable's address space info, and it's serving main-character energy. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

PAPI_get_executable_info — Get the executable's address space info. 🦋

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

The synopsis vibes live in the Detailed Description right below — keep scrolling, bestie, it's literally right there. 🫶

🔍 Detailed Description 🔍

🧵 C Interface 🧵

#include <papi.h>
const PAPI_exe_info_t *PAPI_get_executable_info( void );

This function returns a pointer to a structure containing information about the current program. No cap. 💖

🎀 Parameters 🎀

• fullname — fully qualified path + filename of the executable.
• name — filename of the executable with no path information.
• text_start, text_end — start and End addresses of program text segment.
• data_start, data_end — start and End addresses of program data segment.
• bss_start, bss_end — start and End addresses of program bss segment.

🚨 Return values 🚨

• PAPI_EINVAL — one or more of the arguments is invalid.

🌈 Examples 🌈

This is the example exactly as the page gives it — syntax and all, bestie:

const PAPI_exe_info_t *prginfo = NULL;
if ( ( prginfo = PAPI_get_executable_info( ) ) == NULL )
exit( 1 );
printf( "Path+Program: %s\n", exeinfo->fullname );
printf( "Program: %s\n", exeinfo->address_info.name );
printf( "Text start: %p, Text end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.text_start, exeinfo->address_info.text_end) ;
printf( "Data start: %p, Data end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.data_start, exeinfo->address_info.data_end );
printf( "Bss start: %p, Bss end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.bss_start, exeinfo->address_info.bss_end );

👀 See also 👀

• PAPI_get_opt
• PAPI_get_hardware_info
• PAPI_exe_info_t

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie 🫶 — this page is from PAPI version 7.2.0.0, dated Wed Jun 25 2025 19:30:48, and it's literally PAPI_get_executable_info(3). slay ✨💖