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24.Dd November 23, 2007
25.Dt PMC_EVENT_NAMES_OF_CLASS 3
26.Os
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm pmc_event_names_of_class
29.Nd return a list of event names supported by a PMC class
30.Sh LIBRARY
31.Lb libpmc
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.In pmc.h
34.Ft int
35.Fo pmc_event_names_of_class
36.Fa "enum pmc_class cl"
37.Fa "const char ***eventnames"
38.Fa "int *nevents"
39.Fc
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41Function
42.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
43retrieves the hardware event names supported by the class of PMC hardware
44specified by argument
45.Fa cl .
46.Pp
47It returns an array of
48.Vt "const char *"
49pointers to names of events supported by the specified class of PMC
50hardware.
51The location pointed to by argument
52.Fa nevents
53is set to the number of event names returned.
54.Pp
55The returned array is allocated using
56.Xr malloc 3 .
57.Sh RETURN VALUES
58.Rv -std pmc_event_names_of_class
59.Sh ERRORS
60A call to
61.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
62may fail with the following errors:
63.Bl -tag -width Er
64.It Bq Er EINVAL
65Argument
66.Fa cl
67was invalid.
68.It Bq Er ENOMEM
69Allocation of a memory area to hold the result failed.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr pmc 3 ,
73.Xr hwpmc 4
74