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26.Dd November 23, 2007
27.Dt PMC_EVENT_NAMES_OF_CLASS 3
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm pmc_event_names_of_class
31.Nd return a list of event names supported by a PMC class
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libpmc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In pmc.h
36.Ft int
37.Fo pmc_event_names_of_class
38.Fa "enum pmc_class cl"
39.Fa "const char ***eventnames"
40.Fa "int *nevents"
41.Fc
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43Function
44.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
45retrieves the hardware event names supported by the class of PMC hardware
46specified by argument
47.Fa cl .
48.Pp
49It returns an array of
50.Vt "const char *"
51pointers to names of events supported by the specified class of PMC
52hardware.
53The location pointed to by argument
54.Fa nevents
55is set to the number of event names returned.
56.Pp
57The returned array is allocated using
58.Xr malloc 3 .
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60.Rv -std pmc_event_names_of_class
61.Sh ERRORS
62A call to
63.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
64may fail with the following errors:
65.Bl -tag -width Er
66.It Bq Er EINVAL
67Argument
68.Fa cl
69was invalid.
70.It Bq Er ENOMEM
71Allocation of a memory area to hold the result failed.
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr pmc 3 ,
75.Xr hwpmc 4
76