Starts system wide Performance Monitor counting.
Performance Monitor APIs Library (libpmapi.a)
#include <pmapi.h>
int pm_start()
int pm_tstart(*time)
timebasestruct_t *time;
The pm_start subroutine starts system wide Performance Monitor counting.
The pm_tstart subroutine starts system wide Performance Monitor counting, and returns a timestamp indicating when the counting was started.
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*time | Pointer to a structure containing the timebase value when the counting was started. This can be converted to time using the time_base_to_time subroutine. |
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0 | Operation completed successfully. |
Positive error code | Refer to the pm_error Subroutine to decode the error code |
Refer to the pm_error Subroutine.
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/usr/include/pmapi.h | Defines standard macros, data types, and subroutines. |