.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Joseph Koshy. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd November 25, 2007 .Dt PMC_ATTACH 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pmc_attach , .Nm pmc_detach .Nd attaching and detaching process scope PMCs to target processes .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpmc .Sh SYNOPSIS .In pmc.h .Ft int .Fn pmc_attach "pmc_id_t pmcid" "pid_t pid" .Ft int .Fn pmc_detach "pmc_id_t pmcid" "pid_t pid" .Sh DESCRIPTION These functions control the set of target processes tracked by a process scope PMC. .Pp Function .Fn pmc_attach is used to attach a process scope PMC specified by argument .Fa pmcid to a target process specified by argument .Fa pid . Argument .Fa pid may be zero to denote the current process. If the PMC was allocated with modifier .Dv PMC_F_DESCENDANTS , the PMC will additionally attach to current and future descendents of the specified target process. The PMC should be in a quiescent state (i.e., not running). .Pp Function .Fn pmc_detach is used to detach a process scope PMC specified by argument .Fa pmcid from a process specified by argument .Fa pid . Argument .Fa pid may be zero to denote the current process. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Rv -std .Sh ERRORS A call to function .Fn pmc_attach may fail with the following errors: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EBUSY Argument .Fa pmcid specified a PMC that was not in a quiescent state. .It Bq Er EBUSY The target process specified by function .Fa pmc_attach is being tracked by another process scope PMC that uses the same PMC hardware resources. .It Bq Er EEXIST The target process is already being tracked by the specified PMC. .It Bq Er EINVAL Argument .Fa pmcid specified a PMC with system scope. .It Bq Er EINVAL Argument .Fa pid specified an illegal process id. .It Bq Er EINVAL The current process does not own a PMC with the handle specified in argument .Fa pmcid . .It Bq Er EPERM The caller lacked the privilege needed to attach PMCs to the specified target process. .It Bq Er EPERM (i386 and amd64 architectures) The PMC specified by argument .Fa pmcid has been setup to allow the use of the RDPMC instruction for self measurement. .It Bq Er ESRCH The current process does not own any PMCs. .It Bq Er ESRCH The process specified by argument .Fa pid did not exist. .El .Pp A call to function .Fn pmc_detach may fail with the following errors: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er EINVAL Argument .Fa pmcid specified a PMC with system scope. .It Bq Er EINVAL Argument .Fa pid specified an illegal process id. .It Bq Er EINVAL The current process does not own a PMC with the handle specified in argument .Fa pmcid . .It Bq Er EINVAL The specified PMC was not attached to the target process. .It Bq Er ESRCH The current process does not own any PMCs. .It Bq Er ESRCH The process specified by argument .Fa pid is not being monitored by .Xr hwpmc 4 . .It Bq Er ESRCH The process specified by argument .Fa pid did not exist. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pmc 3 , .Xr pmc_start 3 , .Xr pmc_stop 3 , .Xr hwpmc 4