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.Dd November 23, 2007
.Dt PMC_EVENT_NAMES_OF_CLASS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pmc_event_names_of_class
.Nd return a list of event names supported by a PMC class.
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpmc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In pmc.h
.Ft int
.Fo pmc_event_names_of_class
.Fa "enum pmc_class cl"
.Fa "const char ***eventnames"
.Fa "int *nevents"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
retrieves the hardware event names supported by the class of PMC hardware
specified by argument
.Fa cl .
.Pp
It returns an array of
.Vt "const char *"
pointers to names of events supported by the specified class of PMC
hardware.
The location pointed to by argument
.Fa nevents
is set to the number of event names returned.
.Pp
The returned array is allocated using
.Xr malloc 3 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Rv -std pmc_event_names_of_class
.Sh ERRORS
A call to
.Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
may fail with the following errors:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
Argument
.Fa cl
was invalid.
.It Bq Er ENOMEM
Allocation of a memory area to hold the result failed.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pmc 3 ,
.Xr hwpmc 4
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