.TH "PAPI_epc" 3 "Wed Jun 25 2025 19:30:48" "Version 7.2.0.0" "PAPI" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
PAPI_epc \- Simplified call to get arbitrary events per cycle, real and processor time\&.  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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\fBC Interface: \fP
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#include <\fBpapi\&.h\fP> 
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int PAPI_epc( int event, float *rtime, float *ptime, long long *ref, long long *core, long long *evt, float *epc );
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\fBParameters\fP
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\fIevent\fP event code to be measured (0 defaults to PAPI_TOT_INS) 
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\fI*rtime\fP realtime since the latest call 
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\fI*ptime\fP process time since the latest call 
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\fI*ref\fP incremental reference clock cycles since the latest call 
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\fI*core\fP incremental core clock cycles since the latest call 
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\fI*evt\fP events since the latest call 
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\fI*epc\fP incremental events per cycle since the latest call
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\fBReturn values\fP
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\fIPAPI_EINVAL\fP The counters were already started by something other than PAPI_epc()\&. 
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\fIPAPI_ENOEVNT\fP One of the requested events does not exist\&. 
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\fIPAPI_ENOMEM\fP Insufficient memory to complete the operation\&.
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The first call to PAPI_epc() will initialize the PAPI interface, set up the counters to monitor the user specified event, PAPI_TOT_CYC, and PAPI_REF_CYC (if it exists) and start the counters\&.
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Subsequent calls will read the counters and return real time, process time, event counts, the core and reference cycle count and EPC rate since the latest call to PAPI_epc()\&.
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PAPI_epc() can provide a more detailed look at algorithm efficiency in light of clock variability in modern cpus\&. MFLOPS is no longer an adequate description of peak performance if clock rates can arbitrarily speed up or slow down\&. By allowing a user specified event and reporting reference cycles, core cycles and real time, \fBPAPI_epc\fP provides the information to compute an accurate effective clock rate, and an accurate measure of computational throughput\&. Note that PAPI_epc() is thread-safe and can therefore be called by multiple threads\&.
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\fBSee also\fP
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PAPI_flips_rate() 
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PAPI_flops_rate() 
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PAPI_ipc() 
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PAPI_rate_stop() 
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Generated automatically by Doxygen for PAPI from the source code\&.