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27 .Dt PMC_EVENT_NAMES_OF_CLASS 3
30 .Nm pmc_event_names_of_class
31 .Nd return a list of event names supported by a PMC class.
37 .Fo pmc_event_names_of_class
38 .Fa "enum pmc_class cl"
39 .Fa "const char ***eventnames"
44 .Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
45 retrieves the hardware event names supported by the class of PMC hardware
49 It returns an array of
51 pointers to names of events supported by the specified class of PMC
53 The location pointed to by argument
55 is set to the number of event names returned.
57 The returned array is allocated using
60 .Rv -std pmc_event_names_of_class
63 .Fn pmc_event_names_of_class
64 may fail with the following errors:
71 Allocation of a memory arena to hold the result failed.