NAME |LIBRARY |SYNOPSIS |DESCRIPTION |RETURN VALUE |STANDARDS |HISTORY |SEE ALSO |COLOPHON | |
PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE(2const)PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE(2const)PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE, PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE - disable or enable performance counters attached to the calling process
Standard C library (libc,-lc)
#include <linux/prctl.h>/* Definition ofPR_*constants */#include <sys/prctl.h>int prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE);int prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE);
PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE Disable all performance counters attached to the calling process, regardless of whether the counters were created by this process or another process. Performance counters created by the calling process for other processes are unaffected.PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE The converse ofPR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE; enable performance counters attached to the calling process.
On success, 0 is returned. On error, -1 is returned, anderrno is set to indicate the error.
Linux.
Linux 2.6.31. Originally calledPR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLEandPR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE; renamed (retaining the same numerical value) in Linux 2.6.32.
prctl(2) For more information on performance counters, see the Linux kernel source filetools/perf/design.txt.
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