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perfmonctl.2: Minor reorganization 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.TH PERFMONCTL 2 2013-02-10 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
perfmonctl \- interface to IA-64 performance monitoring unit
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <syscall.h>
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The IA-64-specific
system call provides an interface to the
PMU (performance monitoring unit).
The PMU consists of PMD (performance monitoring data) registers and
PMC (performance monitoring control) registers,
PMC (performance monitoring control) registers,
which gather hardware statistics.
.BR perfmonctl ()
@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ Supported values for
are:
.TP
.B PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT
set up a context
.B PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_CONTEXT, pfarg_context_t *" ctxt ", 1);
.fi
Set up a context.
The
.I fd
@ -89,60 +89,60 @@ on the file descriptor.
.TP
.B PFM_WRITE_PMCS
.\" pfm_write_pmcs()
set PMC registers
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMCS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmcs ", n);
.fi
.TP
Set PMC registers.
.TP
.B PFM_WRITE_PMDS
.\" pfm_write_pmds()
set PMD registers
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_WRITE_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);
.fi
.\" pfm_write_pmds()
Set PMD registers.
.TP
.B PFM_READ_PMDS
.\" pfm_read_pmds()
read PMD registers
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_READ_PMDS, pfarg_reg_t *" pmds ", n);
.fi
Read PMD registers.
.TP
.B PFM_START
.\" pfm_start()
start monitoring
.nf
.\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, arg, 1);
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, NULL, 0);
.fi
Start monitoring.
.TP
.B PFM_STOP
.B PFM_STOP
.\" pfm_stop()
stop monitoring
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_START, NULL, 0);
.fi
Stop monitoring.
.TP
.B PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT
.\" pfm_context_load()
attach the context to a thread
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_LOAD_CONTEXT, pfarg_load_t *" largs ", 1);
.fi
Attach the context to a thread.
.TP
.B PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT
.B PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT
.\" pfm_context_unload()
detach the context from a thread
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_UNLOAD_CONTEXT, NULL, 0);
.fi
Detach the context from a thread.
.TP
.B PFM_RESTART
.B PFM_RESTART
.\" pfm_restart()
restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification
.nf
.BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_RESTART, NULL, 0);
.fi
Restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification.
.\"
.\" PFM_GET_FEATURES - pfm_get_features()
.\" PFM_DEBUG - pfm_debug()
@ -150,21 +150,21 @@ restart monitoring after receiving an overflow notification
.\"
.\"
.\" .TP
.\" .B PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS
.\"
.\" .B PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS
.\"
.\" create or modify event sets
.\" .nf
.\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_CREATE_EVTSETS, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
.\" .fi
.\" .TP
.\" .B PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS
.\" .B PFM_DELETE_EVTSETS
.\" delete event sets
.\" .nf
.\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_DELETE_EVTSET, pfarg_setdesc_t *desc , n);
.\" .fi
.\" .TP
.\" .B PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS
.\" get information about event sets
.\" .B PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS
.\" get information about event sets
.\" .nf
.\" .BI "perfmonctl(int " fd ", PFM_GETINFO_EVTSETS, pfarg_setinfo_t *info, n);
.\" .fi