Get the executable's address space info. More...

Detailed Description

C Interface:: #include <papi.h>
const PAPI_exe_info_t *PAPI_get_executable_info( void );

This function returns a pointer to a structure containing information about the current program.

Parameters:

fullname	Fully qualified path + filename of the executable.
name	Filename of the executable with no path information.
text_start,text_end	Start and End addresses of program text segment.
data_start,data_end	Start and End addresses of program data segment.
bss_start,bss_end	Start and End addresses of program bss segment.

Return values:

PAPI_EINVAL One or more of the arguments is invalid.

Examples:

    const PAPI_exe_info_t *prginfo = NULL;
    if ( ( prginfo = PAPI_get_executable_info( ) ) == NULL )
    exit( 1 );
    printf( "Path+Program: %s\n", exeinfo->fullname );
    printf( "Program: %s\n", exeinfo->address_info.name );
    printf( "Text start: %p, Text end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.text_start, exeinfo->address_info.text_end) ;
    printf( "Data start: %p, Data end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.data_start, exeinfo->address_info.data_end );
    printf( "Bss start: %p, Bss end: %p\n", exeinfo->address_info.bss_start, exeinfo->address_info.bss_end );

Bug:: No known bugs.

See also:: PAPI_get_opt; PAPI_get_hardware_info; PAPI_exe_info_t

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

papi.c