Using PAPI

Using PAPI

• Overview of PAPI
• PAPI Programmer's Reference (Man Pages)
• Software Defined Events

To use PAPI in your own programs:

• Read the Overview of PAPI.
• Try out the utility programs in /utils to see what's in your system.
• Try a test program. Source for a number of tests in both C and FORTRAN are available, these can be found in the src/ctests/ and src/ftests/ directories respectively. Find a program that's similar to what you want to do. Make sure you can build it and run it.
• Write a test program of your own, exercising the PAPI events and features of interest to you.
• Go for broke. Fold PAPI calls into your sources and see what you can learn.