Constants

PAPI Version Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VERSION = 100663297: PAPI version, as used internaly

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VER_CURRENT = 100663296: PAPI version, without the revision and increment part

PAPI Initialization Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_NOT_INITED = 0: PAPI is not initilized

pypapi.consts.PAPI_LOW_LEVEL_INITED = 1: Low level has called library init

pypapi.consts.PAPI_HIGH_LEVEL_INITED = 2: High level has called library init

pypapi.consts.PAPI_THREAD_LEVEL_INITED = 4: Threads have been inited

PAPI State Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_STOPPED = 1: EventSet stopped

pypapi.consts.PAPI_RUNNING = 2: EventSet running

pypapi.consts.PAPI_PAUSED = 4: EventSet temp. disabled by the library

pypapi.consts.PAPI_NOT_INIT = 8: EventSet defined, but not initialized

pypapi.consts.PAPI_OVERFLOWING = 16: EventSet has overflowing enabled

pypapi.consts.PAPI_PROFILING = 32: EventSet has profiling enabled

pypapi.consts.PAPI_MULTIPLEXING = 64: EventSet has multiplexing enabled

pypapi.consts.PAPI_ATTACHED = 128: EventSet is attached to another thread/process

pypapi.consts.PAPI_CPU_ATTACHED = 256: EventSet is attached to a specific cpu (not counting thread of execution)

PAPI Mask Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_NATIVE_MASK = 1073741824: Mask to indicate the event is a native event

pypapi.consts.PAPI_PRESET_MASK = -2147483648: Mask to indicate the event is a preset event

PAPI Option Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_MIN_STR_LEN = 64: For small strings, like names & stuff

pypapi.consts.PAPI_MAX_STR_LEN = 128: For average run-of-the-mill strings

pypapi.consts.PAPI_2MAX_STR_LEN = 256: For somewhat longer run-of-the-mill strings

pypapi.consts.PAPI_HUGE_STR_LEN = 1024: This should be defined in terms of a system parameter

pypapi.consts.PAPI_MAX_INFO_TERMS = 12: Dhould match PAPI_EVENTS_IN_DERIVED_EVENT defined in papi_internal.h

PAPI Error Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_QUIET = 0: Option to turn off automatic reporting of return codes < 0 to stderr.

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VERB_ECONT = 1: Option to automatically report any return codes < 0 to stderr and continue

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VERB_ESTOP = 2: Option to automatically report any return codes < 0 to stderr and exit.

PAPI Domain Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_USER = 1: User context counted

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_MIN = 1: Same as PAPI_DOM_USER

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_KERNEL = 2: Kernel/OS context counted

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_OTHER = 4: Exception/transient mode (like user TLB misses)

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_SUPERVISOR = 8: Supervisor/hypervisor context counted

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_ALL = 15: All contexts counted

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_MAX = 15: Same as PAPI_DOM_ALL

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DOM_HWSPEC = 2147483648: Flag that indicates we are not reading CPU like stuff. The lower 31 bits can be decoded by the component into something meaningful. i.e. SGI HUB counters

PAPI Granularity Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_THR = 1: PAPI counters for each individual thread

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_MIN = 1: Same as PAPI_GRN_THR

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_PROC = 2: PAPI counters for each individual process

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_PROCG = 4: PAPI counters for each individual process group

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_SYS = 8: PAPI counters for the current CPU, are you bound?

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_SYS_CPU = 16: PAPI counters for all CPUs individually

pypapi.consts.PAPI_GRN_MAX = 16: Same as PAPI_GRN_SYS_CPU

PAPI Locking Mechanisms Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_USR1_LOCK = 0: User controlled locks

pypapi.consts.PAPI_USR2_LOCK = 1: User controlled locks

pypapi.consts.PAPI_NUM_LOCK = 2: Used with setting up array

pypapi.consts.PAPI_LOCK_USR1 = 0: Same as PAPI_USR1_LOCK

pypapi.consts.PAPI_LOCK_USR2 = 1: Same as PAPI_USR2_LOCK

pypapi.consts.PAPI_LOCK_NUM = 2: Same as PAPI_NUM_LOCK

PAPI FLIPS/FLOPS Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_FP_INS = -2147483596: Floating point instructions executed

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VEC_SP = -2147483543: Single precision vector/SIMD instructions

pypapi.consts.PAPI_VEC_DP = -2147483542: Double precision vector/SIMD instructions

pypapi.consts.PAPI_FP_OPS = -2147483546: Floating point operations executed

pypapi.consts.PAPI_SP_OPS = -2147483545: Floating point operations executed; optimized to count scaled single precision vector operations

pypapi.consts.PAPI_DP_OPS = -2147483544: Floating point operations executed; optimized to count scaled double precision vector operations

Other PAPI Constants

pypapi.consts.PAPI_NULL = -1: A nonexistent hardware event used as a placeholder