op-check-perfevents(1) — Linux manual page

OP-CHECK-PERFEVENTS(1)   General Commands Manual  OP-CHECK-PERFEVENTS(1)

NAME         top

       op-check-perfevents - checks for kernel perf pmu support

SYNOPSIS         top

       op-check-perfevents [ options ]

DESCRIPTION         top

       The small helper program op-check-perfevents determines whether
       the kernel supports the perf interface and returns a zero exit
       status if the perf pmu support is available.

OPTIONS         top

       --help / -h
              Show usage help message.

       --verbose / -v
              Print string describing the error number of
              perf_event_open syscall

ENVIRONMENT         top

       No special environment variables are recognised by op-check-
       perfevents.

VERSION         top

       This man page is current for oprofile-1.5.0git.

SEE ALSO         top

       /usr/local/share/doc/oprofile/, oprofile(1)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the oprofile (a system-wide profiler for
       Linux) project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/news/⟩.  If you have a bug report
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4th Berkeley Distribution Fri 22 December 2023    OP-CHECK-PERFEVENTS(1)

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