pmfreeresult(3) — Linux manual page

PMFREERESULT(3)          Library Functions Manual         PMFREERESULT(3)

NAME         top

       pmFreeResult, pmFreeHighResResult, - release storage allocated for
       performance metrics values

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       void pmFreeResult(pmResult *result);
       void pmFreeHighResResult(pmHighResResult *result);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       The variable sized results returned by pmFetch(3) and
       pmFetchHighRes(3) are allocated below the Performance Metrics
       Application Programming Interface (PMAPI) using a combination of
       dynamic (i.e. malloc(3)) and specialized allocation strategies.

       Applications should call pmFreeResult to release the storage
       previously allocated for result by pmFetch(3), when the
       application no longer requires access to the pmResult structure.

       Under no circumstances should an application use free(result) to
       release storage previously allocated for a pmResult by pmFetch(3).

       Similarly, memory allocated for the high resolution timestamped
       result structure returned from pmFetchHighRes(3) should be
       released by a call to pmFreeHighResResult.

SEE ALSO         top

       malloc(3), PMAPI(3), pmFetch(3) and pmFetchHighRes(3).

COLOPHON         top

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