PAPI_get_executable_info(3)

PAPI_get_executable_info3

Get the executable's address space info.

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 );

See also

PAPI_get_opt

PAPI_get_hardware_info

PAPI_exe_info_t

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 5 times.

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