PAPI_strerror3

#include <papi.h>

char * PAPI_strerror( int errorCode );

code

-- the error code to interpret

*error -- a pointer to the error string.
NULL -- the input error code to PAPI_strerror() is invalid.

int ret;
int EventSet = PAPI_NULL;
int native = 0x0;
char error_str[PAPI_MAX_STR_LEN];
ret = PAPI_create_eventset(&EventSet);
if (ret != PAPI_OK)
{
   fprintf(stderr, "PAPI error %d: %s\n", ret, PAPI_strerror(retval));
   exit(1);
}
// Add Total Instructions Executed to our EventSet
ret = PAPI_add_event(EventSet, PAPI_TOT_INS);
if (ret != PAPI_OK)
{
   PAPI_perror( "PAPI_add_event");
   fprintf(stderr,"PAPI_error %d: %s\n", ret, error_str);
   exit(1);
}
// Start counting
ret = PAPI_start(EventSet);
if (ret != PAPI_OK) handle_error(ret);

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