Provided by: papi-tools_5.6.0-1_amd64 

NAME
papi_cost - papi_cost utility.
file papi_cost.c
NAME
papi_cost - computes execution time costs for basic PAPI operations.
Synopsis
papi_cost [-dhs] [-b bins] [-t threshold]
Description
papi_cost is a PAPI utility program that computes the min / max / mean / std. deviation of execution
times for PAPI start/stop pairs and for PAPI reads. This information provides the basic operating cost to
a user's program for collecting hardware counter data. Command line options control display capabilities.
Options
• -b < bins > Define the number of bins into which the results are partitioned for display. The default
is 100.
• -d Display a graphical distribution of costs in a vertical histogram.
• -h Display help information about this utility.
• -s Show the number of iterations in each of the first 10 standard deviations above the mean.
• -t < threshold > Set the threshold for the number of iterations to measure costs. The default is
100,000.
Bugs
There are no known bugs in this utility. If you find a bug, it should be reported to the PAPI Mailing
List at ptools-perfapi@icl.utk.edu.
Version 5.6.0.0 Mon Dec 18 2017 papi_cost(1)