vpGetTimer(3) Library Functions Manual vpGetTimer(3) NAME vpGetTimer, vpClearTimer - interval timer facility SYNOPSIS #include <volpack.h> vpResult vpGetTimer(vpc, option, iptr) vpContext *vpc; int option; int *iptr;; vpResult vpClearTimer(vpc, option) vpContext *vpc; int option; ARGUMENTS vpc VolPack context from vpCreateContext. option Constant that specifies a particular timer. iptr Location for storing the timer value. DESCRIPTION These functions are used for measuring the performance of the VolPack li- brary. To use them, the library must be compiled with a special flag: ei- ther -DHAVE_LORES_TIMER (for machine that support the gettimeofday C li- brary call) or -DHAVE_HIRES_TIMER (for SGI machines that support high-reso- lution memory-mapped I/O timers; on a Challenge or ONYX, the -DHAVE_64BIT_TIMER must also be specified). If one of these flags is spec- ified at compile time then VolPack maintains a table recording the accumu- lated time spent in various operations. Note that some of the operations can only be timed with a high-resolution timer; time values will not be recorded and will appear to be zero if a low resolution timer is specified at compile time. vpGetTimer retrieves the accumulated time for a particular operation. The option argument specifies which operation: VPTIMER_SHADE Time the routine that computes the contents of the shading lookup table. VPTIMER_RENDER Time the routine that renders a volume (includes VPTIMER_CLSFY_OC- TREE, VPTIMER_COMPOSITE, VPTIMER_DEPTHCUE, and VPTIMER_WARP). VPTIMER_COMPOSITE Time the routine that computes the intermediate image from the vol- ume (includes VPTIMER_CLEAR, VPTIMER_TRAVERSE_OCTREE, VPTIMER_ERT, VPTIMER_TRAVERSE_RUNS, and VPTIMER_PROCESS_VOXELS). VPTIMER_DEPTHCUE Time the routine that performs the depth cueing fixup on the inter- mediate image. VPTIMER_WARP Time the routine that warps the intermediate image into the final image. VPTIMER_TRAVERSE_RUNS Time the portion of the compositing routine devoted to traversing the volume data structures. VPTIMER_PROCESS_VOXELS Time the portion of the compositing routine devoted to compositing voxels into the intermediate image. VPTIMER_ERT Time the early-ray termination checks during compositing. VPTIMER_CLSFY_OCTREE Time the octree classification stage. VPTIMER_TRAVERSE_OCTREE Time the portion of the compositing routine devoted to traversing the octree. VPTIMER_CLEAR Time the routine that clears the intermediate image at the beginning of compositing. The routine stores the accumulated time since the last call to vpClearTimer (or since the beginning of the program) in the location specified by iptr. The units of the value are microseconds. vpClearTimer sets the specified timer value back to zero. ERRORS The normal return value is VP_OK. The following error return value is pos- sible: VPERROR_BAD_OPTION The option argument is invalid. SEE ALSO VolPack(3), vpCreateContext(3) VolPack vpGetTimer(3)
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