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API for Monitoring MP Synch?

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The Question is:

 
Hi,
 
I need to write a C program to monitor the MP Synchronization of the machine
(our machine has 8 CPU's)
 
I know that it's possible to see the level of MP Synch with the "MONITOR
MODES" DCL command, but I need to know if it's possible to get this
information into a C program with a specific function.
 
Thanks by advance.

The Answer is :

 
  There is no supported and documented mechanism for retrieving this
  information, save for reading the MONITOR recording file.
 
  That said, there is an undocumented and unsupported interface in
  kernel mode (via information in the internals and data structures
  manual), and there is the undocumented and unsupported mechanism
  underlying MONITOR (see the OpenVMS Freeware, directory SRH_EXAMPLES,
  files *SPI*).
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 11-OCT-1999 )
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