Simple single-threaded program example

# include <pmapi.h>
main()
{
       pm_info_t pminfo;
       pm_prog_t prog;
       pm_data_t data;
       int filter = PM_VERIFIED; /* use only verified events */

       pm_init(filter, &pminfo)

       prog.mode.w       = 0;  /* start with clean mode */
       prog.mode.b.user  = 1;  /* count only user mode */

       for (i = 0; i < pminfo.maxpmcs; i++)
                prog.events[i] = COUNT_NOTHING;

       prog.events[0]    = 1;  /* count event 1 in first counter */
       prog.events[1]    = 2;  /* count event 2 in second counter */

       pm_set_program_mythread(&prog);
       pm_start_mythread();

(1)    ... usefull work ....

       pm_stop_mythread();
       pm_get_data_mythread(&data);

       ... print results ...
}