GpaCreateSession

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GpaStatus GpaCreateSession(
    GpaContextId context_id,
    GpaSessionSampleType sample_type,
    GpaSessionId* session_id);

Description

Creates a session on the specified context. A unique session identifier will be returned which allows counters to be enabled, samples to be measured, and stores the results of the profile. The sample type for the session should be specified by the caller. The requested sample types must be supported by the supplied context. Use GpaGetSupportedSampleTypes to determine which sample types are supported by a context.

Parameters

Name

Description

context_id

Unique identifier of a previously-opened context.

sample_type

The sample type which will be created for this session.

session_id

On successful execution of this function, this parameter will be set to a GPA-generated unique session identifier. This value can subsequently passed to any GPA function taking a GpaSessionId as an input parameter.

Return value

Return value

Description

kGpaStatusOk

The session was successfully created.

kGpaStatusErrorGpaNotInitialized

GPA was not initialized. Call GpaInitialize before all other entrypoints.

kGpaStatusErrorNullPointer

The supplied context_id parameter is NULL.
The supplied session_id parameter is NULL.

kGpaStatusErrorContextNotFound

The supplied context_id parameter was not recognized as a previously-opened context identifier.

kGpaStatusErrorContextNotOpen

The supplied context is not currently open.

kGpaStatusErrorInvalidParameter

The sample_type parameter has an invalid value.

kGpaStatusErrorIncompatibleSampleTypes

The sample_type is incompatible with the context’s supported sample type.

kGpaStatusErrorFailed

The session could not be created.

kGpaStatusErrorException

Exception occurred.

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