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Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line

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On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 09:09:59AM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 09:07:17AM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 04:46:22PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > 
> > SNIP
> > 
> > >  
> > >  struct callchain_param	callchain_param = {
> > >  	.mode	= CHAIN_GRAPH_ABS,
> > > @@ -663,3 +665,28 @@ fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint, char *str,
> > >  		*puint = (version << 16) + (patchlevel << 8) + sublevel;
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > > +
> > > +const char *perf_report_tip(const char *dirname)
> > > +{
> > > +	struct strlist *tips;
> > > +	struct str_node *node;
> > > +	char *tip = NULL;
> > > +	struct strlist_config conf = {
> > > +		.dirname = system_path(dirname) ,
> > > +	};
> > > +
> > > +	tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
> > > +	if (tips == NULL || strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 1) {
> > > +		tip = (char *)"Cannot find tips.txt file";
> > > +		goto out;
> > 
> > could we also try to read "./Documentation/tips.txt" ?
> > 
> > so people who don't install perf and run it from 'tools/perf'
> > get some tips as well? ;-)
> > 
> > [jolsa@krava perf]$ ./perf report --stdio  | tail -3
> > #
> > # (Cannot find tips.txt file)
> > #
> > [jolsa@krava perf]$ 
> 
> also some people use local user install and it seems
> not to be installed under this one as well
> 
> 
> [jolsa@krava perf]$ make install
>   BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
>   SUBDIR   Documentation
>   INSTALL  Documentation-man
>   INSTALL  trace_plugins
>   INSTALL  GTK UI
>   INSTALL  binaries
>   INSTALL  tests
>   INSTALL  perf-read-vdso32
>   INSTALL  libexec
>   INSTALL  perf-archive
>   INSTALL  perf-with-kcore
>   INSTALL  strace/groups
>   INSTALL  perl-scripts
>   INSTALL  python-scripts
>   INSTALL  perf_completion-script
>   INSTALL  perf-tip
> [jolsa@krava perf]$ ./perf report --stdio  | tail -3
> #
> # (Cannot find tips.txt file)
> #

Oops, I should use tip_instdir_SQ instead of tipdir_SQ when
installing.  Will send the fix soon.

Thanks,
Namhyung
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[RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-07 08:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-01-07 09:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-01-07 09:20 +0100
      Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-07 11:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-07 11:50 +0100
  Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-01-07 09:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2016-01-07 12:00 +0100
  Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> - 2016-01-07 17:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC/PATCH v2] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help  line Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-01-07 19:20 +0100

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