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| From | Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf help: Add options description to 'perf -h' |
| Date | 2015-10-20 04:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <qluGS-6D5-15@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qjkLE-2wS-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <qjLiO-85x-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qjLiO-85x-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <qlkxQ-8qb-25@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 2015/10/19 23:29, Namhyung Kim wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 03:39:50PM +0800, Yunlong Song wrote: >> Add options description to 'perf -h' to make it consistent with other builtins >> (e.g., 'perf stat -h'). >> >> Example: >> >> Before this patch: >> >> # perf -h >> >> usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] >> >> The most commonly used perf commands are: >> annotate Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code >> archive Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file >> bench General framework for benchmark suites >> buildid-cache Manage build-id cache. >> buildid-list List the buildids in a perf.data file >> <SNIP> >> test Runs sanity tests. >> timechart Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload >> top System profiling tool. >> trace strace inspired tool >> probe Define new dynamic tracepoints >> >> See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command. >> >> After this patch: >> >> # perf -h >> >> usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] >> >> --help help >> --version version >> --exec-path exec-path >> --html-path html-path >> --paginate paginate >> --no-pager no-pager >> --perf-dir perf-dir >> --work-tree work-tree >> --debugfs-dir debugfs-dir >> --buildid-dir buildid-dir >> --list-cmds list-cmds >> --list-opts list-opts >> --debug debug > > IMHO this *help* message is not very useful in its current form. Also > please consider updating Documentation/perf.txt too. > > Thanks, > Namhyung OK, I will update the struct option of perf to a more interpretative style soon. > >> >> The most commonly used perf commands are: >> annotate Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code >> archive Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file >> bench General framework for benchmark suites >> buildid-cache Manage build-id cache. >> buildid-list List the buildids in a perf.data file >> <SNIP> >> test Runs sanity tests. >> timechart Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload >> top System profiling tool. >> trace strace inspired tool >> probe Define new dynamic tracepoints >> >> See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command. >> >> As shown above, the options description really appears now. >> >> Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> > > . > -- Thanks, Yunlong Song -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf help: Add options description to 'perf -h' Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-10-19 17:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf help: Add options description to 'perf -h' Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> - 2015-10-20 04:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf help: Add options description to 'perf -h' Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> - 2015-10-21 04:00 +0200
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