Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf: jevents: Program to convert JSON file to C style file

[Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Jiri Olsa [jolsa@redhat.com] wrote:
| On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 05:02:08PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
| 
| SNIP
| 
| > +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
| > +{
| > +	int rc;
| > +	int flags;
| 
| SNIP
| 
| > +
| > +	rc = uname(&uts);
| > +	if (rc < 0) {
| > +		printf("%s: uname() failed: %s\n", argv[0], strerror(errno));
| > +		goto empty_map;
| > +	}
| > +
| > +	/* TODO: Add other flavors of machine type here */
| > +	if (!strcmp(uts.machine, "ppc64"))
| > +		arch = "powerpc";
| > +	else if (!strcmp(uts.machine, "i686"))
| > +		arch = "x86";
| > +	else if (!strcmp(uts.machine, "x86_64"))
| > +		arch = "x86";
| > +	else {
| > +		printf("%s: Unknown architecture %s\n", argv[0], uts.machine);
| > +		goto empty_map;
| > +	}
| 
| hum, wouldnt it be easier to pass the arch directly from the Makefile,
| we should have it ready in the $(ARCH) variable..

Yes, I will do that and make all three args (arch, start_dir, output_file)
mandatory (jevents won't be run from command line often, it doesn't need
default args).