From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] perf: script: Fix documentation of '-f' when it should be '-F'
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:53:23 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160616195323.GG13337@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1466080474-22576-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Em Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 03:34:32PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> The documentation for perf script mixes up '-f' and '-F'. Fix it.
Applied, thanks,
- Arnaldo
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 20 ++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
> index 4fc44c75263f..4f34379ebd77 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
> @@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ OPTIONS
> srcline, period, iregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags.
> Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
> to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
> - e.g., -f sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -f trace:time,cpu,trace
> + e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
>
> - perf script -f <fields>
> + perf script -F <fields>
>
> is equivalent to:
>
> - perf script -f trace:<fields> -f sw:<fields> -f hw:<fields>
> + perf script -F trace:<fields> -F sw:<fields> -F hw:<fields>
>
> i.e., the specified fields apply to all event types if the type string
> is not given.
> @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ OPTIONS
> The arguments are processed in the order received. A later usage can
> reset a prior request. e.g.:
>
> - -f trace: -f comm,tid,time,ip,sym
> + -F trace: -F comm,tid,time,ip,sym
>
> - The first -f suppresses trace events (field list is ""), but then the
> + The first -F suppresses trace events (field list is ""), but then the
> second invocation sets the fields to comm,tid,time,ip,sym. In this case a
> warning is given to the user:
>
> @@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ OPTIONS
>
> Alternatively, consider the order:
>
> - -f comm,tid,time,ip,sym -f trace:
> + -F comm,tid,time,ip,sym -F trace:
>
> - The first -f sets the fields for all events and the second -f
> + The first -F sets the fields for all events and the second -F
> suppresses trace events. The user is given a warning message about
> the override, and the result of the above is that only S/W and H/W
> events are displayed with the given fields.
> @@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ OPTIONS
> event type, a message is displayed to the user that the option is
> ignored for that type. For example:
>
> - $ perf script -f comm,tid,trace
> + $ perf script -F comm,tid,trace
> 'trace' not valid for hardware events. Ignoring.
> 'trace' not valid for software events. Ignoring.
>
> Alternatively, if the type is given an invalid field is specified it
> is an error. For example:
>
> - perf script -v -f sw:comm,tid,trace
> + perf script -v -F sw:comm,tid,trace
> 'trace' not valid for software events.
>
> At this point usage is displayed, and perf-script exits.
> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ OPTIONS
> respectively.
>
> Finally, a user may not set fields to none for all event types.
> - i.e., -f "" is not allowed.
> + i.e., -F "" is not allowed.
>
> The brstack output includes branch related information with raw addresses using the
> /v/v/v/v/ syntax in the following order:
> --
> 1.9.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-16 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-16 12:34 [PATCH RFC 0/3] perf script: Add callindent option Adrian Hunter
2016-06-16 12:34 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] perf: script: Fix documentation of '-f' when it should be '-F' Adrian Hunter
2016-06-16 19:53 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2016-06-16 12:34 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] perf auxtrace: Add option to feed branches to the thread stack Adrian Hunter
2016-06-16 12:34 ` [PATCH RFC 3/3] perf script: Add callindent option Adrian Hunter
2016-06-17 8:22 ` [PATCH RFC V2 " Adrian Hunter
2016-06-20 23:50 ` Andi Kleen
2016-06-16 16:37 ` [PATCH RFC 0/3] " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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