Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf help: Add options description to 'perf -h'

[Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com>]

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>
> 
> .
> 


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Thanks,
Yunlong Song