From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755092AbZJ0NwS (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:52:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754689AbZJ0NwR (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:52:17 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:50661 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754558AbZJ0NwR (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:52:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:11 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Marti Raudsepp Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Paul Mackerras , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0 of 2] Two small UI tweaks to perf Message-ID: <20091027135211.GD32628@elte.hu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=none autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Marti Raudsepp wrote: > Hi! > > Posting two small user interface tweaks to perf. > > [PATCH 1 of 2] perf tools: notify user when unrecognized event is specified > > When you specify an unknown --event, perf now outputs: > > invalid or unsupported event: 'foobar' > Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events ok, agreed! > [PATCH 2 of 2] perf tools: output 'perf list' to stdout not stderr > > I certainly expected 'perf list' output to be sent to stdout. It's not errors > or notices: the user asked for a list. Certainly - i meant to fix this for some time - thanks for taking care of it. Ingo