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

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 10:13:17AM +0800, Yunlong Song wrote:
> 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.

In addition, --help and --version options are duplicate.  And I think
--perf-dir and --work-tree options are never used.  Also I doubt
anyone uses html help page with --html-path.  Finally I think it'd be
better to hide --list-cmds and --list-opts options as they're only
intended to be used by completion scripts.

Thanks,
Namhyung