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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>,
	Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 01/15] perf tools: Fix -n option
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:44:16 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170703174416.GF16278@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170703165838.GB22468@krava>

Em Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 06:58:38PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 01:40:01PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 06:22:28PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 01:10:04PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > > Ok, so the user asks for --no-samples but at the same time asks for
> > > > precision equal to :ppp, we should stop right there and warn the user
> > > > that that is not possible, instead of silently dropping off what the
> > > > user explicitely asked.

> > > well I take this option more like debug/devel one.. you have
> > > failing command line and want to investigate the kernel state
> > > without having samples generated under your fingers

> > > can't see why would normal user need it

> > > > I'm cooking a few patches to allow that, then we can apply your patch,
> > > > that, with the current set of users will never kick in :-)

> > Take a look at:

> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git/commit/?h=perf/core&id=9f6e7e8bbb99feb6d721be7ccefb8c9139fa5abb

> > and:

> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git/commit/?h=perf/core&id=f9a4297945a99b47f92b111b5b1802a3b295a1a7

> > Its in my perf/core branch now.

> I think I'd just go for simple warning once we detect -n and :p
> but if you think error is necessary I'll live ;-)

Ok, so you don't find any error in my patches, good :-)

I don't like options that are developer-only-that-knows-what-is-doing,
nor things that get chopped up behind your feet, so I think the way I
did covers your case and provides meaningful error messages when an
invalid combination of options is used.

- Arnaldo

  reply	other threads:[~2017-07-03 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-07-03 14:50 [PATCH 00/15] perf tools: Fix attr tests Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 01/15] perf tools: Fix -n option Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:57   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-07-03 15:16     ` [PATCHv2 " Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 16:10       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-07-03 16:22         ` Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 16:40           ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-07-03 16:58             ` Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 17:44               ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 02/15] perf tests attr: Do not store failed events Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:51   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 03/15] perf tests attr: Add test_attr__ready function Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:51   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 04/15] perf tests attr: Make compare_data global Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:51   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 05/15] perf tests attr: Rename compare_data to data_equal Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:52   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 06/15] perf tests attr: Add 1s for exclude_kernel and task base bits Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:52   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 07/15] perf tests attr: Fix record dwarf test Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:52   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 08/15] perf tests attr: Fix no-delay test Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:53   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 09/15] perf tests attr: Add proper return values Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:53   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 10/15] perf tests attr: Fix cpu test disabled term setup Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:53   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 11/15] perf tests attr: Fix sample_period setup Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:54   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 12/15] perf tests attr: Fix precise_ip setup Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:54   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 13/15] perf tests attr: Fix stat sample_type setup Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:54   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 14/15] perf tests attr: Add optional term Jiri Olsa
2017-07-20  8:55   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 14:50 ` [PATCH 15/15] perf tests attr: Fix task term values Jiri Olsa
2017-08-09 15:00   ` Jiri Olsa
2017-08-10  7:07     ` Thomas Richter
2017-10-03 16:43   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
2017-07-17 12:18 ` [PATCH 00/15] perf tools: Fix attr tests Jiri Olsa
2017-07-17 12:51   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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