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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>2015-10-05 20:06:09 +0200
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2015-10-05 16:36:18 -0300
commita1853e2c6f8ed488adcd84fb162c5b3f0b674d9b (patch)
tree19790860ae4881b070f5c1f8f1d512aac2c548eb /tools/perf/perf.c
parentb34b3bf0798633cc248b682f5b4f6509739ce234 (diff)
downloadlinux-a1853e2c6f8ed488adcd84fb162c5b3f0b674d9b.tar.gz
perf tools: Handle -h and -v options
Adding handling for '-h' and '-v' options to invoke help and version
command respectively.

Current behaviour is:

   $ perf -v
   Unknown option: -v

    Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
   $ perf -h
   Unknown option: -h

    Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]

New behaviour:

  $ 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
   ...

  $ perf -v
  perf version 4.3.rc3.gc99e32

Updated man page.

Requested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444068369-20978-10-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/perf.c')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 1fded922bcc8..543713422d14 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			break;
 
 		/*
+		 * Shortcut for '-h' and '-v' options to invoke help
+		 * and version command.
+		 */
+		if (!strcmp(cmd, "-h")) {
+			(*argv)[0] = "--help";
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(cmd, "-v")) {
+			(*argv)[0] = "--version";
+			break;
+		}
+
+		/*
 		 * Check remaining flags.
 		 */
 		if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_EXEC_PATH)) {