Commit-ID: 4c1cf20334ae6e390e1ea787ef76c40a161370d1 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/4c1cf20334ae6e390e1ea787ef76c40a161370d1 Author: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Mon, 13 May 2019 14:28:32 -0400 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:36:47 -0300 perf parse-regs: Improve error output when faced with unknown register name Add quotes around the register name and suggest using 'perf record -I?' to get the list of available registers. Before: # perf record -Idi,xmm20,xmm1 Warning: unknown register xmm20, check man page Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -I, --intr-regs[=<any register>] sample selected machine registers on interrupt, use -I ? to list register names # # perf record -Idi,xmm20,xmm1 Warning: unknown register "xmm20", check man page or run "perf record -I?" Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -I, --intr-regs[=<any register>] sample selected machine registers on interrupt, use -I ? to list register names # Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9a9hyuum8c0oggg86xd3sxc5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c index e6599e290f46..9cb187a20fe2 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c @@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset) break; } if (!r->name) { - ui__warning("unknown register %s," - " check man page\n", s); + ui__warning("Unknown register \"%s\", check man page or run \"perf record -I?\"\n", s); goto error; }
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