From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 353C4C04AB4 for ; Fri, 17 May 2019 19:37:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F375D21726 for ; Fri, 17 May 2019 19:37:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558121838; bh=0Qz9b1PrcTQAjJEL1MWBec8n2srSklgE6KjDAFiqyqs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=xnvqVO5JqBvKoyBzOT5usgkJ5vA6FBjqKQFZoE7sbEYz42ak0vYc5WBhktK887Sq6 VaEpdqNAHwd+Wy31cWRegzAil8+OxkMUs8bHShrEvf1KPvbASflLZLwS3MBfpamdS1 YQ1BPtp3xy2EPIoy04jCyc4h1WF8PSCCmFykkIfc= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729510AbfEQThR (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 May 2019 15:37:17 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:51098 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729467AbfEQThO (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 May 2019 15:37:14 -0400 Received: from quaco.ghostprotocols.net (unknown [190.15.121.82]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA53021744; Fri, 17 May 2019 19:37:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1558121834; bh=0Qz9b1PrcTQAjJEL1MWBec8n2srSklgE6KjDAFiqyqs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=AWwt+D87rTIgokwRp/pKIJLVMNr2KzlA9Va1vwTA9uoJETq2K0ZLIbcnYQWnLwEQ1 B6sRD+zFZ2/hkEDY/bQ0V5XS+ow9GWGjQNKigB20MkFYHWmwUH6nI2nIMKvTXJ/OJ6 zif/rUwH8C/B373aCpxXgqQ5S/UnPaqoZQ7mJ2Hw= From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner Cc: Jiri Olsa , Namhyung Kim , Clark Williams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Adrian Hunter , Alexander Shishkin , Andi Kleen , Kan Liang , Peter Zijlstra , Stephane Eranian Subject: [PATCH 11/73] perf parse-regs: Improve error output when faced with unknown register name Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 16:35:09 -0300 Message-Id: <20190517193611.4974-12-acme@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20190517193611.4974-1-acme@kernel.org> References: <20190517193611.4974-1-acme@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 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 [] [] or: perf record [] -- [] -I, --intr-regs[=] 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 [] [] or: perf record [] -- [] -I, --intr-regs[=] sample selected machine registers on interrupt, use -I ? to list register names # Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9a9hyuum8c0oggg86xd3sxc5@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- 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; } -- 2.20.1