Re: [PATCH] perf kmem: Improve man page for record options

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Oct 08 2021 - 15:10:38 EST


Em Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 02:20:31PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> Since:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200708183919.4141023-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx/
> The output option works for 'perf kmem', however, it must appear after
> 'record'. This is different to 'stat' where '-i' for the input must
> appear before. Try to capture this complication in the man page.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo


> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt | 13 ++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
> index 85b8ac695c87..f378ac59353d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
> @@ -8,22 +8,25 @@ perf-kmem - Tool to trace/measure kernel memory properties
> SYNOPSIS
> --------
> [verse]
> -'perf kmem' {record|stat} [<options>]
> +'perf kmem' [<options>] {record|stat}
>
> DESCRIPTION
> -----------
> There are two variants of perf kmem:
>
> - 'perf kmem record <command>' to record the kmem events
> - of an arbitrary workload.
> + 'perf kmem [<options>] record [<perf-record-options>] <command>' to
> + record the kmem events of an arbitrary workload. Additional 'perf
> + record' options may be specified after record, such as '-o' to
> + change the output file name.
>
> - 'perf kmem stat' to report kernel memory statistics.
> + 'perf kmem [<options>] stat' to report kernel memory statistics.
>
> OPTIONS
> -------
> -i <file>::
> --input=<file>::
> - Select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a fifo)
> + For stat, select the input file (default: perf.data unless stdin is a
> + fifo)
>
> -f::
> --force::
> --
> 2.33.0.464.g1972c5931b-goog

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- Arnaldo