Re: [RFC/PATCH] perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Jan 05 2016 - 11:40:22 EST
Em Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 07:43:07PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2016 at 02:32:47PM +0800, Wangnan (F) wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2016/1/5 13:36, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > >Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level
> > >overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if
> > >the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly.
> > >
> > >Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >---
> >
> > That's really funny.
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
:-)
> >
> > Some inconvenience:
> >
> > 1. Tip is never change during one execution of 'perf report', even if
> > I switch to another view using 'enter' and switch back. It should better
> > if tips updated when redrawing.
>
> Hmm.. I think it's a preference. I'd go for simplicity then. :)
Yeah, that can be easily done on top, after we get some more tips in.
> > 2. I think add a "Tip: " prefix to the content should be better, or users
> > may confuse what he/her doing causes this message
>
> OK.
>
> >
> > 3. What about creating a tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt and generate
> > tips table dynamically?
>
> I don't see much difference doing that. I guess most of users don't
> want to go to see the documentation anyway. Do I miss something?
Yes, I think what he suggests is to use:
tips = strlist__new("file://tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt", NULL);
And then use:
tip = strlist__entry(tips, random() % strlist__nr_entries(tips));
Or even do as 'perf trace' does, and have a directory with one file per
tip, see 005438a8eef0 ("perf trace: Support 'strace' syscall event
groups")
> Btw, does anyone have some tips to add? :)
Lets get the mechanism right and then proof read the tips you provided
:-)
- Arnaldo
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