Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] perf: support multiple debug options separated by ','

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 11:14:45PM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> This patch adds support for multiple debug options separated by ',' and
> non-int values.
> 	--debug verbose=2,stderr
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt | 13 +++--
>  tools/perf/util/debug.c           | 89 ++++++++++++++++---------------
>  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
> index 3f37ded13f8c..fd8d790f68a7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
> @@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ OPTIONS
>  	  --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
>  
>  	List of debug variables allowed to set:
> -	  verbose          - general debug messages
> -	  ordered-events   - ordered events object debug messages
> -	  data-convert     - data convert command debug messages
> -	  stderr           - write debug output (option -v) to stderr
> -	                     in browser mode
> -	  perf-event-open  - Print perf_event_open() arguments and
> -			     return value
> +	  verbose=level		- general debug messages
> +	  ordered-events=level	- ordered events object debug messages
> +	  data-convert=level	- data convert command debug messages
> +	  stderr		- write debug output (option -v) to stderr
> +	  perf-event-open	- Print perf_event_open() arguments and
> +	                          return value in browser mode

it's just the list and the doc says user can use values
there, so no need for the '=level' there

also we allow this:
  perf --debug stderr=9 record ls

so I thinks we should keep it general in documentation,
eventhough it will always mean just stderr=true for any
value

jirka