With --call-graph option, perf report can display call chains using type, min percent threshold, optional print limit and order. And the default call-graph parameter is 'graph,0.5,caller,function,percent'.
Before this patch, 'perf report --call-graph' shows incorrect debug messages as below: [root@localhost perf]# ./perf report --call-graph Invalid callchain mode: 0.5 Invalid callchain order: 0.5 Invalid callchain sort key: 0.5 Invalid callchain config key: 0.5 Invalid callchain mode: caller Invalid callchain mode: function Invalid callchain order: function Invalid callchain mode: percent Invalid callchain order: percent Invalid callchain sort key: percent That is because in function __parse_callchain_report_opt(),each field of the call-graph parameter is passed to parse_callchain_{mode,order, sort_key,value} in turn until it meets the matching value. For example, the order field "caller" is passed to parse_callchain_mode() firstly and obviously it doesn't match any mode field. Therefore parse_callchain_mode() will shows the debug message "Invalid callchain mode: caller", which could confuse users. The patch fixes this issue by moving the warning out of the function parse_callchain_{mode,order,sort_key,value}. Signed-off-by: Mengting Zhang <zhangmengt...@huawei.com> --- tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c index 510b513..be09d77 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c @@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_mode(const char *value) callchain_param.mode = CHAIN_FOLDED; return 0; } - - pr_err("Invalid callchain mode: %s\n", value); return -1; } @@ -82,8 +80,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_order(const char *value) callchain_param.order_set = true; return 0; } - - pr_err("Invalid callchain order: %s\n", value); return -1; } @@ -105,8 +101,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_sort_key(const char *value) callchain_param.branch_callstack = 1; return 0; } - - pr_err("Invalid callchain sort key: %s\n", value); return -1; } @@ -124,8 +118,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_value(const char *value) callchain_param.value = CCVAL_COUNT; return 0; } - - pr_err("Invalid callchain config key: %s\n", value); return -1; } @@ -319,12 +311,27 @@ int perf_callchain_config(const char *var, const char *value) return ret; } - if (!strcmp(var, "print-type")) - return parse_callchain_mode(value); - if (!strcmp(var, "order")) - return parse_callchain_order(value); - if (!strcmp(var, "sort-key")) - return parse_callchain_sort_key(value); + if (!strcmp(var, "print-type")){ + int ret; + ret = parse_callchain_mode(value); + if (ret == -1) + pr_err("Invalid callchain mode: %s\n", value); + return ret; + } + if (!strcmp(var, "order")){ + int ret; + ret = parse_callchain_order(value); + if (ret == -1) + pr_err("Invalid callchain order: %s\n", value); + return ret; + } + if (!strcmp(var, "sort-key")){ + int ret; + ret = parse_callchain_sort_key(value); + if (ret == -1) + pr_err("Invalid callchain sort key: %s\n", value); + return ret; + } if (!strcmp(var, "threshold")) { callchain_param.min_percent = strtod(value, &endptr); if (value == endptr) { -- 1.7.12.4