From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung....@lge.com> The -s (--sort) option was processed after normal option parsing so that it cannot call the parse_options_usage() automatically. Currently it calls usage_with_options() which shows entire help messages for event option. Fix it by showing just -s options.
$ perf report -s help Error: Unknown --sort key: `help' usage: perf report [<options>] -s, --sort <key[,key2...]> sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, ... Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c index 4df3161c7df2..25f83d5d66fd 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c @@ -947,8 +947,10 @@ repeat: sort_order = "local_weight,mem,sym,dso,symbol_daddr,dso_daddr,snoop,tlb,locked"; } - if (setup_sorting() < 0) - usage_with_options(report_usage, options); + if (setup_sorting() < 0) { + parse_options_usage(report_usage, options, "s", 1); + goto error; + } if (parent_pattern != default_parent_pattern) { if (sort_dimension__add("parent") < 0) -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/