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 top -s help Error: Unknown --sort key: `help' usage: perf top [<options>] -s, --sort <key[,key2...]> sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, ... Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhy...@kernel.org> --- tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index 04f5bf2d8e10..a6d166539c23 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ parse_percent_limit(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) { - int status; + int status = -1; char errbuf[BUFSIZ]; struct perf_top top = { .count_filter = 5, @@ -1156,8 +1156,10 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused) if (sort_order == default_sort_order) sort_order = "dso,symbol"; - if (setup_sorting() < 0) - usage_with_options(top_usage, options); + if (setup_sorting() < 0) { + parse_options_usage(top_usage, options, "s", 1); + goto out_delete_evlist; + } /* display thread wants entries to be collapsed in a different tree */ sort__need_collapse = 1; -- 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/