perf tools: Handle -h and -v options
Adding handling for '-h' and '-v' options to invoke help and version
command respectively.
Current behaviour is:
$ perf -v
Unknown option: -v
Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
$ perf -h
Unknown option: -h
Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
New behaviour:
$ perf -h
usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]
The most commonly used perf commands are:
annotate Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code
archive Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file
bench General framework for benchmark suites
...
$ perf -v
perf version 4.3.rc3.gc99e32
Updated man page.
Requested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444068369-20978-10-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
index 2b13177..864e375 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than
buildid.dir config file option.
+-v::
+--version::
+ Display perf version.
+
+-h::
+--help::
+ Run perf help command.
+
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 1fded92..5437134 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -162,6 +162,20 @@
break;
/*
+ * Shortcut for '-h' and '-v' options to invoke help
+ * and version command.
+ */
+ if (!strcmp(cmd, "-h")) {
+ (*argv)[0] = "--help";
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (!strcmp(cmd, "-v")) {
+ (*argv)[0] = "--version";
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Check remaining flags.
*/
if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_EXEC_PATH)) {
