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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2019-03-14 15:49:56 -0700
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2019-03-19 16:15:42 -0300
commitc38dab7df7ee4fdecd51e390d4d33d5ef5cff49d (patch)
treeb6390ed2477e630a12e930524adfa2f9740166d6
parent03724b2e9c45d931eff0f304f2d3363ade65ca89 (diff)
perf record: Clarify help for --switch-output
The help description for --switch-output looks like there are multiple comma separated fields. But it's actually a choice of different options. Make it clear and less confusing. Before: % perf record -h ... --switch-output[=<signal,size,time>] Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold After: % perf record -h ... --switch-output[=<signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]>] Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-4-andi@firstfloor.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9yecyuha04nyg8toyd1b2pgi@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 02d7c40b2d10..e7144a1c1c82 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1989,8 +1989,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
"Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
- &record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
- "Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold",
+ &record.switch_output.set, "signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]",
+ "Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold",
"signal"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "switch-max-files", &record.switch_output.num_files,
"Limit number of switch output generated files"),