7 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index dc870cf31b79..95a2ad3f043e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (symbol__init() < 0)
 		return -1;
 
-	setup_sorting(annotate_usage, options);
+	if (setup_sorting() < 0)
+		usage_with_options(annotate_usage, options);
 
 	if (argc) {
 		/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 4af0b580b046..d207a97a2db1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -605,7 +605,9 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	ui_init();
 
-	setup_sorting(diff_usage, options);
+	if (setup_sorting() < 0)
+		usage_with_options(diff_usage, options);
+
 	setup_pager();
 
 	sort_entry__setup_elide(&sort_dso, symbol_conf.dso_list, "dso", NULL);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 91555d4885f4..96b5a7fee4bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -751,7 +751,8 @@ repeat:
 
 	}
 
-	setup_sorting(report_usage, options);
+	if (setup_sorting() < 0)
+		usage_with_options(report_usage, options);
 
 	/*
 	 * Only in the newt browser we are doing integrated annotation,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index f561757b1bfa..72f6eb7b4173 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -1129,7 +1129,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (sort_order == default_sort_order)
 		sort_order = "dso,symbol";
 
-	setup_sorting(top_usage, options);
+	if (setup_sorting() < 0)
+		usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
 
 	if (top.use_stdio)
 		use_browser = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
index 0afd9223bde7..1be64a6c5daf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ int test__hists_link(void)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* default sort order (comm,dso,sym) will be used */
-	setup_sorting(NULL, NULL);
+	if (setup_sorting() < 0)
+		goto out;
 
 	machines__init(&machines);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 03cabe5678d0..d8b48827a17e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -565,23 +565,25 @@ int sort_dimension__add(const char *tok)
 	return -ESRCH;
 }
 
-void setup_sorting(const char * const usagestr[], const struct option *opts)
+int setup_sorting(void)
 {
 	char *tmp, *tok, *str = strdup(sort_order);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	for (tok = strtok_r(str, ", ", &tmp);
 			tok; tok = strtok_r(NULL, ", ", &tmp)) {
-		int ret = sort_dimension__add(tok);
+		ret = sort_dimension__add(tok);
 		if (ret == -EINVAL) {
 			error("Invalid --sort key: `%s'", tok);
-			usage_with_options(usagestr, opts);
+			break;
 		} else if (ret == -ESRCH) {
 			error("Unknown --sort key: `%s'", tok);
-			usage_with_options(usagestr, opts);
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
 	free(str);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void sort_entry__setup_elide(struct sort_entry *self, struct strlist *list,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index e994ad3e9897..b13e56f6ccbe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ struct sort_entry {
 extern struct sort_entry sort_thread;
 extern struct list_head hist_entry__sort_list;
 
-void setup_sorting(const char * const usagestr[], const struct option *opts);
+int setup_sorting(void);
 extern int sort_dimension__add(const char *);
 void sort_entry__setup_elide(struct sort_entry *self, struct strlist *list,
 			     const char *list_name, FILE *fp);