linux-kernel - [PATCH v17 12/19] perf, tools: Support long descriptions with perf list

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Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:50:50 -0700
From:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	namhyung@...nel.org, maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v17 12/19] perf, tools: Support long descriptions with perf list

Previously we were dropping the useful longer descriptions that some
events have in the event list completely. This patch makes them appear with
perf list.

Old perf list:

baclears:
  baclears.all
       [Counts the number of baclears]

vs new:

perf list -v:
...
baclears:
  baclears.all
       [The BACLEARS event counts the number of times the front end is
        resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide
	a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address
	Calculator at the front end. The BACLEARS.ANY event counts the
        number of baclears for any type of branch]

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
---

Changelog[v15]
	- [Jir Olsa, Andi Kleen] Fix usage strings; update man page.

Changelog[v14]
	- [Jiri Olsa] Break up independent parts of the patch into
	  separate patches.
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt |  6 +++++-
 tools/perf/builtin-list.c              | 13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 9507552..48202f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf list' [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
+'perf list' [--no-desc] [--long-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --no-desc::
 Don't print descriptions.
 
+-v::
+--long-desc::
+Print longer event descriptions.
+
 
 [[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 3f058f7..f800927 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -22,14 +22,17 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int i;
 	bool raw_dump = false;
+	bool long_desc_flag = false;
 	struct option list_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "raw-dump", &raw_dump, "Dump raw events"),
 		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "desc", &desc_flag,
 			    "Print extra event descriptions. --no-desc to not print."),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "long-desc", &long_desc_flag,
+			    "Print longer event descriptions."),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const list_usage[] = {
-		"perf list [--no-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]",
+		"perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]",
 		NULL
 	};
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
-		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag, long_desc_flag);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -63,13 +66,15 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			 strcmp(argv[i], "hwcache") == 0)
 			print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
-			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+						long_desc_flag);
 		else {
 			char *sep = strchr(argv[i], ':'), *s;
 			int sep_idx;
 
 			if (sep == NULL) {
-				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag);
+				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+							long_desc_flag);
 				continue;
 			}
 			sep_idx = sep - argv[i];
-- 
2.5.3

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