linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf trace: Warn about --call-graph dwarf invalid parameters

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:16:57 +0100
From:   Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        acme@...nel.org
Cc:     brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf trace: Warn about --call-graph dwarf invalid parameters

When invoking ./perf trace --call-graph fp|lbr with
additional parameters a warning is printed that these
additional comma separated parameters are silently ignored.

[root@f27 perf]# ./perf trace -vv --no-syscalls --call-graph lbr,1024
callchain: No more arguments needed for --call-graph lbr
[root@f27 perf]#

This does not happen for --call-graph dwarf,4096,4. The additional
parameter 4 is silently ignored and no warning printed.

Before:
[root@f27 perf]# ./perf trace --no-syscalls --call-graph dwarf,4096,4
Please specify something to trace.
[root@f27 perf]#

After:
[root@...lp76 perf]# ./perf trace --no-syscalls --call-graph dwarf,4096,4
callchain: No more arguments needed for --call-graph dwarf[,xxx]
Please specify something to trace.
[root@...lp76 perf]#

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 082505d08d72..59292d582894 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ int parse_callchain_record(const char *arg, struct callchain_param *param)

 				ret = get_stack_size(tok, &size);
 				param->dump_size = size;
+				if (strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr)) {
+					pr_err("callchain: No more arguments "
+					       "needed for --call-graph dwarf[,xxx]\n");
+				}
 			}
 		} else if (!strncmp(name, "lbr", sizeof("lbr"))) {
 			if (!strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saveptr)) {
-- 
2.13.4