linux-kernel - [PATCH 21/23] perf kvm: Clarify the 'perf kvm' -i and -o command line options

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Date:   Tue,  3 Dec 2019 10:56:04 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Steve Dickson <steved@...hat.com>,
        William Cohen <wcohen@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 21/23] perf kvm: Clarify the 'perf kvm' -i and -o command line options

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>

The 'perf kvm' subcommand has options that it in turn passes to other
perf subcommands such as 'report' and 'record', particularly -i and -o
end up setting the same variable that will then be used for 'record's -o
and report '-i', which ends up being confusing, leading some to think
that both -i and -o can be used with 'report'.

Improve the man page to state that -i is used with the post-processing
subcommands while -o is used just with 'record' and that to save the
output of 'report' one should simply redirect its output to a file.

Noticed while reading the https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Perf_events
page.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Steve Dickson <steved@...hat.com>
Cc: William Cohen <wcohen@...hat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tclbttvmgtm525fvmh85f7d9@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
index 6a5bb2b17039..cf95baef7b61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 -i::
 --input=<path>::
-        Input file name.
+        Input file name, for the 'report', 'diff' and 'buildid-list' subcommands.
 -o::
 --output=<path>::
-        Output file name.
+        Output file name, for the 'record' subcommand. Doesn't work with 'report',
+        just redirect the output to a file when using 'report'.
 --host::
         Collect host side performance profile.
 --guest::
-- 
2.21.0