linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options

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Date:   Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:31:44 -0800
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options

Option doesn't take a value, make sure the man pages agree. For example:

$ perf evlist --verbose=1
 Error: option `verbose' takes no value

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt   | 2 +-
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt   | 4 ++--
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt    | 4 ++--
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
index c0a66400a960..9af8b8dfb7b6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-evlist.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Show just the sample frequency used for each event.
 
 -v::
---verbose=::
+--verbose::
 	Show all fields.
 
 -g::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index 1e91121bac0f..6e82b7cc0bf0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	specified: function_graph or function.
 
 -v::
---verbose=::
-        Verbosity level.
+--verbose::
+        Increase the verbosity level.
 
 -F::
 --funcs::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt
index f3c620951f6e..c97527df8ecd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kallsyms.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ modules).
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -v::
---verbose=::
+--verbose::
 	Increase verbosity level, showing details about symbol table loading, etc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index abc9b5d83312..f0da8cf63e9a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ filter out the startup phase of the program, which is often very different.
 	Filter out events for these pids and for 'trace' itself (comma separated list).
 
 -v::
---verbose=::
-        Verbosity level.
+--verbose::
+        Increase the verbosity level.
 
 --no-inherit::
 	Child tasks do not inherit counters.
-- 
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