linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] selftests/resctrl: Correct benchmark command help

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Message-ID: <e7f530ac-85bb-1c9f-b3db-de735da2c22e@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:11:43 +0300 (EEST)
From:   Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
cc:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Maciej Wieczor-Retman <maciej.wieczor-retman@...el.com>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shaopeng Tan <tan.shaopeng@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] selftests/resctrl: Correct benchmark command help

On Mon, 14 Aug 2023, Reinette Chatre wrote:

> Hi Ilpo,
> 
> On 8/8/2023 2:16 AM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> > Benchmark command must be the last argument because it consumes all the
> > remaining arguments but help misleadingly shows it as the first
> > argument. The benchmark command is also shown in quotes but it does not
> > match with the code.
> > 
> > Correct -b argument place in the help message and remove the quotes.
> > Tweak also how the options are presented by using ... notation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> > index eef9e02516ad..559868b16079 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/resctrl/resctrl_tests.c
> > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int get_vendor(void)
> >  
> >  static void cmd_help(void)
> >  {
> > -	printf("usage: resctrl_tests [-h] [-b \"benchmark_cmd [options]\"] [-t test list] [-n no_of_bits]\n");
> > +	printf("usage: resctrl_tests [-h] [-t test list] [-n no_of_bits] [-b benchmark_cmd [option]...]\n");
> >  	printf("\t-b benchmark_cmd [options]: run specified benchmark for MBM, MBA and CMT\n");
> 
> Considering it was documented goal of patch to use "..." notation, should
> it be done consistently by changing above line also?

Yes, I'll do that.

-- 
 i.