perf tools: Show proper error message for wrong terms of hw/sw events
Show proper error message and show valid terms when wrong config terms is specified for hw/sw type perf events. This patch makes the original error format function formats_error_string() more generic, which only outputs the static config terms for hw/sw perf events, and prepends pmu formats for pmu events. Before this patch: $ perf record -e 'cpu-clock/freqx=200/' -a sleep 1 invalid or unsupported event: 'cpu-clock/freqx=200/' Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events After this patch: $ perf record -e 'cpu-clock/freqx=200/' -a sleep 1 event syntax error: 'cpu-clock/freqx=200/' \___ unknown term valid terms: config,config1,config2,name,period,freq,branch_type,time,call-graph,stack-size Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443412336-120050-2-git-send-email-hekuang@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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