perf tools: Provide help for subset of options
Some tools have a lot of options, so, providing a way to show help just for some of them may come handy: $ perf report -h --tui Usage: perf report [<options>] --tui Use the TUI interface $ perf report -h --tui --showcpuutilization -b -c Usage: perf report [<options>] -b, --branch-stack use branch records for per branch histogram filling -c, --comms <comm[,comm...]> only consider symbols in these comms --showcpuutilization Show sample percentage for different cpu modes --tui Use the TUI interface $ Using it with perf bash completion is also handy, just make sure you source the needed file: $ . ~/git/linux/tools/perf/perf-completion.sh Then press tab/tab after -- to see a list of options, put them after -h and only the options chosen will have its help presented: $ perf report -h -- --asm-raw --demangle-kernel --group --kallsyms --pretty --stdio --branch-history --disassembler-style --gtk --max-stack --showcpuutilization --symbol-filter --branch-stack --dsos --header --mem-mode --show-info --symbols --call-graph --dump-raw-trace --header-only --modules --show-nr-samples --symfs --children --exclude-other --hide-unresolved --objdump --show-ref-call-graph --threads --column-widths --fields --ignore-callees --parent --show-total-period --tid --comms --field-separator --input --percentage --socket-filter --tui --cpu --force --inverted --percent-limit --sort --verbose --demangle --full-source-path --itrace --pid --source --vmlinux $ perf report -h --socket-filter Usage: perf report [<options>] --socket-filter <n> only show processor socket that match with this filter Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com> Cc: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-83mcdd3wj0379jcgea8w0fxa@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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