Re: [PATCH 0 of 2] Two small UI tweaks to perf

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Oct 27 2009 - 09:52:27 EST



* Marti Raudsepp <marti@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Posting two small user interface tweaks to perf.
>
> [PATCH 1 of 2] perf tools: notify user when unrecognized event is specified
>
> When you specify an unknown --event, perf now outputs:
>
> invalid or unsupported event: 'foobar'
> Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events

ok, agreed!

> [PATCH 2 of 2] perf tools: output 'perf list' to stdout not stderr
>
> I certainly expected 'perf list' output to be sent to stdout. It's not errors
> or notices: the user asked for a list.

Certainly - i meant to fix this for some time - thanks for taking care
of it.

Ingo
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