Re: [PATCHSET 0/8] perf tools: Fix scalability problem on callchain merging (v5)

[Andi Kleen]

David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 10/11/13 9:11 AM, David Ahern wrote:
>> It would be nice to fix the callchain arg handler to not attempt to
>> process the next argument if it is not fp or dwarf.
>
> Specifically, something like this which maintains syntax and default
> fp option:

Yes please! This happens to me all the time too

(usually I train myself to use -g --, but i still sometimes forget)

It still wouldn't handle -ga, but naked -g seems to be the common case.

-Andi

>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 92ca541..23d782c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
>                      opts->stack_dump_size);
>  #endif /* HAVE_LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */
>         } else {
> -           pr_err("callchain: Unknown -g option "
> -                  "value: %s\n", arg);
> +           opts->call_graph = CALLCHAIN_FP;
> +           ret = 0;
>             break;
>         }
>
>

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ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only
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