[PATCH 4/7] perf report: Fix debug messages with --call-graph option

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Sep 29 2017 - 12:02:42 EST


From: Mengting Zhang <zhangmengting@xxxxxxxxxx>

With --call-graph option, perf report can display call chains using
type, min percent threshold, optional print limit and order. And the
default call-graph parameter is 'graph,0.5,caller,function,percent'.

Before this patch, 'perf report --call-graph' shows incorrect debug
messages as below:

# perf report --call-graph
Invalid callchain mode: 0.5
Invalid callchain order: 0.5
Invalid callchain sort key: 0.5
Invalid callchain config key: 0.5
Invalid callchain mode: caller
Invalid callchain mode: function
Invalid callchain order: function
Invalid callchain mode: percent
Invalid callchain order: percent
Invalid callchain sort key: percent

That is because in function __parse_callchain_report_opt(),each field of
the call-graph parameter is passed to parse_callchain_{mode,order,
sort_key,value} in turn until it meets the matching value.

For example, the order field "caller" is passed to
parse_callchain_mode() firstly and obviously it doesn't match any mode
field. Therefore parse_callchain_mode() will shows the debug message
"Invalid callchain mode: caller", which could confuse users.

The patch fixes this issue by moving the warning out of the function
parse_callchain_{mode,order,sort_key,value}.

Signed-off-by: Mengting Zhang <zhangmengting@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Krister Johansen <kjlx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yao Jin <yao.jin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1506154694-39691-1-git-send-email-zhangmengting@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 510b513e0f01..be09d77cade0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_mode(const char *value)
callchain_param.mode = CHAIN_FOLDED;
return 0;
}
-
- pr_err("Invalid callchain mode: %s\n", value);
return -1;
}

@@ -82,8 +80,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_order(const char *value)
callchain_param.order_set = true;
return 0;
}
-
- pr_err("Invalid callchain order: %s\n", value);
return -1;
}

@@ -105,8 +101,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_sort_key(const char *value)
callchain_param.branch_callstack = 1;
return 0;
}
-
- pr_err("Invalid callchain sort key: %s\n", value);
return -1;
}

@@ -124,8 +118,6 @@ static int parse_callchain_value(const char *value)
callchain_param.value = CCVAL_COUNT;
return 0;
}
-
- pr_err("Invalid callchain config key: %s\n", value);
return -1;
}

@@ -319,12 +311,27 @@ int perf_callchain_config(const char *var, const char *value)

return ret;
}
- if (!strcmp(var, "print-type"))
- return parse_callchain_mode(value);
- if (!strcmp(var, "order"))
- return parse_callchain_order(value);
- if (!strcmp(var, "sort-key"))
- return parse_callchain_sort_key(value);
+ if (!strcmp(var, "print-type")){
+ int ret;
+ ret = parse_callchain_mode(value);
+ if (ret == -1)
+ pr_err("Invalid callchain mode: %s\n", value);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(var, "order")){
+ int ret;
+ ret = parse_callchain_order(value);
+ if (ret == -1)
+ pr_err("Invalid callchain order: %s\n", value);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(var, "sort-key")){
+ int ret;
+ ret = parse_callchain_sort_key(value);
+ if (ret == -1)
+ pr_err("Invalid callchain sort key: %s\n", value);
+ return ret;
+ }
if (!strcmp(var, "threshold")) {
callchain_param.min_percent = strtod(value, &endptr);
if (value == endptr) {
--
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