Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] perf: Support perf -vv

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> +++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
>  	{ "top",	cmd_top,	0 },
>  	{ "annotate",	cmd_annotate,	0 },
>  	{ "version",	cmd_version,	0 },
> +	{ "version2",	cmd_version2,	0 },
>  	{ "script",	cmd_script,	0 },
>  	{ "sched",	cmd_sched,	0 },
>  #ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
> @@ -190,6 +191,11 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> +		if (!strcmp(cmd, "-vv")) {
> +			(*argv)[0] = "--version2";
> +			break;
> +		}

That is just lazy hackery, please use the regular option library to add options 
and document them!

Also, '--version2' is a sloppy name, the right solution is to do what Git does, it 
has a --build-options sub-option to 'perf version':

  triton:~/tip> git version -h
  usage: git version [<options>]

      --build-options       also print build options


  triton:~/tip> git version --build-options
  git version 2.14.1
  sizeof-long: 8

This should be done for perf as well, and _then_ maybe can we add a helper alias 
that maps '-vv' to 'version --build-options'.

Thanks,

	Ingo