perf parse-regs: Improve error output when faced with unknown register name

Add quotes around the register name and suggest using 'perf record -I?'
to get the list of available registers.

Before:

  # perf record -Idi,xmm20,xmm1
  Warning:
  unknown register xmm20, check man page

   Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
      or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

      -I, --intr-regs[=<any register>]
                            sample selected machine registers on interrupt, use -I ? to list register names
  #
  # perf record -Idi,xmm20,xmm1
  Warning:
  unknown register "xmm20", check man page or run "perf record -I?"

   Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
      or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

      -I, --intr-regs[=<any register>]
                            sample selected machine registers on interrupt, use -I ? to list register names
  #

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9a9hyuum8c0oggg86xd3sxc5@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
index e6599e290f467cfd9db8cc8d3126c4f4be355c8e..9cb187a20fe22c49ddd556eaab64b31ef3d6c832 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
                                        break;
                        }
                        if (!r->name) {
-                               ui__warning("unknown register %s,"
-                                           " check man page\n", s);
+                               ui__warning("Unknown register \"%s\", check man page or run \"perf record -I?\"\n", s);
                                goto error;
                        }