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authorNamhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>2016-01-07 12:41:53 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2016-01-08 17:15:46 +0100
commit14cbfbeb76540cc0c53fbb0ba34b3a4900ebe40f (patch)
tree51bc19a46a576c64d784b6c0713eee59c8f73de3 /tools/perf/perf.c
parentperf hists: Export a couple of hist functions (diff)
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perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line
Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly. Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file. $ perf report | tail 0.10% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] irq_exit 0.09% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue 0.08% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe 0.03% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] group_sched_in 0.01% perf [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe # # (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h <keyword>) # Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/perf.c')
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diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index cb1d2499c45c..a929618b8eb6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
#include "util/debug.h"
#include <api/fs/tracing_path.h>
#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <time.h>
const char perf_usage_string[] =
"perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]";
@@ -542,6 +544,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!cmd)
cmd = "perf-help";
+ srandom(time(NULL));
+
/* get debugfs/tracefs mount point from /proc/mounts */
tracing_path_mount();