perf record: Use long arg for counter period

I wrote this to test the extended period emulation, we might as
well merge it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
index 28b34c1..b80abd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/parse-options.c
@@ -113,6 +113,22 @@
 			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
 		return 0;
 
+	case OPTION_LONG:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(long *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
 	default:
 		die("should not happen, someone must be hit on the forehead");
 	}