perf record: Clarify help for --switch-output
The help description for --switch-output looks like there are multiple
comma separated fields. But it's actually a choice of different options.
Make it clear and less confusing.
Before:
% perf record -h
...
--switch-output[=<signal,size,time>]
Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold
After:
% perf record -h
...
--switch-output[=<signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]>]
Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-4-andi@firstfloor.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9yecyuha04nyg8toyd1b2pgi@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 02d7c40..e7144a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1989,8 +1989,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
"Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
- &record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
- "Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold",
+ &record.switch_output.set, "signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]",
+ "Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold",
"signal"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "switch-max-files", &record.switch_output.num_files,
"Limit number of switch output generated files"),