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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt3
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c19
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h3
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27b37624c376..de269430720a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ symbolic names, e.g. on x86, ax, si. To list the available registers use
--intr-regs=ax,bx. The list of register is architecture dependent.
--user-regs::
-Capture user registers at sample time. Same arguments as -I.
+Similar to -I, but capture user registers at sample time. To list the available
+user registers use --user-regs=\?.
--running-time::
Record running and enabled time for read events (:S)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 861395753c25..e2c3a585a61e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -2168,10 +2168,10 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"use per-thread mmaps"),
OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG('I', "intr-regs", &record.opts.sample_intr_regs, NULL, "any register",
"sample selected machine registers on interrupt,"
- " use '-I?' to list register names", parse_regs),
+ " use '-I?' to list register names", parse_intr_regs),
OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "user-regs", &record.opts.sample_user_regs, NULL, "any register",
"sample selected machine registers on interrupt,"
- " use '-I?' to list register names", parse_regs),
+ " use '--user-regs=?' to list register names", parse_user_regs),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "running-time", &record.opts.running_time,
"Record running/enabled time of read (:S) events"),
OPT_CALLBACK('k', "clockid", &record.opts,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
index 9cb187a20fe2..b21617f2bec1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
#include "util/parse-regs-options.h"
-int
-parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+static int
+__parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset, bool intr)
{
uint64_t *mode = (uint64_t *)opt->value;
const struct sample_reg *r;
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
break;
}
if (!r->name) {
- ui__warning("Unknown register \"%s\", check man page or run \"perf record -I?\"\n", s);
+ ui__warning("Unknown register \"%s\", check man page or run \"perf record %s?\"\n",
+ s, intr ? "-I" : "--user-regs=");
goto error;
}
@@ -69,3 +70,15 @@ error:
free(os);
return ret;
}
+
+int
+parse_user_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+ return __parse_regs(opt, str, unset, false);
+}
+
+int
+parse_intr_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+ return __parse_regs(opt, str, unset, true);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
index cdefb1acf6be..2b23d25c6394 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
#ifndef _PERF_PARSE_REGS_OPTIONS_H
#define _PERF_PARSE_REGS_OPTIONS_H 1
struct option;
-int parse_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
+int parse_user_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
+int parse_intr_regs(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
#endif /* _PERF_PARSE_REGS_OPTIONS_H */