[PATCH 1/1] perf tools: Show tool command line options ordered

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Oct 23 2015 - 10:23:28 EST


When asking for a listing of the options, be it using -h or when an
unknown option is passed, order it by one-letter options, then the ones
having just long names.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-41qh68t35n4ehrpsuazp1dx8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/parse-options.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 8aa7922397a9..47fb1405df7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "cache.h"
#include "header.h"
+#include <linux/string.h>

#define OPT_SHORT 1
#define OPT_UNSET 2
@@ -642,9 +643,44 @@ static void print_option_help(const struct option *opts, int full)
fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s\n", pad + USAGE_GAP, "", opts->help);
}

+static int option__cmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
+{
+ const struct option *a = va, *b = vb;
+ int sa = tolower(a->short_name), sb = tolower(b->short_name), ret;
+
+ if (sa == 0)
+ sa = 'z' + 1;
+ if (sb == 0)
+ sb = 'z' + 1;
+
+ ret = sa - sb;
+
+ return ret ?: strcmp(a->long_name, b->long_name);
+}
+
+static struct option *options__order(const struct option *opts)
+{
+ int nr_opts = 0;
+ const struct option *o = opts;
+ struct option *ordered;
+
+ for (o = opts; o->type != OPTION_END; o++)
+ ++nr_opts;
+
+ ordered = memdup(opts, sizeof(*o) * (nr_opts + 1));
+ if (ordered == NULL)
+ goto out;
+
+ qsort(ordered, nr_opts, sizeof(*o), option__cmp);
+out:
+ return ordered;
+}
+
int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
const struct option *opts, int full)
{
+ struct option *ordered;
+
if (!usagestr)
return PARSE_OPT_HELP;

@@ -661,11 +697,17 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
if (opts->type != OPTION_GROUP)
fputc('\n', stderr);

+ ordered = options__order(opts);
+ if (ordered)
+ opts = ordered;
+
for ( ; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++)
print_option_help(opts, full);

fputc('\n', stderr);

+ free(ordered);
+
return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
}

--
2.1.0

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