Re: [PATCH] objtool: Print top level commands on incorrect usage

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Fri Oct 13 2017 - 12:38:28 EST


On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 01:51:12PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> Maintain the consistency with objtool subcommands, by
> printing cmd_usage() of top level commands, along with
> the error. When incorrect option/command is passed to
> objtool. Also change the exit code to 129, like other
> objtool subcommands.
>
> After the patch:
> $ ./objtool -j
> Unknown option: -j
>
> usage: objtool COMMAND [ARGS]
>
> Commands:
> check Perform stack metadata validation on an object file
> orc Generate in-place ORC unwind tables for an object file
>
> $ echo $?
> 129
>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/objtool/objtool.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/objtool.c b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
> index 31e0f91..07f3299 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/objtool.c
> +++ b/tools/objtool/objtool.c
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void cmd_usage(void)
>
> printf("\n");
>
> - exit(1);
> + exit(129);

For consistency with the rest of the code, this should be -1 instead of
129 (though the end result is the same).

--
Josh