perf_counter tools: Add 'perf list' to list available events
perf list: List all the available event types which can be used in
-e (--event) options.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
index 98a6d53..f2e7312 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
@@ -606,11 +606,10 @@
NULL
};
-static char events_help_msg[EVENTS_HELP_MAX];
-
static const struct option options[] = {
OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
- events_help_msg, parse_events),
+ "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
+ parse_events),
OPT_INTEGER('c', "count", &default_interval,
"event period to sample"),
OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
@@ -648,8 +647,6 @@
page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
- create_events_help(events_help_msg);
-
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, top_usage, 0);
if (argc)
usage_with_options(top_usage, options);