tools/perf/util/usage.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/tools/perf/util/usage.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
tools/perf/util/usage.c
Extension
.c
Size
803 bytes
Lines
35
Domain
Support Tooling And Documentation
Bucket
tools
Inferred role
Support Tooling And Documentation: implementation source
Status
source implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Repository support layer: documentation, build tooling, samples, user-space helper tools, generated initramfs support, licenses, and validation utilities.

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
 * usage.c
 *
 * Various reporting routines.
 * Originally copied from GIT source.
 *
 * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
 */
#include "util.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <linux/compiler.h>

const char perf_usage_string[] =
	"perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]";

const char perf_more_info_string[] =
	"See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";

static __noreturn void usage_builtin(const char *err)
{
	fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", err);
	exit(129);
}

/* If we are in a dlopen()ed .so write to a global variable would segfault
 * (ugh), so keep things static. */
static void (*usage_routine)(const char *err) __noreturn = usage_builtin;

void usage(const char *err)
{
	usage_routine(err);
}

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