linux-stable/tools
Milian Wolff 3192f1ed3d perf tools: Support running perf binaries with a dash in their name
Previously the part behind "perf-" was interpreted as an internal perf
command. If the suffix could not be handled, the execution was stopped.
This makes it impossible to launch perf binaries that got renamed to
have the `perf-` prefix. This is e.g. the case for appimages (e.g.
"perf-x86_64.AppImage"), but would also apply to all other scenarios
where users symlink or rename perf themselves:

Status quo with the broken behavior:

  $ ln -s ./perf ./perf-custom-suffix
  $ ./perf-custom-suffix list
  cannot handle custom-suffix internally$

Also note the missing newline at the end of the error message.

With this patch applied, the above works properly:

  $ ./perf-custom-suffix list

  List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):
  ...

Signed-off-by: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Yao Jin <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170911111422.31903-1-milian.wolff@kdab.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-09-12 12:48:54 -03:00
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accounting
arch tools headers: Sync cpu features kernel ABI headers with tooling headers 2017-08-28 16:44:46 -03:00
build tools build tests: Don't hardcode gcc name 2017-08-28 16:44:44 -03:00
cgroup
firewire
gpio
hv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-07-05 12:31:59 -07:00
iio
include tools include linux: Guard against redefinition of some macros 2017-09-12 12:33:39 -03:00
kvm/kvm_stat tools/kvm_stat: add '-f help' to get the available event list 2017-07-26 19:04:53 +02:00
laptop
leds
lib tools lib api: Fix make DEBUG=1 build 2017-09-12 12:34:14 -03:00
net
nfsd
objtool objtool: Handle GCC stack pointer adjustment bug 2017-08-30 10:48:41 +02:00
pci
pcmcia
perf perf tools: Support running perf binaries with a dash in their name 2017-09-12 12:48:54 -03:00
power
scripts perf tools: Robustify detection of clang binary 2017-08-28 16:44:46 -03:00
spi
testing Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-09-04 13:06:34 -07:00
thermal/tmon
time
usb
virtio
vm
Makefile x86/lguest: Remove lguest support 2017-08-24 09:57:28 +02:00