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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-options.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index b8d98229a8af..eeeed98eb26d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
#define OPT_SHORT 1
#define OPT_UNSET 2
+static struct strbuf error_buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
{
if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
@@ -540,9 +542,11 @@ int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *o
exit(130);
default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-') {
- error("unknown option `%s'", ctx.argv[0] + 2);
+ strbuf_addf(&error_buf, "unknown option `%s'",
+ ctx.argv[0] + 2);
} else {
- error("unknown switch `%c'", *ctx.opt);
+ strbuf_addf(&error_buf, "unknown switch `%c'",
+ *ctx.opt);
}
usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
}
@@ -711,6 +715,13 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
if (!usagestr)
return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+ setup_pager();
+
+ if (strbuf_avail(&error_buf)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, " Error: %s\n", error_buf.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&error_buf);
+ }
+
fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
fprintf(stderr, " or: %s\n", *usagestr++);