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perf record: Clarify help for --switch-output
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The help description for --switch-output looks like there are multiple
comma separated fields. But it's actually a choice of different options.
Make it clear and less confusing.

Before:

  % perf record -h
  ...
          --switch-output[=<signal,size,time>]
                            Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold

After:

  % perf record -h
  ...

          --switch-output[=<signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]>]
                            Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-4-andi@firstfloor.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9yecyuha04nyg8toyd1b2pgi@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Andi Kleen authored and Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo committed Mar 19, 2019
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions tools/perf/builtin-record.c
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Expand Up @@ -1989,8 +1989,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary,
"Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"),
OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str,
&record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time",
"Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold",
&record.switch_output.set, "signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]",
"Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold",
"signal"),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "switch-max-files", &record.switch_output.num_files,
"Limit number of switch output generated files"),
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