perf_counter tools: add 'perf help'

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

3 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-help.txt b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-help.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f85fed5a7edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/Documentation/perf-help.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+perf-help(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-help - display help information about perf
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'perf help' [-a|--all] [COMMAND]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+With no options and no COMMAND given, the synopsis of the 'perf'
+command and a list of the most commonly used perf commands are printed
+on the standard output.
+
+If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, then all available commands are
+printed on the standard output.
+
+If a perf command is named, a manual page for that command is brought
+up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this
+can be overridden by other options or configuration variables.
+
+Note that `perf --help ...` is identical to `perf help ...` because the
+former is internally converted into the latter.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-a::
+--all::
+        Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
+        option supersedes any other option.
+
+PERF
+----
+Part of the linkperf:perf[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin.h b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin.h
index aec5ae388e66..800f86c1d445 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin.h
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ extern void prune_packed_objects(int);
 extern int read_line_with_nul(char *buf, int size, FILE *file);
 extern int check_pager_config(const char *cmd);
 
+extern int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/perf.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/perf.c
index 20d508c77293..8d6faecdc15d 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/perf.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/perf.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
         const char *cmd = argv[0];
         static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
+                { "help", cmd_help, 0 },
                 { "record", cmd_record, 0 },
                 { "stat", cmd_stat, 0 },
                 { "top", cmd_top, 0 },