xref: /linux/tools/perf/builtin-help.c (revision 3b64b1881143ce9e461c211cc81acc72d0cdc476)
1 /*
2  * builtin-help.c
3  *
4  * Builtin help command
5  */
6 #include "perf.h"
7 #include "util/cache.h"
8 #include "builtin.h"
9 #include "util/exec_cmd.h"
10 #include "common-cmds.h"
11 #include "util/parse-options.h"
12 #include "util/run-command.h"
13 #include "util/help.h"
14 
15 static struct man_viewer_list {
16 	struct man_viewer_list *next;
17 	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
18 } *man_viewer_list;
19 
20 static struct man_viewer_info_list {
21 	struct man_viewer_info_list *next;
22 	const char *info;
23 	char name[FLEX_ARRAY];
24 } *man_viewer_info_list;
25 
26 enum help_format {
27 	HELP_FORMAT_NONE,
28 	HELP_FORMAT_MAN,
29 	HELP_FORMAT_INFO,
30 	HELP_FORMAT_WEB,
31 };
32 
33 static bool show_all = false;
34 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
35 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
36 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "print all available commands"),
37 	OPT_SET_UINT('m', "man", &help_format, "show man page", HELP_FORMAT_MAN),
38 	OPT_SET_UINT('w', "web", &help_format, "show manual in web browser",
39 			HELP_FORMAT_WEB),
40 	OPT_SET_UINT('i', "info", &help_format, "show info page",
41 			HELP_FORMAT_INFO),
42 	OPT_END(),
43 };
44 
45 static const char * const builtin_help_usage[] = {
46 	"perf help [--all] [--man|--web|--info] [command]",
47 	NULL
48 };
49 
50 static enum help_format parse_help_format(const char *format)
51 {
52 	if (!strcmp(format, "man"))
53 		return HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
54 	if (!strcmp(format, "info"))
55 		return HELP_FORMAT_INFO;
56 	if (!strcmp(format, "web") || !strcmp(format, "html"))
57 		return HELP_FORMAT_WEB;
58 
59 	pr_err("unrecognized help format '%s'", format);
60 	return HELP_FORMAT_NONE;
61 }
62 
63 static const char *get_man_viewer_info(const char *name)
64 {
65 	struct man_viewer_info_list *viewer;
66 
67 	for (viewer = man_viewer_info_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next) {
68 		if (!strcasecmp(name, viewer->name))
69 			return viewer->info;
70 	}
71 	return NULL;
72 }
73 
74 static int check_emacsclient_version(void)
75 {
76 	struct strbuf buffer = STRBUF_INIT;
77 	struct child_process ec_process;
78 	const char *argv_ec[] = { "emacsclient", "--version", NULL };
79 	int version;
80 
81 	/* emacsclient prints its version number on stderr */
82 	memset(&ec_process, 0, sizeof(ec_process));
83 	ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
84 	ec_process.err = -1;
85 	ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
86 	if (start_command(&ec_process)) {
87 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to start emacsclient.\n");
88 		return -1;
89 	}
90 	strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
91 	close(ec_process.err);
92 
93 	/*
94 	 * Don't bother checking return value, because "emacsclient --version"
95 	 * seems to always exits with code 1.
96 	 */
97 	finish_command(&ec_process);
98 
99 	if (prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
100 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse emacsclient version.\n");
101 		strbuf_release(&buffer);
102 		return -1;
103 	}
104 
105 	strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
106 	version = atoi(buffer.buf);
107 
108 	if (version < 22) {
109 		fprintf(stderr,
110 			"emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22).\n",
111 			version);
112 		strbuf_release(&buffer);
113 		return -1;
114 	}
115 
116 	strbuf_release(&buffer);
117 	return 0;
118 }
119 
120 static void exec_woman_emacs(const char *path, const char *page)
121 {
122 	if (!check_emacsclient_version()) {
123 		/* This works only with emacsclient version >= 22. */
124 		struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
125 
126 		if (!path)
127 			path = "emacsclient";
128 		strbuf_addf(&man_page, "(woman \"%s\")", page);
129 		execlp(path, "emacsclient", "-e", man_page.buf, NULL);
130 		warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
131 	}
132 }
133 
134 static void exec_man_konqueror(const char *path, const char *page)
135 {
136 	const char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
137 	if (display && *display) {
138 		struct strbuf man_page = STRBUF_INIT;
139 		const char *filename = "kfmclient";
140 
141 		/* It's simpler to launch konqueror using kfmclient. */
142 		if (path) {
143 			const char *file = strrchr(path, '/');
144 			if (file && !strcmp(file + 1, "konqueror")) {
145 				char *new = strdup(path);
146 				char *dest = strrchr(new, '/');
147 
148 				/* strlen("konqueror") == strlen("kfmclient") */
149 				strcpy(dest + 1, "kfmclient");
150 				path = new;
151 			}
152 			if (file)
153 				filename = file;
154 		} else
155 			path = "kfmclient";
156 		strbuf_addf(&man_page, "man:%s(1)", page);
157 		execlp(path, filename, "newTab", man_page.buf, NULL);
158 		warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
159 	}
160 }
161 
162 static void exec_man_man(const char *path, const char *page)
163 {
164 	if (!path)
165 		path = "man";
166 	execlp(path, "man", page, NULL);
167 	warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", path, strerror(errno));
168 }
169 
170 static void exec_man_cmd(const char *cmd, const char *page)
171 {
172 	struct strbuf shell_cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
173 	strbuf_addf(&shell_cmd, "%s %s", cmd, page);
174 	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", shell_cmd.buf, NULL);
175 	warning("failed to exec '%s': %s", cmd, strerror(errno));
176 }
177 
178 static void add_man_viewer(const char *name)
179 {
180 	struct man_viewer_list **p = &man_viewer_list;
181 	size_t len = strlen(name);
182 
183 	while (*p)
184 		p = &((*p)->next);
185 	*p = zalloc(sizeof(**p) + len + 1);
186 	strncpy((*p)->name, name, len);
187 }
188 
189 static int supported_man_viewer(const char *name, size_t len)
190 {
191 	return (!strncasecmp("man", name, len) ||
192 		!strncasecmp("woman", name, len) ||
193 		!strncasecmp("konqueror", name, len));
194 }
195 
196 static void do_add_man_viewer_info(const char *name,
197 				   size_t len,
198 				   const char *value)
199 {
200 	struct man_viewer_info_list *new = zalloc(sizeof(*new) + len + 1);
201 
202 	strncpy(new->name, name, len);
203 	new->info = strdup(value);
204 	new->next = man_viewer_info_list;
205 	man_viewer_info_list = new;
206 }
207 
208 static int add_man_viewer_path(const char *name,
209 			       size_t len,
210 			       const char *value)
211 {
212 	if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
213 		do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
214 	else
215 		warning("'%s': path for unsupported man viewer.\n"
216 			"Please consider using 'man.<tool>.cmd' instead.",
217 			name);
218 
219 	return 0;
220 }
221 
222 static int add_man_viewer_cmd(const char *name,
223 			      size_t len,
224 			      const char *value)
225 {
226 	if (supported_man_viewer(name, len))
227 		warning("'%s': cmd for supported man viewer.\n"
228 			"Please consider using 'man.<tool>.path' instead.",
229 			name);
230 	else
231 		do_add_man_viewer_info(name, len, value);
232 
233 	return 0;
234 }
235 
236 static int add_man_viewer_info(const char *var, const char *value)
237 {
238 	const char *name = var + 4;
239 	const char *subkey = strrchr(name, '.');
240 
241 	if (!subkey)
242 		return error("Config with no key for man viewer: %s", name);
243 
244 	if (!strcmp(subkey, ".path")) {
245 		if (!value)
246 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
247 		return add_man_viewer_path(name, subkey - name, value);
248 	}
249 	if (!strcmp(subkey, ".cmd")) {
250 		if (!value)
251 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
252 		return add_man_viewer_cmd(name, subkey - name, value);
253 	}
254 
255 	warning("'%s': unsupported man viewer sub key.", subkey);
256 	return 0;
257 }
258 
259 static int perf_help_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
260 {
261 	if (!strcmp(var, "help.format")) {
262 		if (!value)
263 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
264 		help_format = parse_help_format(value);
265 		if (help_format == HELP_FORMAT_NONE)
266 			return -1;
267 		return 0;
268 	}
269 	if (!strcmp(var, "man.viewer")) {
270 		if (!value)
271 			return config_error_nonbool(var);
272 		add_man_viewer(value);
273 		return 0;
274 	}
275 	if (!prefixcmp(var, "man."))
276 		return add_man_viewer_info(var, value);
277 
278 	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
279 }
280 
281 static struct cmdnames main_cmds, other_cmds;
282 
283 void list_common_cmds_help(void)
284 {
285 	unsigned int i, longest = 0;
286 
287 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds); i++) {
288 		if (longest < strlen(common_cmds[i].name))
289 			longest = strlen(common_cmds[i].name);
290 	}
291 
292 	puts(" The most commonly used perf commands are:");
293 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(common_cmds); i++) {
294 		printf("   %-*s   ", longest, common_cmds[i].name);
295 		puts(common_cmds[i].help);
296 	}
297 }
298 
299 static int is_perf_command(const char *s)
300 {
301 	return is_in_cmdlist(&main_cmds, s) ||
302 		is_in_cmdlist(&other_cmds, s);
303 }
304 
305 static const char *prepend(const char *prefix, const char *cmd)
306 {
307 	size_t pre_len = strlen(prefix);
308 	size_t cmd_len = strlen(cmd);
309 	char *p = malloc(pre_len + cmd_len + 1);
310 	memcpy(p, prefix, pre_len);
311 	strcpy(p + pre_len, cmd);
312 	return p;
313 }
314 
315 static const char *cmd_to_page(const char *perf_cmd)
316 {
317 	if (!perf_cmd)
318 		return "perf";
319 	else if (!prefixcmp(perf_cmd, "perf"))
320 		return perf_cmd;
321 	else
322 		return prepend("perf-", perf_cmd);
323 }
324 
325 static void setup_man_path(void)
326 {
327 	struct strbuf new_path = STRBUF_INIT;
328 	const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH");
329 
330 	/* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no
331 	 * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try
332 	 * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If
333 	 * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */
334 	strbuf_addstr(&new_path, system_path(PERF_MAN_PATH));
335 	strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':');
336 	if (old_path)
337 		strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path);
338 
339 	setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1);
340 
341 	strbuf_release(&new_path);
342 }
343 
344 static void exec_viewer(const char *name, const char *page)
345 {
346 	const char *info = get_man_viewer_info(name);
347 
348 	if (!strcasecmp(name, "man"))
349 		exec_man_man(info, page);
350 	else if (!strcasecmp(name, "woman"))
351 		exec_woman_emacs(info, page);
352 	else if (!strcasecmp(name, "konqueror"))
353 		exec_man_konqueror(info, page);
354 	else if (info)
355 		exec_man_cmd(info, page);
356 	else
357 		warning("'%s': unknown man viewer.", name);
358 }
359 
360 static int show_man_page(const char *perf_cmd)
361 {
362 	struct man_viewer_list *viewer;
363 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(perf_cmd);
364 	const char *fallback = getenv("PERF_MAN_VIEWER");
365 
366 	setup_man_path();
367 	for (viewer = man_viewer_list; viewer; viewer = viewer->next)
368 		exec_viewer(viewer->name, page); /* will return when unable */
369 
370 	if (fallback)
371 		exec_viewer(fallback, page);
372 	exec_viewer("man", page);
373 
374 	pr_err("no man viewer handled the request");
375 	return -1;
376 }
377 
378 static int show_info_page(const char *perf_cmd)
379 {
380 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(perf_cmd);
381 	setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(PERF_INFO_PATH), 1);
382 	execlp("info", "info", "perfman", page, NULL);
383 	return -1;
384 }
385 
386 static int get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
387 {
388 	struct stat st;
389 	const char *html_path = system_path(PERF_HTML_PATH);
390 
391 	/* Check that we have a perf documentation directory. */
392 	if (stat(mkpath("%s/perf.html", html_path), &st)
393 	    || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) {
394 		pr_err("'%s': not a documentation directory.", html_path);
395 		return -1;
396 	}
397 
398 	strbuf_init(page_path, 0);
399 	strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
400 
401 	return 0;
402 }
403 
404 /*
405  * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
406  * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
407  * HTML.
408  */
409 #ifndef open_html
410 static void open_html(const char *path)
411 {
412 	execl_perf_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, NULL);
413 }
414 #endif
415 
416 static int show_html_page(const char *perf_cmd)
417 {
418 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(perf_cmd);
419 	struct strbuf page_path; /* it leaks but we exec bellow */
420 
421 	if (get_html_page_path(&page_path, page) != 0)
422 		return -1;
423 
424 	open_html(page_path.buf);
425 
426 	return 0;
427 }
428 
429 int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
430 {
431 	const char *alias;
432 	int rc = 0;
433 
434 	load_command_list("perf-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
435 
436 	perf_config(perf_help_config, NULL);
437 
438 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_help_options,
439 			builtin_help_usage, 0);
440 
441 	if (show_all) {
442 		printf("\n usage: %s\n\n", perf_usage_string);
443 		list_commands("perf commands", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
444 		printf(" %s\n\n", perf_more_info_string);
445 		return 0;
446 	}
447 
448 	if (!argv[0]) {
449 		printf("\n usage: %s\n\n", perf_usage_string);
450 		list_common_cmds_help();
451 		printf("\n %s\n\n", perf_more_info_string);
452 		return 0;
453 	}
454 
455 	alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
456 	if (alias && !is_perf_command(argv[0])) {
457 		printf("`perf %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);
458 		return 0;
459 	}
460 
461 	switch (help_format) {
462 	case HELP_FORMAT_MAN:
463 		rc = show_man_page(argv[0]);
464 		break;
465 	case HELP_FORMAT_INFO:
466 		rc = show_info_page(argv[0]);
467 		break;
468 	case HELP_FORMAT_WEB:
469 		rc = show_html_page(argv[0]);
470 		break;
471 	case HELP_FORMAT_NONE:
472 		/* fall-through */
473 	default:
474 		rc = -1;
475 		break;
476 	}
477 
478 	return rc;
479 }
480