[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] intel_gpu_top: Document how to use JSON output

[Matthew Auld]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 at 10:12, Tvrtko Ursulin
<tvrtko.ursulin at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>
> Put a note on how to use JSON output into the man page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
> References: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/igt-gpu-tools/-/issues/100
> ---
>  man/intel_gpu_top.rst | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man/intel_gpu_top.rst b/man/intel_gpu_top.rst
> index f6d74852558b..94fdc6520fd3 100644
> --- a/man/intel_gpu_top.rst
> +++ b/man/intel_gpu_top.rst
> @@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Filter types: ::
>      pci      pci:[vendor=%04x/name][,device=%04x][,card=%d]
>               vendor is hex number or vendor name
>
> +JSON OUTPUT
> +===========
> +
> +To parse the JSON as output by the tool the consumer should wrap its entirety into square brackets ([ ]). This will make each sample point an JSON array element and will avoid "Multiple root elements" JSON validation error.
> +

a JSON array element

It could be argued that this should go into LIMITATIONS?

Acked-by: Matthew Auld <matthew.auld at intel.com>

>  LIMITATIONS
>  ===========
>
> --
> 2.27.0
>
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