File 0031-tools-kvm_stat-sort-f-help-output.patch of Package kvm_stat

From ab90bd3ab0e013a9261f6787ec6aa902a3edb236 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Raspl <stefan.raspl@de.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 13:03:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 31/43] tools/kvm_stat: sort '-f help' output

Sort the fields returned by specifying '-f help' on the command line.
While at it, simplify the code a bit, indent the output and eliminate an
extra blank line at the beginning.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Raspl <raspl@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit aa12f594f97efe50223611dbd13ecca4e8dafee6)
[FL: FATE#325017]
Signed-off-by: Fei Li <fli@suse.com>
---
 tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
index 9d55afbd549e..f38c97aa131d 100755
--- a/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
+++ b/tools/kvm/kvm_stat/kvm_stat
@@ -1582,17 +1582,13 @@ def main():
 
     stats = Stats(options)
 
-    if options.fields == "help":
+    if options.fields == 'help':
         stats.fields_filter = None
-        event_list = "\n"
-        s = stats.get()
-        for key in s.keys():
-            if key.find('(') != -1:
-                key = key[0:key.find('(')]
-            if event_list.find('\n' + key + '\n') == -1:
-                event_list += key + '\n'
-        sys.stdout.write(event_list)
-        return ""
+        event_list = []
+        for key in stats.get().keys():
+            event_list.append(key.split('(', 1)[0])
+        sys.stdout.write('  ' + '\n  '.join(sorted(set(event_list))) + '\n')
+        sys.exit(0)
 
     if options.log:
         log(stats)
-- 
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