perf tools: Document the fact that parse_options*() may exit

Generally, calling exit() from a library is bad practice.  Eventually
these functions might be redesigned so that they don't exit.  For now,
just document the fact that they do.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/97b1af06cc3b18dd0f49e655d6d659eaa64ecde5.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Josh Poimboeuf 2015-12-15 09:39:34 -06:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ struct option {
/* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
* non-option argments in argv[].
* Returns the number of arguments left in argv[].
*
* NOTE: parse_options() and parse_options_subcommand() may call exit() in the
* case of an error (or for 'special' options like --list-cmds or --list-opts).
*/
extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
const struct option *options,