--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#
+# test_invalid_options of perf_probe test
+# Author: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
+# Author: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
+#
+# Description:
+#
+# This test checks whether the invalid and incompatible options are reported
+#
+
+# include working environment
+. ../common/init.sh
+
+TEST_RESULT=0
+
+if ! check_kprobes_available; then
+ print_overall_skipped
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+
+### missing argument
+
+# some options require an argument
+for opt in '-a' '-d' '-L' '-V'; do
+ ! $CMD_PERF probe $opt 2> $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_missing_argument$opt.err
+ PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ ../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Error: switch .* requires a value" < $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_missing_argument$opt.err
+ CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "missing argument for $opt"
+ (( TEST_RESULT += $? ))
+done
+
+
+### unnecessary argument
+
+# some options may omit the argument
+for opt in '-F' '-l'; do
+ $CMD_PERF probe -F > /dev/null 2> $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_unnecessary_argument$opt.err
+ PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ test ! -s $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_unnecessary_argument$opt.err
+ CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "unnecessary argument for $opt"
+ (( TEST_RESULT += $? ))
+done
+
+
+### mutually exclusive options
+
+# some options are mutually exclusive
+test -e $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_mutually_exclusive.log && rm -f $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_mutually_exclusive.log
+for opt in '-a xxx -d xxx' '-a xxx -L foo' '-a xxx -V foo' '-a xxx -l' '-a xxx -F' \
+ '-d xxx -L foo' '-d xxx -V foo' '-d xxx -l' '-d xxx -F' \
+ '-L foo -V bar' '-L foo -l' '-L foo -F' '-V foo -l' '-V foo -F' '-l -F'; do
+ ! $CMD_PERF probe $opt > /dev/null 2> $LOGS_DIR/aux.log
+ PERF_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ ../common/check_all_patterns_found.pl "Error: switch .+ cannot be used with switch .+" < $LOGS_DIR/aux.log
+ CHECK_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+ print_results $PERF_EXIT_CODE $CHECK_EXIT_CODE "mutually exclusive options :: $opt"
+ (( TEST_RESULT += $? ))
+
+ # gather the logs
+ cat $LOGS_DIR/aux.log | grep "Error" >> $LOGS_DIR/invalid_options_mutually_exclusive.log
+done
+
+
+# print overall results
+print_overall_results "$TEST_RESULT"
+exit $?