1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
index a155a77f3023..d9f5f6137ab3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
 #include "trace-event.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+/*
+ * global trace_event object used by trace_event__tp_format
+ *
+ * TODO There's no cleanup call for this. Add some sort of
+ * __exit function support and call trace_event__cleanup
+ * there.
+ */
+static struct trace_event tevent;
 
 int trace_event__init(struct trace_event *t)
 {
@@ -19,3 +37,46 @@ void trace_event__cleanup(struct trace_event *t)
 	pevent_free(t->pevent);
 	traceevent_unload_plugins(t->plugin_list);
 }
+
+static struct event_format*
+tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
+{
+	struct pevent *pevent = tevent.pevent;
+	struct event_format *event = NULL;
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	size_t size;
+	char *data;
+
+	scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s/format",
+		  tracing_events_path, sys, name);
+
+	if (filename__read_str(path, &data, &size))
+		return NULL;
+
+	pevent_parse_format(pevent, &event, data, size, sys);
+
+	free(data);
+	return event;
+}
+
+struct event_format*
+trace_event__tp_format(const char *sys, const char *name)
+{
+	static bool initialized;
+
+	if (!initialized) {
+		int be = traceevent_host_bigendian();
+		struct pevent *pevent;
+
+		if (trace_event__init(&tevent))
+			return NULL;
+
+		pevent = tevent.pevent;
+		pevent_set_flag(pevent, PEVENT_NSEC_OUTPUT);
+		pevent_set_file_bigendian(pevent, be);
+		pevent_set_host_bigendian(pevent, be);
+		initialized = true;
+	}
+
+	return tp_format(sys, name);
+}