1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index 9c4e23d8c8ce..53d83d7e6a09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ int arch__compare_symbol_names_n(const char *namea, const char *nameb,
 
         return strncmp(namea, nameb, n);
 }
+
+const char *arch__normalize_symbol_name(const char *name)
+{
+        /* Skip over initial dot */
+        if (name && *name == '.')
+                name++;
+        return name;
+}
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_CALL_ELF) && _CALL_ELF == 2