1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
index 99be15dd2b6b..285d6f30d912 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -17,8 +17,26 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <asm/bug.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 
+static const char *perf_ns__names[] = {
+        [NET_NS_INDEX]          = "net",
+        [UTS_NS_INDEX]          = "uts",
+        [IPC_NS_INDEX]          = "ipc",
+        [PID_NS_INDEX]          = "pid",
+        [USER_NS_INDEX]         = "user",
+        [MNT_NS_INDEX]          = "mnt",
+        [CGROUP_NS_INDEX]       = "cgroup",
+};
+
+const char *perf_ns__name(unsigned int id)
+{
+        if (id >= ARRAY_SIZE(perf_ns__names))
+                return "UNKNOWN";
+        return perf_ns__names[id];
+}
+
 struct namespaces *namespaces__new(struct perf_record_namespaces *event)
 {
         struct namespaces *namespaces;