1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
index 9689bc0acd9f..9d15f484308c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 # Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free Software
 # Foundation.
 
+import errno, os
+
 NSECS_PER_SEC    = 1000000000
 
 def avg(total, n):
@@ -26,3 +28,38 @@ def nsecs_str(nsecs):
 
 def clear_term():
     print("\x1b[H\x1b[2J")
+
+audit_package_warned = False
+
+try:
+        import audit
+        machine_to_id = {
+                'x86_64': audit.MACH_86_64,
+                'alpha' : audit.MACH_ALPHA,
+                'armeb' : audit.MACH_ARMEB,
+                'ia64'  : audit.MACH_IA64,
+                'ppc'   : audit.MACH_PPC,
+                'ppc64' : audit.MACH_PPC64,
+                's390'  : audit.MACH_S390,
+                's390x' : audit.MACH_S390X,
+                'i386'  : audit.MACH_X86,
+                'i586'  : audit.MACH_X86,
+                'i686'  : audit.MACH_X86,
+        }
+        machine_id = machine_to_id[os.uname()[4]]
+except:
+        if not audit_package_warned:
+                audit_package_warned = True
+                print "Install the audit-libs-python package to get syscall names"
+
+def syscall_name(id):
+        try:
+                return audit.audit_syscall_to_name(id, machine_id)
+        except:
+                return str(id)
+
+def strerror(nr):
+        try:
+                return errno.errorcode[abs(nr)]
+        except:
+                return "Unknown %d errno" % nr