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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
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+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
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+/* For general debugging purposes */
+
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int verbose = 0;
+
+int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+        va_list args;
+        int ret = 0;
+
+        if (verbose) {
+                va_start(args, fmt);
+                ret = vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args);
+                va_end(args);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+}