1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 8cfb48cbbea0..b097570e9623 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "header.h"
 
-int                                     nr_counters;
+int                             nr_counters;
 
 struct perf_event_attr          attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
+char                            *filters[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 struct event_symbol {
         u8              type;
@@ -708,7 +709,6 @@ static void store_event_type(const char *orgname)
         perf_header__push_event(id, orgname);
 }
 
-
 int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __used)
 {
         struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -745,6 +745,28 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __u
         return 0;
 }
 
+int parse_filter(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str,
+                 int unset __used)
+{
+        int i = nr_counters - 1;
+        int len = strlen(str);
+
+        if (i < 0 || attrs[i].type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
+                fprintf(stderr,
+                        "-F option should follow a -e tracepoint option\n");
+                return -1;
+        }
+
+        filters[i] = malloc(len + 1);
+        if (!filters[i]) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
+                return -1;
+        }
+        strcpy(filters[i], str);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static const char * const event_type_descriptors[] = {
         "",
         "Hardware event",