1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index f24a8cc933d5..5352d7dccc61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -226,3 +226,28 @@ fail:
         argv_free(argv);
         return NULL;
 }
+
+/* Glob expression pattern matching */
+bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
+{
+        while (*str && *pat && *pat != '*') {
+                if (*pat == '?') {
+                        str++;
+                        pat++;
+                } else
+                        if (*str++ != *pat++)
+                                return false;
+        }
+        /* Check wild card */
+        if (*pat == '*') {
+                while (*pat == '*')
+                        pat++;
+                if (!*pat)      /* Tail wild card matches all */
+                        return true;
+                while (*str)
+                        if (strglobmatch(str++, pat))
+                                return true;
+        }
+        return !*str && !*pat;
+}
+