1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 346707df04b9..29c7b2cb2521 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -332,6 +332,24 @@ char *strxfrchar(char *s, char from, char to)
 }
 
 /**
+ * ltrim - Removes leading whitespace from @s.
+ * @s: The string to be stripped.
+ *
+ * Return pointer to the first non-whitespace character in @s.
+ */
+char *ltrim(char *s)
+{
+        int len = strlen(s);
+
+        while (len && isspace(*s)) {
+                len--;
+                s++;
+        }
+
+        return s;
+}
+
+/**
  * rtrim - Removes trailing whitespace from @s.
  * @s: The string to be stripped.
  *