1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 99664598bc1a..5906e8426cc7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 /*
  * XXX We need to find a better place for these things...
  */
+unsigned int page_size;
+
 bool perf_host  = true;
 bool perf_guest = false;
 
@@ -164,6 +166,39 @@ size_t hex_width(u64 v)
         return n;
 }
 
+static int hex(char ch)
+{
+        if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9'))
+                return ch - '0';
+        if ((ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'f'))
+                return ch - 'a' + 10;
+        if ((ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'F'))
+                return ch - 'A' + 10;
+        return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * While we find nice hex chars, build a long_val.
+ * Return number of chars processed.
+ */
+int hex2u64(const char *ptr, u64 *long_val)
+{
+        const char *p = ptr;
+        *long_val = 0;
+
+        while (*p) {
+                const int hex_val = hex(*p);
+
+                if (hex_val < 0)
+                        break;
+
+                *long_val = (*long_val << 4) | hex_val;
+                p++;
+        }
+
+        return p - ptr;
+}
+
 /* Obtain a backtrace and print it to stdout. */
 #ifdef BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 void dump_stack(void)