2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 54a7e2634d58..952b4ae3d954 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -263,6 +263,28 @@ static char *event_cache_name(u8 cache_type, u8 cache_op, u8 cache_result)
         return name;
 }
 
+const char *event_type(int type)
+{
+        switch (type) {
+        case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
+                return "hardware";
+
+        case PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE:
+                return "software";
+
+        case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
+                return "tracepoint";
+
+        case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
+                return "hardware-cache";
+
+        default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return "unknown";
+}
+
 const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
         u64 config = evsel->attr.config;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 212f88e07a9c..746d3fcbfc2a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct tracepoint_path {
 extern struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config);
 extern bool have_tracepoints(struct list_head *evlist);
 
+const char *event_type(int type);
 const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *event);
 extern const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config);