[PATCH 2/9] perf tools: Add fetch_kernel_buildid function

[Jiri Olsa]

Adding fetch_kernel_buildid helper function to
retrieve build id from running kernel. It will
be used in following patches.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-at98orsncas8v2ito61u3qod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/util.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/util.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 41fc61d941ef..26f93866bc02 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -495,6 +495,24 @@ int parse_notes_buildid(void *note_data, size_t note_len, void *bf,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int fetch_kernel_buildid(char *buildid, int size)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX], *buf;
+	size_t len;
+	int err;
+
+	scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/kernel/notes",
+		  sysfs__mountpoint());
+
+	if (filename__read_str(path, &buf, &len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	err = parse_notes_buildid(buf, len, buildid, size, false);
+
+	free(buf);
+	return err;
+}
+
 const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
 {
 	struct strlist *tips;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 27106548396b..1ccaa957e3ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ extern int cacheline_size;
 int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 			 char *str, size_t str_sz);
 
+int fetch_kernel_buildid(char *buildid, int size);
+
 int parse_notes_buildid(void *note_data, size_t note_len, void *bf,
 			size_t size, bool need_swap);
 
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