3 files changed, 58 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index cd5e41960e64..eebbd5223cae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ perf-y += call-path.o
 perf-y += rwsem.o
 perf-y += thread-stack.o
 perf-y += spark.o
+perf-y += topdown.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/topdown.c b/tools/perf/util/topdown.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a085b3c77c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/topdown.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "pmu.h"
+#include "topdown.h"
+
+int topdown_filter_events(const char **attr, char **str, bool use_group)
+{
+	int off = 0;
+	int i;
+	int len = 0;
+	char *s;
+
+	for (i = 0; attr[i]; i++) {
+		if (pmu_have_event("cpu", attr[i])) {
+			len += strlen(attr[i]) + 1;
+			attr[i - off] = attr[i];
+		} else
+			off++;
+	}
+	attr[i - off] = NULL;
+
+	*str = malloc(len + 1 + 2);
+	if (!*str)
+		return -1;
+	s = *str;
+	if (i - off == 0) {
+		*s = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (use_group)
+		*s++ = '{';
+	for (i = 0; attr[i]; i++) {
+		strcpy(s, attr[i]);
+		s += strlen(s);
+		*s++ = ',';
+	}
+	if (use_group) {
+		s[-1] = '}';
+		*s = 0;
+	} else
+		s[-1] = 0;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+__weak bool arch_topdown_check_group(bool *warn)
+{
+	*warn = false;
+	return false;
+}
+
+__weak void arch_topdown_group_warn(void)
+{
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/group.h b/tools/perf/util/topdown.h
index f36c7e31780a..e3d70e95f4f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/group.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/topdown.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef GROUP_H
-#define GROUP_H 1
+#ifndef TOPDOWN_H
+#define TOPDOWN_H 1
 
 bool arch_topdown_check_group(bool *warn);
 void arch_topdown_group_warn(void);
 
+int topdown_filter_events(const char **attr, char **str, bool use_group);
+
 #endif