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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index b9eac0daa0b9..fa6dbf0ea0d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist__new_default(void)
return evlist;
}
+struct perf_evlist *perf_evlist__new_dummy(void)
+{
+ struct perf_evlist *evlist = perf_evlist__new();
+
+ if (evlist && perf_evlist__add_dummy(evlist)) {
+ perf_evlist__delete(evlist);
+ evlist = NULL;
+ }
+
+ return evlist;
+}
+
/**
* perf_evlist__set_id_pos - set the positions of event ids.
* @evlist: selected event list
@@ -248,6 +260,22 @@ error:
return -ENOMEM;
}
+int perf_evlist__add_dummy(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+ struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+ .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY,
+ .size = sizeof(attr), /* to capture ABI version */
+ };
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
+
+ if (evsel == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int perf_evlist__add_attrs(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
struct perf_event_attr *attrs, size_t nr_attrs)
{