2 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 3a142e9..649083f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -913,6 +913,47 @@ static void print_tracepoint_events(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Check whether event is in <debugfs_mount_point>/tracing/events
+ */
+
+int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
+{
+	DIR *sys_dir, *evt_dir;
+	struct dirent *sys_next, *evt_next, sys_dirent, evt_dirent;
+	char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+	char dir_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+
+	if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(debugfs_path))
+		return 0;
+
+	sys_dir = opendir(debugfs_path);
+	if (!sys_dir)
+		return 0;
+
+	for_each_subsystem(sys_dir, sys_dirent, sys_next) {
+
+		snprintf(dir_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", debugfs_path,
+			 sys_dirent.d_name);
+		evt_dir = opendir(dir_path);
+		if (!evt_dir)
+			continue;
+
+		for_each_event(sys_dirent, evt_dir, evt_dirent, evt_next) {
+			snprintf(evt_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s:%s",
+				 sys_dirent.d_name, evt_dirent.d_name);
+			if (!strcmp(evt_path, event_string)) {
+				closedir(evt_dir);
+				closedir(sys_dir);
+				return 1;
+			}
+		}
+		closedir(evt_dir);
+	}
+	closedir(sys_dir);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Print the help text for the event symbols:
  */
 void print_events(void)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 0a0abc1..1c9043c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
 #define EVENTS_HELP_MAX (128*1024)
 
 extern void print_events(void);
+extern int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string);
 
 extern char debugfs_path[];
 extern int valid_debugfs_mount(const char *debugfs);