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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/util.c27
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/util.h2
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index aff0cfd83662..88b8f8d21f58 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "callchain.h"
+#include "strlist.h"
+#include <subcmd/exec-cmd.h>
struct callchain_param callchain_param = {
.mode = CHAIN_GRAPH_ABS,
@@ -663,3 +665,28 @@ fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint, char *str,
*puint = (version << 16) + (patchlevel << 8) + sublevel;
return 0;
}
+
+const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath)
+{
+ struct strlist *tips;
+ struct str_node *node;
+ char *tip = NULL;
+ struct strlist_config conf = {
+ .dirname = system_path(dirpath) ,
+ };
+
+ tips = strlist__new("tips.txt", &conf);
+ if (tips == NULL || strlist__nr_entries(tips) == 1) {
+ tip = (char *)"Cannot find tips.txt file";
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ node = strlist__entry(tips, random() % strlist__nr_entries(tips));
+ if (asprintf(&tip, "Tip: %s", node->s) < 0)
+ tip = (char *)"Tip: get more memory! ;-)";
+
+out:
+ strlist__delete(tips);
+
+ return tip;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 4b519c59bdc3..fe915e616f9b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -342,4 +342,6 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
#define KVER_FMT "%d.%d.%d"
#define KVER_PARAM(x) KVER_VERSION(x), KVER_PATCHLEVEL(x), KVER_SUBLEVEL(x)
+const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
+
#endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */
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