1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index a46cae701db7..1373e4cf109e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -4795,6 +4795,49 @@ enum pevent_errno pevent_parse_event(struct pevent *pevent, const char *buf,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#undef _PE
+#define _PE(code, str) str
+static const char * const pevent_error_str[] = {
+	PEVENT_ERRORS
+};
+#undef _PE
+
+int pevent_strerror(struct pevent *pevent, enum pevent_errno errnum,
+		    char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	int idx;
+	const char *msg;
+
+	if (errnum >= 0) {
+		strerror_r(errnum, buf, buflen);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (errnum <= __PEVENT_ERRNO__START ||
+	    errnum >= __PEVENT_ERRNO__END)
+		return -1;
+
+	idx = errnum - __PEVENT_ERRNO__START;
+	msg = pevent_error_str[idx];
+
+	switch (errnum) {
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__PARSE_EVENT_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_ID_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_FORMAT_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__READ_PRINT_FAILED:
+	case PEVENT_ERRNO__OLD_FTRACE_ARG_FAILED:
+		snprintf(buf, buflen, "%s", msg);
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		/* cannot reach here */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int get_field_val(struct trace_seq *s, struct format_field *field,
 		  const char *name, struct pevent_record *record,
 		  unsigned long long *val, int err)