1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index b7766c577b01..9473d46c00bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -117,6 +117,40 @@ int rm_rf(char *path)
 	return rmdir(path);
 }
 
+/* A filter which removes dot files */
+bool lsdir_no_dot_filter(const char *name __maybe_unused, struct dirent *d)
+{
+	return d->d_name[0] != '.';
+}
+
+/* lsdir reads a directory and store it in strlist */
+struct strlist *lsdir(const char *name,
+		      bool (*filter)(const char *, struct dirent *))
+{
+	struct strlist *list = NULL;
+	DIR *dir;
+	struct dirent *d;
+
+	dir = opendir(name);
+	if (!dir)
+		return NULL;
+
+	list = strlist__new(NULL, NULL);
+	if (!list) {
+		errno = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	while ((d = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		if (!filter || filter(name, d))
+			strlist__add(list, d->d_name);
+	}
+
+out:
+	closedir(dir);
+	return list;
+}
+
 static int slow_copyfile(const char *from, const char *to)
 {
 	int err = -1;