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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.c b/tools/perf/util/target.c
index 5c59dcfc8f8d..02a6bedb69a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
#include "target.h"
#include "debug.h"
+#include <pwd.h>
+
enum perf_target_errno perf_target__validate(struct perf_target *target)
{
@@ -54,3 +56,36 @@ enum perf_target_errno perf_target__validate(struct perf_target *target)
return ret;
}
+
+enum perf_target_errno perf_target__parse_uid(struct perf_target *target)
+{
+ struct passwd pwd, *result;
+ char buf[1024];
+ const char *str = target->uid_str;
+
+ target->uid = UINT_MAX;
+ if (str == NULL)
+ return PERF_ERRNO_TARGET__SUCCESS;
+
+ /* Try user name first */
+ getpwnam_r(str, &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &result);
+
+ if (result == NULL) {
+ /*
+ * The user name not found. Maybe it's a UID number.
+ */
+ char *endptr;
+ int uid = strtol(str, &endptr, 10);
+
+ if (*endptr != '\0')
+ return PERF_ERRNO_TARGET__INVALID_UID;
+
+ getpwuid_r(uid, &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &result);
+
+ if (result == NULL)
+ return PERF_ERRNO_TARGET__USER_NOT_FOUND;
+ }
+
+ target->uid = result->pw_uid;
+ return PERF_ERRNO_TARGET__SUCCESS;
+}