1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 4c179fef442d..50678d318185 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "namespaces.h"
 #include "comm.h"
+#include "map.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "unwind.h"
 
@@ -393,3 +394,25 @@ struct thread *thread__main_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *threa
 
 	return machine__find_thread(machine, thread->pid_, thread->pid_);
 }
+
+int thread__memcpy(struct thread *thread, struct machine *machine,
+		   void *buf, u64 ip, int len, bool *is64bit)
+{
+       u8 cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
+       struct addr_location al;
+       long offset;
+
+       if (machine__kernel_ip(machine, ip))
+               cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
+
+       if (!thread__find_map(thread, cpumode, ip, &al) || !al.map->dso ||
+	   al.map->dso->data.status == DSO_DATA_STATUS_ERROR ||
+	   map__load(al.map) < 0)
+               return -1;
+
+       offset = al.map->map_ip(al.map, ip);
+       if (is64bit)
+               *is64bit = al.map->dso->is_64_bit;
+
+       return dso__data_read_offset(al.map->dso, machine, offset, buf, len);
+}