2 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
index 3656e697537e..3f7d0c0c5067 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower.c
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 unsigned int cpupower_read_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 {
-	int fd;
 	ssize_t numread;
+	int fd;
 
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd == -1)
@@ -35,6 +35,27 @@ unsigned int cpupower_read_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
 	return (unsigned int) numread;
 }
 
+unsigned int cpupower_write_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen)
+{
+	ssize_t numwritten;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		return 0;
+
+	numwritten = write(fd, buf, buflen - 1);
+	if (numwritten < 1) {
+		perror(path);
+		close(fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+
+	return (unsigned int) numwritten;
+}
+
 /*
  * Detect whether a CPU is online
  *
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower_intern.h b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower_intern.h
index 4887c76d23f8..ac1112b956ec 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower_intern.h
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpupower_intern.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #define PATH_TO_CPU "/sys/devices/system/cpu/"
+
+#ifndef MAX_LINE_LEN
 #define MAX_LINE_LEN 4096
+#endif
+
 #define SYSFS_PATH_MAX 255
 
 unsigned int cpupower_read_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);
+unsigned int cpupower_write_sysfs(const char *path, char *buf, size_t buflen);