1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c b/tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
index 96d830545bbb..7501611abee4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
+++ b/tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ bool kallsyms__is_function(char symbol_type)
 	return symbol_type == 'T' || symbol_type == 'W';
 }
 
+/*
+ * While we find nice hex chars, build a long_val.
+ * Return number of chars processed.
+ */
+int hex2u64(const char *ptr, u64 *long_val)
+{
+	char *p;
+
+	*long_val = strtoull(ptr, &p, 16);
+
+	return p - ptr;
+}
+
 int kallsyms__parse(const char *filename, void *arg,
 		    int (*process_symbol)(void *arg, const char *name,
 					  char type, u64 start))