Merge branch 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perfcounters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (574 commits)
  perf_counter: Turn off by default
  perf_counter: Add counter->id to the throttle event
  perf_counter: Better align code
  perf_counter: Rename L2 to LL cache
  perf_counter: Standardize event names
  perf_counter: Rename enums
  perf_counter tools: Clean up u64 usage
  perf_counter: Rename perf_counter_limit sysctl
  perf_counter: More paranoia settings
  perf_counter: powerpc: Implement generalized cache events for POWER processors
  perf_counters: powerpc: Add support for POWER7 processors
  perf_counter: Accurate period data
  perf_counter: Introduce struct for sample data
  perf_counter tools: Normalize data using per sample period data
  perf_counter: Annotate exit ctx recursion
  perf_counter tools: Propagate signals properly
  perf_counter tools: Small frequency related fixes
  perf_counter: More aggressive frequency adjustment
  perf_counter/x86: Fix the model number of Intel Core2 processors
  perf_counter, x86: Correct some event and umask values for Intel processors
  ...

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ec33c0c7f4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include "string.h"
+
+static int hex(char ch)
+{
+	if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9'))
+		return ch - '0';
+	if ((ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'f'))
+		return ch - 'a' + 10;
+	if ((ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'F'))
+		return ch - 'A' + 10;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * While we find nice hex chars, build a long_val.
+ * Return number of chars processed.
+ */
+int hex2u64(const char *ptr, __u64 *long_val)
+{
+	const char *p = ptr;
+	*long_val = 0;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		const int hex_val = hex(*p);
+
+		if (hex_val < 0)
+			break;
+
+		*long_val = (*long_val << 4) | hex_val;
+		p++;
+	}
+
+	return p - ptr;
+}