2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index 346707df04b9..29c7b2cb2521 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -332,6 +332,24 @@ char *strxfrchar(char *s, char from, char to)
 }
 
 /**
+ * ltrim - Removes leading whitespace from @s.
+ * @s: The string to be stripped.
+ *
+ * Return pointer to the first non-whitespace character in @s.
+ */
+char *ltrim(char *s)
+{
+	int len = strlen(s);
+
+	while (len && isspace(*s)) {
+		len--;
+		s++;
+	}
+
+	return s;
+}
+
+/**
  * rtrim - Removes trailing whitespace from @s.
  * @s: The string to be stripped.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index ec5de5e3330c..09b4c26b71aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ bool is_power_of_2(unsigned long n)
 size_t hex_width(u64 v);
 int hex2u64(const char *ptr, u64 *val);
 
+char *ltrim(char *s);
 char *rtrim(char *s);
 
 void dump_stack(void);