2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index bbb906bb2159..d08972aa461c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -2259,6 +2259,17 @@ static void perf_pmu__del_caps(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
 	}
 }
 
+struct perf_pmu_caps *perf_pmu__get_cap(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name)
+{
+	struct perf_pmu_caps *caps;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(caps, &pmu->caps, list) {
+		if (!strcmp(caps->name, name))
+			return caps;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /*
  * Reading/parsing the given pmu capabilities, which should be located at:
  * /sys/bus/event_source/devices/<dev>/caps as sysfs group attributes.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 13dd3511f504..a1fdd6d50c53 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ bool pmu_uncore_identifier_match(const char *compat, const char *id);
 
 int perf_pmu__convert_scale(const char *scale, char **end, double *sval);
 
+struct perf_pmu_caps *perf_pmu__get_cap(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *name);
+
 int perf_pmu__caps_parse(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
 
 void perf_pmu__warn_invalid_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu, __u64 config,