diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pstack.c b/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
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+/*
+ * Simple pointer stack
+ *
+ * (c) 2010 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#include "util.h"
+#include "pstack.h"
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct pstack {
+	unsigned short	top;
+	unsigned short	max_nr_entries;
+	void		*entries[0];
+};
+
+struct pstack *pstack__new(unsigned short max_nr_entries)
+{
+	struct pstack *self = zalloc((sizeof(*self) +
+				     max_nr_entries * sizeof(void *)));
+	if (self != NULL)
+		self->max_nr_entries = max_nr_entries;
+	return self;
+}
+
+void pstack__delete(struct pstack *self)
+{
+	free(self);
+}
+
+bool pstack__empty(const struct pstack *self)
+{
+	return self->top == 0;
+}
+
+void pstack__remove(struct pstack *self, void *key)
+{
+	unsigned short i = self->top, last_index = self->top - 1;
+
+	while (i-- != 0) {
+		if (self->entries[i] == key) {
+			if (i < last_index)
+				memmove(self->entries + i,
+					self->entries + i + 1,
+					(last_index - i) * sizeof(void *));
+			--self->top;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	pr_err("%s: %p not on the pstack!\n", __func__, key);
+}
+
+void pstack__push(struct pstack *self, void *key)
+{
+	if (self->top == self->max_nr_entries) {
+		pr_err("%s: top=%d, overflow!\n", __func__, self->top);
+		return;
+	}
+	self->entries[self->top++] = key;
+}
+
+void *pstack__pop(struct pstack *self)
+{
+	void *ret;
+
+	if (self->top == 0) {
+		pr_err("%s: underflow!\n", __func__);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	ret = self->entries[--self->top];
+	self->entries[self->top] = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}