diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.h b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
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+#ifndef __PERF_COUNTS_H
+#define __PERF_COUNTS_H
+
+#include "xyarray.h"
+
+struct perf_counts_values {
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u64 val;
+			u64 ena;
+			u64 run;
+		};
+		u64 values[3];
+	};
+};
+
+struct perf_counts {
+	s8			  scaled;
+	struct perf_counts_values aggr;
+	struct xyarray		  *values;
+};
+
+
+static inline struct perf_counts_values*
+perf_counts(struct perf_counts *counts, int cpu, int thread)
+{
+	return xyarray__entry(counts->values, cpu, thread);
+}
+
+struct perf_counts *perf_counts__new(int ncpus, int nthreads);
+void perf_counts__delete(struct perf_counts *counts);
+
+void perf_evsel__reset_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
+void perf_evsel__free_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+
+#endif /* __PERF_COUNTS_H */