tools lib api fs: Add sysfs__read_str function
Adding sysfs__read_str function to ease up reading string files from
sysfs. New interface is:
int sysfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455465826-8426-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
index 2cbf677..ef78c22 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@
return filename__read_int(path, value);
}
+int sysfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
+{
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+ const char *sysfs = sysfs__mountpoint();
+
+ if (!sysfs)
+ return -1;
+
+ snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", sysfs, entry);
+
+ return filename__read_str(path, buf, sizep);
+}
+
int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value)
{
char path[PATH_MAX];