diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/util/color.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/util/color.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+#include "color.h"
+
+int perf_use_color_default = 0;
+
+static int parse_color(const char *name, int len)
+{
+	static const char * const color_names[] = {
+		"normal", "black", "red", "green", "yellow",
+		"blue", "magenta", "cyan", "white"
+	};
+	char *end;
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(color_names); i++) {
+		const char *str = color_names[i];
+		if (!strncasecmp(name, str, len) && !str[len])
+			return i - 1;
+	}
+	i = strtol(name, &end, 10);
+	if (end - name == len && i >= -1 && i <= 255)
+		return i;
+	return -2;
+}
+
+static int parse_attr(const char *name, int len)
+{
+	static const int attr_values[] = { 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 };
+	static const char * const attr_names[] = {
+		"bold", "dim", "ul", "blink", "reverse"
+	};
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(attr_names); i++) {
+		const char *str = attr_names[i];
+		if (!strncasecmp(name, str, len) && !str[len])
+			return attr_values[i];
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst)
+{
+	color_parse_mem(value, strlen(value), var, dst);
+}
+
+void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int value_len, const char *var,
+		char *dst)
+{
+	const char *ptr = value;
+	int len = value_len;
+	int attr = -1;
+	int fg = -2;
+	int bg = -2;
+
+	if (!strncasecmp(value, "reset", len)) {
+		strcpy(dst, PERF_COLOR_RESET);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* [fg [bg]] [attr] */
+	while (len > 0) {
+		const char *word = ptr;
+		int val, wordlen = 0;
+
+		while (len > 0 && !isspace(word[wordlen])) {
+			wordlen++;
+			len--;
+		}
+
+		ptr = word + wordlen;
+		while (len > 0 && isspace(*ptr)) {
+			ptr++;
+			len--;
+		}
+
+		val = parse_color(word, wordlen);
+		if (val >= -1) {
+			if (fg == -2) {
+				fg = val;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (bg == -2) {
+				bg = val;
+				continue;
+			}
+			goto bad;
+		}
+		val = parse_attr(word, wordlen);
+		if (val < 0 || attr != -1)
+			goto bad;
+		attr = val;
+	}
+
+	if (attr >= 0 || fg >= 0 || bg >= 0) {
+		int sep = 0;
+
+		*dst++ = '\033';
+		*dst++ = '[';
+		if (attr >= 0) {
+			*dst++ = '0' + attr;
+			sep++;
+		}
+		if (fg >= 0) {
+			if (sep++)
+				*dst++ = ';';
+			if (fg < 8) {
+				*dst++ = '3';
+				*dst++ = '0' + fg;
+			} else {
+				dst += sprintf(dst, "38;5;%d", fg);
+			}
+		}
+		if (bg >= 0) {
+			if (sep++)
+				*dst++ = ';';
+			if (bg < 8) {
+				*dst++ = '4';
+				*dst++ = '0' + bg;
+			} else {
+				dst += sprintf(dst, "48;5;%d", bg);
+			}
+		}
+		*dst++ = 'm';
+	}
+	*dst = 0;
+	return;
+bad:
+	die("bad color value '%.*s' for variable '%s'", value_len, value, var);
+}
+
+int perf_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty)
+{
+	if (value) {
+		if (!strcasecmp(value, "never"))
+			return 0;
+		if (!strcasecmp(value, "always"))
+			return 1;
+		if (!strcasecmp(value, "auto"))
+			goto auto_color;
+	}
+
+	/* Missing or explicit false to turn off colorization */
+	if (!perf_config_bool(var, value))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* any normal truth value defaults to 'auto' */
+ auto_color:
+	if (stdout_is_tty < 0)
+		stdout_is_tty = isatty(1);
+	if (stdout_is_tty || (pager_in_use() && pager_use_color)) {
+		char *term = getenv("TERM");
+		if (term && strcmp(term, "dumb"))
+			return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int perf_color_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(var, "color.ui")) {
+		perf_use_color_default = perf_config_colorbool(var, value, -1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
+}
+
+static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
+		va_list args, const char *trail)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+
+	if (*color)
+		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", color);
+	r += vfprintf(fp, fmt, args);
+	if (*color)
+		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", PERF_COLOR_RESET);
+	if (trail)
+		r += fprintf(fp, "%s", trail);
+	return r;
+}
+
+
+
+int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int r;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, NULL);
+	va_end(args);
+	return r;
+}
+
+int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int r;
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, "\n");
+	va_end(args);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function splits the buffer by newlines and colors the lines individually.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success.
+ */
+int color_fwrite_lines(FILE *fp, const char *color,
+		size_t count, const char *buf)
+{
+	if (!*color)
+		return fwrite(buf, count, 1, fp) != 1;
+	while (count) {
+		char *p = memchr(buf, '\n', count);
+		if (p != buf && (fputs(color, fp) < 0 ||
+				fwrite(buf, p ? p - buf : count, 1, fp) != 1 ||
+				fputs(PERF_COLOR_RESET, fp) < 0))
+			return -1;
+		if (!p)
+			return 0;
+		if (fputc('\n', fp) < 0)
+			return -1;
+		count -= p + 1 - buf;
+		buf = p + 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+