diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h
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+#ifndef PERF_PRINT_BINARY_H
+#define PERF_PRINT_BINARY_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+enum binary_printer_ops {
+	BINARY_PRINT_DATA_BEGIN,
+	BINARY_PRINT_LINE_BEGIN,
+	BINARY_PRINT_ADDR,
+	BINARY_PRINT_NUM_DATA,
+	BINARY_PRINT_NUM_PAD,
+	BINARY_PRINT_SEP,
+	BINARY_PRINT_CHAR_DATA,
+	BINARY_PRINT_CHAR_PAD,
+	BINARY_PRINT_LINE_END,
+	BINARY_PRINT_DATA_END,
+};
+
+typedef void (*print_binary_t)(enum binary_printer_ops op,
+			       unsigned int val, void *extra);
+
+void print_binary(unsigned char *data, size_t len,
+		  size_t bytes_per_line, print_binary_t printer,
+		  void *extra);
+
+int is_printable_array(char *p, unsigned int len);
+
+#endif /* PERF_PRINT_BINARY_H */