2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 7a650de0db83..68f9407ca74b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -912,6 +912,7 @@ void set_buildid_dir(const char *dir)
 struct perf_config_scan_data {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *fmt;
+	const char *value;
 	va_list args;
 	int ret;
 };
@@ -939,3 +940,24 @@ int perf_config_scan(const char *name, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return d.ret;
 }
+
+static int perf_config_get_cb(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
+{
+	struct perf_config_scan_data *d = data;
+
+	if (!strcmp(var, d->name))
+		d->value = value;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const char *perf_config_get(const char *name)
+{
+	struct perf_config_scan_data d = {
+		.name = name,
+		.value = NULL,
+	};
+
+	perf_config(perf_config_get_cb, &d);
+	return d.value;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index 2e5e808928a5..9971313d61c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ typedef int (*config_fn_t)(const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_default_config(const char *, const char *, void *);
 int perf_config(config_fn_t fn, void *);
 int perf_config_scan(const char *name, const char *fmt, ...) __scanf(2, 3);
+const char *perf_config_get(const char *name);
 int perf_config_set(struct perf_config_set *set,
 		    config_fn_t fn, void *data);
 int perf_config_int(int *dest, const char *, const char *);