2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 7cb8464abe61..8318fdee4778 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 int verbose = 0;
+int dump_trace = 0;
 
 int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -20,3 +21,17 @@ int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (dump_trace) {
+		va_start(args, fmt);
+		ret = vprintf(fmt, args);
+		va_end(args);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index 2ae9090108d3..a683bd571f1c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* For debugging general purposes */
 
 extern int verbose;
+extern int dump_trace;
 
 int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));