1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 214265674ddd..5b3ea49aa63e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -114,3 +114,20 @@ unsigned long convert_unit(unsigned long value, char *unit)
 
 	return value;
 }
+
+int readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
+{
+	void *buf_start = buf;
+
+	while (n) {
+		int ret = read(fd, buf, n);
+
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		n -= ret;
+		buf += ret;
+	}
+
+	return buf - buf_start;
+}