Adding upstream version 5.10.209.upstream/5.10.209upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

17 files changed, 2485 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Build b/tools/lib/subcmd/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee3128878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+libsubcmd-y += exec-cmd.o
+libsubcmd-y += help.o
+libsubcmd-y += pager.o
+libsubcmd-y += parse-options.o
+libsubcmd-y += run-command.o
+libsubcmd-y += sigchain.o
+libsubcmd-y += subcmd-config.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c777a72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../scripts/utilities.mak		# QUIET_CLEAN
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
+endif
+
+CC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+LD ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
+AR ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
+
+RM = rm -f
+
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd.a
+
+CFLAGS := -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -fPIC
+
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
+  ifeq ($(feature-fortify-source), 1)
+    CFLAGS += -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+  endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+  CFLAGS += -O0
+else ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
+  CFLAGS += -O3
+else
+  CFLAGS += -O6
+endif
+
+# Treat warnings as errors unless directed not to
+ifneq ($(WERROR),0)
+  CFLAGS += -Werror
+endif
+
+CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
+
+CFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include/
+
+CFLAGS += $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+
+SUBCMD_IN := $(OUTPUT)libsubcmd-in.o
+
+all:
+
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+all: fixdep $(LIBFILE)
+
+$(SUBCMD_IN): FORCE
+	@$(MAKE) $(build)=libsubcmd
+
+$(LIBFILE): $(SUBCMD_IN)
+	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(SUBCMD_IN)
+
+clean:
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libsubcmd) $(RM) $(LIBFILE); \
+	find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name \*.o -or -name \*.o.cmd -or -name \*.o.d | xargs $(RM)
+
+FORCE:
+
+.PHONY: clean FORCE
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33e94fb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "subcmd-util.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
+#include "subcmd-config.h"
+
+#define MAX_ARGS	32
+#define PATH_MAX	4096
+
+static const char *argv_exec_path;
+static const char *argv0_path;
+
+void exec_cmd_init(const char *exec_name, const char *prefix,
+		   const char *exec_path, const char *exec_path_env)
+{
+	subcmd_config.exec_name		= exec_name;
+	subcmd_config.prefix		= prefix;
+	subcmd_config.exec_path		= exec_path;
+	subcmd_config.exec_path_env	= exec_path_env;
+}
+
+#define is_dir_sep(c) ((c) == '/')
+
+static int is_absolute_path(const char *path)
+{
+	return path[0] == '/';
+}
+
+static const char *get_pwd_cwd(void)
+{
+	static char cwd[PATH_MAX + 1];
+	char *pwd;
+	struct stat cwd_stat, pwd_stat;
+	if (getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX) == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+	pwd = getenv("PWD");
+	if (pwd && strcmp(pwd, cwd)) {
+		stat(cwd, &cwd_stat);
+		if (!stat(pwd, &pwd_stat) &&
+		    pwd_stat.st_dev == cwd_stat.st_dev &&
+		    pwd_stat.st_ino == cwd_stat.st_ino) {
+			strlcpy(cwd, pwd, PATH_MAX);
+		}
+	}
+	return cwd;
+}
+
+static const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
+{
+	static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
+
+	if (is_absolute_path(path)) {
+		if (strlcpy(buf, path, PATH_MAX) >= PATH_MAX)
+			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
+	} else {
+		const char *cwd = get_pwd_cwd();
+		if (!cwd)
+			die("Cannot determine the current working directory");
+		if (snprintf(buf, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s", cwd, path) >= PATH_MAX)
+			die("Too long path: %.*s", 60, path);
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
+
+char *system_path(const char *path)
+{
+	char *buf = NULL;
+
+	if (is_absolute_path(path))
+		return strdup(path);
+
+	astrcatf(&buf, "%s/%s", subcmd_config.prefix, path);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+const char *extract_argv0_path(const char *argv0)
+{
+	const char *slash;
+
+	if (!argv0 || !*argv0)
+		return NULL;
+	slash = argv0 + strlen(argv0);
+
+	while (argv0 <= slash && !is_dir_sep(*slash))
+		slash--;
+
+	if (slash >= argv0) {
+		argv0_path = strndup(argv0, slash - argv0);
+		return argv0_path ? slash + 1 : NULL;
+	}
+
+	return argv0;
+}
+
+void set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path)
+{
+	argv_exec_path = exec_path;
+	/*
+	 * Propagate this setting to external programs.
+	 */
+	setenv(subcmd_config.exec_path_env, exec_path, 1);
+}
+
+
+/* Returns the highest-priority location to look for subprograms. */
+char *get_argv_exec_path(void)
+{
+	char *env;
+
+	if (argv_exec_path)
+		return strdup(argv_exec_path);
+
+	env = getenv(subcmd_config.exec_path_env);
+	if (env && *env)
+		return strdup(env);
+
+	return system_path(subcmd_config.exec_path);
+}
+
+static void add_path(char **out, const char *path)
+{
+	if (path && *path) {
+		if (is_absolute_path(path))
+			astrcat(out, path);
+		else
+			astrcat(out, make_nonrelative_path(path));
+
+		astrcat(out, ":");
+	}
+}
+
+void setup_path(void)
+{
+	const char *old_path = getenv("PATH");
+	char *new_path = NULL;
+	char *tmp = get_argv_exec_path();
+
+	add_path(&new_path, tmp);
+	add_path(&new_path, argv0_path);
+	free(tmp);
+
+	if (old_path)
+		astrcat(&new_path, old_path);
+	else
+		astrcat(&new_path, "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin");
+
+	setenv("PATH", new_path, 1);
+
+	free(new_path);
+}
+
+static const char **prepare_exec_cmd(const char **argv)
+{
+	int argc;
+	const char **nargv;
+
+	for (argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++)
+		; /* just counting */
+	nargv = malloc(sizeof(*nargv) * (argc + 2));
+
+	nargv[0] = subcmd_config.exec_name;
+	for (argc = 0; argv[argc]; argc++)
+		nargv[argc + 1] = argv[argc];
+	nargv[argc + 1] = NULL;
+	return nargv;
+}
+
+int execv_cmd(const char **argv) {
+	const char **nargv = prepare_exec_cmd(argv);
+
+	/* execvp() can only ever return if it fails */
+	execvp(subcmd_config.exec_name, (char **)nargv);
+
+	free(nargv);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
+int execl_cmd(const char *cmd,...)
+{
+	int argc;
+	const char *argv[MAX_ARGS + 1];
+	const char *arg;
+	va_list param;
+
+	va_start(param, cmd);
+	argv[0] = cmd;
+	argc = 1;
+	while (argc < MAX_ARGS) {
+		arg = argv[argc++] = va_arg(param, char *);
+		if (!arg)
+			break;
+	}
+	va_end(param);
+	if (MAX_ARGS <= argc) {
+		fprintf(stderr, " Error: too many args to run %s\n", cmd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	argv[argc] = NULL;
+	return execv_cmd(argv);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aba591b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/exec-cmd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_EXEC_CMD_H
+#define __SUBCMD_EXEC_CMD_H
+
+extern void exec_cmd_init(const char *exec_name, const char *prefix,
+			  const char *exec_path, const char *exec_path_env);
+
+extern void set_argv_exec_path(const char *exec_path);
+extern const char *extract_argv0_path(const char *path);
+extern void setup_path(void);
+extern int execv_cmd(const char **argv); /* NULL terminated */
+extern int execl_cmd(const char *cmd, ...);
+/* get_argv_exec_path and system_path return malloc'd string, caller must free it */
+extern char *get_argv_exec_path(void);
+extern char *system_path(const char *path);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_EXEC_CMD_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf02d62a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include "subcmd-util.h"
+#include "help.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
+
+void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len)
+{
+	struct cmdname *ent = malloc(sizeof(*ent) + len + 1);
+
+	ent->len = len;
+	memcpy(ent->name, name, len);
+	ent->name[len] = 0;
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(cmds->names, cmds->cnt + 1, cmds->alloc);
+	cmds->names[cmds->cnt++] = ent;
+}
+
+void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < cmds->cnt; ++i)
+		zfree(&cmds->names[i]);
+	zfree(&cmds->names);
+	cmds->cnt = 0;
+	cmds->alloc = 0;
+}
+
+int cmdname_compare(const void *a_, const void *b_)
+{
+	struct cmdname *a = *(struct cmdname **)a_;
+	struct cmdname *b = *(struct cmdname **)b_;
+	return strcmp(a->name, b->name);
+}
+
+void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds)
+{
+	unsigned int i, j;
+
+	if (!cmds->cnt)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = j = 1; i < cmds->cnt; i++)
+		if (strcmp(cmds->names[i]->name, cmds->names[i-1]->name))
+			cmds->names[j++] = cmds->names[i];
+
+	cmds->cnt = j;
+}
+
+void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
+{
+	size_t ci, cj, ei;
+	int cmp;
+
+	ci = cj = ei = 0;
+	while (ci < cmds->cnt && ei < excludes->cnt) {
+		cmp = strcmp(cmds->names[ci]->name, excludes->names[ei]->name);
+		if (cmp < 0) {
+			cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
+		} else if (cmp == 0) {
+			ci++;
+			ei++;
+		} else if (cmp > 0) {
+			ei++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	while (ci < cmds->cnt)
+		cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
+
+	cmds->cnt = cj;
+}
+
+static void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws)
+{
+	char *s = getenv("LINES");
+
+	if (s != NULL) {
+		ws->ws_row = atoi(s);
+		s = getenv("COLUMNS");
+		if (s != NULL) {
+			ws->ws_col = atoi(s);
+			if (ws->ws_row && ws->ws_col)
+				return;
+		}
+	}
+#ifdef TIOCGWINSZ
+	if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, ws) == 0 &&
+	    ws->ws_row && ws->ws_col)
+		return;
+#endif
+	ws->ws_row = 25;
+	ws->ws_col = 80;
+}
+
+static void pretty_print_string_list(struct cmdnames *cmds, int longest)
+{
+	int cols = 1, rows;
+	int space = longest + 1; /* min 1 SP between words */
+	struct winsize win;
+	int max_cols;
+	int i, j;
+
+	get_term_dimensions(&win);
+	max_cols = win.ws_col - 1; /* don't print *on* the edge */
+
+	if (space < max_cols)
+		cols = max_cols / space;
+	rows = (cmds->cnt + cols - 1) / cols;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+		printf("  ");
+
+		for (j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
+			unsigned int n = j * rows + i;
+			unsigned int size = space;
+
+			if (n >= cmds->cnt)
+				break;
+			if (j == cols-1 || n + rows >= cmds->cnt)
+				size = 1;
+			printf("%-*s", size, cmds->names[n]->name);
+		}
+		putchar('\n');
+	}
+}
+
+static int is_executable(const char *name)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+
+	if (stat(name, &st) || /* stat, not lstat */
+	    !S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+		return 0;
+
+	return st.st_mode & S_IXUSR;
+}
+
+static int has_extension(const char *filename, const char *ext)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(filename);
+	size_t extlen = strlen(ext);
+
+	return len > extlen && !memcmp(filename + len - extlen, ext, extlen);
+}
+
+static void list_commands_in_dir(struct cmdnames *cmds,
+					 const char *path,
+					 const char *prefix)
+{
+	int prefix_len;
+	DIR *dir = opendir(path);
+	struct dirent *de;
+	char *buf = NULL;
+
+	if (!dir)
+		return;
+	if (!prefix)
+		prefix = "perf-";
+	prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+
+	astrcatf(&buf, "%s/", path);
+
+	while ((de = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
+		int entlen;
+
+		if (!strstarts(de->d_name, prefix))
+			continue;
+
+		astrcat(&buf, de->d_name);
+		if (!is_executable(buf))
+			continue;
+
+		entlen = strlen(de->d_name) - prefix_len;
+		if (has_extension(de->d_name, ".exe"))
+			entlen -= 4;
+
+		add_cmdname(cmds, de->d_name + prefix_len, entlen);
+	}
+	closedir(dir);
+	free(buf);
+}
+
+void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
+		struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
+		struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
+{
+	const char *env_path = getenv("PATH");
+	char *exec_path = get_argv_exec_path();
+
+	if (exec_path) {
+		list_commands_in_dir(main_cmds, exec_path, prefix);
+		qsort(main_cmds->names, main_cmds->cnt,
+		      sizeof(*main_cmds->names), cmdname_compare);
+		uniq(main_cmds);
+	}
+
+	if (env_path) {
+		char *paths, *path, *colon;
+		path = paths = strdup(env_path);
+		while (1) {
+			if ((colon = strchr(path, ':')))
+				*colon = 0;
+			if (!exec_path || strcmp(path, exec_path))
+				list_commands_in_dir(other_cmds, path, prefix);
+
+			if (!colon)
+				break;
+			path = colon + 1;
+		}
+		free(paths);
+
+		qsort(other_cmds->names, other_cmds->cnt,
+		      sizeof(*other_cmds->names), cmdname_compare);
+		uniq(other_cmds);
+	}
+	free(exec_path);
+	exclude_cmds(other_cmds, main_cmds);
+}
+
+void list_commands(const char *title, struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
+		   struct cmdnames *other_cmds)
+{
+	unsigned int i, longest = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < main_cmds->cnt; i++)
+		if (longest < main_cmds->names[i]->len)
+			longest = main_cmds->names[i]->len;
+	for (i = 0; i < other_cmds->cnt; i++)
+		if (longest < other_cmds->names[i]->len)
+			longest = other_cmds->names[i]->len;
+
+	if (main_cmds->cnt) {
+		char *exec_path = get_argv_exec_path();
+		printf("available %s in '%s'\n", title, exec_path);
+		printf("----------------");
+		mput_char('-', strlen(title) + strlen(exec_path));
+		putchar('\n');
+		pretty_print_string_list(main_cmds, longest);
+		putchar('\n');
+		free(exec_path);
+	}
+
+	if (other_cmds->cnt) {
+		printf("%s available from elsewhere on your $PATH\n", title);
+		printf("---------------------------------------");
+		mput_char('-', strlen(title));
+		putchar('\n');
+		pretty_print_string_list(other_cmds, longest);
+		putchar('\n');
+	}
+}
+
+int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < c->cnt; i++)
+		if (!strcmp(s, c->names[i]->name))
+			return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..355c066c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_HELP_H
+#define __SUBCMD_HELP_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+struct cmdnames {
+	size_t alloc;
+	size_t cnt;
+	struct cmdname {
+		size_t len; /* also used for similarity index in help.c */
+		char name[];
+	} **names;
+};
+
+static inline void mput_char(char c, unsigned int num)
+{
+	while(num--)
+		putchar(c);
+}
+
+void load_command_list(const char *prefix,
+		struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
+		struct cmdnames *other_cmds);
+void add_cmdname(struct cmdnames *cmds, const char *name, size_t len);
+void clean_cmdnames(struct cmdnames *cmds);
+int cmdname_compare(const void *a, const void *b);
+void uniq(struct cmdnames *cmds);
+/* Here we require that excludes is a sorted list. */
+void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes);
+int is_in_cmdlist(struct cmdnames *c, const char *s);
+void list_commands(const char *title, struct cmdnames *main_cmds,
+		   struct cmdnames *other_cmds);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_HELP_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3d47b59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "sigchain.h"
+#include "subcmd-config.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is split up from the rest of git so that we can do
+ * something different on Windows.
+ */
+
+static int spawned_pager;
+static int pager_columns;
+
+void pager_init(const char *pager_env)
+{
+	subcmd_config.pager_env = pager_env;
+}
+
+static const char *forced_pager;
+
+void force_pager(const char *pager)
+{
+	forced_pager = pager;
+}
+
+static void pager_preexec(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
+	 * have real input
+	 */
+	fd_set in;
+	fd_set exception;
+
+	FD_ZERO(&in);
+	FD_ZERO(&exception);
+	FD_SET(0, &in);
+	FD_SET(0, &exception);
+	select(1, &in, NULL, &exception, NULL);
+
+	setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
+}
+
+static const char *pager_argv[] = { "sh", "-c", NULL, NULL };
+static struct child_process pager_process;
+
+static void wait_for_pager(void)
+{
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+	/* signal EOF to pager */
+	close(1);
+	close(2);
+	finish_command(&pager_process);
+}
+
+static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
+{
+	wait_for_pager();
+	sigchain_pop(signo);
+	raise(signo);
+}
+
+void setup_pager(void)
+{
+	const char *pager = getenv(subcmd_config.pager_env);
+	struct winsize sz;
+
+	if (forced_pager)
+		pager = forced_pager;
+	if (!isatty(1) && !forced_pager)
+		return;
+	if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &sz) == 0)
+		pager_columns = sz.ws_col;
+	if (!pager)
+		pager = getenv("PAGER");
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/pager", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/pager";
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/less", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/less";
+	if (!pager)
+		pager = "cat";
+	if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+		return;
+
+	spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
+
+	/* spawn the pager */
+	pager_argv[2] = pager;
+	pager_process.argv = pager_argv;
+	pager_process.in = -1;
+	pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec;
+
+	if (start_command(&pager_process))
+		return;
+
+	/* original process continues, but writes to the pipe */
+	dup2(pager_process.in, 1);
+	if (isatty(2))
+		dup2(pager_process.in, 2);
+	close(pager_process.in);
+
+	/* this makes sure that the parent terminates after the pager */
+	sigchain_push_common(wait_for_pager_signal);
+	atexit(wait_for_pager);
+}
+
+int pager_in_use(void)
+{
+	return spawned_pager;
+}
+
+int pager_get_columns(void)
+{
+	char *s;
+
+	s = getenv("COLUMNS");
+	if (s)
+		return atoi(s);
+
+	return (pager_columns ? pager_columns : 80) - 2;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a81896469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_PAGER_H
+#define __SUBCMD_PAGER_H
+
+extern void pager_init(const char *pager_env);
+
+extern void setup_pager(void);
+extern int pager_in_use(void);
+extern int pager_get_columns(void);
+extern void force_pager(const char *);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_PAGER_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ebf6192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1028 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "subcmd-util.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "subcmd-config.h"
+#include "pager.h"
+
+#define OPT_SHORT 1
+#define OPT_UNSET 2
+
+char *error_buf;
+
+static int opterror(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
+{
+	if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
+		fprintf(stderr, " Error: switch `%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason);
+	else if (flags & OPT_UNSET)
+		fprintf(stderr, " Error: option `no-%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, " Error: option `%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(prefix);
+	return strncmp(str, prefix, len) ? NULL : str + len;
+}
+
+static void optwarning(const struct option *opt, const char *reason, int flags)
+{
+	if (flags & OPT_SHORT)
+		fprintf(stderr, " Warning: switch `%c' %s", opt->short_name, reason);
+	else if (flags & OPT_UNSET)
+		fprintf(stderr, " Warning: option `no-%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, " Warning: option `%s' %s", opt->long_name, reason);
+}
+
+static int get_arg(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const struct option *opt,
+		   int flags, const char **arg)
+{
+	const char *res;
+
+	if (p->opt) {
+		res = p->opt;
+		p->opt = NULL;
+	} else if ((opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT) && (p->argc == 1 ||
+		    **(p->argv + 1) == '-')) {
+		res = (const char *)opt->defval;
+	} else if (p->argc > 1) {
+		p->argc--;
+		res = *++p->argv;
+	} else
+		return opterror(opt, "requires a value", flags);
+	if (arg)
+		*arg = res;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
+		     const struct option *opt, int flags)
+{
+	const char *s, *arg = NULL;
+	const int unset = flags & OPT_UNSET;
+	int err;
+
+	if (unset && p->opt)
+		return opterror(opt, "takes no value", flags);
+	if (unset && (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NONEG))
+		return opterror(opt, "isn't available", flags);
+	if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_DISABLED)
+		return opterror(opt, "is not usable", flags);
+
+	if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE) {
+		if (p->excl_opt && p->excl_opt != opt) {
+			char msg[128];
+
+			if (((flags & OPT_SHORT) && p->excl_opt->short_name) ||
+			    p->excl_opt->long_name == NULL) {
+				snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "cannot be used with switch `%c'",
+					 p->excl_opt->short_name);
+			} else {
+				snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "cannot be used with %s",
+					 p->excl_opt->long_name);
+			}
+			opterror(opt, msg, flags);
+			return -3;
+		}
+		p->excl_opt = opt;
+	}
+	if (!(flags & OPT_SHORT) && p->opt) {
+		switch (opt->type) {
+		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+			if (!(opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG))
+				break;
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
+		case OPTION_BIT:
+		case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+			return opterror(opt, "takes no value", flags);
+		case OPTION_END:
+		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+		case OPTION_GROUP:
+		case OPTION_STRING:
+		case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		case OPTION_LONG:
+		case OPTION_ULONG:
+		case OPTION_U64:
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOBUILD) {
+		char reason[128];
+		bool noarg = false;
+
+		err = snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
+				opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_CANSKIP ?
+					"is being ignored because %s " :
+					"is not available because %s",
+				opt->build_opt);
+		reason[sizeof(reason) - 1] = '\0';
+
+		if (err < 0)
+			strncpy(reason, opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_CANSKIP ?
+					"is being ignored" :
+					"is not available",
+					sizeof(reason));
+
+		if (!(opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_CANSKIP))
+			return opterror(opt, reason, flags);
+
+		err = 0;
+		if (unset)
+			noarg = true;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+			noarg = true;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt)
+			noarg = true;
+
+		switch (opt->type) {
+		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
+		case OPTION_BIT:
+		case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		case OPTION_END:
+		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+		case OPTION_GROUP:
+			noarg = true;
+			break;
+		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		case OPTION_STRING:
+		case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		case OPTION_LONG:
+		case OPTION_ULONG:
+		case OPTION_U64:
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (!noarg)
+			err = get_arg(p, opt, flags, NULL);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+
+		optwarning(opt, reason, flags);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	switch (opt->type) {
+	case OPTION_BIT:
+		if (unset)
+			*(int *)opt->value &= ~opt->defval;
+		else
+			*(int *)opt->value |= opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		*(bool *)opt->value = unset ? false : true;
+		if (opt->set)
+			*(bool *)opt->set = true;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_INCR:
+		*(int *)opt->value = unset ? 0 : *(int *)opt->value + 1;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+		*(unsigned int *)opt->value = unset ? 0 : opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		*(void **)opt->value = unset ? NULL : (void *)opt->defval;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_STRING:
+		err = 0;
+		if (unset)
+			*(const char **)opt->value = NULL;
+		else if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt)
+			*(const char **)opt->value = (const char *)opt->defval;
+		else
+			err = get_arg(p, opt, flags, (const char **)opt->value);
+
+		if (opt->set)
+			*(bool *)opt->set = true;
+
+		/* PARSE_OPT_NOEMPTY: Allow NULL but disallow empty string. */
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOEMPTY) {
+			const char *val = *(const char **)opt->value;
+
+			if (!val)
+				return err;
+
+			/* Similar to unset if we are given an empty string. */
+			if (val[0] == '\0') {
+				*(const char **)opt->value = NULL;
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return err;
+
+	case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		if (opt->set)
+			*(bool *)opt->set = true;
+
+		if (unset)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 1) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt)
+			return (*opt->callback)(opt, NULL, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		return (*opt->callback)(opt, arg, 0) ? (-1) : 0;
+
+	case OPTION_INTEGER:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(int *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(int *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(int *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(unsigned int *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(unsigned int *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		if (arg[0] == '-')
+			return opterror(opt, "expects an unsigned numerical value", flags);
+		*(unsigned int *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_LONG:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(long *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(long *)opt->value = strtol(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_ULONG:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(unsigned long *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(unsigned long *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		*(unsigned long *)opt->value = strtoul(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_U64:
+		if (unset) {
+			*(u64 *)opt->value = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (opt->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG && !p->opt) {
+			*(u64 *)opt->value = opt->defval;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (get_arg(p, opt, flags, &arg))
+			return -1;
+		if (arg[0] == '-')
+			return opterror(opt, "expects an unsigned numerical value", flags);
+		*(u64 *)opt->value = strtoull(arg, (char **)&s, 10);
+		if (*s)
+			return opterror(opt, "expects a numerical value", flags);
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_END:
+	case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+	case OPTION_GROUP:
+	default:
+		die("should not happen, someone must be hit on the forehead");
+	}
+}
+
+static int parse_short_opt(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const struct option *options)
+{
+retry:
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		if (options->short_name == *p->opt) {
+			p->opt = p->opt[1] ? p->opt + 1 : NULL;
+			return get_value(p, options, OPT_SHORT);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (options->parent) {
+		options = options->parent;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	return -2;
+}
+
+static int parse_long_opt(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p, const char *arg,
+                          const struct option *options)
+{
+	const char *arg_end = strchr(arg, '=');
+	const struct option *abbrev_option = NULL, *ambiguous_option = NULL;
+	int abbrev_flags = 0, ambiguous_flags = 0;
+
+	if (!arg_end)
+		arg_end = arg + strlen(arg);
+
+retry:
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		const char *rest;
+		int flags = 0;
+
+		if (!options->long_name)
+			continue;
+
+		rest = skip_prefix(arg, options->long_name);
+		if (options->type == OPTION_ARGUMENT) {
+			if (!rest)
+				continue;
+			if (*rest == '=')
+				return opterror(options, "takes no value", flags);
+			if (*rest)
+				continue;
+			p->out[p->cpidx++] = arg - 2;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		if (!rest) {
+			if (strstarts(options->long_name, "no-")) {
+				/*
+				 * The long name itself starts with "no-", so
+				 * accept the option without "no-" so that users
+				 * do not have to enter "no-no-" to get the
+				 * negation.
+				 */
+				rest = skip_prefix(arg, options->long_name + 3);
+				if (rest) {
+					flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+					goto match;
+				}
+				/* Abbreviated case */
+				if (strstarts(options->long_name + 3, arg)) {
+					flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+					goto is_abbreviated;
+				}
+			}
+			/* abbreviated? */
+			if (!strncmp(options->long_name, arg, arg_end - arg)) {
+is_abbreviated:
+				if (abbrev_option) {
+					/*
+					 * If this is abbreviated, it is
+					 * ambiguous. So when there is no
+					 * exact match later, we need to
+					 * error out.
+					 */
+					ambiguous_option = abbrev_option;
+					ambiguous_flags = abbrev_flags;
+				}
+				if (!(flags & OPT_UNSET) && *arg_end)
+					p->opt = arg_end + 1;
+				abbrev_option = options;
+				abbrev_flags = flags;
+				continue;
+			}
+			/* negated and abbreviated very much? */
+			if (strstarts("no-", arg)) {
+				flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+				goto is_abbreviated;
+			}
+			/* negated? */
+			if (strncmp(arg, "no-", 3))
+				continue;
+			flags |= OPT_UNSET;
+			rest = skip_prefix(arg + 3, options->long_name);
+			/* abbreviated and negated? */
+			if (!rest && strstarts(options->long_name, arg + 3))
+				goto is_abbreviated;
+			if (!rest)
+				continue;
+		}
+match:
+		if (*rest) {
+			if (*rest != '=')
+				continue;
+			p->opt = rest + 1;
+		}
+		return get_value(p, options, flags);
+	}
+
+	if (ambiguous_option) {
+		 fprintf(stderr,
+			 " Error: Ambiguous option: %s (could be --%s%s or --%s%s)\n",
+			 arg,
+			 (ambiguous_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			 ambiguous_option->long_name,
+			 (abbrev_flags & OPT_UNSET) ?  "no-" : "",
+			 abbrev_option->long_name);
+		 return -1;
+	}
+	if (abbrev_option)
+		return get_value(p, abbrev_option, abbrev_flags);
+
+	if (options->parent) {
+		options = options->parent;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	return -2;
+}
+
+static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options)
+{
+	if (strlen(arg) < 3)
+		return;
+
+	if (strstarts(arg, "no-")) {
+		fprintf(stderr, " Error: did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)\n", arg);
+		exit(129);
+	}
+
+	for (; options->type != OPTION_END; options++) {
+		if (!options->long_name)
+			continue;
+		if (strstarts(options->long_name, arg)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, " Error: did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)\n", arg);
+			exit(129);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void parse_options_start(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
+				int argc, const char **argv, int flags)
+{
+	memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
+	ctx->argc = argc - 1;
+	ctx->argv = argv + 1;
+	ctx->out  = argv;
+	ctx->cpidx = ((flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0) != 0);
+	ctx->flags = flags;
+	if ((flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN) &&
+	    (flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION))
+		die("STOP_AT_NON_OPTION and KEEP_UNKNOWN don't go together");
+}
+
+static int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *,
+				       const struct option *, int,
+				       struct parse_opt_ctx_t *);
+
+static int parse_options_step(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx,
+			      const struct option *options,
+			      const char * const usagestr[])
+{
+	int internal_help = !(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP);
+	int excl_short_opt = 1;
+	const char *arg;
+
+	/* we must reset ->opt, unknown short option leave it dangling */
+	ctx->opt = NULL;
+
+	for (; ctx->argc; ctx->argc--, ctx->argv++) {
+		arg = ctx->argv[0];
+		if (*arg != '-' || !arg[1]) {
+			if (ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION)
+				break;
+			ctx->out[ctx->cpidx++] = ctx->argv[0];
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (arg[1] != '-') {
+			ctx->opt = ++arg;
+			if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h') {
+				return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0, ctx);
+			}
+			switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
+			case -1:
+				return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg, 1);
+			case -2:
+				goto unknown;
+			case -3:
+				goto exclusive;
+			default:
+				break;
+			}
+			if (ctx->opt)
+				check_typos(arg, options);
+			while (ctx->opt) {
+				if (internal_help && *ctx->opt == 'h')
+					return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0, ctx);
+				arg = ctx->opt;
+				switch (parse_short_opt(ctx, options)) {
+				case -1:
+					return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg, 1);
+				case -2:
+					/* fake a short option thing to hide the fact that we may have
+					 * started to parse aggregated stuff
+					 *
+					 * This is leaky, too bad.
+					 */
+					ctx->argv[0] = strdup(ctx->opt - 1);
+					*(char *)ctx->argv[0] = '-';
+					goto unknown;
+				case -3:
+					goto exclusive;
+				default:
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!arg[2]) { /* "--" */
+			if (!(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH)) {
+				ctx->argc--;
+				ctx->argv++;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		arg += 2;
+		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg, "help-all"))
+			return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 1, ctx);
+		if (internal_help && !strcmp(arg, "help"))
+			return usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, options, 0, ctx);
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "list-opts"))
+			return PARSE_OPT_LIST_OPTS;
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "list-cmds"))
+			return PARSE_OPT_LIST_SUBCMDS;
+		switch (parse_long_opt(ctx, arg, options)) {
+		case -1:
+			return parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg, 0);
+		case -2:
+			goto unknown;
+		case -3:
+			excl_short_opt = 0;
+			goto exclusive;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+		continue;
+unknown:
+		if (!(ctx->flags & PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN))
+			return PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN;
+		ctx->out[ctx->cpidx++] = ctx->argv[0];
+		ctx->opt = NULL;
+	}
+	return PARSE_OPT_DONE;
+
+exclusive:
+	parse_options_usage(usagestr, options, arg, excl_short_opt);
+	if ((excl_short_opt && ctx->excl_opt->short_name) ||
+	    ctx->excl_opt->long_name == NULL) {
+		char opt = ctx->excl_opt->short_name;
+		parse_options_usage(NULL, options, &opt, 1);
+	} else {
+		parse_options_usage(NULL, options, ctx->excl_opt->long_name, 0);
+	}
+	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+}
+
+static int parse_options_end(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+	memmove(ctx->out + ctx->cpidx, ctx->argv, ctx->argc * sizeof(*ctx->out));
+	ctx->out[ctx->cpidx + ctx->argc] = NULL;
+	return ctx->cpidx + ctx->argc;
+}
+
+int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
+			const char *const subcommands[], const char *usagestr[], int flags)
+{
+	struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx;
+
+	/* build usage string if it's not provided */
+	if (subcommands && !usagestr[0]) {
+		char *buf = NULL;
+
+		astrcatf(&buf, "%s %s [<options>] {", subcmd_config.exec_name, argv[0]);
+
+		for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++) {
+			if (i)
+				astrcat(&buf, "|");
+			astrcat(&buf, subcommands[i]);
+		}
+		astrcat(&buf, "}");
+
+		usagestr[0] = buf;
+	}
+
+	parse_options_start(&ctx, argc, argv, flags);
+	switch (parse_options_step(&ctx, options, usagestr)) {
+	case PARSE_OPT_HELP:
+		exit(129);
+	case PARSE_OPT_DONE:
+		break;
+	case PARSE_OPT_LIST_OPTS:
+		while (options->type != OPTION_END) {
+			if (options->long_name)
+				printf("--%s ", options->long_name);
+			options++;
+		}
+		putchar('\n');
+		exit(130);
+	case PARSE_OPT_LIST_SUBCMDS:
+		if (subcommands) {
+			for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++)
+				printf("%s ", subcommands[i]);
+		}
+		putchar('\n');
+		exit(130);
+	default: /* PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN */
+		if (ctx.argv[0][1] == '-')
+			astrcatf(&error_buf, "unknown option `%s'",
+				 ctx.argv[0] + 2);
+		else
+			astrcatf(&error_buf, "unknown switch `%c'", *ctx.opt);
+		usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
+	}
+
+	return parse_options_end(&ctx);
+}
+
+int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *options,
+		  const char * const usagestr[], int flags)
+{
+	return parse_options_subcommand(argc, argv, options, NULL,
+					(const char **) usagestr, flags);
+}
+
+#define USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH 24
+#define USAGE_GAP         2
+
+static void print_option_help(const struct option *opts, int full)
+{
+	size_t pos;
+	int pad;
+
+	if (opts->type == OPTION_GROUP) {
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+		if (*opts->help)
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", opts->help);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!full && (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN))
+		return;
+	if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_DISABLED)
+		return;
+
+	pos = fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+	if (opts->short_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "-%c", opts->short_name);
+	else
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "    ");
+
+	if (opts->long_name && opts->short_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, ", ");
+	if (opts->long_name)
+		pos += fprintf(stderr, "--%s", opts->long_name);
+
+	switch (opts->type) {
+	case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
+		break;
+	case OPTION_LONG:
+	case OPTION_ULONG:
+	case OPTION_U64:
+	case OPTION_INTEGER:
+	case OPTION_UINTEGER:
+		if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+			if (opts->long_name)
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
+		else
+			pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
+		break;
+	case OPTION_CALLBACK:
+		if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
+			break;
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
+	case OPTION_STRING:
+		if (opts->argh) {
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+				if (opts->long_name)
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<%s>]", opts->argh);
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<%s>]", opts->argh);
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <%s>", opts->argh);
+		} else {
+			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
+				if (opts->long_name)
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=...]");
+				else
+					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[...]");
+			else
+				pos += fprintf(stderr, " ...");
+		}
+		break;
+	default: /* OPTION_{BIT,BOOLEAN,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} */
+	case OPTION_END:
+	case OPTION_GROUP:
+	case OPTION_BIT:
+	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+	case OPTION_INCR:
+	case OPTION_SET_UINT:
+	case OPTION_SET_PTR:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (pos <= USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH)
+		pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH - pos;
+	else {
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+		pad = USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH;
+	}
+	fprintf(stderr, "%*s%s\n", pad + USAGE_GAP, "", opts->help);
+	if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOBUILD)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%*s(not built-in because %s)\n",
+			USAGE_OPTS_WIDTH + USAGE_GAP, "",
+			opts->build_opt);
+}
+
+static int option__cmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
+{
+	const struct option *a = va, *b = vb;
+	int sa = tolower(a->short_name), sb = tolower(b->short_name), ret;
+
+	if (sa == 0)
+		sa = 'z' + 1;
+	if (sb == 0)
+		sb = 'z' + 1;
+
+	ret = sa - sb;
+
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		const char *la = a->long_name ?: "",
+			   *lb = b->long_name ?: "";
+		ret = strcmp(la, lb);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct option *options__order(const struct option *opts)
+{
+	int nr_opts = 0, len;
+	const struct option *o = opts;
+	struct option *ordered;
+
+	for (o = opts; o->type != OPTION_END; o++)
+		++nr_opts;
+
+	len = sizeof(*o) * (nr_opts + 1);
+	ordered = malloc(len);
+	if (!ordered)
+		goto out;
+	memcpy(ordered, opts, len);
+
+	qsort(ordered, nr_opts, sizeof(*o), option__cmp);
+out:
+	return ordered;
+}
+
+static bool option__in_argv(const struct option *opt, const struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < ctx->argc; ++i) {
+		const char *arg = ctx->argv[i];
+
+		if (arg[0] != '-') {
+			if (arg[1] == '\0') {
+				if (arg[0] == opt->short_name)
+					return true;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (opt->long_name && strcmp(opt->long_name, arg) == 0)
+				return true;
+
+			if (opt->help && strcasestr(opt->help, arg) != NULL)
+				return true;
+
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (arg[1] == opt->short_name ||
+		    (arg[1] == '-' && opt->long_name && strcmp(opt->long_name, arg + 2) == 0))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
+				       const struct option *opts, int full,
+				       struct parse_opt_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+	struct option *ordered;
+
+	if (!usagestr)
+		return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+
+	setup_pager();
+
+	if (error_buf) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "  Error: %s\n", error_buf);
+		zfree(&error_buf);
+	}
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
+		fprintf(stderr, "    or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n",
+				**usagestr ? "    " : "",
+				*usagestr);
+		usagestr++;
+	}
+
+	if (opts->type != OPTION_GROUP)
+		fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	ordered = options__order(opts);
+	if (ordered)
+		opts = ordered;
+
+	for (  ; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
+		if (ctx && ctx->argc > 1 && !option__in_argv(opts, ctx))
+			continue;
+		print_option_help(opts, full);
+	}
+
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+	free(ordered);
+
+	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+}
+
+void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
+			const struct option *opts)
+{
+	usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, opts, 0, NULL);
+	exit(129);
+}
+
+void usage_with_options_msg(const char * const *usagestr,
+			    const struct option *opts, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	char *tmp = error_buf;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	if (vasprintf(&error_buf, fmt, ap) == -1)
+		die("vasprintf failed");
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	free(tmp);
+
+	usage_with_options_internal(usagestr, opts, 0, NULL);
+	exit(129);
+}
+
+int parse_options_usage(const char * const *usagestr,
+			const struct option *opts,
+			const char *optstr, bool short_opt)
+{
+	if (!usagestr)
+		goto opt;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n Usage: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr && **usagestr)
+		fprintf(stderr, "    or: %s\n", *usagestr++);
+	while (*usagestr) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n",
+				**usagestr ? "    " : "",
+				*usagestr);
+		usagestr++;
+	}
+	fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+opt:
+	for (  ; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
+		if (short_opt) {
+			if (opts->short_name == *optstr) {
+				print_option_help(opts, 0);
+				break;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (opts->long_name == NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		if (strstarts(opts->long_name, optstr))
+			print_option_help(opts, 0);
+		if (strstarts("no-", optstr) &&
+		    strstarts(opts->long_name, optstr + 3))
+			print_option_help(opts, 0);
+	}
+
+	return PARSE_OPT_HELP;
+}
+
+
+int parse_opt_verbosity_cb(const struct option *opt,
+			   const char *arg __maybe_unused,
+			   int unset)
+{
+	int *target = opt->value;
+
+	if (unset)
+		/* --no-quiet, --no-verbose */
+		*target = 0;
+	else if (opt->short_name == 'v') {
+		if (*target >= 0)
+			(*target)++;
+		else
+			*target = 1;
+	} else {
+		if (*target <= 0)
+			(*target)--;
+		else
+			*target = -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct option *
+find_option(struct option *opts, int shortopt, const char *longopt)
+{
+	for (; opts->type != OPTION_END; opts++) {
+		if ((shortopt && opts->short_name == shortopt) ||
+		    (opts->long_name && longopt &&
+		     !strcmp(opts->long_name, longopt)))
+			return opts;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void set_option_flag(struct option *opts, int shortopt, const char *longopt,
+		     int flag)
+{
+	struct option *opt = find_option(opts, shortopt, longopt);
+
+	if (opt)
+		opt->flags |= flag;
+	return;
+}
+
+void set_option_nobuild(struct option *opts, int shortopt,
+			const char *longopt,
+			const char *build_opt,
+			bool can_skip)
+{
+	struct option *opt = find_option(opts, shortopt, longopt);
+
+	if (!opt)
+		return;
+
+	opt->flags |= PARSE_OPT_NOBUILD;
+	opt->flags |= can_skip ? PARSE_OPT_CANSKIP : 0;
+	opt->build_opt = build_opt;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2414144e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+#define __SUBCMD_PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifndef NORETURN
+#define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#endif
+
+enum parse_opt_type {
+	/* special types */
+	OPTION_END,
+	OPTION_ARGUMENT,
+	OPTION_GROUP,
+	/* options with no arguments */
+	OPTION_BIT,
+	OPTION_BOOLEAN,
+	OPTION_INCR,
+	OPTION_SET_UINT,
+	OPTION_SET_PTR,
+	/* options with arguments (usually) */
+	OPTION_STRING,
+	OPTION_INTEGER,
+	OPTION_LONG,
+	OPTION_ULONG,
+	OPTION_CALLBACK,
+	OPTION_U64,
+	OPTION_UINTEGER,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_flags {
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_DASHDASH = 1,
+	PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION = 2,
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 = 4,
+	PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN = 8,
+	PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP = 16,
+};
+
+enum parse_opt_option_flags {
+	PARSE_OPT_OPTARG  = 1,
+	PARSE_OPT_NOARG   = 2,
+	PARSE_OPT_NONEG   = 4,
+	PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN  = 8,
+	PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT = 16,
+	PARSE_OPT_DISABLED = 32,
+	PARSE_OPT_EXCLUSIVE = 64,
+	PARSE_OPT_NOEMPTY  = 128,
+	PARSE_OPT_NOBUILD  = 256,
+	PARSE_OPT_CANSKIP  = 512,
+};
+
+struct option;
+typedef int parse_opt_cb(const struct option *, const char *arg, int unset);
+
+/*
+ * `type`::
+ *   holds the type of the option, you must have an OPTION_END last in your
+ *   array.
+ *
+ * `short_name`::
+ *   the character to use as a short option name, '\0' if none.
+ *
+ * `long_name`::
+ *   the long option name, without the leading dashes, NULL if none.
+ *
+ * `value`::
+ *   stores pointers to the values to be filled.
+ *
+ * `argh`::
+ *   token to explain the kind of argument this option wants. Keep it
+ *   homogeneous across the repository.
+ *
+ * `help`::
+ *   the short help associated to what the option does.
+ *   Must never be NULL (except for OPTION_END).
+ *   OPTION_GROUP uses this pointer to store the group header.
+ *
+ * `flags`::
+ *   mask of parse_opt_option_flags.
+ *   PARSE_OPT_OPTARG: says that the argument is optional (not for BOOLEANs)
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NOARG: says that this option takes no argument, for CALLBACKs
+ *   PARSE_OPT_NONEG: says that this option cannot be negated
+ *   PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN this option is skipped in the default usage, showed in
+ *                    the long one.
+ *
+ * `callback`::
+ *   pointer to the callback to use for OPTION_CALLBACK.
+ *
+ * `defval`::
+ *   default value to fill (*->value) with for PARSE_OPT_OPTARG.
+ *   OPTION_{BIT,SET_UINT,SET_PTR} store the {mask,integer,pointer} to put in
+ *   the value when met.
+ *   CALLBACKS can use it like they want.
+ *
+ * `set`::
+ *   whether an option was set by the user
+ */
+struct option {
+	enum parse_opt_type type;
+	int short_name;
+	const char *long_name;
+	void *value;
+	const char *argh;
+	const char *help;
+	const char *build_opt;
+
+	int flags;
+	parse_opt_cb *callback;
+	intptr_t defval;
+	bool *set;
+	void *data;
+	const struct option *parent;
+};
+
+#define check_vtype(v, type) ( BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(!__builtin_types_compatible_p(typeof(v), type)) + v )
+
+#define OPT_END()                   { .type = OPTION_END }
+#define OPT_PARENT(p)               { .type = OPTION_END, .parent = (p) }
+#define OPT_ARGUMENT(l, h)          { .type = OPTION_ARGUMENT, .long_name = (l), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_GROUP(h)                { .type = OPTION_GROUP, .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { .type = OPTION_BIT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, int *), .help = (h), .defval = (b) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, bool *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN_FLAG(s, l, v, h, f)     { .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, bool *), .help = (h), .flags = (f) }
+#define OPT_BOOLEAN_SET(s, l, v, os, h) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), \
+	.value = check_vtype(v, bool *), .help = (h), \
+	.set = check_vtype(os, bool *)}
+#define OPT_INCR(s, l, v, h)        { .type = OPTION_INCR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, int *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_SET_UINT(s, l, v, h, i)  { .type = OPTION_SET_UINT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, unsigned int *), .help = (h), .defval = (i) }
+#define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { .type = OPTION_SET_PTR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (p) }
+#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_INTEGER, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, int *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_UINTEGER(s, l, v, h)    { .type = OPTION_UINTEGER, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, unsigned int *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_LONG(s, l, v, h)        { .type = OPTION_LONG, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, long *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_ULONG(s, l, v, h)        { .type = OPTION_ULONG, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, unsigned long *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_U64(s, l, v, h)         { .type = OPTION_U64, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, u64 *), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)   { .type = OPTION_STRING,  .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, const char **), .argh = (a), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_STRING_OPTARG(s, l, v, a, h, d) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_STRING,  .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), \
+	  .value = check_vtype(v, const char **), .argh =(a), .help = (h), \
+	  .flags = PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, .defval = (intptr_t)(d) }
+#define OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(s, l, v, os, a, h, d) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_STRING, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), \
+	  .value = check_vtype(v, const char **), .argh = (a), .help = (h), \
+	  .flags = PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, .defval = (intptr_t)(d), \
+	  .set = check_vtype(os, bool *)}
+#define OPT_STRING_NOEMPTY(s, l, v, a, h)   { .type = OPTION_STRING,  .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = check_vtype(v, const char **), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .flags = PARSE_OPT_NOEMPTY}
+#define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = "time", .help = (h), .callback = parse_opt_approxidate_cb }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f) }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_SET(s, l, v, os, a, h, f) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .set = check_vtype(os, bool *)}
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .flags = PARSE_OPT_NOARG }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT(s, l, v, a, h, f, d) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .defval = (intptr_t)d, .flags = PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT_NOOPT(s, l, v, a, h, f, d) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l),\
+	.value = (v), .arg = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .defval = (intptr_t)d,\
+	.flags = PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT | PARSE_OPT_NOARG}
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(s, l, v, d, a, h, f) \
+	{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), \
+	  .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), \
+	  .flags = PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, .data = (d) }
+
+/* parse_options() will filter out the processed options and leave the
+ * non-option argments in argv[].
+ * Returns the number of arguments left in argv[].
+ *
+ * NOTE: parse_options() and parse_options_subcommand() may call exit() in the
+ * case of an error (or for 'special' options like --list-cmds or --list-opts).
+ */
+extern int parse_options(int argc, const char **argv,
+                         const struct option *options,
+                         const char * const usagestr[], int flags);
+
+extern int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv,
+				const struct option *options,
+				const char *const subcommands[],
+				const char *usagestr[], int flags);
+
+extern NORETURN void usage_with_options(const char * const *usagestr,
+                                        const struct option *options);
+extern NORETURN __attribute__((format(printf,3,4)))
+void usage_with_options_msg(const char * const *usagestr,
+			    const struct option *options,
+			    const char *fmt, ...);
+
+/*----- incremantal advanced APIs -----*/
+
+enum {
+	PARSE_OPT_HELP = -1,
+	PARSE_OPT_DONE,
+	PARSE_OPT_LIST_OPTS,
+	PARSE_OPT_LIST_SUBCMDS,
+	PARSE_OPT_UNKNOWN,
+};
+
+/*
+ * It's okay for the caller to consume argv/argc in the usual way.
+ * Other fields of that structure are private to parse-options and should not
+ * be modified in any way.
+ */
+struct parse_opt_ctx_t {
+	const char **argv;
+	const char **out;
+	int argc, cpidx;
+	const char *opt;
+	const struct option *excl_opt;
+	int flags;
+};
+
+extern int parse_options_usage(const char * const *usagestr,
+			       const struct option *opts,
+			       const char *optstr,
+			       bool short_opt);
+
+
+/*----- some often used options -----*/
+extern int parse_opt_abbrev_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+extern int parse_opt_approxidate_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+extern int parse_opt_verbosity_cb(const struct option *, const char *, int);
+
+#define OPT__VERBOSE(var)  OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", (var), "be verbose")
+#define OPT__QUIET(var)    OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet",   (var), "be quiet")
+#define OPT__VERBOSITY(var) \
+	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'v', "verbose", (var), NULL, "be more verbose", \
+	  PARSE_OPT_NOARG, &parse_opt_verbosity_cb, 0 }, \
+	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 'q', "quiet", (var), NULL, "be more quiet", \
+	  PARSE_OPT_NOARG, &parse_opt_verbosity_cb, 0 }
+#define OPT__DRY_RUN(var)  OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "dry-run", (var), "dry run")
+#define OPT__ABBREV(var)  \
+	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "abbrev", (var), "n", \
+	  "use <n> digits to display SHA-1s", \
+	  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &parse_opt_abbrev_cb, 0 }
+
+extern const char *parse_options_fix_filename(const char *prefix, const char *file);
+
+void set_option_flag(struct option *opts, int sopt, const char *lopt, int flag);
+void set_option_nobuild(struct option *opts, int shortopt, const char *longopt,
+			const char *build_opt, bool can_skip);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_PARSE_OPTIONS_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cdac2162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.c
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include "subcmd-util.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
+
+#define STRERR_BUFSIZE 128
+
+static inline void close_pair(int fd[2])
+{
+	close(fd[0]);
+	close(fd[1]);
+}
+
+static inline void dup_devnull(int to)
+{
+	int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+	dup2(fd, to);
+	close(fd);
+}
+
+int start_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	int need_in, need_out, need_err;
+	int fdin[2], fdout[2], fderr[2];
+	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+
+	/*
+	 * In case of errors we must keep the promise to close FDs
+	 * that have been passed in via ->in and ->out.
+	 */
+
+	need_in = !cmd->no_stdin && cmd->in < 0;
+	if (need_in) {
+		if (pipe(fdin) < 0) {
+			if (cmd->out > 0)
+				close(cmd->out);
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_PIPE;
+		}
+		cmd->in = fdin[1];
+	}
+
+	need_out = !cmd->no_stdout
+		&& !cmd->stdout_to_stderr
+		&& cmd->out < 0;
+	if (need_out) {
+		if (pipe(fdout) < 0) {
+			if (need_in)
+				close_pair(fdin);
+			else if (cmd->in)
+				close(cmd->in);
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_PIPE;
+		}
+		cmd->out = fdout[0];
+	}
+
+	need_err = !cmd->no_stderr && cmd->err < 0;
+	if (need_err) {
+		if (pipe(fderr) < 0) {
+			if (need_in)
+				close_pair(fdin);
+			else if (cmd->in)
+				close(cmd->in);
+			if (need_out)
+				close_pair(fdout);
+			else if (cmd->out)
+				close(cmd->out);
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_PIPE;
+		}
+		cmd->err = fderr[0];
+	}
+
+	fflush(NULL);
+	cmd->pid = fork();
+	if (!cmd->pid) {
+		if (cmd->no_stdin)
+			dup_devnull(0);
+		else if (need_in) {
+			dup2(fdin[0], 0);
+			close_pair(fdin);
+		} else if (cmd->in) {
+			dup2(cmd->in, 0);
+			close(cmd->in);
+		}
+
+		if (cmd->no_stderr)
+			dup_devnull(2);
+		else if (need_err) {
+			dup2(fderr[1], 2);
+			close_pair(fderr);
+		}
+
+		if (cmd->no_stdout)
+			dup_devnull(1);
+		else if (cmd->stdout_to_stderr)
+			dup2(2, 1);
+		else if (need_out) {
+			dup2(fdout[1], 1);
+			close_pair(fdout);
+		} else if (cmd->out > 1) {
+			dup2(cmd->out, 1);
+			close(cmd->out);
+		}
+
+		if (cmd->dir && chdir(cmd->dir))
+			die("exec %s: cd to %s failed (%s)", cmd->argv[0],
+			    cmd->dir, str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+		if (cmd->env) {
+			for (; *cmd->env; cmd->env++) {
+				if (strchr(*cmd->env, '='))
+					putenv((char*)*cmd->env);
+				else
+					unsetenv(*cmd->env);
+			}
+		}
+		if (cmd->preexec_cb)
+			cmd->preexec_cb();
+		if (cmd->exec_cmd) {
+			execv_cmd(cmd->argv);
+		} else {
+			execvp(cmd->argv[0], (char *const*) cmd->argv);
+		}
+		exit(127);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->pid < 0) {
+		int err = errno;
+		if (need_in)
+			close_pair(fdin);
+		else if (cmd->in)
+			close(cmd->in);
+		if (need_out)
+			close_pair(fdout);
+		else if (cmd->out)
+			close(cmd->out);
+		if (need_err)
+			close_pair(fderr);
+		return err == ENOENT ?
+			-ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC :
+			-ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK;
+	}
+
+	if (need_in)
+		close(fdin[0]);
+	else if (cmd->in)
+		close(cmd->in);
+
+	if (need_out)
+		close(fdout[1]);
+	else if (cmd->out)
+		close(cmd->out);
+
+	if (need_err)
+		close(fderr[1]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int wait_or_whine(pid_t pid)
+{
+	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int status, code;
+		pid_t waiting = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+
+		if (waiting < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR)
+				continue;
+			fprintf(stderr, " Error: waitpid failed (%s)",
+				str_error_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID;
+		}
+		if (waiting != pid)
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_WRONG_PID;
+		if (WIFSIGNALED(status))
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_SIGNAL;
+
+		if (!WIFEXITED(status))
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_NOEXIT;
+		code = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+		switch (code) {
+		case 127:
+			return -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC;
+		case 0:
+			return 0;
+		default:
+			return -code;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int finish_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	return wait_or_whine(cmd->pid);
+}
+
+int run_command(struct child_process *cmd)
+{
+	int code = start_command(cmd);
+	if (code)
+		return code;
+	return finish_command(cmd);
+}
+
+static void prepare_run_command_v_opt(struct child_process *cmd,
+				      const char **argv,
+				      int opt)
+{
+	memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
+	cmd->argv = argv;
+	cmd->no_stdin = opt & RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN ? 1 : 0;
+	cmd->exec_cmd = opt & RUN_EXEC_CMD ? 1 : 0;
+	cmd->stdout_to_stderr = opt & RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt)
+{
+	struct child_process cmd;
+	prepare_run_command_v_opt(&cmd, argv, opt);
+	return run_command(&cmd);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17d969c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/run-command.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_RUN_COMMAND_H
+#define __SUBCMD_RUN_COMMAND_H
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+enum {
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK = 10000,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_PIPE,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_WRONG_PID,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_SIGNAL,
+	ERR_RUN_COMMAND_WAITPID_NOEXIT,
+};
+#define IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(x) (-(x) >= ERR_RUN_COMMAND_FORK)
+
+struct child_process {
+	const char **argv;
+	pid_t pid;
+	/*
+	 * Using .in, .out, .err:
+	 * - Specify 0 for no redirections (child inherits stdin, stdout,
+	 *   stderr from parent).
+	 * - Specify -1 to have a pipe allocated as follows:
+	 *     .in: returns the writable pipe end; parent writes to it,
+	 *          the readable pipe end becomes child's stdin
+	 *     .out, .err: returns the readable pipe end; parent reads from
+	 *          it, the writable pipe end becomes child's stdout/stderr
+	 *   The caller of start_command() must close the returned FDs
+	 *   after it has completed reading from/writing to it!
+	 * - Specify > 0 to set a channel to a particular FD as follows:
+	 *     .in: a readable FD, becomes child's stdin
+	 *     .out: a writable FD, becomes child's stdout/stderr
+	 *     .err > 0 not supported
+	 *   The specified FD is closed by start_command(), even in case
+	 *   of errors!
+	 */
+	int in;
+	int out;
+	int err;
+	const char *dir;
+	const char *const *env;
+	unsigned no_stdin:1;
+	unsigned no_stdout:1;
+	unsigned no_stderr:1;
+	unsigned exec_cmd:1; /* if this is to be external sub-command */
+	unsigned stdout_to_stderr:1;
+	void (*preexec_cb)(void);
+};
+
+int start_command(struct child_process *);
+int finish_command(struct child_process *);
+int run_command(struct child_process *);
+
+#define RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDIN 1
+#define RUN_EXEC_CMD	     2	/*If this is to be external sub-command */
+#define RUN_COMMAND_STDOUT_TO_STDERR 4
+int run_command_v_opt(const char **argv, int opt);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_RUN_COMMAND_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0fe3dbef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.c
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <signal.h>
+#include "subcmd-util.h"
+#include "sigchain.h"
+
+#define SIGCHAIN_MAX_SIGNALS 32
+
+struct sigchain_signal {
+	sigchain_fun *old;
+	int n;
+	int alloc;
+};
+static struct sigchain_signal signals[SIGCHAIN_MAX_SIGNALS];
+
+static void check_signum(int sig)
+{
+	if (sig < 1 || sig >= SIGCHAIN_MAX_SIGNALS)
+		die("BUG: signal out of range: %d", sig);
+}
+
+static int sigchain_push(int sig, sigchain_fun f)
+{
+	struct sigchain_signal *s = signals + sig;
+	check_signum(sig);
+
+	ALLOC_GROW(s->old, s->n + 1, s->alloc);
+	s->old[s->n] = signal(sig, f);
+	if (s->old[s->n] == SIG_ERR)
+		return -1;
+	s->n++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int sigchain_pop(int sig)
+{
+	struct sigchain_signal *s = signals + sig;
+	check_signum(sig);
+	if (s->n < 1)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (signal(sig, s->old[s->n - 1]) == SIG_ERR)
+		return -1;
+	s->n--;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void sigchain_push_common(sigchain_fun f)
+{
+	sigchain_push(SIGINT, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGHUP, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGTERM, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGQUIT, f);
+	sigchain_push(SIGPIPE, f);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ec663af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/sigchain.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_SIGCHAIN_H
+#define __SUBCMD_SIGCHAIN_H
+
+typedef void (*sigchain_fun)(int);
+
+int sigchain_pop(int sig);
+
+void sigchain_push_common(sigchain_fun f);
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_SIGCHAIN_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84a7cf6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "subcmd-config.h"
+
+#define UNDEFINED "SUBCMD_HAS_NOT_BEEN_INITIALIZED"
+
+struct subcmd_config subcmd_config = {
+	.exec_name	= UNDEFINED,
+	.prefix		= UNDEFINED,
+	.exec_path	= UNDEFINED,
+	.exec_path_env	= UNDEFINED,
+	.pager_env	= UNDEFINED,
+};
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9024dc17d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __PERF_SUBCMD_CONFIG_H
+#define __PERF_SUBCMD_CONFIG_H
+
+struct subcmd_config {
+	const char *exec_name;
+	const char *prefix;
+	const char *exec_path;
+	const char *exec_path_env;
+	const char *pager_env;
+};
+
+extern struct subcmd_config subcmd_config;
+
+#endif /* __PERF_SUBCMD_CONFIG_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2aec04fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __SUBCMD_UTIL_H
+#define __SUBCMD_UTIL_H
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+
+static inline void report(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
+{
+	char msg[1024];
+	vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
+	fprintf(stderr, " %s%s\n", prefix, msg);
+}
+
+static NORETURN inline void die(const char *err, ...)
+{
+	va_list params;
+
+	va_start(params, err);
+	report(" Fatal: ", err, params);
+	exit(128);
+	va_end(params);
+}
+
+#define zfree(ptr) ({ free(*ptr); *ptr = NULL; })
+
+#define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2)
+
+/*
+ * Realloc the buffer pointed at by variable 'x' so that it can hold
+ * at least 'nr' entries; the number of entries currently allocated
+ * is 'alloc', using the standard growing factor alloc_nr() macro.
+ *
+ * DO NOT USE any expression with side-effect for 'x' or 'alloc'.
+ */
+#define ALLOC_GROW(x, nr, alloc) \
+	do { \
+		if ((nr) > alloc) { \
+			if (alloc_nr(alloc) < (nr)) \
+				alloc = (nr); \
+			else \
+				alloc = alloc_nr(alloc); \
+			x = xrealloc((x), alloc * sizeof(*(x))); \
+		} \
+	} while(0)
+
+static inline void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
+	if (!ret)
+		die("Out of memory, realloc failed");
+	return ret;
+}
+
+#define astrcatf(out, fmt, ...)						\
+({									\
+	char *tmp = *(out);						\
+	if (asprintf((out), "%s" fmt, tmp ?: "", ## __VA_ARGS__) == -1)	\
+		die("asprintf failed");					\
+	free(tmp);							\
+})
+
+static inline void astrcat(char **out, const char *add)
+{
+	char *tmp = *out;
+
+	if (asprintf(out, "%s%s", tmp ?: "", add) == -1)
+		die("asprintf failed");
+
+	free(tmp);
+}
+
+#endif /* __SUBCMD_UTIL_H */