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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-sublevel-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-sublevel-options.c
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+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-sublevel-options.c
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/parse-sublevel-options.h"
+
+static int parse_one_sublevel_option(const char *str,
+				     struct sublevel_option *opts)
+{
+	struct sublevel_option *opt = opts;
+	char *vstr, *s = strdup(str);
+	int v = 1;
+
+	if (!s) {
+		pr_err("no memory\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	vstr = strchr(s, '=');
+	if (vstr)
+		*vstr++ = 0;
+
+	while (opt->name) {
+		if (!strcmp(s, opt->name))
+			break;
+		opt++;
+	}
+
+	if (!opt->name) {
+		pr_err("Unknown option name '%s'\n", s);
+		free(s);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (vstr)
+		v = atoi(vstr);
+
+	*opt->value_ptr = v;
+	free(s);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* parse options like --foo a=<n>,b,c... */
+int perf_parse_sublevel_options(const char *str, struct sublevel_option *opts)
+{
+	char *s = strdup(str);
+	char *p = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!s) {
+		pr_err("no memory\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	p = strtok(s, ",");
+	while (p) {
+		ret = parse_one_sublevel_option(p, opts);
+		if (ret) {
+			free(s);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		p = strtok(NULL, ",");
+	}
+
+	free(s);
+	return 0;
+}