3 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/Build b/tools/lib/api/fs/Build
index f4ed9629ae85..0f75b28654de 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/Build
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/Build
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 libapi-y += fs.o
 libapi-y += tracing_path.o
+libapi-y += cgroup.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/cgroup.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/cgroup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..889a6eb4aaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/cgroup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "fs.h"
+
+int cgroupfs_find_mountpoint(char *buf, size_t maxlen, const char *subsys)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	char mountpoint[PATH_MAX + 1], tokens[PATH_MAX + 1], type[PATH_MAX + 1];
+	char path_v1[PATH_MAX + 1], path_v2[PATH_MAX + 2], *path;
+	char *token, *saved_ptr = NULL;
+
+	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (!fp)
+		return -1;
+
+	/*
+	 * in order to handle split hierarchy, we need to scan /proc/mounts
+	 * and inspect every cgroupfs mount point to find one that has
+	 * perf_event subsystem
+	 */
+	path_v1[0] = '\0';
+	path_v2[0] = '\0';
+
+	while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %"__stringify(PATH_MAX)"s %"__stringify(PATH_MAX)"s %"
+				__stringify(PATH_MAX)"s %*d %*d\n",
+				mountpoint, type, tokens) == 3) {
+
+		if (!path_v1[0] && !strcmp(type, "cgroup")) {
+
+			token = strtok_r(tokens, ",", &saved_ptr);
+
+			while (token != NULL) {
+				if (subsys && !strcmp(token, subsys)) {
+					strcpy(path_v1, mountpoint);
+					break;
+				}
+				token = strtok_r(NULL, ",", &saved_ptr);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!path_v2[0] && !strcmp(type, "cgroup2"))
+			strcpy(path_v2, mountpoint);
+
+		if (path_v1[0] && path_v2[0])
+			break;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (path_v1[0])
+		path = path_v1;
+	else if (path_v2[0])
+		path = path_v2;
+	else
+		return -1;
+
+	if (strlen(path) < maxlen) {
+		strcpy(buf, path);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
index 92d03b8396b1..936edb95e1f3 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ FS(bpf_fs)
 #undef FS
 
 
+int cgroupfs_find_mountpoint(char *buf, size_t maxlen, const char *subsys);
+
 int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
 int filename__read_ull(const char *filename, unsigned long long *value);
 int filename__read_xll(const char *filename, unsigned long long *value);