1 files changed, 1 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index d5eab3f3323f..b86744f29eef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -442,23 +442,6 @@ unsigned long parse_tag_value(const char *str, struct parse_tag *tags)
 	return (unsigned long) -1;
 }
 
-int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value)
-{
-	char line[64];
-	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY), err = -1;
-
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read(fd, line, sizeof(line)) > 0) {
-		*value = atoi(line);
-		err = 0;
-	}
-
-	close(fd);
-	return err;
-}
-
 int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
 {
 	size_t size = 0, alloc_size = 0;
@@ -523,16 +506,9 @@ const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
 
 int perf_event_paranoid(void)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
 	int value;
 
-	if (!procfs)
-		return INT_MAX;
-
-	scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid", procfs);
-
-	if (filename__read_int(path, &value))
+	if (sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_paranoid", &value))
 		return INT_MAX;
 
 	return value;