1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 399e74c34c1a..8640a9121e72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@
 int verbose;
 bool dump_trace = false, quiet = false;
 
-int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
+static int _eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
-	va_list args;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (verbose >= level) {
-		va_start(args, fmt);
 		if (use_browser >= 1)
 			ui_helpline__vshow(fmt, args);
 		else
@@ -33,6 +31,32 @@ int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int ret;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	ret = _eprintf(level, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Overloading libtraceevent standard info print
+ * function, display with -v in perf.
+ */
+void pr_stat(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	_eprintf(1, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+	eprintf(1, "\n");
+}
+
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;