2 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
index c1b49c36a951..b8d0df8878d1 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "debugfs.h"
 #include "fs.h"
@@ -163,3 +167,20 @@ const char *name##__mountpoint(void)	\
 
 FS__MOUNTPOINT(sysfs,  FS__SYSFS);
 FS__MOUNTPOINT(procfs, FS__PROCFS);
+
+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;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
index cb7049551f33..4d0aef6e7163 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
 
 const char *sysfs__mountpoint(void);
 const char *procfs__mountpoint(void);
+
+int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
 #endif /* __API_FS__ */