tools lib api fs: Add sysfs__read_str function

Adding sysfs__read_str function to ease up reading string files from
sysfs. New interface is:

  int sysfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep);

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

Author: olsajiri

tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c

@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ int sysfs__read_int(const char *entry, int *value)
 	return filename__read_int(path, value);
 }
 
+int sysfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	const char *sysfs = sysfs__mountpoint();
+
+	if (!sysfs)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", sysfs, entry);
+
+	return filename__read_str(path, buf, sizep);
+}
+
 int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value)
 {
 	char path[PATH_MAX];

tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h

@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
 int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value);
 int sysfs__read_int(const char *entry, int *value);
 int sysfs__read_ull(const char *entry, unsigned long long *value);
+int sysfs__read_str(const char *entry, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
 #endif /* __API_FS__ */