2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c b/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c
index 1229b18bcdb1..d4f3a1a12522 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c
@@ -402,3 +402,38 @@ struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__merge(struct perf_cpu_map *orig,
 	perf_cpu_map__put(orig);
 	return merged;
 }
+
+struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__intersect(struct perf_cpu_map *orig,
+					     struct perf_cpu_map *other)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu *tmp_cpus;
+	int tmp_len;
+	int i, j, k;
+	struct perf_cpu_map *merged = NULL;
+
+	if (perf_cpu_map__is_subset(other, orig))
+		return perf_cpu_map__get(orig);
+	if (perf_cpu_map__is_subset(orig, other))
+		return perf_cpu_map__get(other);
+
+	tmp_len = max(orig->nr, other->nr);
+	tmp_cpus = malloc(tmp_len * sizeof(struct perf_cpu));
+	if (!tmp_cpus)
+		return NULL;
+
+	i = j = k = 0;
+	while (i < orig->nr && j < other->nr) {
+		if (orig->map[i].cpu < other->map[j].cpu)
+			i++;
+		else if (orig->map[i].cpu > other->map[j].cpu)
+			j++;
+		else {
+			j++;
+			tmp_cpus[k++] = orig->map[i++];
+		}
+	}
+	if (k)
+		merged = cpu_map__trim_new(k, tmp_cpus);
+	free(tmp_cpus);
+	return merged;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
index 8724dde79342..b4c9a827a88a 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__read(FILE *file);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__get(struct perf_cpu_map *map);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__merge(struct perf_cpu_map *orig,
 						     struct perf_cpu_map *other);
+LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu_map *perf_cpu_map__intersect(struct perf_cpu_map *orig,
+							 struct perf_cpu_map *other);
 LIBPERF_API void perf_cpu_map__put(struct perf_cpu_map *map);
 LIBPERF_API struct perf_cpu perf_cpu_map__cpu(const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus, int idx);
 LIBPERF_API int perf_cpu_map__nr(const struct perf_cpu_map *cpus);