1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
index 54334c676a22..9cf5a0098e9a 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -974,3 +974,29 @@ int auto_house_keeping(cpu_set_t *monitored_cpus)
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+/**
+ * parse_optional_arg - Parse optional argument value
+ *
+ * Parse optional argument value, which can be in the form of:
+ * -sarg, -s/--long=arg, -s/--long arg
+ *
+ * Returns arg value if found, NULL otherwise.
+ */
+char *parse_optional_arg(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	if (optarg) {
+		if (optarg[0] == '=') {
+			/* skip the = */
+			return &optarg[1];
+		} else {
+			return optarg;
+		}
+	/* parse argument of form -s [arg] and --long [arg]*/
+	} else if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-') {
+		/* consume optind */
+		return argv[optind++];
+	} else {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+}