3 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index d93bff7fc0e4..632efc6b79a0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -38,19 +38,7 @@ static int build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(const char *proc_dir, char *sbuildid)
 
 static int build_id_cache__kcore_dir(char *dir, size_t sz)
 {
-	struct timeval tv;
-	struct tm tm;
-	char dt[32];
-
-	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
-		return -1;
-
-	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
-		return -1;
-
-	scnprintf(dir, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
-
-	return 0;
+	return fetch_current_timestamp(dir, sz);
 }
 
 static bool same_kallsyms_reloc(const char *from_dir, char *to_dir)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 7a2da7ef556e..b9e2843cfbe7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -701,3 +701,20 @@ bool is_regular_file(const char *file)
 
 	return S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
 }
+
+int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	struct tm tm;
+	char dt[32];
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) || !localtime_r(&tv.tv_sec, &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	if (!strftime(dt, sizeof(dt), "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", &tm))
+		return -1;
+
+	scnprintf(buf, sz, "%s%02u", dt, (unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 10000);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 61650f05e5c1..a8615816a00d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -344,5 +344,6 @@ int fetch_kernel_version(unsigned int *puint,
 
 const char *perf_tip(const char *dirpath);
 bool is_regular_file(const char *file);
+int fetch_current_timestamp(char *buf, size_t sz);
 
 #endif /* GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H */