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diff --git a/kernel/tools/perf/util/quote.c b/kernel/tools/perf/util/quote.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+#include "quote.h"
+
+/* Help to copy the thing properly quoted for the shell safety.
+ * any single quote is replaced with '\'', any exclamation point
+ * is replaced with '\!', and the whole thing is enclosed in a
+ *
+ * E.g.
+ *  original     sq_quote     result
+ *  name     ==> name      ==> 'name'
+ *  a b      ==> a b       ==> 'a b'
+ *  a'b      ==> a'\''b    ==> 'a'\''b'
+ *  a!b      ==> a'\!'b    ==> 'a'\!'b'
+ */
+static inline int need_bs_quote(char c)
+{
+	return (c == '\'' || c == '!');
+}
+
+static void sq_quote_buf(struct strbuf *dst, const char *src)
+{
+	char *to_free = NULL;
+
+	if (dst->buf == src)
+		to_free = strbuf_detach(dst, NULL);
+
+	strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
+	while (*src) {
+		size_t len = strcspn(src, "'!");
+		strbuf_add(dst, src, len);
+		src += len;
+		while (need_bs_quote(*src)) {
+			strbuf_addstr(dst, "'\\");
+			strbuf_addch(dst, *src++);
+			strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
+		}
+	}
+	strbuf_addch(dst, '\'');
+	free(to_free);
+}
+
+void sq_quote_argv(struct strbuf *dst, const char** argv, size_t maxlen)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/* Copy into destination buffer. */
+	strbuf_grow(dst, 255);
+	for (i = 0; argv[i]; ++i) {
+		strbuf_addch(dst, ' ');
+		sq_quote_buf(dst, argv[i]);
+		if (maxlen && dst->len > maxlen)
+			die("Too many or long arguments");
+	}
+}