diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Handle the callchains from the stream in an ad-hoc radix tree and then
+ * sort them in an rbtree.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "callchain.h"
+
+
+static void rb_insert_callchain(struct rb_root *root, struct callchain_node *chain)
+{
+	struct rb_node **p = &root->rb_node;
+	struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
+	struct callchain_node *rnode;
+
+	while (*p) {
+		parent = *p;
+		rnode = rb_entry(parent, struct callchain_node, rb_node);
+
+		if (rnode->hit < chain->hit)
+			p = &(*p)->rb_left;
+		else
+			p = &(*p)->rb_right;
+	}
+
+	rb_link_node(&chain->rb_node, parent, p);
+	rb_insert_color(&chain->rb_node, root);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Once we get every callchains from the stream, we can now
+ * sort them by hit
+ */
+void sort_chain_to_rbtree(struct rb_root *rb_root, struct callchain_node *node)
+{
+	struct callchain_node *child;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &node->children, brothers)
+		sort_chain_to_rbtree(rb_root, child);
+
+	if (node->hit)
+		rb_insert_callchain(rb_root, node);
+}
+
+static struct callchain_node *create_child(struct callchain_node *parent)
+{
+	struct callchain_node *new;
+
+	new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
+	if (!new) {
+		perror("not enough memory to create child for code path tree");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	new->parent = parent;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->children);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new->val);
+	list_add_tail(&new->brothers, &parent->children);
+
+	return new;
+}
+
+static void
+fill_node(struct callchain_node *node, struct ip_callchain *chain, int start)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = start; i < chain->nr; i++) {
+		struct callchain_list *call;
+
+		call = malloc(sizeof(*chain));
+		if (!call) {
+			perror("not enough memory for the code path tree");
+			return;
+		}
+		call->ip = chain->ips[i];
+		list_add_tail(&call->list, &node->val);
+	}
+	node->val_nr = i - start;
+}
+
+static void add_child(struct callchain_node *parent, struct ip_callchain *chain)
+{
+	struct callchain_node *new;
+
+	new = create_child(parent);
+	fill_node(new, chain, parent->val_nr);
+
+	new->hit = 1;
+}
+
+static void
+split_add_child(struct callchain_node *parent, struct ip_callchain *chain,
+		struct callchain_list *to_split, int idx)
+{
+	struct callchain_node *new;
+
+	/* split */
+	new = create_child(parent);
+	list_move_tail(&to_split->list, &new->val);
+	new->hit = parent->hit;
+	parent->hit = 0;
+	parent->val_nr = idx;
+
+	/* create the new one */
+	add_child(parent, chain);
+}
+
+static int
+__append_chain(struct callchain_node *root, struct ip_callchain *chain,
+		int start);
+
+static int
+__append_chain_children(struct callchain_node *root, struct ip_callchain *chain)
+{
+	struct callchain_node *rnode;
+
+	/* lookup in childrens */
+	list_for_each_entry(rnode, &root->children, brothers) {
+		int ret = __append_chain(rnode, chain, root->val_nr);
+		if (!ret)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int
+__append_chain(struct callchain_node *root, struct ip_callchain *chain,
+		int start)
+{
+	struct callchain_list *cnode;
+	int i = start;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	/* lookup in the current node */
+	list_for_each_entry(cnode, &root->val, list) {
+		if (cnode->ip != chain->ips[i++])
+			break;
+		if (!found)
+			found = true;
+		if (i == chain->nr)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	/* matches not, relay on the parent */
+	if (!found)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* we match only a part of the node. Split it and add the new chain */
+	if (i < root->val_nr) {
+		split_add_child(root, chain, cnode, i);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* we match 100% of the path, increment the hit */
+	if (i == root->val_nr) {
+		root->hit++;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return __append_chain_children(root, chain);
+}
+
+void append_chain(struct callchain_node *root, struct ip_callchain *chain)
+{
+	if (__append_chain_children(root, chain) == -1)
+		add_child(root, chain);
+}