diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/probe_vfs_getname.sh
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+# Add vfs_getname probe to get syscall args filenames
+#
+# Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>, 2017
+
+perf probe -l | grep -q probe:vfs_getname
+had_vfs_getname=$?
+
+cleanup_probe_vfs_getname() {
+	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
+		perf probe -q -d probe:vfs_getname
+	fi
+}
+
+add_probe_vfs_getname() {
+	local verbose=$1
+	if [ $had_vfs_getname -eq 1 ] ; then
+               line=$(perf probe -L getname_flags | egrep 'result.*=.*filename;' | sed -r 's/[[:space:]]+([[:digit:]]+)[[:space:]]+result->uptr.*/\1/')
+               perf probe $verbose "vfs_getname=getname_flags:${line} pathname=result->name:string"
+	fi
+}
+
+skip_if_no_debuginfo() {
+	add_probe_vfs_getname -v 2>&1 | grep -q "^Failed to find the path for kernel" && return 2
+	return 1
+}
+
+add_probe_vfs_getname || skip_if_no_debuginfo
+err=$?
+cleanup_probe_vfs_getname
+exit $err