diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * builtin-config.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015, Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
+ *
+ */
+#include "builtin.h"
+
+#include "perf.h"
+
+#include "util/cache.h"
+#include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "util/util.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
+#include "util/config.h"
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+static bool use_system_config, use_user_config;
+
+static const char * const config_usage[] = {
+	"perf config [<file-option>] [options] [section.name[=value] ...]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+enum actions {
+	ACTION_LIST = 1
+} actions;
+
+static struct option config_options[] = {
+	OPT_SET_UINT('l', "list", &actions,
+		     "show current config variables", ACTION_LIST),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "system", &use_system_config, "use system config file"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "user", &use_user_config, "use user config file"),
+	OPT_END()
+};
+
+static int set_config(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name)
+{
+	struct perf_config_section *section = NULL;
+	struct perf_config_item *item = NULL;
+	const char *first_line = "# this file is auto-generated.";
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	if (set == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	fp = fopen(file_name, "w");
+	if (!fp)
+		return -1;
+
+	fprintf(fp, "%s\n", first_line);
+
+	/* overwrite configvariables */
+	perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&set->sections, section) {
+		if (!use_system_config && section->from_system_config)
+			continue;
+		fprintf(fp, "[%s]\n", section->name);
+
+		perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&section->items, item) {
+			if (!use_system_config && item->from_system_config)
+				continue;
+			if (item->value)
+				fprintf(fp, "\t%s = %s\n",
+					item->name, item->value);
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_spec_config(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *var)
+{
+	struct perf_config_section *section;
+	struct perf_config_item *item;
+
+	if (set == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&set->sections, section) {
+		if (!strstarts(var, section->name))
+			continue;
+
+		perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&section->items, item) {
+			const char *name = var + strlen(section->name) + 1;
+
+			if (strcmp(name, item->name) == 0) {
+				char *value = item->value;
+
+				if (value) {
+					printf("%s=%s\n", var, value);
+					return 0;
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int show_config(struct perf_config_set *set)
+{
+	struct perf_config_section *section;
+	struct perf_config_item *item;
+
+	if (set == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	perf_config_set__for_each_entry(set, section, item) {
+		char *value = item->value;
+
+		if (value)
+			printf("%s.%s=%s\n", section->name,
+			       item->name, value);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int parse_config_arg(char *arg, char **var, char **value)
+{
+	const char *last_dot = strchr(arg, '.');
+
+	/*
+	 * Since "var" actually contains the section name and the real
+	 * config variable name separated by a dot, we have to know where the dot is.
+	 */
+	if (last_dot == NULL || last_dot == arg) {
+		pr_err("The config variable does not contain a section name: %s\n", arg);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (!last_dot[1]) {
+		pr_err("The config variable does not contain a variable name: %s\n", arg);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*value = strchr(arg, '=');
+	if (*value == NULL)
+		*var = arg;
+	else if (!strcmp(*value, "=")) {
+		pr_err("The config variable does not contain a value: %s\n", arg);
+		return -1;
+	} else {
+		*value = *value + 1; /* excluding a first character '=' */
+		*var = strsep(&arg, "=");
+		if (*var[0] == '\0') {
+			pr_err("invalid config variable: %s\n", arg);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int i, ret = -1;
+	struct perf_config_set *set;
+	char *user_config = mkpath("%s/.perfconfig", getenv("HOME"));
+	const char *config_filename;
+	bool changed = false;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, config_options, config_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	if (use_system_config && use_user_config) {
+		pr_err("Error: only one config file at a time\n");
+		parse_options_usage(config_usage, config_options, "user", 0);
+		parse_options_usage(NULL, config_options, "system", 0);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (use_system_config)
+		config_exclusive_filename = perf_etc_perfconfig();
+	else if (use_user_config)
+		config_exclusive_filename = user_config;
+
+	if (!config_exclusive_filename)
+		config_filename = user_config;
+	else
+		config_filename = config_exclusive_filename;
+
+	/*
+	 * At only 'config' sub-command, individually use the config set
+	 * because of reinitializing with options config file location.
+	 */
+	set = perf_config_set__new();
+	if (!set)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	switch (actions) {
+	case ACTION_LIST:
+		if (argc) {
+			pr_err("Error: takes no arguments\n");
+			parse_options_usage(config_usage, config_options, "l", 1);
+		} else {
+			if (show_config(set) < 0) {
+				pr_err("Nothing configured, "
+				       "please check your %s \n", config_filename);
+				goto out_err;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		if (!argc) {
+			usage_with_options(config_usage, config_options);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
+			char *var, *value;
+			char *arg = strdup(argv[i]);
+
+			if (!arg) {
+				pr_err("%s: strdup failed\n", __func__);
+				goto out_err;
+			}
+
+			if (parse_config_arg(arg, &var, &value) < 0) {
+				free(arg);
+				goto out_err;
+			}
+
+			if (value == NULL) {
+				if (show_spec_config(set, var) < 0) {
+					pr_err("%s is not configured: %s\n",
+					       var, config_filename);
+					free(arg);
+					goto out_err;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (perf_config_set__collect(set, config_filename,
+							     var, value) < 0) {
+					pr_err("Failed to add '%s=%s'\n",
+					       var, value);
+					free(arg);
+					goto out_err;
+				}
+				changed = true;
+			}
+			free(arg);
+		}
+
+		if (!changed)
+			break;
+
+		if (set_config(set, config_filename) < 0) {
+			pr_err("Failed to set the configs on %s\n",
+			       config_filename);
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+out_err:
+	perf_config_set__delete(set);
+	return ret;
+}