v4.19.13 snapshot.
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/cpu.c b/tools/lib/api/cpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4af6d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "fs/fs.h"
+
+int cpu__get_max_freq(unsigned long long *freq)
+{
+ char entry[PATH_MAX];
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (sysfs__read_int("devices/system/cpu/online", &cpu) < 0)
+ return -1;
+
+ snprintf(entry, sizeof(entry),
+ "devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq", cpu);
+
+ return sysfs__read_ull(entry, freq);
+}