diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 6d751516616d437e1ff70cbbc779c8515e67fe1b..96d421f7161dc884497087f8bbdce0d38bb0885a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "util/string.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 65b4115e417d28547b9fa0b933f14010b3a052e6..6a5db675ee4f56d049e634b328de3b60b058a6f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "util/header.h"
 #include "util/event.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index c6326deb16362b8a54bf7306d620cf43e78db722..1e3ad22d53dcfe1c47d7d618d414a6e560e2a69a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "util/values.h"
 
 #include "perf.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 #include "util/header.h"
 
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
@@ -39,8 +40,6 @@ static char		*field_sep;
 static int		input;
 static int		show_mask = SHOW_KERNEL | SHOW_USER | SHOW_HV;
 
-#define cdprintf(x...)	do { if (dump_trace) color_fprintf(stdout, color, x); } while (0)
-
 static int		full_paths;
 static int		show_nr_samples;
 
@@ -1285,42 +1284,6 @@ process_lost_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void trace_event(event_t *event)
-{
-	unsigned char *raw_event = (void *)event;
-	const char *color = PERF_COLOR_BLUE;
-	int i, j;
-
-	if (!dump_trace)
-		return;
-
-	dump_printf(".");
-	cdprintf("\n. ... raw event: size %d bytes\n", event->header.size);
-
-	for (i = 0; i < event->header.size; i++) {
-		if ((i & 15) == 0) {
-			dump_printf(".");
-			cdprintf("  %04x: ", i);
-		}
-
-		cdprintf(" %02x", raw_event[i]);
-
-		if (((i & 15) == 15) || i == event->header.size-1) {
-			cdprintf("  ");
-			for (j = 0; j < 15-(i & 15); j++)
-				cdprintf("   ");
-			for (j = 0; j < (i & 15); j++) {
-				if (isprint(raw_event[i-15+j]))
-					cdprintf("%c", raw_event[i-15+j]);
-				else
-					cdprintf(".");
-			}
-			cdprintf("\n");
-		}
-	}
-	dump_printf(".\n");
-}
-
 static int
 process_read_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 4b9dd4af61a6284a9db92d1f3b42d8e5ac3e6451..1a26262306604e07f366c89c27cb63c83ccf3d71 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
+#include "util/event.h"
+#include "util/debug.h"
 
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <math.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 06f763e4b35b9220f0b544e52c881a08350ee864..62b55ecab2c63114c9afc3a128e03b455a6d7633 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
 
+#include "util/debug.h"
+
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index f5509213f0308c718cf89a029b0d83fd78ac5a40..e5148e2b6134242f3b42c3dd59fafd54a7acb60f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 
 #include "../../include/linux/perf_counter.h"
 #include "util/types.h"
-#include "util/debug.h"
 
 /*
  * prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE) will (cheaply) disable all
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.c b/tools/perf/util/color.c
index e47fdeb85391bfcda7a20361ebc180f8f779dc21..e88bca55a5993c82212c6307d35bab9824d9358f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int perf_color_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return perf_default_config(var, value, cb);
 }
 
-static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
+static int __color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
 		va_list args, const char *trail)
 {
 	int r = 0;
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ static int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt,
 	return r;
 }
 
+int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	return __color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, NULL);
+}
 
 
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
 	int r;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, NULL);
+	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 	return r;
 }
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_list args;
 	int r;
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	r = color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, "\n");
+	r = __color_vfprintf(fp, color, fmt, args, "\n");
 	va_end(args);
 	return r;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.h b/tools/perf/util/color.h
index 43d0d1b67c45c1afaaffb7854f11e9058bb28404..58d597564b9960f7d43923248c27c7c450917816 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ int perf_color_default_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb);
 int perf_config_colorbool(const char *var, const char *value, int stdout_is_tty);
 void color_parse(const char *value, const char *var, char *dst);
 void color_parse_mem(const char *value, int len, const char *var, char *dst);
+int color_vfprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 int color_fprintf(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...);
 int color_fprintf_ln(FILE *fp, const char *color, const char *fmt, ...);
 int color_fwrite_lines(FILE *fp, const char *color, size_t count, const char *buf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 8318fdee47784e2fb3c67b585c7e034ee6090792..e8ca98fe0bd4d856f3444657789af42ef67c00d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 /* For general debugging purposes */
 
 #include "../perf.h"
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#include "color.h"
+#include "event.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+
 int verbose = 0;
 int dump_trace = 0;
 
@@ -35,3 +40,56 @@ int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static int dump_printf_color(const char *fmt, const char *color, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (dump_trace) {
+		va_start(args, color);
+		ret = color_vfprintf(stdout, color, fmt, args);
+		va_end(args);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+void trace_event(event_t *event)
+{
+	unsigned char *raw_event = (void *)event;
+	const char *color = PERF_COLOR_BLUE;
+	int i, j;
+
+	if (!dump_trace)
+		return;
+
+	dump_printf(".");
+	dump_printf_color("\n. ... raw event: size %d bytes\n", color,
+			  event->header.size);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < event->header.size; i++) {
+		if ((i & 15) == 0) {
+			dump_printf(".");
+			dump_printf_color("  %04x: ", color, i);
+		}
+
+		dump_printf_color(" %02x", color, raw_event[i]);
+
+		if (((i & 15) == 15) || i == event->header.size-1) {
+			dump_printf_color("  ", color);
+			for (j = 0; j < 15-(i & 15); j++)
+				dump_printf_color("   ", color);
+			for (j = 0; j < (i & 15); j++) {
+				if (isprint(raw_event[i-15+j]))
+					dump_printf_color("%c", color,
+							  raw_event[i-15+j]);
+				else
+					dump_printf_color(".", color);
+			}
+			dump_printf_color("\n", color);
+		}
+	}
+	dump_printf(".\n");
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index a683bd571f1c4dc9411fa46f9cf4b5cd0e43b657..437eea58ce406058bd5037ad7450e6e99de7f302 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ extern int dump_trace;
 
 int eprintf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+void trace_event(event_t *event);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 3159d47ae1cc7478ee52fc45b8c40e086ef7bfa1..fd3d9c8e90fc43b7071583de8aa41af402ec8a3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "string.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
+#include "debug.h"
+
 #include <libelf.h>
 #include <gelf.h>
 #include <elf.h>