diff --git a/src/vppinfra/perfmon/perfmon.c b/src/vppinfra/perfmon/perfmon.c
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+++ b/src/vppinfra/perfmon/perfmon.c
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * Copyright(c) 2022 Cisco Systems, Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <vppinfra/format.h>
+#include <vppinfra/error.h>
+#include <vppinfra/perfmon/perfmon.h>
+#include <vppinfra/format_table.h>
+
+clib_perfmon_main_t clib_perfmon_main;
+
+__clib_export clib_error_t *
+clib_perfmon_init_by_bundle_name (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  clib_perfmon_main_t *pm = &clib_perfmon_main;
+  clib_perfmon_bundle_t *b = 0;
+  int group_fd = -1;
+  clib_error_t *err = 0;
+  va_list va;
+  char *bundle_name;
+
+  struct perf_event_attr pe = {
+    .size = sizeof (struct perf_event_attr),
+    .disabled = 1,
+    .exclude_kernel = 1,
+    .exclude_hv = 1,
+    .pinned = 1,
+    .exclusive = 1,
+    .read_format = (PERF_FORMAT_GROUP | PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
+		    PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING),
+  };
+
+  va_start (va, fmt);
+  bundle_name = (char *) va_format (0, fmt, &va);
+  va_end (va);
+  vec_add1 (bundle_name, 0);
+
+  for (clib_perfmon_bundle_reg_t *r = pm->bundle_regs; r; r = r->next)
+    {
+      if (strncmp (r->bundle->name, bundle_name, vec_len (bundle_name) - 1))
+	continue;
+      b = r->bundle;
+      break;
+    }
+
+  if (b == 0)
+    {
+      err = clib_error_return (0, "Unknown bundle '%s'", bundle_name);
+      goto done;
+    }
+
+  clib_memset_u8 (ctx, 0, sizeof (clib_perfmon_ctx_t));
+  vec_validate_init_empty (ctx->fds, b->n_events - 1, -1);
+  ctx->bundle = b;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < b->n_events; i++)
+    {
+      pe.config = b->config[i];
+      pe.type = b->type;
+      int fd = syscall (__NR_perf_event_open, &pe, /* pid */ 0, /* cpu */ -1,
+			/* group_fd */ group_fd, /* flags */ 0);
+      if (fd < 0)
+	{
+	  err = clib_error_return_unix (0, "perf_event_open[%u]", i);
+	  goto done;
+	}
+
+      if (ctx->debug)
+	fformat (stderr, "perf event %u open, fd %d\n", i, fd);
+
+      if (group_fd == -1)
+	{
+	  group_fd = fd;
+	  pe.pinned = 0;
+	  pe.exclusive = 0;
+	}
+
+      ctx->fds[i] = fd;
+    }
+
+  ctx->group_fd = group_fd;
+  ctx->data = vec_new (u64, 3 + b->n_events);
+  ctx->ref_clock = os_cpu_clock_frequency ();
+  vec_validate (ctx->capture_groups, 0);
+
+done:
+  if (err)
+    clib_perfmon_free (ctx);
+
+  vec_free (bundle_name);
+  return err;
+}
+
+__clib_export void
+clib_perfmon_free (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+  clib_perfmon_clear (ctx);
+  vec_free (ctx->captures);
+  vec_free (ctx->capture_groups);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < vec_len (ctx->fds); i++)
+    if (ctx->fds[i] > -1)
+      close (ctx->fds[i]);
+  vec_free (ctx->fds);
+  vec_free (ctx->data);
+}
+
+__clib_export void
+clib_perfmon_clear (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+  for (int i = 0; i < vec_len (ctx->captures); i++)
+    vec_free (ctx->captures[i].desc);
+  vec_reset_length (ctx->captures);
+  for (int i = 0; i < vec_len (ctx->capture_groups); i++)
+    vec_free (ctx->capture_groups[i].name);
+  vec_reset_length (ctx->capture_groups);
+}
+
+__clib_export u64 *
+clib_perfmon_capture (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx, u32 n_ops, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  u32 read_size = (ctx->bundle->n_events + 3) * sizeof (u64);
+  clib_perfmon_capture_t *c;
+  u64 d[CLIB_PERFMON_MAX_EVENTS + 3];
+  va_list va;
+
+  if ((read (ctx->group_fd, d, read_size) != read_size))
+    {
+      if (ctx->debug)
+	fformat (stderr, "reading of %u bytes failed, %s (%d)\n", read_size,
+		 strerror (errno), errno);
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+  if (ctx->debug)
+    {
+      fformat (stderr, "read events: %lu enabled: %lu running: %lu ", d[0],
+	       d[1], d[2]);
+      fformat (stderr, "data: [%lu", d[3]);
+      for (int i = 1; i < ctx->bundle->n_events; i++)
+	fformat (stderr, ", %lu", d[i + 3]);
+      fformat (stderr, "]\n");
+    }
+
+  vec_add2 (ctx->captures, c, 1);
+
+  va_start (va, fmt);
+  c->desc = va_format (0, fmt, &va);
+  va_end (va);
+
+  c->n_ops = n_ops;
+  c->group = vec_len (ctx->capture_groups) - 1;
+  c->time_enabled = d[1];
+  c->time_running = d[2];
+  for (int i = 0; i < CLIB_PERFMON_MAX_EVENTS; i++)
+    c->data[i] = d[i + 3];
+
+  return ctx->data + vec_len (ctx->data) - ctx->bundle->n_events;
+}
+
+__clib_export void
+clib_perfmon_capture_group (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx, char *fmt, ...)
+{
+  clib_perfmon_capture_group_t *cg;
+  va_list va;
+
+  cg = vec_end (ctx->capture_groups) - 1;
+
+  if (cg->name != 0)
+    vec_add2 (ctx->capture_groups, cg, 1);
+
+  va_start (va, fmt);
+  cg->name = va_format (0, fmt, &va);
+  va_end (va);
+  ASSERT (cg->name);
+}
+
+__clib_export void
+clib_perfmon_warmup (clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx)
+{
+  for (u64 i = 0; i < (u64) ctx->ref_clock; i++)
+    asm inline("" : : "r"(i * i) : "memory");
+}
+
+__clib_export u8 *
+format_perfmon_bundle (u8 *s, va_list *args)
+{
+  clib_perfmon_ctx_t *ctx = va_arg (*args, clib_perfmon_ctx_t *);
+  clib_perfmon_capture_t *c;
+  clib_perfmon_capture_group_t *cg = 0;
+  char **hdr = ctx->bundle->column_headers;
+  table_t _t = {}, *t = &_t;
+  u32 n_row = 0, col = 0;
+
+  table_add_header_row (t, 0);
+
+  for (char **h = ctx->bundle->column_headers; h[0]; h++)
+    n_row++;
+
+  vec_foreach (c, ctx->captures)
+    {
+      if (cg != ctx->capture_groups + c->group)
+	{
+	  cg = ctx->capture_groups + c->group;
+	  table_format_cell (t, col, -1, "%v", cg->name);
+	  table_set_cell_align (t, col, -1, TTAA_LEFT);
+	  table_set_cell_fg_color (t, col, -1, TTAC_BRIGHT_RED);
+
+	  table_format_cell (t, col, 0, "Ops");
+	  table_set_cell_fg_color (t, col, 0, TTAC_BRIGHT_YELLOW);
+
+	  for (int i = 0; i < n_row; i++)
+	    {
+	      table_format_cell (t, col, i + 1, "%s", hdr[i]);
+	      table_set_cell_fg_color (t, col, i + 1, TTAC_BRIGHT_YELLOW);
+	    }
+	  col++;
+	}
+      table_format_cell (t, col, -1, "%v", c->desc);
+      table_format_cell (t, col, 0, "%7u", c->n_ops);
+      for (int i = 0; i < n_row; i++)
+	table_format_cell (t, col, i + 1, "%U", ctx->bundle->format_fn, ctx, c,
+			   i);
+      col++;
+    }
+
+  s = format (s, "%U", format_table, t);
+  table_free (t);
+  return s;
+}