return rc;
 }
-
-static char auxv[4096];
-
-void *get_auxv_entry(int type)
-{
-       ElfW(auxv_t) *p;
-       void *result;
-       ssize_t num;
-       int fd;
-
-       fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
-       if (fd == -1) {
-               perror("open");
-               return NULL;
-       }
-
-       result = NULL;
-
-       num = read(fd, auxv, sizeof(auxv));
-       if (num < 0) {
-               perror("read");
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       if (num > sizeof(auxv)) {
-               printf("Overflowed auxv buffer\n");
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       p = (ElfW(auxv_t) *)auxv;
-
-       while (p->a_type != AT_NULL) {
-               if (p->a_type == type) {
-                       result = (void *)p->a_un.a_val;
-                       break;
-               }
-
-               p++;
-       }
-out:
-       close(fd);
-       return result;
-}
 
 count_instructions: loop.S count_instructions.c $(EXTRA_SOURCES)
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -m64 -o $@ $^
 
+per_event_excludes: ../utils.c
+
 include ../../lib.mk
 
 DEFAULT_RUN_TESTS := $(RUN_TESTS)
 
 
 all: $(TEST_PROGS)
 
-$(TEST_PROGS): ../../harness.c ../event.c ../lib.c ebb.c ebb_handler.S trace.c busy_loop.S
+$(TEST_PROGS): ../../harness.c ../../utils.c ../event.c ../lib.c \
+              ebb.c ebb_handler.S trace.c busy_loop.S
 
 instruction_count_test: ../loop.S
 
 
 
 $(TEST_PROGS): ../harness.c
 
-tm-syscall: tm-syscall-asm.S
+tm-syscall: tm-syscall-asm.S ../utils.c
 tm-syscall: CFLAGS += -mhtm -I../../../../../usr/include
 
 include ../../lib.mk
 
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2015, Michael Ellerman, IBM Corp.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2.
+ */
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <link.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "utils.h"
+
+static char auxv[4096];
+
+void *get_auxv_entry(int type)
+{
+       ElfW(auxv_t) *p;
+       void *result;
+       ssize_t num;
+       int fd;
+
+       fd = open("/proc/self/auxv", O_RDONLY);
+       if (fd == -1) {
+               perror("open");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+
+       result = NULL;
+
+       num = read(fd, auxv, sizeof(auxv));
+       if (num < 0) {
+               perror("read");
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (num > sizeof(auxv)) {
+               printf("Overflowed auxv buffer\n");
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       p = (ElfW(auxv_t) *)auxv;
+
+       while (p->a_type != AT_NULL) {
+               if (p->a_type == type) {
+                       result = (void *)p->a_un.a_val;
+                       break;
+               }
+
+               p++;
+       }
+out:
+       close(fd);
+       return result;
+}