+int cg_read_event(const char *controller, const char *path, const char *event,
+ char **val)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *events = NULL, *content = NULL;
+ char *p, *line;
+ int r;
+
+ r = cg_get_path(controller, path, "cgroup.events", &events);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ r = read_full_file(events, &content, NULL);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ p = content;
+ while ((line = strsep(&p, "\n"))) {
+ char *key;
+
+ key = strsep(&line, " ");
+ if (!key || !line)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (strcmp(key, event))
+ continue;
+
+ *val = strdup(line);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+