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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/header.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 212fade7ee7..9aae360c0f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -287,10 +287,16 @@ struct perf_header *perf_header__read(int fd)
do_read(fd, &f_header, sizeof(f_header));
if (f_header.magic != PERF_MAGIC ||
- f_header.size != sizeof(f_header) ||
f_header.attr_size != sizeof(f_attr))
die("incompatible file format");
+ if (f_header.size != sizeof(f_header)) {
+ /* Support the previous format */
+ if (f_header.size == offsetof(typeof(f_header), trace_info))
+ f_header.trace_info.size = 0;
+ else
+ die("incompatible file format");
+ }
nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / sizeof(f_attr);
lseek(fd, f_header.attrs.offset, SEEK_SET);