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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evlist.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index df77a44fe276..10fcc0372aa9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@ static int perf_evlist__id_add_fd(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
/* Legacy way to get event id.. All hail to old kernels! */
+ /*
+ * This way does not work with group format read, so bail
+ * out in that case.
+ */
+ if (perf_evlist__read_format(evlist) & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
+ return -1;
+
if (!(evsel->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) ||
read(fd, &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1)
return -1;