1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 494b3bbe5ea4..e50fe1187b0b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ struct timechart {
                                 skip_eagain;
         u64                     min_time,
                                 merge_dist;
+        bool                    force;
 };
 
 struct per_pidcomm;
@@ -1598,6 +1599,7 @@ static int __cmd_timechart(struct timechart *tchart, const char *output_name)
         struct perf_data_file file = {
                 .path = input_name,
                 .mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
+                .force = tchart->force,
         };
 
         struct perf_session *session = perf_session__new(&file, false,
@@ -1956,6 +1958,7 @@ int cmd_timechart(int argc, const char **argv,
         OPT_CALLBACK(0, "io-merge-dist", &tchart.merge_dist, "time",
                      "merge events that are merge-dist us apart",
                      parse_time),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &tchart.force, "don't complain, do it"),
         OPT_END()
         };
         const char * const timechart_subcommands[] = { "record", NULL };