2 files changed, 60 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7e27f1eb260c..1b383bd93af6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -897,6 +897,61 @@ static void event_swap(union perf_event *event, bool sample_id_all)
                 swap(event, sample_id_all);
 }
 
+int perf_session__peek_event(struct perf_session *session, off_t file_offset,
+                             void *buf, size_t buf_sz,
+                             union perf_event **event_ptr,
+                             struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+        union perf_event *event;
+        size_t hdr_sz, rest;
+        int fd;
+
+        if (session->one_mmap && !session->header.needs_swap) {
+                event = file_offset - session->one_mmap_offset +
+                        session->one_mmap_addr;
+                goto out_parse_sample;
+        }
+
+        if (perf_data_file__is_pipe(session->file))
+                return -1;
+
+        fd = perf_data_file__fd(session->file);
+        hdr_sz = sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
+
+        if (buf_sz < hdr_sz)
+                return -1;
+
+        if (lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET) == (off_t)-1 ||
+            readn(fd, &buf, hdr_sz) != (ssize_t)hdr_sz)
+                return -1;
+
+        event = (union perf_event *)buf;
+
+        if (session->header.needs_swap)
+                perf_event_header__bswap(&event->header);
+
+        if (event->header.size < hdr_sz)
+                return -1;
+
+        rest = event->header.size - hdr_sz;
+
+        if (readn(fd, &buf, rest) != (ssize_t)rest)
+                return -1;
+
+        if (session->header.needs_swap)
+                event_swap(event, perf_evlist__sample_id_all(session->evlist));
+
+out_parse_sample:
+
+        if (sample && event->header.type < PERF_RECORD_USER_TYPE_START &&
+            perf_evlist__parse_sample(session->evlist, event, sample))
+                return -1;
+
+        *event_ptr = event;
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
 static s64 perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *session,
                                        union perf_event *event,
                                        struct perf_tool *tool,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 0630e658f8be..8dd41cad2d59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ void perf_session__delete(struct perf_session *session);
 
 void perf_event_header__bswap(struct perf_event_header *hdr);
 
+int perf_session__peek_event(struct perf_session *session, off_t file_offset,
+                             void *buf, size_t buf_sz,
+                             union perf_event **event_ptr,
+                             struct perf_sample *sample);
+
 int __perf_session__process_events(struct perf_session *session,
                                    u64 data_offset, u64 data_size, u64 size,
                                    struct perf_tool *tool);