1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index b4dcf0bfc029..675216e08bfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct perf_mem {
         char const              *input_name;
         bool                    hide_unresolved;
         bool                    dump_raw;
+        bool                    force;
         int                     operation;
         const char              *cpu_list;
         DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ static int report_raw_events(struct perf_mem *mem)
         struct perf_data_file file = {
                 .path = input_name,
                 .mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
+                .force = mem->force,
         };
         int err = -EINVAL;
         int ret;
@@ -290,6 +292,7 @@ int cmd_mem(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
                    "separator",
                    "separator for columns, no spaces will be added"
                    " between columns '.' is reserved."),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &mem.force, "don't complain, do it"),
         OPT_END()
         };
         const char *const mem_subcommands[] = { "record", "report", NULL };