1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index adc0a55acd95..8b4fdaeefa29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static struct {
         char *release;
         bool need_dwarf;
         bool list_events;
+        bool force_add;
         int nr_probe;
         struct probe_point probes[MAX_PROBES];
         struct strlist *dellist;
@@ -192,6 +193,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 #endif
                 "\t\t\tkprobe-tracer argument format.)\n",
                 opt_add_probe_event),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &session.force_add, "forcibly add events"
+                    " with existing name"),
         OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -294,7 +297,8 @@ end_dwarf:
         }
 
         /* Settng up probe points */
-        add_trace_kprobe_events(session.probes, session.nr_probe);
+        add_trace_kprobe_events(session.probes, session.nr_probe,
+                                session.force_add);
         return 0;
 }