1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index af4b0573b37f..831052d4b4fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -496,14 +496,12 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 
         return path.next;
 }
-void read_tracing_data(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
+void read_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 {
         char buf[BUFSIZ];
         struct tracepoint_path *tps;
 
-        output_fd = open(output_file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC | O_LARGEFILE, 0644);
-        if (output_fd < 0)
-                die("creating file '%s'", output_file);
+        output_fd = fd;
 
         buf[0] = 23;
         buf[1] = 8;