1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 44889c9b5630..46066391288a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ static unsigned long	page_size;
 
 static ssize_t calc_data_size;
 
+/* If it fails, the next read will report it */
+static void skip(int size)
+{
+        lseek(input_fd, size, SEEK_CUR);
+}
+
 static int do_read(int fd, void *buf, int size)
 {
         int rsize = size;
@@ -169,7 +175,6 @@ static void read_ftrace_printk(void)
 static void read_header_files(void)
 {
         unsigned long long size;
-        char *header_page;
         char *header_event;
         char buf[BUFSIZ];
 
@@ -179,10 +184,7 @@ static void read_header_files(void)
                 die("did not read header page");
 
         size = read8();
-        header_page = malloc_or_die(size);
-        read_or_die(header_page, size);
-        parse_header_page(header_page, size);
-        free(header_page);
+        skip(size);
 
         /*
          * The size field in the page is of type long,