3 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d248fca6d7ed..1e15df10a88c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 {
         bool ret = true;
+        int open_return;
         struct perf_evsel *evsel;
         struct perf_event_attr attr = {
                 .type = type,
                 .config = config,
                 .disabled = 1,
-                .exclude_kernel = 1,
         };
         struct {
                 struct thread_map map;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,20 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 
         evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
         if (evsel) {
-                ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+                open_return = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map);
+                ret = open_return >= 0;
+
+                if (open_return == -EACCES) {
+                        /*
+                         * This happens if the paranoid value
+                         * /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2
+                         * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that
+                         * by default as some ARM machines do not support it.
+                         *
+                         */
+                        evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+                        ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+                }
                 perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
         }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a8a9b6cd93a8..d8b048c20cde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ static int add_exec_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
                 return ret;
 
         for (i = 0; i < ntevs && ret >= 0; i++) {
+                /* point.address is the addres of point.symbol + point.offset */
                 offset = tevs[i].point.address - stext;
-                offset += tevs[i].point.offset;
                 tevs[i].point.offset = 0;
                 zfree(&tevs[i].point.symbol);
                 ret = e_snprintf(buf, 32, "0x%lx", offset);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 0b39a48e5110..5da6ce74c676 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,12 @@ static int perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session, union
                 if (err == 0)
                         perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
                 return err;
+        case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE:
+                /*
+                 * Depreceated, but we need to handle it for sake
+                 * of old data files create in pipe mode.
+                 */
+                return 0;
         case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA:
                 /* setup for reading amidst mmap */
                 lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET);