2 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 1e60a659578b..ac41578a3552 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 #define MAX_PROBE_ARGS 128
 #define PERFPROBE_GROUP "probe"
 
+bool probe_event_dry_run;       /* Dry run flag */
+
 #define semantic_error(msg ...) die("Semantic error :" msg)
 
 /* If there is no space to write, returns -E2BIG. */
@@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ error:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int open_kprobe_events(int flags, int mode)
+static int open_kprobe_events(bool readwrite)
 {
         char buf[PATH_MAX];
         int ret;
@@ -439,7 +441,11 @@ static int open_kprobe_events(int flags, int mode)
         if (ret < 0)
                 die("Failed to make kprobe_events path.");
 
-        ret = open(buf, flags, mode);
+        if (readwrite && !probe_event_dry_run)
+                ret = open(buf, O_RDWR, O_APPEND);
+        else
+                ret = open(buf, O_RDONLY, 0);
+
         if (ret < 0) {
                 if (errno == ENOENT)
                         die("kprobe_events file does not exist -"
@@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ void show_perf_probe_events(void)
         setup_pager();
         memset(&pp, 0, sizeof(pp));
 
-        fd = open_kprobe_events(O_RDONLY, 0);
+        fd = open_kprobe_events(false);
         rawlist = get_trace_kprobe_event_rawlist(fd);
         close(fd);
 
@@ -585,9 +591,11 @@ static void write_trace_kprobe_event(int fd, const char *buf)
         int ret;
 
         pr_debug("Writing event: %s\n", buf);
-        ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
-        if (ret <= 0)
-                die("Failed to write event: %s", strerror(errno));
+        if (!probe_event_dry_run) {
+                ret = write(fd, buf, strlen(buf));
+                if (ret <= 0)
+                        die("Failed to write event: %s", strerror(errno));
+        }
 }
 
 static void get_new_event_name(char *buf, size_t len, const char *base,
@@ -630,7 +638,7 @@ static void __add_trace_kprobe_events(struct probe_point *probes,
         struct strlist *namelist;
         bool allow_suffix;
 
-        fd = open_kprobe_events(O_RDWR, O_APPEND);
+        fd = open_kprobe_events(true);
         /* Get current event names */
         namelist = get_perf_event_names(fd, false);
 
@@ -814,7 +822,7 @@ void del_trace_kprobe_events(struct strlist *dellist)
         struct str_node *ent;
         struct strlist *namelist;
 
-        fd = open_kprobe_events(O_RDWR, O_APPEND);
+        fd = open_kprobe_events(true);
         /* Get current event names */
         namelist = get_perf_event_names(fd, true);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
index 3865e163bb59..703b8876dfb1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include "probe-finder.h"
 #include "strlist.h"
 
+extern bool probe_event_dry_run;
+
 extern void parse_line_range_desc(const char *arg, struct line_range *lr);
 extern void parse_perf_probe_event(const char *str, struct probe_point *pp,
                                    bool *need_dwarf);