3 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 069f261b225c..73a02223c629 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
         if (!field)
                 return NULL;
 
-        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING) {
+        if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_DYNAMIC) {
                 int offset;
 
                 offset = *(int *)(data + field->offset);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index cb54cd002f49..f55cc3a765a1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ static unsigned long	page_size;
 static ssize_t calc_data_size;
 static bool repipe;
 
-/* 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;
@@ -98,6 +92,19 @@ static int read_or_die(void *data, int size)
         return r;
 }
 
+/* If it fails, the next read will report it */
+static void skip(int size)
+{
+        char buf[BUFSIZ];
+        int r;
+
+        while (size) {
+                r = size > BUFSIZ ? BUFSIZ : size;
+                read_or_die(buf, r);
+                size -= r;
+        };
+}
+
 static unsigned int read4(void)
 {
         unsigned int data;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 406d452956db..b3e86b1e4444 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -233,7 +233,12 @@ static inline unsigned long long __data2host8(unsigned long long data)
 
 #define data2host2(ptr)         __data2host2(*(unsigned short *)ptr)
 #define data2host4(ptr)         __data2host4(*(unsigned int *)ptr)
-#define data2host8(ptr)         __data2host8(*(unsigned long long *)ptr)
+#define data2host8(ptr)         ({                              \
+        unsigned long long __val;                               \
+                                                                \
+        memcpy(&__val, (ptr), sizeof(unsigned long long));      \
+        __data2host8(__val);                                    \
+})
 
 extern int header_page_ts_offset;
 extern int header_page_ts_size;