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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/data.c19
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/data.h1
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index 05bbcb663c41..f29af4fc3d09 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -492,3 +492,22 @@ char *perf_data__kallsyms_name(struct perf_data *data)
return kallsyms_name;
}
+
+bool is_perf_data(const char *path)
+{
+ bool ret = false;
+ FILE *file;
+ u64 magic;
+
+ file = fopen(path, "r");
+ if (!file)
+ return false;
+
+ if (fread(&magic, 1, 8, file) < 8)
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = is_perf_magic(magic);
+out:
+ fclose(file);
+ return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.h b/tools/perf/util/data.h
index c563fcbb0288..62a3e66fbee8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.h
@@ -98,4 +98,5 @@ int perf_data__update_dir(struct perf_data *data);
unsigned long perf_data__size(struct perf_data *data);
int perf_data__make_kcore_dir(struct perf_data *data, char *buf, size_t buf_sz);
char *perf_data__kallsyms_name(struct perf_data *data);
+bool is_perf_data(const char *path);
#endif /* __PERF_DATA_H */