2 files changed, 50 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 9f867d96c6a5..666f18972fa3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1973,6 +1973,51 @@ static int perf_header__read_pipe(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int read_attr(int fd, struct perf_header *ph,
+		     struct perf_file_attr *f_attr)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &f_attr->attr;
+	size_t sz, left;
+	size_t our_sz = sizeof(f_attr->attr);
+	int ret;
+
+	memset(f_attr, 0, sizeof(*f_attr));
+
+	/* read minimal guaranteed structure */
+	ret = readn(fd, attr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0);
+	if (ret <= 0) {
+		pr_debug("cannot read %d bytes of header attr\n",
+			 PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* on file perf_event_attr size */
+	sz = attr->size;
+	if (ph->needs_swap)
+		sz = bswap_32(sz);
+
+	if (sz == 0) {
+		/* assume ABI0 */
+		sz =  PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+	} else if (sz > our_sz) {
+		pr_debug("file uses a more recent and unsupported ABI"
+			 " (%zu bytes extra)\n", sz - our_sz);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* what we have not yet read and that we know about */
+	left = sz - PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+	if (left) {
+		void *ptr = attr;
+		ptr += PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+
+		ret = readn(fd, ptr, left);
+	}
+	/* read perf_file_section, ids are read in caller */
+	ret = readn(fd, &f_attr->ids, sizeof(f_attr->ids));
+
+	return ret <= 0 ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
 int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 {
 	struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
@@ -1988,19 +2033,17 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 	if (session->fd_pipe)
 		return perf_header__read_pipe(session, fd);
 
-	if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0) {
-		pr_debug("incompatible file format\n");
+	if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / sizeof(f_attr);
+	nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / f_header.attr_size;
 	lseek(fd, f_header.attrs.offset, SEEK_SET);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_attrs; i++) {
 		struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 		off_t tmp;
 
-		if (readn(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)) <= 0)
+		if (read_attr(fd, header, &f_attr) < 0)
 			goto out_errno;
 
 		if (header->needs_swap)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index bec8a328b1b8..e650de8f4396 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
 		self->fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 
 		if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0)
-			pr_err("incompatible file format");
+			pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
 
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
 	}
 
 	if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0) {
-		pr_err("incompatible file format");
+		pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
 		goto out_close;
 	}