1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index d7e67b167ea..7cba0551a56 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -265,15 +265,16 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
 			  const char *name, bool is_kallsyms)
 {
 	const size_t size = PATH_MAX;
-	char *filename = malloc(size),
+	char *realname = realpath(name, NULL),
+	     *filename = malloc(size),
 	     *linkname = malloc(size), *targetname;
 	int len, err = -1;
 
-	if (filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)
+	if (realname == NULL || filename == NULL || linkname == NULL)
 		goto out_free;
 
 	len = snprintf(filename, size, "%s%s%s",
-		       debugdir, is_kallsyms ? "/" : "", name);
+		       debugdir, is_kallsyms ? "/" : "", realname);
 	if (mkdir_p(filename, 0755))
 		goto out_free;
 
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
 		if (is_kallsyms) {
 			 if (copyfile("/proc/kallsyms", filename))
 				goto out_free;
-		} else if (link(name, filename) && copyfile(name, filename))
+		} else if (link(realname, filename) && copyfile(name, filename))
 			goto out_free;
 	}
 
@@ -300,6 +301,7 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir,
 	if (symlink(targetname, linkname) == 0)
 		err = 0;
 out_free:
+	free(realname);
 	free(filename);
 	free(linkname);
 	return err;
@@ -946,11 +948,16 @@ perf_header__find_attr(u64 id, struct perf_header *header)
 
 	/*
 	 * We set id to -1 if the data file doesn't contain sample
-	 * ids. Check for this and avoid walking through the entire
-	 * list of ids which may be large.
+	 * ids. This can happen when the data file contains one type
+	 * of event and in that case, the header can still store the
+	 * event attribute information. Check for this and avoid
+	 * walking through the entire list of ids which may be large.
 	 */
-	if (id == -1ULL)
+	if (id == -1ULL) {
+		if (header->attrs > 0)
+			return &header->attr[0]->attr;
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < header->attrs; i++) {
 		struct perf_header_attr *attr = header->attr[i];