1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index a725b958cf31..902ce6384f57 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <zlib.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "util/compress.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
@@ -79,3 +81,19 @@ out_close:
 
 	return ret == Z_STREAM_END ? 0 : -1;
 }
+
+bool gzip_is_compressed(const char *input)
+{
+	int fd = open(input, O_RDONLY);
+	const uint8_t magic[2] = { 0x1f, 0x8b };
+	char buf[2] = { 0 };
+	ssize_t rc;
+
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	rc = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	close(fd);
+	return rc == sizeof(buf) ?
+	       memcmp(buf, magic, sizeof(buf)) == 0 : false;
+}