post_processing_offset = lseek(output, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
+       if (pipe_output) {
+               err = event__synthesize_attrs(&session->header,
+                                             process_synthesized_event,
+                                             session);
+               if (err < 0) {
+                       pr_err("Couldn't synthesize attrs.\n");
+                       return err;
+               }
+       }
+
        err = event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(process_synthesized_event,
                                            session, "_text");
        if (err < 0)
 
        .fork   = event__process_task,
        .lost   = event__process_lost,
        .read   = process_read_event,
+       .attr   = event__process_attr,
 };
 
 extern volatile int session_done;
 
 static struct perf_event_ops event_ops = {
        .sample = process_sample_event,
        .comm   = event__process_comm,
+       .attr   = event__process_attr,
 };
 
 extern volatile int session_done;
 
 };
 
 enum perf_header_event_type { /* above any possible kernel type */
-       PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX                  = 64,
+       PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR                 = 64,
+       PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX
+};
+
+struct attr_event {
+       struct perf_event_header header;
+       struct perf_event_attr attr;
+       u64 id[];
 };
 
 typedef union event_union {
        struct lost_event               lost;
        struct read_event               read;
        struct sample_event             sample;
+       struct attr_event               attr;
 } event_t;
 
 struct events_stats {
 
 
        return NULL;
 }
+
+int event__synthesize_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr, u16 ids, u64 *id,
+                          event__handler_t process,
+                          struct perf_session *session)
+{
+       event_t *ev;
+       size_t size;
+       int err;
+
+       size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
+       size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
+       size += sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
+       size += ids * sizeof(u64);
+
+       ev = malloc(size);
+
+       ev->attr.attr = *attr;
+       memcpy(ev->attr.id, id, ids * sizeof(u64));
+
+       ev->attr.header.type = PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR;
+       ev->attr.header.size = size;
+
+       err = process(ev, session);
+
+       free(ev);
+
+       return err;
+}
+
+int event__synthesize_attrs(struct perf_header *self,
+                           event__handler_t process,
+                           struct perf_session *session)
+{
+       struct perf_header_attr *attr;
+       int i, err = 0;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < self->attrs; i++) {
+               attr = self->attr[i];
+
+               err = event__synthesize_attr(&attr->attr, attr->ids, attr->id,
+                                            process, session);
+               if (err) {
+                       pr_debug("failed to create perf header attribute\n");
+                       return err;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return err;
+}
+
+int event__process_attr(event_t *self, struct perf_session *session)
+{
+       struct perf_header_attr *attr;
+       unsigned int i, ids, n_ids;
+
+       attr = perf_header_attr__new(&self->attr.attr);
+       if (attr == NULL)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       ids = self->header.size;
+       ids -= (void *)&self->attr.id - (void *)self;
+       n_ids = ids / sizeof(u64);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < n_ids; i++) {
+               if (perf_header_attr__add_id(attr, self->attr.id[i]) < 0) {
+                       perf_header_attr__delete(attr);
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (perf_header__add_attr(&session->header, attr) < 0) {
+               perf_header_attr__delete(attr);
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
+       perf_session__update_sample_type(session);
+
+       return 0;
+}
 
                          const char *name, bool is_kallsyms);
 int build_id_cache__remove_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *debugdir);
 
+int event__synthesize_attr(struct perf_event_attr *attr, u16 ids, u64 *id,
+                          event__handler_t process,
+                          struct perf_session *session);
+int event__synthesize_attrs(struct perf_header *self,
+                           event__handler_t process,
+                           struct perf_session *session);
+int event__process_attr(event_t *self, struct perf_session *session);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_HEADER_H */
 
                handler->throttle = process_event_stub;
        if (handler->unthrottle == NULL)
                handler->unthrottle = process_event_stub;
+       if (handler->attr == NULL)
+               handler->attr = process_event_stub;
 }
 
 static const char *event__name[] = {
        [PERF_RECORD_FORK]       = "FORK",
        [PERF_RECORD_READ]       = "READ",
        [PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE]     = "SAMPLE",
+       [PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR]        = "ATTR",
 };
 
 unsigned long event__total[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX];
        self->read.id           = bswap_64(self->read.id);
 }
 
+static void event__attr_swap(event_t *self)
+{
+       size_t size;
+
+       self->attr.attr.type            = bswap_32(self->attr.attr.type);
+       self->attr.attr.size            = bswap_32(self->attr.attr.size);
+       self->attr.attr.config          = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.config);
+       self->attr.attr.sample_period   = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.sample_period);
+       self->attr.attr.sample_type     = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.sample_type);
+       self->attr.attr.read_format     = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.read_format);
+       self->attr.attr.wakeup_events   = bswap_32(self->attr.attr.wakeup_events);
+       self->attr.attr.bp_type         = bswap_32(self->attr.attr.bp_type);
+       self->attr.attr.bp_addr         = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.bp_addr);
+       self->attr.attr.bp_len          = bswap_64(self->attr.attr.bp_len);
+
+       size = self->header.size;
+       size -= (void *)&self->attr.id - (void *)self;
+       mem_bswap_64(self->attr.id, size);
+}
+
 typedef void (*event__swap_op)(event_t *self);
 
 static event__swap_op event__swap_ops[] = {
        [PERF_RECORD_LOST]   = event__all64_swap,
        [PERF_RECORD_READ]   = event__read_swap,
        [PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE] = event__all64_swap,
+       [PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR]   = event__attr_swap,
        [PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX]    = NULL,
 };
 
                return ops->throttle(event, self);
        case PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE:
                return ops->unthrottle(event, self);
+       case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR:
+               return ops->attr(event, self);
        default:
                self->unknown_events++;
                return -1;
 
                 lost,
                 read,
                 throttle,
-                unthrottle;
+                unthrottle,
+                attr;
 };
 
 struct perf_session *perf_session__new(const char *filename, int mode, bool force);