return test_bit(feat, self->adds_features);
 }
 
-static void do_write(int fd, void *buf, size_t size)
+static int do_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t size)
 {
        while (size) {
                int ret = write(fd, buf, size);
 
                if (ret < 0)
-                       die("failed to write");
+                       return -1;
 
                size -= ret;
                buf += ret;
        }
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
-static void write_buildid_table(int fd, struct list_head *id_head)
+static int write_buildid_table(int fd, struct list_head *id_head)
 {
        struct build_id_list *iter, *next;
 
        list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, next, id_head, list) {
                struct build_id_event *b = &iter->event;
 
-               do_write(fd, b, sizeof(*b));
-               do_write(fd, (void *)iter->dso_name, iter->len);
+               if (do_write(fd, b, sizeof(*b)) < 0 ||
+                   do_write(fd, iter->dso_name, iter->len) < 0)
+                       return -1;
                list_del(&iter->list);
                free(iter);
        }
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void
 
                /* Write build-ids */
                buildid_sec->offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-               write_buildid_table(fd, &id_list);
+               if (write_buildid_table(fd, &id_list) < 0)
+                       die("failed to write buildid table");
                buildid_sec->size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) - buildid_sec->offset;
        }
 
        lseek(fd, sec_start, SEEK_SET);
-       do_write(fd, feat_sec, sec_size);
+       if (do_write(fd, feat_sec, sec_size) < 0)
+               die("failed to write feature section");
        free(feat_sec);
 }
 
                attr = self->attr[i];
 
                attr->id_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-               do_write(fd, attr->id, attr->ids * sizeof(u64));
+               if (do_write(fd, attr->id, attr->ids * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+                       die("failed to write perf header");
        }
 
 
                                .size   = attr->ids * sizeof(u64),
                        }
                };
-               do_write(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr));
+               if (do_write(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)) < 0)
+                       die("failed to write perf header attribute");
        }
 
        self->event_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
        self->event_size = event_count * sizeof(struct perf_trace_event_type);
        if (events)
-               do_write(fd, events, self->event_size);
+               if (do_write(fd, events, self->event_size) < 0)
+                       die("failed to write perf header events");
 
        self->data_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
 
        memcpy(&f_header.adds_features, &self->adds_features, sizeof(self->adds_features));
 
        lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
-       do_write(fd, &f_header, sizeof(f_header));
+       if (do_write(fd, &f_header, sizeof(f_header)) < 0)
+               die("failed to write perf header");
        lseek(fd, self->data_offset + self->data_size, SEEK_SET);
 
        self->frozen = 1;