long                    samples;
 };
 
-static int do_write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
+static int perf_record__write(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
 {
        struct perf_data_file *file = &rec->file;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
-{
-       return do_write_output(rec, buf, size);
-}
-
 static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                     union perf_event *event,
                                     struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
                                     struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
 {
        struct perf_record *rec = container_of(tool, struct perf_record, tool);
-       if (write_output(rec, event, event->header.size) < 0)
-               return -1;
-
-       return 0;
+       return perf_record__write(rec, event, event->header.size);
 }
 
 static int perf_record__mmap_read(struct perf_record *rec,
                size = md->mask + 1 - (old & md->mask);
                old += size;
 
-               if (write_output(rec, buf, size) < 0) {
+               if (perf_record__write(rec, buf, size) < 0) {
                        rc = -1;
                        goto out;
                }
        size = head - old;
        old += size;
 
-       if (write_output(rec, buf, size) < 0) {
+       if (perf_record__write(rec, buf, size) < 0) {
                rc = -1;
                goto out;
        }
        }
 
        if (perf_header__has_feat(&rec->session->header, HEADER_TRACING_DATA))
-               rc = write_output(rec, &finished_round_event,
-                                 sizeof(finished_round_event));
+               rc = perf_record__write(rec, &finished_round_event,
+                                       sizeof(finished_round_event));
 
 out:
        return rc;