};
        bool __maybe_unused max_stack_user_set = true;
        bool mmap_pages_user_set = true;
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
        const char * const trace_subcommands[] = { "record", NULL };
-       int err;
+       int err = -1;
        char bf[BUFSIZ];
 
        signal(SIGSEGV, sighandler_dump_stack);
                                       "cgroup monitoring only available in system-wide mode");
        }
 
-       err = bpf__setup_output_event(trace.evlist, "__augmented_syscalls__");
-       if (err) {
-               bpf__strerror_setup_output_event(trace.evlist, err, bf, sizeof(bf));
+       evsel = bpf__setup_output_event(trace.evlist, "__augmented_syscalls__");
+       if (IS_ERR(evsel)) {
+               bpf__strerror_setup_output_event(trace.evlist, PTR_ERR(evsel), bf, sizeof(bf));
                pr_err("ERROR: Setup trace syscalls enter failed: %s\n", bf);
                goto out;
        }
 
                        (strcmp(name,                   \
                                bpf_map__name(pos)) == 0))
 
-int bpf__setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *name)
+struct perf_evsel *bpf__setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *name)
 {
        struct bpf_map_priv *tmpl_priv = NULL;
        struct bpf_object *obj, *tmp;
                struct bpf_map_priv *priv = bpf_map__priv(map);
 
                if (IS_ERR(priv))
-                       return -BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__INTERNAL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__INTERNAL);
 
                /*
                 * No need to check map type: type should have been
        }
 
        if (!need_init)
-               return 0;
+               return NULL;
 
        if (!tmpl_priv) {
                char *event_definition = NULL;
 
                if (asprintf(&event_definition, "bpf-output/no-inherit=1,name=%s/", name) < 0)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
                err = parse_events(evlist, event_definition, NULL);
                free(event_definition);
 
                if (err) {
                        pr_debug("ERROR: failed to create the \"%s\" bpf-output event\n", name);
-                       return -err;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-err);
                }
 
                evsel = perf_evlist__last(evlist);
                struct bpf_map_priv *priv = bpf_map__priv(map);
 
                if (IS_ERR(priv))
-                       return -BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__INTERNAL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__INTERNAL);
                if (priv)
                        continue;
 
                if (tmpl_priv) {
                        priv = bpf_map_priv__clone(tmpl_priv);
                        if (!priv)
-                               return -ENOMEM;
+                               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
                        err = bpf_map__set_priv(map, priv, bpf_map_priv__clear);
                        if (err) {
                                bpf_map_priv__clear(map, priv);
-                               return err;
+                               return ERR_PTR(err);
                        }
                } else if (evsel) {
                        struct bpf_map_op *op;
 
                        op = bpf_map__add_newop(map, NULL);
                        if (IS_ERR(op))
-                               return PTR_ERR(op);
+                               return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(op));
                        op->op_type = BPF_MAP_OP_SET_EVSEL;
                        op->v.evsel = evsel;
                }
        }
 
-       return 0;
+       return evsel;
 }
 
 int bpf__setup_stdout(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
-       return bpf__setup_output_event(evlist, "__bpf_stdout__");
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel = bpf__setup_output_event(evlist, "__bpf_stdout__");
+       return IS_ERR(evsel) ? PTR_ERR(evsel) : 0;
 }
 
 #define ERRNO_OFFSET(e)                ((e) - __BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__START)
 
        __BPF_LOADER_ERRNO__END,
 };
 
+struct perf_evsel;
 struct bpf_object;
 struct parse_events_term;
 #define PERF_BPF_PROBE_GROUP "perf_bpf_probe"
 int bpf__strerror_apply_obj_config(int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 int bpf__setup_stdout(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
-int bpf__setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *name);
+struct perf_evsel *bpf__setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, const char *name);
 int bpf__strerror_setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 #else
 #include <errno.h>
        return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int
+static inline struct perf_evsel *
 bpf__setup_output_event(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused, const char *name __maybe_unused)
 {
-       return 0;
+       return NULL;
 }
 
 static inline int