long                    samples;
 };
 
-static int write_output(struct perf_record *rec, void *buf, size_t size)
+static int do_write_output(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,