return 0;
 }
 
+static int process_event_scale(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+                              union perf_event *event,
+                              struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
+                              struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
+{
+       struct event_update_event *ev = (struct event_update_event *) event;
+       struct event_update_event_scale *ev_data;
+
+       ev_data = (struct event_update_event_scale *) ev->data;
+
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong id", ev->id == 123);
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong id", ev->type == PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE);
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong scale", ev_data->scale = 0.123);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 int test__event_update(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 {
        struct perf_evlist *evlist;
        TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to synthesize attr update unit",
                        !perf_event__synthesize_event_update_unit(NULL, evsel, process_event_unit));
 
+       evsel->scale = 0.123;
+
+       TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to synthesize attr update scale",
+                       !perf_event__synthesize_event_update_scale(NULL, evsel, process_event_scale));
+
        return 0;
 }
 
 
 enum {
        PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__UNIT  = 0,
+       PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE = 1,
+};
+
+struct event_update_event_scale {
+       double scale;
 };
 
 struct event_update_event {
 
        return err;
 }
 
+int
+perf_event__synthesize_event_update_scale(struct perf_tool *tool,
+                                         struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+                                         perf_event__handler_t process)
+{
+       struct event_update_event *ev;
+       struct event_update_event_scale *ev_data;
+       int err;
+
+       ev = event_update_event__new(sizeof(*ev_data), PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE, evsel->id[0]);
+       if (ev == NULL)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       ev_data = (struct event_update_event_scale *) ev->data;
+       ev_data->scale = evsel->scale;
+       err = process(tool, (union perf_event*) ev, NULL, NULL);
+       free(ev);
+       return err;
+}
+
+
 int perf_event__synthesize_attrs(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                   struct perf_session *session,
                                   perf_event__handler_t process)
                                     struct perf_evlist **pevlist)
 {
        struct event_update_event *ev = &event->event_update;
+       struct event_update_event_scale *ev_scale;
        struct perf_evlist *evlist;
        struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 
        switch (ev->type) {
        case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__UNIT:
                evsel->unit = strdup(ev->data);
+               break;
+       case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE:
+               ev_scale = (struct event_update_event_scale *) ev->data;
+               evsel->scale = ev_scale->scale;
        default:
                break;
        }
 
 int perf_event__synthesize_event_update_unit(struct perf_tool *tool,
                                             struct perf_evsel *evsel,
                                             perf_event__handler_t process);
+int perf_event__synthesize_event_update_scale(struct perf_tool *tool,
+                                             struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+                                             perf_event__handler_t process);
 int perf_event__process_attr(struct perf_tool *tool, union perf_event *event,
                             struct perf_evlist **pevlist);
 int perf_event__process_event_update(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,