return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+perf_evsel__read_one(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread)
+{
+       struct perf_counts_values *count = perf_counts(evsel->counts, cpu, thread);
+
+       return perf_evsel__read(evsel, cpu, thread, count);
+}
+
+static void
+perf_evsel__set_count(struct perf_evsel *counter, int cpu, int thread,
+                     u64 val, u64 ena, u64 run)
+{
+       struct perf_counts_values *count;
+
+       count = perf_counts(counter->counts, cpu, thread);
+
+       count->val    = val;
+       count->ena    = ena;
+       count->run    = run;
+}
+
+static int
+perf_evsel__process_group_data(struct perf_evsel *leader,
+                              int cpu, int thread, u64 *data)
+{
+       u64 read_format = leader->attr.read_format;
+       struct sample_read_value *v;
+       u64 nr, ena = 0, run = 0, i;
+
+       nr = *data++;
+
+       if (nr != (u64) leader->nr_members)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED)
+               ena = *data++;
+
+       if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
+               run = *data++;
+
+       v = (struct sample_read_value *) data;
+
+       perf_evsel__set_count(leader, cpu, thread,
+                             v[0].value, ena, run);
+
+       for (i = 1; i < nr; i++) {
+               struct perf_evsel *counter;
+
+               counter = perf_evlist__id2evsel(leader->evlist, v[i].id);
+               if (!counter)
+                       return -EINVAL;
+
+               perf_evsel__set_count(counter, cpu, thread,
+                                     v[i].value, ena, run);
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+perf_evsel__read_group(struct perf_evsel *leader, int cpu, int thread)
+{
+       struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = leader->priv;
+       u64 read_format = leader->attr.read_format;
+       int size = perf_evsel__read_size(leader);
+       u64 *data = ps->group_data;
+
+       if (!(read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (!perf_evsel__is_group_leader(leader))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (!data) {
+               data = zalloc(size);
+               if (!data)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+
+               ps->group_data = data;
+       }
+
+       if (FD(leader, cpu, thread) < 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (readn(FD(leader, cpu, thread), data, size) <= 0)
+               return -errno;
+
+       return perf_evsel__process_group_data(leader, cpu, thread, data);
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__read_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread)
+{
+       u64 read_format = evsel->attr.read_format;
+
+       if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
+               return perf_evsel__read_group(evsel, cpu, thread);
+       else
+               return perf_evsel__read_one(evsel, cpu, thread);
+}
+
 int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
                              int cpu, int thread, bool scale)
 {