6 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/gprofng/src/DbeSession.cc b/gprofng/src/DbeSession.cc
index f3426ce..b0aa745 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/DbeSession.cc
+++ b/gprofng/src/DbeSession.cc
@@ -2017,6 +2017,17 @@ DbeSession::is_omp_available ()
 }
 
 bool
+DbeSession::is_bigendian ()
+{
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+  return true;
+#else
+  return false;
+#endif
+
+}
+
+bool
 DbeSession::has_java ()
 {
   int status_has_java = 0;
diff --git a/gprofng/src/DbeSession.h b/gprofng/src/DbeSession.h
index 5cbddae..7db0998 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/DbeSession.h
+++ b/gprofng/src/DbeSession.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ public:
   bool is_timeline_available ();
   bool is_ifreq_available ();
   bool is_omp_available ();
+  static bool is_bigendian ();
   bool has_java ();
   bool has_ompavail ();
 
diff --git a/gprofng/src/Experiment.cc b/gprofng/src/Experiment.cc
index 45550e8..4cbb7f6 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/Experiment.cc
+++ b/gprofng/src/Experiment.cc
@@ -541,10 +541,14 @@ Experiment::ExperimentHandler::startElement (char*, char*, char *qName, Attribut
 	    exp->platform = RISCV;
 	  else
 	    exp->platform = Sparc;
-	  exp->need_swap_endian = (DbeSession::platform == Sparc) ?
-		  (exp->platform != Sparc) : (exp->platform == Sparc);
 	  exp->architecture = xstrdup (str);
 	}
+      str = attrs->getValue (NTXT ("bigendian"));
+      if (str != NULL)
+	{
+	  exp->bigendian = *str == '1';
+	  exp->need_swap_endian = DbeSession::is_bigendian () != exp->bigendian;
+	}
       str = attrs->getValue (NTXT ("pagesz"));
       if (str != NULL)
 	exp->page_size = atoi (str);
@@ -1314,6 +1318,7 @@ Experiment::Experiment ()
   exp_maj_version = 0;
   exp_min_version = 0;
   platform = Unknown;
+  bigendian = DbeSession::is_bigendian();  // can be changed in log.xml reading
   wsize = Wnone;
   page_size = 4096;
   npages = 0;
diff --git a/gprofng/src/Experiment.h b/gprofng/src/Experiment.h
index 2047a15..c85aadd 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/Experiment.h
+++ b/gprofng/src/Experiment.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public:
 			// for current experiment, i.e. 8 for 32bit addresses
   int broken;           // If SP_JCMD_RUN line not seen
   int obsolete;         // If pointer file experiment detected
+  bool bigendian;       // the experiment was created on a big_endian machine
   bool hwc_default;     // True if HW counters were enabled by default
   int hwc_bogus;        // Count of bogus HWC packets
   int hwc_lost_int;     // Count of packets reflecting lost interrupt
diff --git a/gprofng/src/LoadObject.cc b/gprofng/src/LoadObject.cc
index 3cdeb9d..bf49e9d 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/LoadObject.cc
+++ b/gprofng/src/LoadObject.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ LoadObject::LoadObject (const char *loname)
   size = 0;
   type = SEG_UNKNOWN;
   isReadStabs = false;
-  need_swap_endian = false;
   instHTable = new DbeInstr*[LO_InstHTableSize];
   for (int i = 0; i < LO_InstHTableSize; i++)
     instHTable[i] = NULL;
diff --git a/gprofng/src/LoadObject.h b/gprofng/src/LoadObject.h
index 14dfe26..dd40ea0 100644
--- a/gprofng/src/LoadObject.h
+++ b/gprofng/src/LoadObject.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ public:
 
   unsigned int flags;           // SEG_FLAG_*
   bool isReadStabs;
-  bool need_swap_endian;
   int seg_idx;                  // for compatibility (ADDRESS)
   seg_type type;
   int64_t size;                 // size of loadobject in bytes