Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf tooling updates from Thomas Gleixner:

 - handle uretprobe placement proper on little endian PPC64

 - fix buffer handling in libtraceevent

 - add a missing pointer derefence in perf probe

 - fix the build of host tools in cross builds

 - fix Intel PT timestamp handling

 - synchronize memcpy, cpufeatures and bpf headers with the kernel headers

 - support for vendor supplied JSON files describing PMU events

 - a new set of tool tips

 - initial work for clang/llvm support

 - address some style issues found by cppcheck

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (35 commits)
  tools build: Add feature detection for g++
  tools build: Support compiling C++ source file
  perf top/report: Add tips about a list option
  perf report/top: Add a tip about system-wide collection from all CPUs
  perf report/top: Add a tip about source line numbers with overhead
  tools: Synchronize tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
  tools: Synchronize tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
  perf bench mem: Sync memcpy assembly sources with the kernel
  perf jevents: Fix Intel JSON fixed counter conversions
  tools lib traceevent: Fix kbuffer_read_at_offset()
  perf intel-pt: Fix MTC timestamp calculation for large MTC periods
  perf intel-pt: Fix estimated timestamps for cycle-accurate mode
  perf uretprobe ppc64le: Fix probe location
  perf pmu-events: Add Skylake frontend MSR support
  perf pmu-events: Fix fixed counters on Intel
  perf tools: Make alias matching case-insensitive
  perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.
  perf tools: Add README for info on parsing JSON/map files
  perf list jevents: Add support for event list topics
  perf list: Support long jevents descriptions
  ...

42 files changed, 2011 insertions, 75 deletions

diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 92a8308b96f6..1188bc849ee3 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF	( 3*32+28) /* APERFMPERF */
 #define X86_FEATURE_EAGER_FPU	( 3*32+29) /* "eagerfpu" Non lazy FPU restore */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC_S3 ( 3*32+30) /* TSC doesn't stop in S3 state */
-#define X86_FEATURE_MCE_RECOVERY ( 3*32+31) /* cpu has recoverable machine checks */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000001 (ecx), word 4 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XMM3	( 4*32+ 0) /* "pni" SSE-3 */
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S b/tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
index 2ec0b0abbfaa..49e6ebac7e73 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@ ENDPROC(memcpy_orig)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_UML
 /*
- * memcpy_mcsafe - memory copy with machine check exception handling
+ * memcpy_mcsafe_unrolled - memory copy with machine check exception handling
  * Note that we only catch machine checks when reading the source addresses.
  * Writes to target are posted and don't generate machine checks.
  */
-ENTRY(memcpy_mcsafe)
+ENTRY(memcpy_mcsafe_unrolled)
 	cmpl $8, %edx
 	/* Less than 8 bytes? Go to byte copy loop */
 	jb .L_no_whole_words
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ ENTRY(memcpy_mcsafe)
 .L_done_memcpy_trap:
 	xorq %rax, %rax
 	ret
-ENDPROC(memcpy_mcsafe)
+ENDPROC(memcpy_mcsafe_unrolled)
 
 	.section .fixup, "ax"
 	/* Return -EFAULT for any failure */
diff --git a/tools/build/Build b/tools/build/Build
index 63a6c34c0c88..76d1a4960973 100644
--- a/tools/build/Build
+++ b/tools/build/Build
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+hostprogs := fixdep
+
 fixdep-y := fixdep.o
diff --git a/tools/build/Build.include b/tools/build/Build.include
index 4d000bc959b4..1dcb95e76f70 100644
--- a/tools/build/Build.include
+++ b/tools/build/Build.include
@@ -90,3 +90,9 @@ if_changed = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),             \
 # - per object C flags
 # - BUILD_STR macro to allow '-D"$(variable)"' constructs
 c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile),-MT,$@ $(CFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(CFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(CFLAGS_$(obj))
+cxx_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile),-MT,$@ $(CXXFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(CXXFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(CXXFLAGS_$(obj))
+
+###
+## HOSTCC C flags
+
+host_c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile),-MT,$@ $(CHOSTFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(CHOSTFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(CHOSTFLAGS_$(obj))
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
index 0d5a0e3a8fa9..8332959fbca4 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ endef
 $(call allow-override,CC,$(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc)
 $(call allow-override,LD,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld)
 
+HOSTCC ?= gcc
+HOSTLD ?= ld
+HOSTAR ?= ar
+
+export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR
+
 ifeq ($(V),1)
   Q =
 else
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)fixdep-in.o: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=fixdep
 
 $(OUTPUT)fixdep: $(OUTPUT)fixdep-in.o
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(HOSTCC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
 FORCE:
 
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.build b/tools/build/Makefile.build
index 27f3583193e6..99c0ccd2f176 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.build
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.build
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ quiet_cmd_mkdir = MKDIR    $(dir $@)
 quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC       $@
       cmd_cc_o_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -c -o $@ $<
 
+quiet_cmd_host_cc_o_c = HOSTCC   $@
+      cmd_host_cc_o_c = $(HOSTCC) $(host_c_flags) -c -o $@ $<
+
+quiet_cmd_cxx_o_c = CXX      $@
+      cmd_cxx_o_c = $(CXX) $(cxx_flags) -c -o $@ $<
+
 quiet_cmd_cpp_i_c = CPP      $@
       cmd_cpp_i_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -E -o $@ $<
 
@@ -70,16 +76,28 @@ quiet_cmd_gen = GEN      $@
 # If there's nothing to link, create empty $@ object.
 quiet_cmd_ld_multi = LD       $@
       cmd_ld_multi = $(if $(strip $(obj-y)),\
-		       $(LD) -r -o $@  $(filter $(obj-y),$^),rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@)
+                     $(LD) -r -o $@  $(filter $(obj-y),$^),rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs $@)
+
+quiet_cmd_host_ld_multi = HOSTLD   $@
+      cmd_host_ld_multi = $(if $(strip $(obj-y)),\
+                          $(HOSTLD) -r -o $@  $(filter $(obj-y),$^),rm -f $@; $(HOSTAR) rcs $@)
+
+ifneq ($(filter $(obj),$(hostprogs)),)
+  host = host_
+endif
 
 # Build rules
 $(OUTPUT)%.o: %.c FORCE
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c)
+	$(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c)
+
+$(OUTPUT)%.o: %.cpp FORCE
+	$(call rule_mkdir)
+	$(call if_changed_dep,cxx_o_c)
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.o: %.S FORCE
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
-	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c)
+	$(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c)
 
 $(OUTPUT)%.i: %.c FORCE
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
@@ -119,7 +137,7 @@ $(sort $(subdir-obj-y)): $(subdir-y) ;
 
 $(in-target): $(obj-y) FORCE
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
-	$(call if_changed,ld_multi)
+	$(call if_changed,$(host)ld_multi)
 
 __build: $(in-target)
 	@:
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
index a120c6b755a9..ae52e029dd22 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif
 
 feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
 define feature_check_code
-  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C $(feature_dir) $(OUTPUT_FEATURES)test-$1.bin >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
+  feature-$(1) := $(shell $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT_FEATURES) CFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-$(1))" CXXFLAGS="$(EXTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_CXXFLAGS-$(1))" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS) $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-$(1))" -C $(feature_dir) $(OUTPUT_FEATURES)test-$1.bin >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0)
 endef
 
 feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.include b/tools/build/Makefile.include
index be630bed66d2..ad22e4e7bc59 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.include
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 
-ifdef CROSS_COMPILE
-fixdep:
-else
 fixdep:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $(OUTPUT)fixdep
-endif
 
 .PHONY: fixdep
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/Makefile b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
index a0b29a311816..ac9c477a2a48 100644
--- a/tools/build/feature/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/feature/Makefile
@@ -46,11 +46,13 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-lzma.bin			\
 	test-bpf.bin			\
 	test-get_cpuid.bin		\
-	test-sdt.bin
+	test-sdt.bin			\
+	test-cxx.bin
 
 FILES := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(FILES))
 
 CC := $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc -MD
+CXX := $(CROSS_COMPILE)g++ -MD
 PKG_CONFIG := $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
 all: $(FILES)
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ all: $(FILES)
 __BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$(@F)) $(LDFLAGS)
   BUILD = $(__BUILD) > $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
 
+__BUILDXX = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -Wall -Werror -o $@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.cpp,$(@F)) $(LDFLAGS)
+  BUILDXX = $(__BUILDXX) > $(@:.bin=.make.output) 2>&1
+
 ###############################
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-all.bin:
@@ -217,6 +222,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-bpf.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-sdt.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
+$(OUTPUT)test-cxx.bin:
+	$(BUILDXX) -std=gnu++11
+
 -include $(OUTPUT)*.d
 
 ###############################
diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-cxx.cpp b/tools/build/feature/test-cxx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1dee9a31d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/feature/test-cxx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+
+static void print_str(std::string s)
+{
+	std::cout << s << std::endl;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+	std::string s("Hello World!");
+	print_str(std::move(s));
+	std::cout << "|" << s << "|" << std::endl;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index da218fec6056..9e5fc168c8a3 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
 	BPF_FUNC_skb_change_type,
 
 	/**
-	 * bpf_skb_in_cgroup(skb, map, index) - Check cgroup2 membership of skb
+	 * bpf_skb_under_cgroup(skb, map, index) - Check cgroup2 membership of skb
 	 * @skb: pointer to skb
 	 * @map: pointer to bpf_map in BPF_MAP_TYPE_CGROUP_ARRAY type
 	 * @index: index of the cgroup in the bpf_map
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ enum bpf_func_id {
 	 *   == 1 skb succeeded the cgroup2 descendant test
 	 *    < 0 error
 	 */
-	BPF_FUNC_skb_in_cgroup,
+	BPF_FUNC_skb_under_cgroup,
 
 	/**
 	 * bpf_get_hash_recalc(skb)
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
index d50f3b58606b..6518bea926d6 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include "pager.h"
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 static int spawned_pager;
+static int pager_columns;
 
 void pager_init(const char *pager_env)
 {
@@ -58,9 +60,12 @@ static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
 void setup_pager(void)
 {
 	const char *pager = getenv(subcmd_config.pager_env);
+	struct winsize sz;
 
 	if (!isatty(1))
 		return;
+	if (ioctl(1, TIOCGWINSZ, &sz) == 0)
+		pager_columns = sz.ws_col;
 	if (!pager)
 		pager = getenv("PAGER");
 	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/pager", X_OK)))
@@ -98,3 +103,14 @@ int pager_in_use(void)
 {
 	return spawned_pager;
 }
+
+int pager_get_columns(void)
+{
+	char *s;
+
+	s = getenv("COLUMNS");
+	if (s)
+		return atoi(s);
+
+	return (pager_columns ? pager_columns : 80) - 2;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
index 8b83714ecf73..623f5542d05d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ extern void pager_init(const char *pager_env);
 
 extern void setup_pager(void);
 extern int pager_in_use(void);
+extern int pager_get_columns(void);
 
 #endif /* __SUBCMD_PAGER_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer-parse.c
index 3bcada3ae05a..65984f1c2974 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/kbuffer-parse.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ void *kbuffer_read_at_offset(struct kbuffer *kbuf, int offset,
 
 	/* Reset the buffer */
 	kbuffer_load_subbuffer(kbuf, kbuf->subbuffer);
+	data = kbuffer_read_event(kbuf, ts);
 
 	while (kbuf->curr < offset) {
 		data = kbuffer_next_event(kbuf, ts);
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index a126e97a8114..41857cce5e86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,23 @@ perf-list - List all symbolic event types
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'perf list' [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
+'perf list' [--no-desc] [--long-desc] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 This command displays the symbolic event types which can be selected in the
 various perf commands with the -e option.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+--no-desc::
+Don't print descriptions.
+
+-v::
+--long-desc::
+Print longer event descriptions.
+
+
 [[EVENT_MODIFIERS]]
 EVENT MODIFIERS
 ---------------
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
index 5950b5a24efd..8a6479c0eac9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/tips.txt
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100
 See assembly instructions with percentage: perf annotate <symbol>
 If you prefer Intel style assembly, try: perf annotate -M intel
 For hierarchical output, try: perf report --hierarchy
+Order by the overhead of source file name and line number: perf report -s srcline
+System-wide collection from all CPUs: perf record -a
+Show current config key-value pairs: perf config --list
+Show user configuration overrides: perf config --user --list
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index d710db16b963..982d6439bb07 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ $(call allow-override,LD,$(CROSS_COMPILE)ld)
 
 LD += $(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 
+HOSTCC  ?= gcc
+HOSTLD  ?= ld
+HOSTAR  ?= ar
+
 PKG_CONFIG = $(CROSS_COMPILE)pkg-config
 
 RM      = rm -f
@@ -345,8 +349,18 @@ strip: $(PROGRAMS) $(OUTPUT)perf
 PERF_IN := $(OUTPUT)perf-in.o
 
 export srctree OUTPUT RM CC LD AR CFLAGS V BISON FLEX AWK
+export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR
 include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
 
+JEVENTS       := $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents
+JEVENTS_IN    := $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents-in.o
+
+PMU_EVENTS_IN := $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events-in.o
+
+export JEVENTS
+
+build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
+
 $(PERF_IN): prepare FORCE
 	@(test -f ../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h && ( \
         (diff -B ../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h ../../include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h >/dev/null) \
@@ -443,9 +457,18 @@ $(PERF_IN): prepare FORCE
 	|| echo "Warning: tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h differs from kernel" >&2 )) || true
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=perf
 
-$(OUTPUT)perf: $(PERFLIBS) $(PERF_IN) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST)
+$(JEVENTS_IN): FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=pmu-events obj=jevents
+
+$(JEVENTS): $(JEVENTS_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(HOSTCC) $(JEVENTS_IN) -o $@
+
+$(PMU_EVENTS_IN): $(JEVENTS) FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=pmu-events obj=pmu-events
+
+$(OUTPUT)perf: $(PERFLIBS) $(PERF_IN) $(PMU_EVENTS_IN) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_DYNAMIC_LIST_LDFLAGS) \
-		$(PERF_IN) $(LIBS) -o $@
+		$(PERF_IN) $(PMU_EVENTS_IN) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
 $(GTK_IN): fixdep FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=gtk
@@ -474,6 +497,8 @@ perf.spec $(SCRIPTS) \
 ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
 %.o: $(OUTPUT)%.o
 	@echo "    # Redirected target $@ => $(OUTPUT)$@"
+pmu-events/%.o: $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/%.o
+	@echo "    # Redirected target $@ => $(OUTPUT)$@"
 util/%.o: $(OUTPUT)util/%.o
 	@echo "    # Redirected target $@ => $(OUTPUT)$@"
 bench/%.o: $(OUTPUT)bench/%.o
@@ -729,10 +754,11 @@ clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clea
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex* \
 		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep \
-		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c
+		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c \
+		$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
 	$(python-clean)
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/header.c
index f8ccee132867..9aaa6f5a9347 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/header.c
@@ -32,3 +32,14 @@ get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz)
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
+
+char *
+get_cpuid_str(void)
+{
+	char *bufp;
+
+	if (asprintf(&bufp, "%.8lx", mfspr(SPRN_PVR)) < 0)
+		bufp = NULL;
+
+	return bufp;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
index ed9d5d15d5b6..1030a6e504bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/sym-handling.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void arch__fix_tev_from_maps(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	 *
 	 * In addition, we shouldn't specify an offset for kretprobes.
 	 */
-	if (pev->point.offset || pev->point.retprobe || !map || !sym)
+	if (pev->point.offset || (!pev->uprobes && pev->point.retprobe) ||
+	    !map || !sym)
 		return;
 
 	lep_offset = PPC64_LOCAL_ENTRY_OFFSET(sym->arch_sym);
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
index 146d12a1cec0..a74a48db26f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/header.c
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ cpuid(unsigned int op, unsigned int *a, unsigned int *b, unsigned int *c,
 			: "a" (op));
 }
 
-int
-get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz)
+static int
+__get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz, const char *fmt)
 {
 	unsigned int a, b, c, d, lvl;
 	int family = -1, model = -1, step = -1;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz)
 		if (family >= 0x6)
 			model += ((a >> 16) & 0xf) << 4;
 	}
-	nb = scnprintf(buffer, sz, "%s,%u,%u,%u$", vendor, family, model, step);
+	nb = scnprintf(buffer, sz, fmt, vendor, family, model, step);
 
 	/* look for end marker to ensure the entire data fit */
 	if (strchr(buffer, '$')) {
@@ -57,3 +57,21 @@ get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz)
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
+
+int
+get_cpuid(char *buffer, size_t sz)
+{
+	return __get_cpuid(buffer, sz, "%s,%u,%u,%u$");
+}
+
+char *
+get_cpuid_str(void)
+{
+	char *buf = malloc(128);
+
+	if (__get_cpuid(buf, 128, "%s-%u-%X$") < 0) {
+		free(buf);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return buf;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
index 88ee419e5189..ba9322ff858b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
@@ -16,16 +16,23 @@
 #include "util/pmu.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
+static bool desc_flag = true;
+
 int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	int i;
 	bool raw_dump = false;
+	bool long_desc_flag = false;
 	struct option list_options[] = {
 		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "raw-dump", &raw_dump, "Dump raw events"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "desc", &desc_flag,
+			    "Print extra event descriptions. --no-desc to not print."),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "long-desc", &long_desc_flag,
+			    "Print longer event descriptions."),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 	const char * const list_usage[] = {
-		"perf list [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
+		"perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|event_glob]",
 		NULL
 	};
 
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
 
 	if (argc == 0) {
-		print_events(NULL, raw_dump);
+		print_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag, long_desc_flag);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -61,14 +68,16 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			 strcmp(argv[i], "hwcache") == 0)
 			print_hwcache_events(NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pmu") == 0)
-			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump);
+			print_pmu_events(NULL, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+						long_desc_flag);
 		else if (strcmp(argv[i], "sdt") == 0)
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, NULL, raw_dump);
 		else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
 			int sep_idx;
 
 			if (sep == NULL) {
-				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump);
+				print_events(argv[i], raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+							long_desc_flag);
 				continue;
 			}
 			sep_idx = sep - argv[i];
@@ -90,7 +99,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			print_symbol_events(s, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
 					    event_symbols_sw, PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX, raw_dump);
 			print_hwcache_events(s, raw_dump);
-			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump);
+			print_pmu_events(s, raw_dump, !desc_flag,
+						long_desc_flag);
 			print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
 			free(s);
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9213a1273697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+hostprogs := jevents
+
+jevents-y	+= json.o jsmn.o jevents.o
+pmu-events-y	+= pmu-events.o
+JDIR		=  pmu-events/arch/$(ARCH)
+JSON		=  $(shell [ -d $(JDIR) ] &&				\
+			find $(JDIR) -name '*.json' -o -name 'mapfile.csv')
+#
+# Locate/process JSON files in pmu-events/arch/
+# directory and create tables in pmu-events.c.
+#
+$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c: $(JSON) $(JEVENTS)
+	$(Q)$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(JEVENTS) $(ARCH) pmu-events/arch $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c $(V)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/README b/tools/perf/pmu-events/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1408ade0d773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/README
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+
+The contents of this directory allow users to specify PMU events in their
+CPUs by their symbolic names rather than raw event codes (see example below).
+
+The main program in this directory, is the 'jevents', which is built and
+executed _BEFORE_ the perf binary itself is built.
+
+The 'jevents' program tries to locate and process JSON files in the directory
+tree tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/foo.