diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
index 14cea7463a62..4dd37552abc2 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf.c
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ static void set_subtitle(void)
 	list_for_each_entry(sp, &trail, entries) {
 		if (sp->text) {
 			if (pos) {
-				pos->next = xcalloc(sizeof(*pos), 1);
+				pos->next = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*pos));
 				pos = pos->next;
 			} else {
-				subtitles = pos = xcalloc(sizeof(*pos), 1);
+				subtitles = pos = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*pos));
 			}
 			pos->text = sp->text;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
index c1b49c36a951..65d9be3f9887 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "debugfs.h"
 #include "fs.h"
@@ -163,3 +167,33 @@ const char *name##__mountpoint(void)	\
 
 FS__MOUNTPOINT(sysfs,  FS__SYSFS);
 FS__MOUNTPOINT(procfs, FS__PROCFS);
+
+int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value)
+{
+	char line[64];
+	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY), err = -1;
+
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (read(fd, line, sizeof(line)) > 0) {
+		*value = atoi(line);
+		err = 0;
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
+
+	if (!procfs)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/sys/%s", procfs, sysctl);
+
+	return filename__read_int(path, value);
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
index cb7049551f33..6caa2bbc6cec 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/fs.h
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@
 
 const char *sysfs__mountpoint(void);
 const char *procfs__mountpoint(void);
+
+int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
+int sysctl__read_int(const char *sysctl, int *value);
 #endif /* __API_FS__ */
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
index d240bb2e5b22..1e8e400b4493 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	  --debug verbose   # sets verbose = 1
 	  --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
 
+--buildid-dir::
+	Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than
+	buildid.dir config file option.
+
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Performance counters for Linux are a new kernel-based subsystem
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 478efa9b2364..763e68fb5767 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.o
 endif
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy.o
-BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memset.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/futex-hash.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/futex-wake.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/futex-requeue.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
index 2465141b554b..6c14afe8c1b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "../util/cloexec.h"
 #include "bench.h"
 #include "mem-memcpy-arch.h"
+#include "mem-memset-arch.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -48,20 +49,24 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 };
 
 typedef void *(*memcpy_t)(void *, const void *, size_t);
+typedef void *(*memset_t)(void *, int, size_t);
 
 struct routine {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *desc;
-	memcpy_t fn;
+	union {
+		memcpy_t memcpy;
+		memset_t memset;
+	} fn;
 };
 
-struct routine routines[] = {
-	{ "default",
-	  "Default memcpy() provided by glibc",
-	  memcpy },
+struct routine memcpy_routines[] = {
+	{ .name = "default",
+	  .desc = "Default memcpy() provided by glibc",
+	  .fn.memcpy = memcpy },
 #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
 
-#define MEMCPY_FN(fn, name, desc) { name, desc, fn },
+#define MEMCPY_FN(_fn, _name, _desc) {.name = _name, .desc = _desc, .fn.memcpy = _fn},
 #include "mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm-def.h"
 #undef MEMCPY_FN
 
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ struct routine routines[] = {
 
 	{ NULL,
 	  NULL,
-	  NULL   }
+	  {NULL}   }
 };
 
 static const char * const bench_mem_memcpy_usage[] = {
@@ -110,7 +115,161 @@ static double timeval2double(struct timeval *ts)
 		(double)ts->tv_usec / (double)1000000;
 }
 
-static void alloc_mem(void **dst, void **src, size_t length)
+#define pf (no_prefault ? 0 : 1)
+
+#define print_bps(x) do {					\
+		if (x < K)					\
+			printf(" %14lf B/Sec", x);		\
+		else if (x < K * K)				\
+			printf(" %14lfd KB/Sec", x / K);	\
+		else if (x < K * K * K)				\
+			printf(" %14lf MB/Sec", x / K / K);	\
+		else						\
+			printf(" %14lf GB/Sec", x / K / K / K); \
+	} while (0)
+
+struct bench_mem_info {
+	const struct routine *routines;
+	u64 (*do_cycle)(const struct routine *r, size_t len, bool prefault);
+	double (*do_gettimeofday)(const struct routine *r, size_t len, bool prefault);
+	const char *const *usage;
+};
+
+static int bench_mem_common(int argc, const char **argv,
+		     const char *prefix __maybe_unused,
+		     struct bench_mem_info *info)
+{
+	int i;
+	size_t len;
+	double totallen;
+	double result_bps[2];
+	u64 result_cycle[2];
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
+			     info->usage, 0);
+
+	if (no_prefault && only_prefault) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid options: -o and -n are mutually exclusive\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (use_cycle)
+		init_cycle();
+
+	len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
+	totallen = (double)len * iterations;
+
+	result_cycle[0] = result_cycle[1] = 0ULL;
+	result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
+
+	if ((s64)len <= 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid length:%s\n", length_str);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* same to without specifying either of prefault and no-prefault */
+	if (only_prefault && no_prefault)
+		only_prefault = no_prefault = false;
+
+	for (i = 0; info->routines[i].name; i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(info->routines[i].name, routine))
+			break;
+	}
+	if (!info->routines[i].name) {
+		printf("Unknown routine:%s\n", routine);
+		printf("Available routines...\n");
+		for (i = 0; info->routines[i].name; i++) {
+			printf("\t%s ... %s\n",
+			       info->routines[i].name, info->routines[i].desc);
+		}
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (bench_format == BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
+		printf("# Copying %s Bytes ...\n\n", length_str);
+
+	if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+		/* show both of results */
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[0] =
+				info->do_cycle(&info->routines[i], len, false);
+			result_cycle[1] =
+				info->do_cycle(&info->routines[i], len, true);
+		} else {
+			result_bps[0] =
+				info->do_gettimeofday(&info->routines[i],
+						len, false);
+			result_bps[1] =
+				info->do_gettimeofday(&info->routines[i],
+						len, true);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (use_cycle) {
+			result_cycle[pf] =
+				info->do_cycle(&info->routines[i],
+						len, only_prefault);
+		} else {
+			result_bps[pf] =
+				info->do_gettimeofday(&info->routines[i],
+						len, only_prefault);
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch (bench_format) {
+	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
+		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[0]
+					/ totallen);
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte (with prefault)\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[1]
+					/ totallen);
+			} else {
+				print_bps(result_bps[0]);
+				printf("\n");
+				print_bps(result_bps[1]);
+				printf(" (with prefault)\n");
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte",
+					(double)result_cycle[pf]
+					/ totallen);
+			} else
+				print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
+
+			printf("%s\n", only_prefault ? " (with prefault)" : "");
+		}
+		break;
+	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
+		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf("%lf %lf\n",
+					(double)result_cycle[0] / totallen,
+					(double)result_cycle[1] / totallen);
+			} else {
+				printf("%lf %lf\n",
+					result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (use_cycle) {
+				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle[pf]
+					/ totallen);
+			} else
+				printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		/* reaching this means there's some disaster: */
+		die("unknown format: %d\n", bench_format);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void memcpy_alloc_mem(void **dst, void **src, size_t length)
 {
 	*dst = zalloc(length);
 	if (!*dst)
@@ -123,13 +282,14 @@ static void alloc_mem(void **dst, void **src, size_t length)
 	memset(*src, 0, length);
 }
 
-static u64 do_memcpy_cycle(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+static u64 do_memcpy_cycle(const struct routine *r, size_t len, bool prefault)
 {
 	u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
 	void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
+	memcpy_t fn = r->fn.memcpy;
 	int i;
 
-	alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
+	memcpy_alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
 
 	if (prefault)
 		fn(dst, src, len);
@@ -144,13 +304,15 @@ static u64 do_memcpy_cycle(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 	return cycle_end - cycle_start;
 }
 
-static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(const struct routine *r, size_t len,
+				     bool prefault)
 {
 	struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
+	memcpy_t fn = r->fn.memcpy;
 	void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
 	int i;
 
-	alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
+	memcpy_alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
 
 	if (prefault)
 		fn(dst, src, len);
@@ -164,149 +326,105 @@ static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 
 	free(src);
 	free(dst);
-	return (double)((double)len / timeval2double(&tv_diff));
+	return (double)(((double)len * iterations) / timeval2double(&tv_diff));
 }
 
-#define pf (no_prefault ? 0 : 1)
-
-#define print_bps(x) do {					\
-		if (x < K)					\
-			printf(" %14lf B/Sec", x);		\
-		else if (x < K * K)				\
-			printf(" %14lfd KB/Sec", x / K);	\
-		else if (x < K * K * K)				\
-			printf(" %14lf MB/Sec", x / K / K);	\
-		else						\
-			printf(" %14lf GB/Sec", x / K / K / K); \
-	} while (0)
-
 int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv,
 		     const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
-	int i;
-	size_t len;
-	double result_bps[2];
-	u64 result_cycle[2];
+	struct bench_mem_info info = {
+		.routines = memcpy_routines,
+		.do_cycle = do_memcpy_cycle,
+		.do_gettimeofday = do_memcpy_gettimeofday,
+		.usage = bench_mem_memcpy_usage,
+	};
 
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
-			     bench_mem_memcpy_usage, 0);
-
-	if (no_prefault && only_prefault) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid options: -o and -n are mutually exclusive\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (use_cycle)
-		init_cycle();
-
-	len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
-
-	result_cycle[0] = result_cycle[1] = 0ULL;
-	result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
-
-	if ((s64)len <= 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid length:%s\n", length_str);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* same to without specifying either of prefault and no-prefault */
-	if (only_prefault && no_prefault)
-		only_prefault = no_prefault = false;
-
-	for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(routines[i].name, routine))
-			break;
-	}
-	if (!routines[i].name) {
-		printf("Unknown routine:%s\n", routine);
-		printf("Available routines...\n");
-		for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
-			printf("\t%s ... %s\n",
-			       routines[i].name, routines[i].desc);
-		}
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (bench_format == BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
-		printf("# Copying %s Bytes ...\n\n", length_str);
-
-	if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-		/* show both of results */
-		if (use_cycle) {
-			result_cycle[0] =
-				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, false);
-			result_cycle[1] =
-				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, true);
-		} else {
-			result_bps[0] =
-				do_memcpy_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, false);
-			result_bps[1] =
-				do_memcpy_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, true);
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (use_cycle) {
-			result_cycle[pf] =
-				do_memcpy_cycle(routines[i].fn,
-						len, only_prefault);
-		} else {
-			result_bps[pf] =
-				do_memcpy_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, only_prefault);
-		}
-	}
-
-	switch (bench_format) {
-	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
-		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n",
-					(double)result_cycle[0]
-					/ (double)len);
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte (with prefault)\n",
-					(double)result_cycle[1]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else {
-				print_bps(result_bps[0]);
-				printf("\n");
-				print_bps(result_bps[1]);
-				printf(" (with prefault)\n");
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte",
-					(double)result_cycle[pf]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else
-				print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
-
-			printf("%s\n", only_prefault ? " (with prefault)" : "");
-		}
-		break;
-	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
-		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					(double)result_cycle[0] / (double)len,
-					(double)result_cycle[1] / (double)len);
-			} else {
-				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle[pf]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else
-				printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* reaching this means there's some disaster: */
-		die("unknown format: %d\n", bench_format);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return bench_mem_common(argc, argv, prefix, &info);
+}
+
+static void memset_alloc_mem(void **dst, size_t length)
+{
+	*dst = zalloc(length);
+	if (!*dst)
+		die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
+}
+
+static u64 do_memset_cycle(const struct routine *r, size_t len, bool prefault)
+{
+	u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
+	memset_t fn = r->fn.memset;
+	void *dst = NULL;
+	int i;
+
+	memset_alloc_mem(&dst, len);
+
+	if (prefault)
+		fn(dst, -1, len);
+
+	cycle_start = get_cycle();
+	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+		fn(dst, i, len);
+	cycle_end = get_cycle();
+
+	free(dst);
+	return cycle_end - cycle_start;
+}
+
+static double do_memset_gettimeofday(const struct routine *r, size_t len,
+				     bool prefault)
+{
+	struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
+	memset_t fn = r->fn.memset;
+	void *dst = NULL;
+	int i;
+
+	memset_alloc_mem(&dst, len);
+
+	if (prefault)
+		fn(dst, -1, len);
+
+	BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL));
+	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+		fn(dst, i, len);
+	BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL));
+
+	timersub(&tv_end, &tv_start, &tv_diff);
+
+	free(dst);
+	return (double)(((double)len * iterations) / timeval2double(&tv_diff));
+}
+
+static const char * const bench_mem_memset_usage[] = {
+	"perf bench mem memset <options>",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static const struct routine memset_routines[] = {
+	{ .name ="default",
+	  .desc = "Default memset() provided by glibc",
+	  .fn.memset = memset },
+#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
+
+#define MEMSET_FN(_fn, _name, _desc) { .name = _name, .desc = _desc, .fn.memset = _fn },
+#include "mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h"
+#undef MEMSET_FN
+
+#endif
+
+	{ .name = NULL,
+	  .desc = NULL,
+	  .fn.memset = NULL   }
+};
+
+int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
+		     const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct bench_mem_info info = {
+		.routines = memset_routines,
+		.do_cycle = do_memset_cycle,
+		.do_gettimeofday = do_memset_gettimeofday,
+		.usage = bench_mem_memset_usage,
+	};
+
+	return bench_mem_common(argc, argv, prefix, &info);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 75fc3e65fb2a..000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,304 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * mem-memset.c
- *
- * memset: Simple memory set in various ways
- *
- * Trivial clone of mem-memcpy.c.
- */
-
-#include "../perf.h"
-#include "../util/util.h"
-#include "../util/parse-options.h"
-#include "../util/header.h"
-#include "../util/cloexec.h"
-#include "bench.h"
-#include "mem-memset-arch.h"
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-#define K 1024
-
-static const char	*length_str	= "1MB";
-static const char	*routine	= "default";
-static int		iterations	= 1;
-static bool		use_cycle;
-static int		cycle_fd;
-static bool		only_prefault;
-static bool		no_prefault;
-
-static const struct option options[] = {
-	OPT_STRING('l', "length", &length_str, "1MB",
-		    "Specify length of memory to set. "
-		    "Available units: B, KB, MB, GB and TB (upper and lower)"),
-	OPT_STRING('r', "routine", &routine, "default",
-		    "Specify routine to set"),
-	OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
-		    "repeat memset() invocation this number of times"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "cycle", &use_cycle,
-		    "Use cycles event instead of gettimeofday() for measuring"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault,
-		    "Show only the result with page faults before memset()"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-prefault", &no_prefault,
-		    "Show only the result without page faults before memset()"),
-	OPT_END()
-};
-
-typedef void *(*memset_t)(void *, int, size_t);
-
-struct routine {
-	const char *name;
-	const char *desc;
-	memset_t fn;
-};
-
-static const struct routine routines[] = {
-	{ "default",
-	  "Default memset() provided by glibc",
-	  memset },
-#ifdef HAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
-
-#define MEMSET_FN(fn, name, desc) { name, desc, fn },
-#include "mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h"
-#undef MEMSET_FN
-
-#endif
-
-	{ NULL,
-	  NULL,
-	  NULL   }
-};
-
-static const char * const bench_mem_memset_usage[] = {
-	"perf bench mem memset <options>",
-	NULL
-};
-
-static struct perf_event_attr cycle_attr = {
-	.type		= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
-	.config		= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
-};
-
-static void init_cycle(void)
-{
-	cycle_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&cycle_attr, getpid(), -1, -1,
-				       perf_event_open_cloexec_flag());
-
-	if (cycle_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
-		die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
-	else
-		BUG_ON(cycle_fd < 0);
-}
-
-static u64 get_cycle(void)
-{
-	int ret;
-	u64 clk;
-
-	ret = read(cycle_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
-	BUG_ON(ret != sizeof(u64));
-
-	return clk;
-}
-
-static double timeval2double(struct timeval *ts)
-{
-	return (double)ts->tv_sec +
-		(double)ts->tv_usec / (double)1000000;
-}
-
-static void alloc_mem(void **dst, size_t length)
-{
-	*dst = zalloc(length);
-	if (!*dst)
-		die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
-}
-
-static u64 do_memset_cycle(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
-{
-	u64 cycle_start = 0ULL, cycle_end = 0ULL;
-	void *dst = NULL;
-	int i;
-
-	alloc_mem(&dst, len);
-
-	if (prefault)
-		fn(dst, -1, len);
-
-	cycle_start = get_cycle();
-	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
-		fn(dst, i, len);
-	cycle_end = get_cycle();
-
-	free(dst);
-	return cycle_end - cycle_start;
-}
-
-static double do_memset_gettimeofday(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
-{
-	struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
-	void *dst = NULL;
-	int i;
-
-	alloc_mem(&dst, len);
-
-	if (prefault)
-		fn(dst, -1, len);
-
-	BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL));
-	for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
-		fn(dst, i, len);
-	BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL));
-
-	timersub(&tv_end, &tv_start, &tv_diff);
-
-	free(dst);
-	return (double)((double)len / timeval2double(&tv_diff));
-}
-
-#define pf (no_prefault ? 0 : 1)
-
-#define print_bps(x) do {					\
-		if (x < K)					\
-			printf(" %14lf B/Sec", x);		\
-		else if (x < K * K)				\
-			printf(" %14lfd KB/Sec", x / K);	\
-		else if (x < K * K * K)				\
-			printf(" %14lf MB/Sec", x / K / K);	\
-		else						\
-			printf(" %14lf GB/Sec", x / K / K / K); \
-	} while (0)
-
-int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
-		     const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
-{
-	int i;
-	size_t len;
-	double result_bps[2];
-	u64 result_cycle[2];
-
-	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
-			     bench_mem_memset_usage, 0);
-
-	if (no_prefault && only_prefault) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid options: -o and -n are mutually exclusive\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (use_cycle)
-		init_cycle();
-
-	len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
-
-	result_cycle[0] = result_cycle[1] = 0ULL;
-	result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
-
-	if ((s64)len <= 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Invalid length:%s\n", length_str);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* same to without specifying either of prefault and no-prefault */
-	if (only_prefault && no_prefault)
-		only_prefault = no_prefault = false;
-
-	for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
-		if (!strcmp(routines[i].name, routine))
-			break;
-	}
-	if (!routines[i].name) {
-		printf("Unknown routine:%s\n", routine);
-		printf("Available routines...\n");
-		for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
-			printf("\t%s ... %s\n",
-			       routines[i].name, routines[i].desc);
-		}
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (bench_format == BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
-		printf("# Copying %s Bytes ...\n\n", length_str);
-
-	if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-		/* show both of results */
-		if (use_cycle) {
-			result_cycle[0] =
-				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, false);
-			result_cycle[1] =
-				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn, len, true);
-		} else {
-			result_bps[0] =
-				do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, false);
-			result_bps[1] =
-				do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, true);
-		}
-	} else {
-		if (use_cycle) {
-			result_cycle[pf] =
-				do_memset_cycle(routines[i].fn,
-						len, only_prefault);
-		} else {
-			result_bps[pf] =
-				do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
-						len, only_prefault);
-		}
-	}
-
-	switch (bench_format) {
-	case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
-		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte\n",
-					(double)result_cycle[0]
-					/ (double)len);
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte (with prefault)\n ",
-					(double)result_cycle[1]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else {
-				print_bps(result_bps[0]);
-				printf("\n");
-				print_bps(result_bps[1]);
-				printf(" (with prefault)\n");
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf(" %14lf Cycle/Byte",
-					(double)result_cycle[pf]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else
-				print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
-
-			printf("%s\n", only_prefault ? " (with prefault)" : "");
-		}
-		break;
-	case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
-		if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					(double)result_cycle[0] / (double)len,
-					(double)result_cycle[1] / (double)len);
-			} else {
-				printf("%lf %lf\n",
-					result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
-			}
-		} else {
-			if (use_cycle) {
-				printf("%lf\n", (double)result_cycle[pf]
-					/ (double)len);
-			} else
-				printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		/* reaching this means there's some disaster: */
-		die("unknown format: %d\n", bench_format);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 70385756da63..77d5cae54c6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -285,12 +285,11 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 	struct str_node *pos;
 	int ret = 0;
 	bool force = false;
-	char debugdir[PATH_MAX];
 	char const *add_name_list_str = NULL,
 		   *remove_name_list_str = NULL,
 		   *missing_filename = NULL,
 		   *update_name_list_str = NULL,
-		   *kcore_filename;
+		   *kcore_filename = NULL;
 	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
@@ -335,13 +334,11 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	setup_pager();
 
-	snprintf(debugdir, sizeof(debugdir), "%s", buildid_dir);
-
 	if (add_name_list_str) {
 		list = strlist__new(true, add_name_list_str);
 		if (list) {
 			strlist__for_each(pos, list)
-				if (build_id_cache__add_file(pos->s, debugdir)) {
+				if (build_id_cache__add_file(pos->s, buildid_dir)) {
 					if (errno == EEXIST) {
 						pr_debug("%s already in the cache\n",
 							 pos->s);
@@ -359,7 +356,7 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 		list = strlist__new(true, remove_name_list_str);
 		if (list) {
 			strlist__for_each(pos, list)
-				if (build_id_cache__remove_file(pos->s, debugdir)) {
+				if (build_id_cache__remove_file(pos->s, buildid_dir)) {
 					if (errno == ENOENT) {
 						pr_debug("%s wasn't in the cache\n",
 							 pos->s);
@@ -380,7 +377,7 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 		list = strlist__new(true, update_name_list_str);
 		if (list) {
 			strlist__for_each(pos, list)
-				if (build_id_cache__update_file(pos->s, debugdir)) {
+				if (build_id_cache__update_file(pos->s, buildid_dir)) {
 					if (errno == ENOENT) {
 						pr_debug("%s wasn't in the cache\n",
 							 pos->s);
@@ -395,7 +392,7 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv,
 	}
 
 	if (kcore_filename &&
-	    build_id_cache__add_kcore(kcore_filename, debugdir, force))
+	    build_id_cache__add_kcore(kcore_filename, buildid_dir, force))
 		pr_warning("Couldn't add %s\n", kcore_filename);
 
 out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 3c0f3d4fb021..0894a817f67e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,8 @@ static int kvm_events_live(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm,
 		OPT_UINTEGER('d', "display", &kvm->display_time,
 			"time in seconds between display updates"),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "event", &kvm->report_event, "report event",
-			"event for reporting: vmexit, mmio, ioport"),
+			"event for reporting: "
+			"vmexit, mmio (x86 only), ioport (x86 only)"),
 		OPT_INTEGER(0, "vcpu", &kvm->trace_vcpu,
 			"vcpu id to report"),
 		OPT_STRING('k', "key", &kvm->sort_key, "sort-key",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 83a4835c8118..327541e43c7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2045,7 +2045,6 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	unsigned long before;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
 	bool draining = false;
-	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
 
 	trace->live = true;
 
@@ -2106,11 +2105,8 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 		goto out_error_open;
 
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		fprintf(trace->output, "Couldn't mmap the events: %s\n",
-			strerror_r(errno, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
-		goto out_delete_evlist;
-	}
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto out_error_mmap;
 
 	perf_evlist__enable(evlist);
 
@@ -2210,6 +2206,10 @@ out_error_tp:
 	perf_evlist__strerror_tp(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 	goto out_error;
 
+out_error_mmap:
+	perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
+	goto out_error;
+
 out_error_open:
 	perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 452a8474d29d..3700a7faca6c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -200,6 +200,16 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
 			(*argv)++;
 			(*argc)--;
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--buildid-dir")) {
+			if (*argc < 2) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --buildid-dir.\n");
+				usage(perf_usage_string);
+			}
+			set_buildid_dir((*argv)[1]);
+			if (envchanged)
+				*envchanged = 1;
+			(*argv)++;
+			(*argc)--;
 		} else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR)) {
 			perf_debugfs_set_path(cmd + strlen(CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR));
 			fprintf(stderr, "dir: %s\n", debugfs_mountpoint);
@@ -499,7 +509,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 	if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "trace")) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
-		set_buildid_dir();
+		set_buildid_dir(NULL);
 		setup_path();
 		argv[0] = "trace";
 		return cmd_trace(argc, argv, NULL);
@@ -514,7 +524,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	argc--;
 	handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
 	commit_pager_choice();
-	set_buildid_dir();
+	set_buildid_dir(NULL);
 
 	if (argc > 0) {
 		if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-record b/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-record
index f710b92ccff6..d3095dafed36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-record
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-record
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ group_fd=-1
 flags=0|8
 cpu=*
 type=0|1
-size=96
+size=104
 config=0
 sample_period=4000
 sample_type=263
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-stat b/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-stat
index dc3ada2470c0..872ed7e24c7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-stat
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr/base-stat
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ group_fd=-1
 flags=0|8
 cpu=*
 type=0
-size=96
+size=104
 config=0
 sample_period=0
 sample_type=0
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 502daff76ceb..e6bb04b5b09b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ static int hists__browser_title(struct hists *hists,
 
 	nr_samples = convert_unit(nr_samples, &unit);
 	printed = scnprintf(bf, size,
-			   "Samples: %lu%c of event '%s', Event count (approx.): %lu",
+			   "Samples: %lu%c of event '%s', Event count (approx.): %" PRIu64,
 			   nr_samples, unit, ev_name, nr_events);
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 2af18376b077..dc0d095f318c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ static int __hpp__sort(struct hist_entry *a, struct hist_entry *b,
 		return ret;
 
 	nr_members = evsel->nr_members;
-	fields_a = calloc(sizeof(*fields_a), nr_members);
-	fields_b = calloc(sizeof(*fields_b), nr_members);
+	fields_a = calloc(nr_members, sizeof(*fields_a));
+	fields_b = calloc(nr_members, sizeof(*fields_b));
 
 	if (!fields_a || !fields_b)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index e8d79e5bfaf7..0c72680a977f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -410,21 +410,18 @@ int perf_session__cache_build_ids(struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	struct rb_node *nd;
 	int ret;
-	char debugdir[PATH_MAX];
 
 	if (no_buildid_cache)
 		return 0;
 
-	snprintf(debugdir, sizeof(debugdir), "%s", buildid_dir);
-
-	if (mkdir(debugdir, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
+	if (mkdir(buildid_dir, 0755) != 0 && errno != EEXIST)
 		return -1;
 
-	ret = machine__cache_build_ids(&session->machines.host, debugdir);
+	ret = machine__cache_build_ids(&session->machines.host, buildid_dir);
 
 	for (nd = rb_first(&session->machines.guests); nd; nd = rb_next(nd)) {
 		struct machine *pos = rb_entry(nd, struct machine, rb_node);
-		ret |= machine__cache_build_ids(pos, debugdir);
+		ret |= machine__cache_build_ids(pos, buildid_dir);
 	}
 	return ret ? -1 : 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index cf524a35cc84..64b377e591e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int parse_callchain_record_opt(const char *arg)
 				ret = 0;
 			} else
 				pr_err("callchain: No more arguments "
-				       "needed for -g fp\n");
+				       "needed for --call-graph fp\n");
 			break;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DWARF_UNWIND_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 57ff826f150b..e18f653cd7db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int buildid_dir_command_config(const char *var, const char *value,
 	const char *v;
 
 	/* same dir for all commands */
-	if (!prefixcmp(var, "buildid.") && !strcmp(var + 8, "dir")) {
+	if (!strcmp(var, "buildid.dir")) {
 		v = perf_config_dirname(var, value);
 		if (!v)
 			return -1;
@@ -539,12 +539,14 @@ static void check_buildid_dir_config(void)
 	perf_config(buildid_dir_command_config, &c);
 }
 
-void set_buildid_dir(void)
+void set_buildid_dir(const char *dir)
 {
-	buildid_dir[0] = '\0';
+	if (dir)
+		scnprintf(buildid_dir, MAXPATHLEN-1, "%s", dir);
 
 	/* try config file */
-	check_buildid_dir_config();
+	if (buildid_dir[0] == '\0')
+		check_buildid_dir_config();
 
 	/* default to $HOME/.debug */
 	if (buildid_dir[0] == '\0') {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index cfbe2b99b9aa..bb5dfc5d1e75 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #include "util.h"
 #include <api/fs/debugfs.h>
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "thread_map.h"
@@ -1483,6 +1484,28 @@ int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size)
+{
+	char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE], *emsg = strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf));
+	int value;
+
+	switch (err) {
+	case EPERM:
+		sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb", &value);
+		scnprintf(buf, size, "Error:\t%s.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tCheck /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb (%d kB) setting.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tTried using %zd kB.\n"
+				     "Hint:\tTry using a bigger -m/--mmap-pages value.",
+				     emsg, value, evlist->mmap_len / 1024);
+		break;
+	default:
+		scnprintf(buf, size, "%s", emsg);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__to_front(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			   struct perf_evsel *move_evsel)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 649b0c597283..0ba93f67ab94 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ size_t perf_evlist__fprintf(struct perf_evlist *evlist, FILE *fp);
 
 int perf_evlist__strerror_tp(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 int perf_evlist__strerror_open(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
+int perf_evlist__strerror_mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int err, char *buf, size_t size);
 
 static inline unsigned int perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *mm)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 15dd0a9691ce..94de3e48b490 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1385,19 +1385,46 @@ struct mem_info *sample__resolve_mem(struct perf_sample *sample,
 static int add_callchain_ip(struct thread *thread,
 			    struct symbol **parent,
 			    struct addr_location *root_al,
-			    int cpumode,
+			    bool branch_history,
 			    u64 ip)
 {
 	struct addr_location al;
 
 	al.filtered = 0;
 	al.sym = NULL;
-	if (cpumode == -1)
+	if (branch_history)
 		thread__find_cpumode_addr_location(thread, MAP__FUNCTION,
 						   ip, &al);
-	else
+	else {
+		u8 cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
+
+		if (ip >= PERF_CONTEXT_MAX) {
+			switch (ip) {
+			case PERF_CONTEXT_HV:
+				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
+				break;
+			case PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL:
+				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
+				break;
+			case PERF_CONTEXT_USER:
+				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
+				break;
+			default:
+				pr_debug("invalid callchain context: "
+					 "%"PRId64"\n", (s64) ip);
+				/*
+				 * It seems the callchain is corrupted.
+				 * Discard all.
+				 */
+				callchain_cursor_reset(&callchain_cursor);
+				return 1;
+			}
+			return 0;
+		}
 		thread__find_addr_location(thread, cpumode, MAP__FUNCTION,
 				   ip, &al);
+	}
+
 	if (al.sym != NULL) {
 		if (sort__has_parent && !*parent &&
 		    symbol__match_regex(al.sym, &parent_regex))
@@ -1480,11 +1507,8 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 					     struct addr_location *root_al,
 					     int max_stack)
 {
-	u8 cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
 	int chain_nr = min(max_stack, (int)chain->nr);
-	int i;
-	int j;
-	int err;
+	int i, j, err;
 	int skip_idx = -1;
 	int first_call = 0;
 
@@ -1542,10 +1566,10 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
 
 		for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 			err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al,
-					       -1, be[i].to);
+					       true, be[i].to);
 			if (!err)
 				err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al,
-						       -1, be[i].from);
+						       true, be[i].from);
 			if (err == -EINVAL)
 				break;
 			if (err)
@@ -1574,36 +1598,10 @@ check_calls:
 #endif
 		ip = chain->ips[j];
 
-		if (ip >= PERF_CONTEXT_MAX) {
-			switch (ip) {
-			case PERF_CONTEXT_HV:
-				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
-				break;
-			case PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL:
-				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
-				break;
-			case PERF_CONTEXT_USER:
-				cpumode = PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
-				break;
-			default:
-				pr_debug("invalid callchain context: "
-					 "%"PRId64"\n", (s64) ip);
-				/*
-				 * It seems the callchain is corrupted.
-				 * Discard all.
-				 */
-				callchain_cursor_reset(&callchain_cursor);
-				return 0;
-			}
-			continue;
-		}
+		err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al, false, ip);
 
-		err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al,
-				       cpumode, ip);
-		if (err == -EINVAL)
-			break;
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			return (err < 0) ? err : 0;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index cf69325b985f..8acd0df88b5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -137,16 +137,7 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts)
 
 static int get_max_rate(unsigned int *rate)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
-
-	if (!procfs)
-		return -1;
-
-	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX,
-		 "%s/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", procfs);
-
-	return filename__read_int(path, (int *) rate);
+	return sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", (int *)rate);
 }
 
 static int record_opts__config_freq(struct record_opts *opts)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index d5eab3f3323f..b86744f29eef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -442,23 +442,6 @@ unsigned long parse_tag_value(const char *str, struct parse_tag *tags)
 	return (unsigned long) -1;
 }
 
-int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value)
-{
-	char line[64];
-	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY), err = -1;
-
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (read(fd, line, sizeof(line)) > 0) {
-		*value = atoi(line);
-		err = 0;
-	}
-
-	close(fd);
-	return err;
-}
-
 int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep)
 {
 	size_t size = 0, alloc_size = 0;
@@ -523,16 +506,9 @@ const char *get_filename_for_perf_kvm(void)
 
 int perf_event_paranoid(void)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
 	int value;
 
-	if (!procfs)
-		return INT_MAX;
-
-	scnprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid", procfs);
-
-	if (filename__read_int(path, &value))
+	if (sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_paranoid", &value))
 		return INT_MAX;
 
 	return value;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 419bee030f83..008b361b1758 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ extern void warning(const char *err, ...) __attribute__((format (printf, 1, 2)))
 extern void set_die_routine(void (*routine)(const char *err, va_list params) NORETURN);
 
 extern int prefixcmp(const char *str, const char *prefix);
-extern void set_buildid_dir(void);
+extern void set_buildid_dir(const char *dir);
 
 static inline const char *skip_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
 {
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ char *get_srcline(struct dso *dso, unsigned long addr, struct symbol *sym,
 		  bool show_sym);
 void free_srcline(char *srcline);
 
-int filename__read_int(const char *filename, int *value);
 int filename__read_str(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *sizep);
 int perf_event_paranoid(void);
 
diff --git a/tools/thermal/tmon/sysfs.c b/tools/thermal/tmon/sysfs.c
index dfe454855cd2..1c12536f2081 100644
--- a/tools/thermal/tmon/sysfs.c
+++ b/tools/thermal/tmon/sysfs.c
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ int probe_thermal_sysfs(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ptdata.tzi = calloc(sizeof(struct tz_info), ptdata.max_tz_instance+1);
+	ptdata.tzi = calloc(ptdata.max_tz_instance+1, sizeof(struct tz_info));
 	if (!ptdata.tzi) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Err: allocate tz_info\n");
 		return -1;
@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ int probe_thermal_sysfs(void)
 
 	/* we still show thermal zone information if there is no cdev */
 	if (ptdata.nr_cooling_dev) {
-		ptdata.cdi = calloc(sizeof(struct cdev_info),
-				ptdata.max_cdev_instance + 1);
+		ptdata.cdi = calloc(ptdata.max_cdev_instance + 1,
+				sizeof(struct cdev_info));
 		if (!ptdata.cdi) {
 			free(ptdata.tzi);
 			fprintf(stderr, "Err: allocate cdev_info\n");