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

Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Misc fixes on the kernel and tooling side - nothing in particular
  stands out"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (21 commits)
  perf/core: Fix the perf_cpu_time_max_percent check
  perf/core: Fix perf_event_enable_on_exec() timekeeping (again)
  perf/core: Remove confusing comment and move put_ctx()
  perf record: Honor --quiet option properly
  perf annotate: Add -q/--quiet option
  perf diff: Add -q/--quiet option
  perf report: Add -q/--quiet option
  perf utils: Check verbose flag properly
  perf utils: Add perf_quiet_option()
  perf record: Add -a as default target
  perf stat: Add -a as default target
  perf tools: Fail on using multiple bits long terms without value
  perf tools: Move new_term arguments into struct parse_events_term template
  perf build: Add special fixdep cleaning rule
  perf tools: Replace _SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF with max_present_cpu in cpu_topology_map
  perf header: Make build_cpu_topology skip offline/absent CPUs
  perf cpumap: Add cpu__max_present_cpu()
  perf session: Fix DEBUG=1 build with clang
  tools lib traceevent: It's preempt not prempt
  perf python: Filter out -specs=/a/b/c from the python binding cc options
  ...

55 files changed, 260 insertions, 137 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 5b4e0b98f4eb..1031bdf9f012 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 				loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	int ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
 
 	if (ret || !write)
 		return ret;
@@ -3522,6 +3522,8 @@ static void perf_event_enable_on_exec(int ctxn)
 	if (enabled) {
 		clone_ctx = unclone_ctx(ctx);
 		ctx_resched(cpuctx, ctx, event_type);
+	} else {
+		ctx_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx, EVENT_TIME, current);
 	}
 	perf_ctx_unlock(cpuctx, ctx);
 
@@ -9955,6 +9957,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		 * of swizzling perf_event::ctx.
 		 */
 		perf_remove_from_context(group_leader, 0);
+		put_ctx(gctx);
 
 		list_for_each_entry(sibling, &group_leader->sibling_list,
 				    group_entry) {
@@ -9993,13 +9996,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		perf_event__state_init(group_leader);
 		perf_install_in_context(ctx, group_leader, group_leader->cpu);
 		get_ctx(ctx);
-
-		/*
-		 * Now that all events are installed in @ctx, nothing
-		 * references @gctx anymore, so drop the last reference we have
-		 * on it.
-		 */
-		put_ctx(gctx);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
index aaf7ed329a45..477f00eda591 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ all: $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, fixdep)
-	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
-	$(Q)rm -f fixdep
+	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 $(OUTPUT)fixdep-in.o: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=fixdep
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.include b/tools/build/Makefile.include
index ad22e4e7bc59..d360f39a445b 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.include
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 fixdep:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
+fixdep-clean:
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build clean
+
 .PHONY: fixdep
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
index f2ea78021450..7ce724fc0544 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c
@@ -5225,13 +5225,13 @@ int pevent_data_pid(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec)
 }
 
 /**
- * pevent_data_prempt_count - parse the preempt count from the record
+ * pevent_data_preempt_count - parse the preempt count from the record
  * @pevent: a handle to the pevent
  * @rec: the record to parse
  *
  * This returns the preempt count from a record.
  */
-int pevent_data_prempt_count(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec)
+int pevent_data_preempt_count(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec)
 {
 	return parse_common_pc(pevent, rec->data);
 }
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 74cecba87daa..66342804161c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ void pevent_data_lat_fmt(struct pevent *pevent,
 int pevent_data_type(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
 struct event_format *pevent_data_event_from_type(struct pevent *pevent, int type);
 int pevent_data_pid(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
-int pevent_data_prempt_count(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
+int pevent_data_preempt_count(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
 int pevent_data_flags(struct pevent *pevent, struct pevent_record *rec);
 const char *pevent_data_comm_from_pid(struct pevent *pevent, int pid);
 struct cmdline;
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
index 8ffbd272952d..a89273d8e744 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-annotate.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose::
         Be more verbose. (Show symbol address, etc)
 
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Do not show any message.  (Suppress -v)
+
 -D::
 --dump-raw-trace::
         Dump raw trace in ASCII.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index 66dbe3dee74b..a79c84ae61aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Be verbose, for instance, show the raw counts in addition to the
 	diff.
 
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Do not show any message.  (Suppress -v)
+
 -f::
 --force::
         Don't do ownership validation.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
+        System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).
 
 -p::
 --pid=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index f2914f03ae7b..c04cc0647c16 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose::
         Be more verbose. (show symbol address, etc)
 
+-q::
+--quiet::
+	Do not show any message.  (Suppress -v)
+
 -n::
 --show-nr-samples::
 	Show the number of samples for each symbol
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index d96ccd4844df..aecf2a87e7d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        system-wide collection from all CPUs
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
 
 -c::
 --scale::
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
index 2b941efadb04..27c9fbca7bd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ := $(call shell-sq,$(PYTHON_CONFIG))
 PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --ldflags 2>/dev/null)
 PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
 
+ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+  PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -specs=%,$(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+endif
+
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
 FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libpython := $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libpython-version := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS)
@@ -601,6 +605,9 @@ else
       PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS := $(call strip-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS))
       PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD := $(call grep-libs,$(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)) -lutil
       PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG_SQ) --cflags 2>/dev/null)
+      ifeq ($(CC), clang)
+        PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS := $(filter-out -specs=%,$(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS))
+      endif
       FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED := $(PYTHON_EMBED_CCOPTS) $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDOPTS)
 
       ifneq ($(feature-libpython), 1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 4da19b6ba94a..79fe31f20a17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -726,13 +726,13 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean
+clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean fixdep-clean
 	$(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 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI).so
 	$(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)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index ebb628332a6e..4f52d85f5ebc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &file.force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "do now show any message"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "gtk", &annotate.use_gtk, "Use the GTK interface"),
@@ -463,6 +464,9 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		annotate.sym_hist_filter = argv[0];
 	}
 
+	if (quiet)
+		perf_quiet_option();
+
 	file.path  = input_name;
 
 	annotate.session = perf_session__new(&file, false, &annotate.tool);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 70a289347591..1b96a3122228 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static void hists__process(struct hists *hists)
 	hists__precompute(hists);
 	hists__output_resort(hists, NULL);
 
-	hists__fprintf(hists, true, 0, 0, 0, stdout,
+	hists__fprintf(hists, !quiet, 0, 0, 0, stdout,
 		       symbol_conf.use_callchain);
 }
 
@@ -739,12 +739,14 @@ static void data_process(void)
 				hists__link(hists_base, hists);
 		}
 
-		fprintf(stdout, "%s# Event '%s'\n#\n", first ? "" : "\n",
-			perf_evsel__name(evsel_base));
+		if (!quiet) {
+			fprintf(stdout, "%s# Event '%s'\n#\n", first ? "" : "\n",
+				perf_evsel__name(evsel_base));
+		}
 
 		first = false;
 
-		if (verbose || data__files_cnt > 2)
+		if (verbose > 0 || ((data__files_cnt > 2) && !quiet))
 			data__fprintf();
 
 		/* Don't sort callchain for perf diff */
@@ -807,6 +809,7 @@ static const char * const diff_usage[] = {
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "Do not show any message"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "baseline-only", &show_baseline_only,
 		    "Show only items with match in baseline"),
 	OPT_CALLBACK('c', "compute", &compute,
@@ -1328,6 +1331,9 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, diff_usage, 0);
 
+	if (quiet)
+		perf_quiet_option();
+
 	if (symbol__init(NULL) < 0)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index cd7bc4d104e2..6114e07ca613 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ static int parse_record_events(const struct option *opt,
 
 		fprintf(stderr, "%-13s%-*s%s\n",
 			e->tag,
-			verbose ? 25 : 0,
-			verbose ? perf_mem_events__name(j) : "",
+			verbose > 0 ? 25 : 0,
+			verbose > 0 ? perf_mem_events__name(j) : "",
 			e->supported ? ": available" : "");
 	}
 	exit(0);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6cd6776052e7..bc84a375295d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ static int record__open(struct record *rec)
 try_again:
 		if (perf_evsel__open(pos, pos->cpus, pos->threads) < 0) {
 			if (perf_evsel__fallback(pos, errno, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
-				if (verbose)
+				if (verbose > 0)
 					ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
 				goto try_again;
 			}
@@ -1677,8 +1677,12 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
 			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+	if (quiet)
+		perf_quiet_option();
+
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
-		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+		rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
 		usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index dbd7fa028861..0a88670e56f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
 	size_t size = sizeof(buf);
 	int socked_id = hists->socket_filter;
 
+	if (quiet)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (symbol_conf.filter_relative) {
 		nr_samples = hists->stats.nr_non_filtered_samples;
 		nr_events = hists->stats.total_non_filtered_period;
@@ -372,7 +375,11 @@ static int perf_evlist__tty_browse_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
-	fprintf(stdout, "#\n# Total Lost Samples: %" PRIu64 "\n#\n", evlist->stats.total_lost_samples);
+	if (!quiet) {
+		fprintf(stdout, "#\n# Total Lost Samples: %" PRIu64 "\n#\n",
+			evlist->stats.total_lost_samples);
+	}
+
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
 		struct hists *hists = evsel__hists(pos);
 		const char *evname = perf_evsel__name(pos);
@@ -382,7 +389,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__tty_browse_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 			continue;
 
 		hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(hists, rep, evname, stdout);
-		hists__fprintf(hists, true, 0, 0, rep->min_percent, stdout,
+		hists__fprintf(hists, !quiet, 0, 0, rep->min_percent, stdout,
 			       symbol_conf.use_callchain);
 		fprintf(stdout, "\n\n");
 	}
@@ -716,6 +723,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "input file name"),
 	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "Do not show any message"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
 	OPT_STRING('k', "vmlinux", &symbol_conf.vmlinux_name,
@@ -863,6 +871,9 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		report.symbol_filter_str = argv[0];
 	}
 
+	if (quiet)
+		perf_quiet_option();
+
 	if (symbol_conf.vmlinux_name &&
 	    access(symbol_conf.vmlinux_name, R_OK)) {
 		pr_err("Invalid file: %s\n", symbol_conf.vmlinux_name);
@@ -983,14 +994,14 @@ repeat:
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	if (report.header || report.header_only) {
+	if ((report.header || report.header_only) && !quiet) {
 		perf_session__fprintf_info(session, stdout,
 					   report.show_full_info);
 		if (report.header_only) {
 			ret = 0;
 			goto error;
 		}
-	} else if (use_browser == 0) {
+	} else if (use_browser == 0 && !quiet) {
 		fputs("# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.\n#\n",
 		      stdout);
 	}
@@ -1009,7 +1020,7 @@ repeat:
  		 * providing it only in verbose mode not to bloat too
  		 * much struct symbol.
  		 */
-		if (verbose) {
+		if (verbose > 0) {
 			/*
 			 * XXX: Need to provide a less kludgy way to ask for
 			 * more space per symbol, the u32 is for the index on
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 270eb2d8ca6b..b94cf0de715a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ static struct task_desc *register_pid(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	BUG_ON(!sched->tasks);
 	sched->tasks[task->nr] = task;
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		printf("registered task #%ld, PID %ld (%s)\n", sched->nr_tasks, pid, comm);
 
 	return task;
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ replay_wakeup_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	const u32 pid	 = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "pid");
 	struct task_desc *waker, *wakee;
 
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		printf("sched_wakeup event %p\n", evsel);
 
 		printf(" ... pid %d woke up %s/%d\n", sample->tid, comm, pid);
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ static int replay_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 	int cpu = sample->cpu;
 	s64 delta;
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		printf("sched_switch event %p\n", evsel);
 
 	if (cpu >= MAX_CPUS || cpu < 0)
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ static int replay_fork_event(struct perf_sched *sched,
 		goto out_put;
 	}
 
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		printf("fork event\n");
 		printf("... parent: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(parent), parent->tid);
 		printf("...  child: %s/%d\n", thread__comm_str(child), child->tid);
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ static int map_switch_event(struct perf_sched *sched, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 	timestamp__scnprintf_usec(timestamp, stimestamp, sizeof(stimestamp));
 	color_fprintf(stdout, color, "  %12s secs ", stimestamp);
-	if (new_shortname || (verbose && sched_in->tid)) {
+	if (new_shortname || (verbose > 0 && sched_in->tid)) {
 		const char *pid_color = color;
 
 		if (thread__has_color(sched_in))
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ static void save_task_callchain(struct perf_sched *sched,
 
 	if (thread__resolve_callchain(thread, cursor, evsel, sample,
 				      NULL, NULL, sched->max_stack + 2) != 0) {
-		if (verbose)
+		if (verbose > 0)
 			error("Failed to resolve callchain. Skipping\n");
 
 		return;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index f28719178b51..13b54999ad79 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ try_again:
 			if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS ||
 			    errno == ENOENT || errno == EOPNOTSUPP ||
 			    errno == ENXIO) {
-				if (verbose)
+				if (verbose > 0)
 					ui__warning("%s event is not supported by the kernel.\n",
 						    perf_evsel__name(counter));
 				counter->supported = false;
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ try_again:
 				    !(counter->leader->nr_members > 1))
 					continue;
 			} else if (perf_evsel__fallback(counter, errno, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
-                                if (verbose)
+                                if (verbose > 0)
                                         ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
                                 goto try_again;
                         }
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ static inline int perf_env__get_cpu(struct perf_env *env, struct cpu_map *map, i
 
 	cpu = map->map[idx];
 
-	if (cpu >= env->nr_cpus_online)
+	if (cpu >= env->nr_cpus_avail)
 		return -1;
 
 	return cpu;
@@ -2445,8 +2445,9 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+		target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");
@@ -2538,7 +2539,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	status = 0;
 	for (run_idx = 0; forever || run_idx < run_count; run_idx++) {
-		if (run_count != 1 && verbose)
+		if (run_count != 1 && verbose > 0)
 			fprintf(output, "[ perf stat: executing run #%d ... ]\n",
 				run_idx + 1);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 5a7fd7af3a6d..ab9077915763 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ try_again:
 		if (perf_evsel__open(counter, top->evlist->cpus,
 				     top->evlist->threads) < 0) {
 			if (perf_evsel__fallback(counter, errno, msg, sizeof(msg))) {
-				if (verbose)
+				if (verbose > 0)
 					ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
 				goto try_again;
 			}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 40ef9b293d1b..256f1fac6f7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static struct syscall *trace__syscall_info(struct trace *trace,
 	return &trace->syscalls.table[id];
 
 out_cant_read:
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		fprintf(trace->output, "Problems reading syscall %d", id);
 		if (id <= trace->syscalls.max && trace->syscalls.table[id].name != NULL)
 			fprintf(trace->output, "(%s)", trace->syscalls.table[id].name);
@@ -1801,10 +1801,10 @@ static void print_location(FILE *f, struct perf_sample *sample,
 			   bool print_dso, bool print_sym)
 {
 
-	if ((verbose || print_dso) && al->map)
+	if ((verbose > 0 || print_dso) && al->map)
 		fprintf(f, "%s@", al->map->dso->long_name);
 
-	if ((verbose || print_sym) && al->sym)
+	if ((verbose > 0 || print_sym) && al->sym)
 		fprintf(f, "%s+0x%" PRIx64, al->sym->name,
 			al->addr - al->sym->start);
 	else if (al->map)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/json.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/json.c
index f67bbb0aa36e..0544398d6e2d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/json.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/json.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static char *mapfile(const char *fn, size_t *size)
 	int err;
 	int fd = open(fn, O_RDONLY);
 
-	if (fd < 0 && verbose && fn) {
+	if (fd < 0 && verbose > 0 && fn) {
 		pr_err("Error opening events file '%s': %s\n", fn,
 				strerror(errno));
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
index 28d1605b0338..88dc51f4c27b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int run_dir(const char *d, const char *perf)
 	int vcnt = min(verbose, (int) sizeof(v) - 1);
 	char cmd[3*PATH_MAX];
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		vcnt++;
 
 	snprintf(cmd, 3*PATH_MAX, PYTHON " %s/attr.py -d %s/attr/ -p %s %.*s",
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index 37e326bfd2dc..83c4669cbc5b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static int run_test(struct test *test, int subtest)
 		if (!dont_fork) {
 			pr_debug("test child forked, pid %d\n", getpid());
 
-			if (!verbose) {
+			if (verbose <= 0) {
 				int nullfd = open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY);
 
 				if (nullfd >= 0) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
index ff5bc6363a79..d1f693041324 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int do_test_code_reading(bool try_kcore)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			if (verbose) {
+			if (verbose > 0) {
 				char errbuf[512];
 				perf_evlist__strerror_open(evlist, errno, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
 				pr_debug("perf_evlist__open() failed!\n%s\n", errbuf);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c b/tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c
index a2b5ff9bf83d..bc5982f42dc3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static int fdarray__fprintf_prefix(struct fdarray *fda, const char *prefix, FILE
 {
 	int printed = 0;
 
-	if (!verbose)
+	if (verbose <= 0)
 		return 0;
 
 	printed += fprintf(fp, "\n%s: ", prefix);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
index d357dab72e68..482b5365e68d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/llvm.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ test_llvm__fetch_bpf_obj(void **p_obj_buf,
 	 * Skip this test if user's .perfconfig doesn't set [llvm] section
 	 * and clang is not found in $PATH, and this is not perf test -v
 	 */
-	if (!force && (verbose == 0 &&
+	if (!force && (verbose <= 0 &&
 		       !llvm_param.user_set_param &&
 		       llvm__search_clang())) {
 		pr_debug("No clang and no verbosive, skip this test\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
index aa9276bfe3e9..1dc838014422 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
@@ -1808,7 +1808,7 @@ static void debug_warn(const char *warn, va_list params)
 {
 	char msg[1024];
 
-	if (!verbose)
+	if (verbose <= 0)
 		return;
 
 	vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), warn, params);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
index 541da7a68f91..87893f3ba5f1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ int test__PERF_RECORD(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 
 				err = perf_evlist__parse_sample(evlist, event, &sample);
 				if (err < 0) {
-					if (verbose)
+					if (verbose > 0)
 						perf_event__fprintf(event, stderr);
 					pr_debug("Couldn't parse sample\n");
 					goto out_delete_evlist;
 				}
 
-				if (verbose) {
+				if (verbose > 0) {
 					pr_info("%" PRIu64" %d ", sample.time, sample.cpu);
 					perf_event__fprintf(event, stderr);
 				}
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
index 7a52834ee0d0..fa79509da535 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/python-use.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ int test__python_use(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (asprintf(&cmd, "echo \"import sys ; sys.path.append('%s'); import perf\" | %s %s",
-		     PYTHONPATH, PYTHON, verbose ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
+		     PYTHONPATH, PYTHON, verbose > 0 ? "" : "2> /dev/null") < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	ret = system(cmd) ? -1 : 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c b/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c
index a4a4b4625ac3..f2d2e542d0ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int test__thread_map_remove(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to allocate thread_map",
 			threads);
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		thread_map__fprintf(threads, stderr);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to remove thread",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int test__thread_map_remove(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("thread_map count != 1", threads->nr == 1);
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		thread_map__fprintf(threads, stderr);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to remove thread",
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int test__thread_map_remove(int subtest __maybe_unused)
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("thread_map count != 0", threads->nr == 0);
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		thread_map__fprintf(threads, stderr);
 
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed to not remove thread",
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
index 98fe69ac553c..803f893550d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ static int check_cpu_topology(char *path, struct cpu_map *map)
 	session = perf_session__new(&file, false, NULL);
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get session", session);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < session->header.env.nr_cpus_online; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < session->header.env.nr_cpus_avail; i++) {
+		if (!cpu_map__has(map, i))
+			continue;
 		pr_debug("CPU %d, core %d, socket %d\n", i,
 			 session->header.env.cpu[i].core_id,
 			 session->header.env.cpu[i].socket_id);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
index a5082331f246..862b043e5924 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ next_pair:
 		err = -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!verbose)
+	if (verbose <= 0)
 		goto out;
 
 	header_printed = false;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
index 98a34664bb7e..9ce142de536d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/map.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static int map_browser__run(struct map_browser *browser)
 
 	if (ui_browser__show(&browser->b, browser->map->dso->long_name,
 			     "Press ESC to exit, %s / to search",
-			     verbose ? "" : "restart with -v to use") < 0)
+			     verbose > 0 ? "" : "restart with -v to use") < 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	while (1) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static int map_browser__run(struct map_browser *browser)
 
 		switch (key) {
 		case '/':
-			if (verbose)
+			if (verbose > 0)
 				map_browser__search(browser);
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int map__browse(struct map *map)
 
 		if (maxaddr < pos->end)
 			maxaddr = pos->end;
-		if (verbose) {
+		if (verbose > 0) {
 			u32 *idx = symbol__browser_index(pos);
 			*idx = mb.b.nr_entries;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
index 18cfcdc90356..5d632dca672a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/hist.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ unsigned int hists__sort_list_width(struct hists *hists)
 		ret += fmt->width(fmt, &dummy_hpp, hists);
 	}
 
-	if (verbose && hists__has(hists, sym)) /* Addr + origin */
+	if (verbose > 0 && hists__has(hists, sym)) /* Addr + origin */
 		ret += 3 + BITS_PER_LONG / 4;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 06cc04e5806a..273f21fa32b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@ int symbol__annotate_printf(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 	printf("%-*.*s----\n",
 	       graph_dotted_len, graph_dotted_len, graph_dotted_line);
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		symbol__annotate_hits(sym, evsel);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pos, &notes->src->source, node) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 2c0b52264a46..8c7504939113 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "asm/bug.h"
 
 static int max_cpu_num;
+static int max_present_cpu_num;
 static int max_node_num;
 static int *cpunode_map;
 
@@ -442,6 +443,7 @@ static void set_max_cpu_num(void)
 
 	/* set up default */
 	max_cpu_num = 4096;
+	max_present_cpu_num = 4096;
 
 	mnt = sysfs__mountpoint();
 	if (!mnt)
@@ -455,6 +457,17 @@ static void set_max_cpu_num(void)
 	}
 
 	ret = get_max_num(path, &max_cpu_num);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* get the highest present cpu number for a sparse allocation */
+	ret = snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/devices/system/cpu/present", mnt);
+	if (ret == PATH_MAX) {
+		pr_err("sysfs path crossed PATH_MAX(%d) size\n", PATH_MAX);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = get_max_num(path, &max_present_cpu_num);
 
 out:
 	if (ret)
@@ -505,6 +518,15 @@ int cpu__max_cpu(void)
 	return max_cpu_num;
 }
 
+int cpu__max_present_cpu(void)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!max_present_cpu_num))
+		set_max_cpu_num();
+
+	return max_present_cpu_num;
+}
+
+
 int cpu__get_node(int cpu)
 {
 	if (unlikely(cpunode_map == NULL)) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 06bd689f5989..1a0549af8f5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ int cpu__setup_cpunode_map(void);
 
 int cpu__max_node(void);
 int cpu__max_cpu(void);
+int cpu__max_present_cpu(void);
 int cpu__get_node(int cpu);
 
 int cpu_map__build_map(struct cpu_map *cpus, struct cpu_map **res,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index c1838b643108..03eb81f30d0d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -203,11 +203,28 @@ int perf_debug_option(const char *str)
 		v = (v < 0) || (v > 10) ? 0 : v;
 	}
 
+	if (quiet)
+		v = -1;
+
 	*var->ptr = v;
 	free(s);
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int perf_quiet_option(void)
+{
+	struct debug_variable *var = &debug_variables[0];
+
+	/* disable all debug messages */
+	while (var->name) {
+		*var->ptr = -1;
+		var++;
+	}
+
+	quiet = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define DEBUG_WRAPPER(__n, __l)				\
 static int pr_ ## __n ## _wrapper(const char *fmt, ...)	\
 {							\
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index d242adc3d5a2..98832f5531d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ int veprintf(int level, int var, const char *fmt, va_list args);
 
 int perf_debug_option(const char *str);
 void perf_debug_setup(void);
+int perf_quiet_option(void);
 
 #endif	/* __PERF_DEBUG_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 3abe3373ce90..d38b62a700ca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ int dso__name_len(const struct dso *dso)
 {
 	if (!dso)
 		return strlen("[unknown]");
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		return dso->long_name_len;
 
 	return dso->short_name_len;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index bb964e86b09d..075fc77286bf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ int perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map(struct perf_env *env)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (env->nr_cpus_avail == 0)
-		env->nr_cpus_avail = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+		env->nr_cpus_avail = cpu__max_present_cpu();
 
 	nr_cpus = env->nr_cpus_avail;
 	if (nr_cpus == -1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3d12c16e5103..05714d548584 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -295,11 +295,7 @@ static int write_nrcpus(int fd, struct perf_header *h __maybe_unused,
 	u32 nrc, nra;
 	int ret;
 
-	nr = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
-	if (nr < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	nrc = (u32)(nr & UINT_MAX);
+	nrc = cpu__max_present_cpu();
 
 	nr = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
 	if (nr < 0)
@@ -505,24 +501,29 @@ static void free_cpu_topo(struct cpu_topo *tp)
 
 static struct cpu_topo *build_cpu_topology(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_topo *tp;
+	struct cpu_topo *tp = NULL;
 	void *addr;
 	u32 nr, i;
 	size_t sz;
 	long ncpus;
 	int ret = -1;
+	struct cpu_map *map;
 
-	ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
-	if (ncpus < 0)
+	ncpus = cpu__max_present_cpu();
+
+	/* build online CPU map */
+	map = cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	if (map == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("failed to get system cpumap\n");
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	nr = (u32)(ncpus & UINT_MAX);
 
 	sz = nr * sizeof(char *);
-
 	addr = calloc(1, sizeof(*tp) + 2 * sz);
 	if (!addr)
-		return NULL;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	tp = addr;
 	tp->cpu_nr = nr;
@@ -532,10 +533,16 @@ static struct cpu_topo *build_cpu_topology(void)
 	tp->thread_siblings = addr;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		if (!cpu_map__has(map, i))
+			continue;
+
 		ret = build_cpu_topo(tp, i);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 	}
+
+out_free:
+	cpu_map__put(map);
 	if (ret) {
 		free_cpu_topo(tp);
 		tp = NULL;
@@ -1126,7 +1133,7 @@ static void print_cpu_topology(struct perf_header *ph, int fd __maybe_unused,
 {
 	int nr, i;
 	char *str;
-	int cpu_nr = ph->env.nr_cpus_online;
+	int cpu_nr = ph->env.nr_cpus_avail;
 
 	nr = ph->env.nr_sibling_cores;
 	str = ph->env.sibling_cores;
@@ -1781,7 +1788,7 @@ static int process_cpu_topology(struct perf_file_section *section,
 	u32 nr, i;
 	char *str;
 	struct strbuf sb;
-	int cpu_nr = ph->env.nr_cpus_online;
+	int cpu_nr = ph->env.nr_cpus_avail;
 	u64 size = 0;
 
 	ph->env.cpu = calloc(cpu_nr, sizeof(*ph->env.cpu));
@@ -1862,7 +1869,7 @@ static int process_cpu_topology(struct perf_file_section *section,
 		if (ph->needs_swap)
 			nr = bswap_32(nr);
 
-		if (nr > (u32)cpu_nr) {
+		if (nr != (u32)-1 && nr > (u32)cpu_nr) {
 			pr_debug("socket_id number is too big."
 				 "You may need to upgrade the perf tool.\n");
 			goto free_cpu;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 32c6a939e4cc..eaf72a938fb4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 	 */
 	if (h->ms.sym) {
 		symlen = h->ms.sym->namelen + 4;
-		if (verbose)
+		if (verbose > 0)
 			symlen += BITS_PER_LONG / 4 + 2 + 3;
 		hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SYMBOL, symlen);
 	} else {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 	if (h->branch_info) {
 		if (h->branch_info->from.sym) {
 			symlen = (int)h->branch_info->from.sym->namelen + 4;
-			if (verbose)
+			if (verbose > 0)
 				symlen += BITS_PER_LONG / 4 + 2 + 3;
 			hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SYMBOL_FROM, symlen);
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 
 		if (h->branch_info->to.sym) {
 			symlen = (int)h->branch_info->to.sym->namelen + 4;
-			if (verbose)
+			if (verbose > 0)
 				symlen += BITS_PER_LONG / 4 + 2 + 3;
 			hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SYMBOL_TO, symlen);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 281e44af31e2..67a8aebc67ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2318,24 +2318,20 @@ int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term)
 	return term->type_term != PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER;
 }
 
-static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term, int type_val,
-		    int type_term, char *config,
-		    char *str, u64 num, int err_term, int err_val)
+static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term,
+		    struct parse_events_term *temp,
+		    char *str, u64 num)
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	term = zalloc(sizeof(*term));
+	term = malloc(sizeof(*term));
 	if (!term)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	*term = *temp;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&term->list);
-	term->type_val  = type_val;
-	term->type_term = type_term;
-	term->config = config;
-	term->err_term = err_term;
-	term->err_val  = err_val;
 
-	switch (type_val) {
+	switch (term->type_val) {
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM:
 		term->val.num = num;
 		break;
@@ -2353,15 +2349,22 @@ static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term, int type_val,
 
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool no_value,
 			   void *loc_term_, void *loc_val_)
 {
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM, type_term,
-			config, NULL, num,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.no_value  = no_value,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, NULL, num);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
@@ -2371,37 +2374,45 @@ int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR, type_term,
-			config, str, 0,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, str, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__sym_hw(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			      char *config, unsigned idx)
 {
 	struct event_symbol *sym;
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
+		.config    = config ?: (char *) "event",
+	};
 
 	BUG_ON(idx >= PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
 	sym = &event_symbols_hw[idx];
 
-	if (config)
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, config,
-				(char *) sym->symbol, 0, 0, 0);
-	else
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-				(char *) "event", (char *) sym->symbol,
-				0, 0, 0);
+	return new_term(term, &temp, (char *) sym->symbol, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__clone(struct parse_events_term **new,
 			     struct parse_events_term *term)
 {
-	return new_term(new, term->type_val, term->type_term, term->config,
-			term->val.str, term->val.num,
-			term->err_term, term->err_val);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = term->type_val,
+		.type_term = term->type_term,
+		.config    = term->config,
+		.err_term  = term->err_term,
+		.err_val   = term->err_val,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(new, &temp, term->val.str, term->val.num);
 }
 
 void parse_events_terms__purge(struct list_head *terms)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index da246a3ddb69..1af6a267c21b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct parse_events_term {
 	int type_term;
 	struct list_head list;
 	bool used;
+	bool no_value;
 
 	/* error string indexes for within parsed string */
 	int err_term;
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ void parse_events__shrink_config_terms(void);
 int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term);
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool novalue,
 			   void *loc_term, void *loc_val);
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, char *str,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index a14b47ab3879..30f018ea1370 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT sep_dc
 			if (!strcasecmp(alias->name, $1)) {
 				ALLOC_LIST(head);
 				ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 				list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(data, list,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE '-' PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF sep_dc
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(head);
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					&pmu_name, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					&pmu_name, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 	list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ PE_NAME '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $3, &@1, &@3));
+					$1, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ PE_NAME
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ PE_TERM '=' PE_VALUE
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, &@1, &@3));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ PE_TERM
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, &@1, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ PE_NAME array '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $4, &@1, &@4));
+					$1, $4, false, &@1, &@4));
 	term->array = $2;
 	$$ = term;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 49bfee0e3d9e..12f84dd2ac5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int pmu_resolve_param_term(struct parse_events_term *term,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (verbose)
+	if (verbose > 0)
 		printf("Required parameter '%s' not specified\n", term->config);
 
 	return -1;
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static int pmu_config_term(struct list_head *formats,
 
 	format = pmu_find_format(formats, term->config);
 	if (!format) {
-		if (verbose)
+		if (verbose > 0)
 			printf("Invalid event/parameter '%s'\n", term->config);
 		if (err) {
 			char *pmu_term = pmu_formats_string(formats);
@@ -834,11 +834,20 @@ static int pmu_config_term(struct list_head *formats,
 	 * Either directly use a numeric term, or try to translate string terms
 	 * using event parameters.
 	 */
-	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
+	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM) {
+		if (term->no_value &&
+		    bitmap_weight(format->bits, PERF_PMU_FORMAT_BITS) > 1) {
+			if (err) {
+				err->idx = term->err_val;
+				err->str = strdup("no value assigned for term");
+			}
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		val = term->val.num;
-	else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
+	} else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
 		if (strcmp(term->val.str, "?")) {
-			if (verbose) {
+			if (verbose > 0) {
 				pr_info("Invalid sysfs entry %s=%s\n",
 						term->config, term->val.str);
 			}
@@ -1223,7 +1232,7 @@ void print_pmu_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
 			printf("%*s", 8, "[");
 			wordwrap(aliases[j].desc, 8, columns, 0);
 			printf("]\n");
-			if (verbose)
+			if (verbose > 0)
 				printf("%*s%s/%s/\n", 8, "", aliases[j].pmu, aliases[j].str);
 		} else
 			printf("  %-50s [Kernel PMU event]\n", aliases[j].name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 35f5b7b7715c..28fb62c32678 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int find_perf_probe_point_from_dwarf(struct probe_trace_point *tp,
 	pr_debug("try to find information at %" PRIx64 " in %s\n", addr,
 		 tp->module ? : "kernel");
 
-	dinfo = debuginfo_cache__open(tp->module, verbose == 0);
+	dinfo = debuginfo_cache__open(tp->module, verbose <= 0);
 	if (dinfo)
 		ret = debuginfo__find_probe_point(dinfo,
 						 (unsigned long)addr, pp);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 581e0efd6356..783326cfbaa6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -369,10 +369,10 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
 		if (node->map) {
 			struct map *map = node->map;
 			const char *dsoname = "[unknown]";
-			if (map && map->dso && (map->dso->name || map->dso->long_name)) {
+			if (map && map->dso) {
 				if (symbol_conf.show_kernel_path && map->dso->long_name)
 					dsoname = map->dso->long_name;
-				else if (map->dso->name)
+				else
 					dsoname = map->dso->name;
 			}
 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pyelem, "dso",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 4cdbc8f5f14d..1dd617d116b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
 
 		printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x\n",
 			i, e->from, e->to,
-			e->flags.cycles,
+			(unsigned short)e->flags.cycles,
 			e->flags.mispred ? "M" : " ",
 			e->flags.predicted ? "P" : " ",
 			e->flags.abort ? "A" : " ",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index c8680984d2d6..af415febbc46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2
 
-from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from os import getenv
 
+cc = getenv("CC")
+if cc == "clang":
+    from _sysconfigdata import build_time_vars
+    from re import sub
+    build_time_vars["CFLAGS"] = sub("-specs=[^ ]+", "", build_time_vars["CFLAGS"])
+
+from distutils.core import setup, Extension
+
 from distutils.command.build_ext   import build_ext   as _build_ext
 from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index df622f4e301e..0ff622288d24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int64_t _sort__dso_cmp(struct map *map_l, struct map *map_r)
 	if (!dso_l || !dso_r)
 		return cmp_null(dso_r, dso_l);
 
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		dso_name_l = dso_l->long_name;
 		dso_name_r = dso_r->long_name;
 	} else {
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ static int _hist_entry__dso_snprintf(struct map *map, char *bf,
 				     size_t size, unsigned int width)
 {
 	if (map && map->dso) {
-		const char *dso_name = !verbose ? map->dso->short_name :
-			map->dso->long_name;
+		const char *dso_name = verbose > 0 ? map->dso->long_name :
+			map->dso->short_name;
 		return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*.*s", width, width, dso_name);
 	}
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int _hist_entry__sym_snprintf(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym,
 {
 	size_t ret = 0;
 
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		char o = map ? dso__symtab_origin(map->dso) : '!';
 		ret += repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-#*llx %c ",
 				       BITS_PER_LONG / 4 + 2, ip, o);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 39345c2ddfc2..0d51334a9b46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 		update_stats(&ps->res_stats[i], count[i]);
 
-	if (verbose) {
+	if (verbose > 0) {
 		fprintf(config->output, "%s: %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 " %" PRIu64 "\n",
 			perf_evsel__name(counter), count[0], count[1], count[2]);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index adbc6c02c3aa..4e59ddeb4eda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static bool want_demangle(bool is_kernel_sym)
 
 static char *demangle_sym(struct dso *dso, int kmodule, const char *elf_name)
 {
-	int demangle_flags = verbose ? (DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI) : DMGL_NO_OPTS;
+	int demangle_flags = verbose > 0 ? (DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI) : DMGL_NO_OPTS;
 	char *demangled = NULL;
 
 	/*