perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events

Bye-bye Performance Counters, welcome Performance Events!

In the past few months the perfcounters subsystem has grown out its
initial role of counting hardware events, and has become (and is
becoming) a much broader generic event enumeration, reporting, logging,
monitoring, analysis facility.

Naming its core object 'perf_counter' and naming the subsystem
'perfcounters' has become more and more of a misnomer. With pending
code like hw-breakpoints support the 'counter' name is less and
less appropriate.

All in one, we've decided to rename the subsystem to 'performance
events' and to propagate this rename through all fields, variables
and API names. (in an ABI compatible fashion)

The word 'event' is also a bit shorter than 'counter' - which makes
it slightly more convenient to write/handle as well.

Thanks goes to Stephane Eranian who first observed this misnomer and
suggested a rename.

User-space tooling and ABI compatibility is not affected - this patch
should be function-invariant. (Also, defconfigs were not touched to
keep the size down.)

This patch has been generated via the following script:

  FILES=$(find * -type f | grep -vE 'oprofile|[^K]config')

  sed -i \
    -e 's/PERF_EVENT_/PERF_RECORD_/g' \
    -e 's/PERF_COUNTER/PERF_EVENT/g' \
    -e 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g' \
    -e 's/nb_counters/nb_events/g' \
    -e 's/swcounter/swevent/g' \
    -e 's/tpcounter_event/tp_event/g' \
    $FILES

  for N in $(find . -name perf_counter.[ch]); do
    M=$(echo $N | sed 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g')
    mv $N $M
  done

  FILES=$(find . -name perf_event.*)

  sed -i \
    -e 's/COUNTER_MASK/REG_MASK/g' \
    -e 's/COUNTER/EVENT/g' \
    -e 's/\<event\>/event_id/g' \
    -e 's/counter/event/g' \
    -e 's/Counter/Event/g' \
    $FILES

... to keep it as correct as possible. This script can also be
used by anyone who has pending perfcounters patches - it converts
a Linux kernel tree over to the new naming. We tried to time this
change to the point in time where the amount of pending patches
is the smallest: the end of the merge window.

Namespace clashes were fixed up in a preparatory patch - and some
stylistic fallout will be fixed up in a subsequent patch.

( NOTE: 'counters' are still the proper terminology when we deal
  with hardware registers - and these sed scripts are a bit
  over-eager in renaming them. I've undone some of that, but
  in case there's something left where 'counter' would be
  better than 'event' we can undo that on an individual basis
  instead of touching an otherwise nicely automated patch. )

Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

8 files changed, 262 insertions, 262 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index a34601f52987..754174d09deb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *	Mikael Pettersson	:	PM converted to driver model.
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
 #include <linux/acpi_pmtmr.h>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ void __cpuinit setup_local_APIC(void)
 		apic_write(APIC_ESR, 0);
 	}
 #endif
-	perf_counters_lapic_init();
+	perf_events_lapic_init();
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 8dd30638fe44..68537e957a9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR)		+= centaur.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32)	+= transmeta.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32)		+= umc.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS)		+= perf_counter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)		+= perf_event.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)			+= mcheck/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)			+= mtrr/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 2fea97eccf77..cc25c2b4a567 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include <asm/stackprotector.h>
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ void __init identify_boot_cpu(void)
 #else
 	vgetcpu_set_mode();
 #endif
-	init_hw_perf_counters();
+	init_hw_perf_events();
 }
 
 void __cpuinit identify_secondary_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index b1f115696c84..0d03629fb1a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Performance counter x86 architecture code
+ * Performance events x86 architecture code
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 
-static u64 perf_counter_mask __read_mostly;
+static u64 perf_event_mask __read_mostly;
 
-/* The maximal number of PEBS counters: */
-#define MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS	4
+/* The maximal number of PEBS events: */
+#define MAX_PEBS_EVENTS	4
 
 /* The size of a BTS record in bytes: */
 #define BTS_RECORD_SIZE		24
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ struct debug_store {
 	u64	pebs_index;
 	u64	pebs_absolute_maximum;
 	u64	pebs_interrupt_threshold;
-	u64	pebs_counter_reset[MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS];
+	u64	pebs_event_reset[MAX_PEBS_EVENTS];
 };
 
-struct cpu_hw_counters {
-	struct perf_counter	*counters[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
+struct cpu_hw_events {
+	struct perf_event	*events[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
 	unsigned long		used_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
 	unsigned long		active_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
 	unsigned long		interrupts;
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 	int		(*handle_irq)(struct pt_regs *);
 	void		(*disable_all)(void);
 	void		(*enable_all)(void);
-	void		(*enable)(struct hw_perf_counter *, int);
-	void		(*disable)(struct hw_perf_counter *, int);
+	void		(*enable)(struct hw_perf_event *, int);
+	void		(*disable)(struct hw_perf_event *, int);
 	unsigned	eventsel;
 	unsigned	perfctr;
 	u64		(*event_map)(int);
 	u64		(*raw_event)(u64);
 	int		max_events;
-	int		num_counters;
-	int		num_counters_fixed;
-	int		counter_bits;
-	u64		counter_mask;
+	int		num_events;
+	int		num_events_fixed;
+	int		event_bits;
+	u64		event_mask;
 	int		apic;
 	u64		max_period;
 	u64		intel_ctrl;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 
 static struct x86_pmu x86_pmu __read_mostly;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_counters, cpu_hw_counters) = {
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_events, cpu_hw_events) = {
 	.enabled = 1,
 };
 
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ static u64 p6_pmu_event_map(int hw_event)
 }
 
 /*
- * Counter setting that is specified not to count anything.
+ * Event setting that is specified not to count anything.
  * We use this to effectively disable a counter.
  *
  * L2_RQSTS with 0 MESI unit mask.
  */
-#define P6_NOP_COUNTER			0x0000002EULL
+#define P6_NOP_EVENT			0x0000002EULL
 
 static u64 p6_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 {
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ static u64 p6_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK		0x0000FF00ULL
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK		0x00040000ULL
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK		0x00800000ULL
-#define P6_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK		0xFF000000ULL
+#define P6_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK		0xFF000000ULL
 
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_MASK			\
 	(P6_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |	\
 	 P6_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |	\
 	 P6_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |	\
 	 P6_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK   |	\
-	 P6_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+	 P6_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
 	return hw_event & P6_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
@@ -469,14 +469,14 @@ static u64 intel_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK		0x0000FF00ULL
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK		0x00040000ULL
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK		0x00800000ULL
-#define CORE_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK	0xFF000000ULL
+#define CORE_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK	0xFF000000ULL
 
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_MASK		\
 	(CORE_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |	\
 	 CORE_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |	\
 	 CORE_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |	\
 	 CORE_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK  |	\
-	 CORE_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+	 CORE_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
 	return hw_event & CORE_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
@@ -596,28 +596,28 @@ static u64 amd_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK	0x00000FF00ULL
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK	0x000040000ULL
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK	0x000800000ULL
-#define K7_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK	0x0FF000000ULL
+#define K7_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK	0x0FF000000ULL
 
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_MASK			\
 	(K7_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |	\
 	 K7_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |	\
 	 K7_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |	\
 	 K7_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK   |	\
-	 K7_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+	 K7_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
 	return hw_event & K7_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
 
 /*
- * Propagate counter elapsed time into the generic counter.
- * Can only be executed on the CPU where the counter is active.
+ * Propagate event elapsed time into the generic event.
+ * Can only be executed on the CPU where the event is active.
  * Returns the delta events processed.
  */
 static u64
-x86_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter,
-			struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+x86_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
+			struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	int shift = 64 - x86_pmu.counter_bits;
+	int shift = 64 - x86_pmu.event_bits;
 	u64 prev_raw_count, new_raw_count;
 	s64 delta;
 
@@ -625,15 +625,15 @@ x86_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter,
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * Careful: an NMI might modify the previous counter value.
+	 * Careful: an NMI might modify the previous event value.
 	 *
 	 * Our tactic to handle this is to first atomically read and
 	 * exchange a new raw count - then add that new-prev delta
-	 * count to the generic counter atomically:
+	 * count to the generic event atomically:
 	 */
 again:
 	prev_raw_count = atomic64_read(&hwc->prev_count);
-	rdmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx, new_raw_count);
+	rdmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx, new_raw_count);
 
 	if (atomic64_cmpxchg(&hwc->prev_count, prev_raw_count,
 					new_raw_count) != prev_raw_count)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ again:
 	/*
 	 * Now we have the new raw value and have updated the prev
 	 * timestamp already. We can now calculate the elapsed delta
-	 * (counter-)time and add that to the generic counter.
+	 * (event-)time and add that to the generic event.
 	 *
 	 * Careful, not all hw sign-extends above the physical width
 	 * of the count.
@@ -650,13 +650,13 @@ again:
 	delta = (new_raw_count << shift) - (prev_raw_count << shift);
 	delta >>= shift;
 
-	atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+	atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
 	atomic64_sub(delta, &hwc->period_left);
 
 	return new_raw_count;
 }
 
-static atomic_t active_counters;
+static atomic_t active_events;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmc_reserve_mutex);
 
 static bool reserve_pmc_hardware(void)
@@ -667,12 +667,12 @@ static bool reserve_pmc_hardware(void)
 	if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_LOCAL_APIC)
 		disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
 
-	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
 		if (!reserve_perfctr_nmi(x86_pmu.perfctr + i))
 			goto perfctr_fail;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
 		if (!reserve_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i))
 			goto eventsel_fail;
 	}
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ eventsel_fail:
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
 		release_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i);
 
-	i = x86_pmu.num_counters;
+	i = x86_pmu.num_events;
 
 perfctr_fail:
 	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
 		release_perfctr_nmi(x86_pmu.perfctr + i);
 		release_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i);
 	}
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static inline bool bts_available(void)
 
 static inline void init_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds;
+	struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds;
 
 	if (!ds)
 		return;
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static inline void init_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 
 static inline void fini_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	if (!per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds)
+	if (!per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds)
 		return;
 
 	wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, 0, 0);
@@ -751,12 +751,12 @@ static void release_bts_hardware(void)
 		fini_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds;
+		struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds;
 
 		if (!ds)
 			continue;
 
-		per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds = NULL;
+		per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds = NULL;
 
 		kfree((void *)(unsigned long)ds->bts_buffer_base);
 		kfree(ds);
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static int reserve_bts_hardware(void)
 		ds->bts_interrupt_threshold =
 			ds->bts_absolute_maximum - BTS_OVFL_TH;
 
-		per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds = ds;
+		per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds = ds;
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ static int reserve_bts_hardware(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void hw_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void hw_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_counters, &pmc_reserve_mutex)) {
+	if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_events, &pmc_reserve_mutex)) {
 		release_pmc_hardware();
 		release_bts_hardware();
 		mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static inline int x86_pmu_initialized(void)
 }
 
 static inline int
-set_ext_hw_attr(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+set_ext_hw_attr(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
 	unsigned int cache_type, cache_op, cache_result;
 	u64 config, val;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_bts(u64 config)
 
 static void intel_pmu_disable_bts(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	unsigned long debugctlmsr;
 
 	if (!cpuc->ds)
@@ -898,10 +898,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_bts(void)
 /*
  * Setup the hardware configuration for a given attr_type
  */
-static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct perf_counter_attr *attr = &counter->attr;
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &event->attr;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	u64 config;
 	int err;
 
@@ -909,22 +909,22 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	err = 0;
-	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_counters)) {
+	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_events)) {
 		mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
-		if (atomic_read(&active_counters) == 0) {
+		if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0) {
 			if (!reserve_pmc_hardware())
 				err = -EBUSY;
 			else
 				err = reserve_bts_hardware();
 		}
 		if (!err)
-			atomic_inc(&active_counters);
+			atomic_inc(&active_events);
 		mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
 	}
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
+	event->destroy = hw_perf_event_destroy;
 
 	/*
 	 * Generate PMC IRQs:
@@ -948,8 +948,8 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 		/*
 		 * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
 		 * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
-		 * counters (user-space has to fall back and
-		 * sample via a hrtimer based software counter):
+		 * events (user-space has to fall back and
+		 * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
 		 */
 		if (!x86_pmu.apic)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 
 static void p6_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	u64 val;
 
 	if (!cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static void p6_pmu_disable_all(void)
 
 static void intel_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
 	if (!cpuc->enabled)
 		return;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_all(void)
 
 static void amd_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	int idx;
 
 	if (!cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1043,12 +1043,12 @@ static void amd_pmu_disable_all(void)
 	cpuc->enabled = 0;
 	/*
 	 * ensure we write the disable before we start disabling the
-	 * counters proper, so that amd_pmu_enable_counter() does the
+	 * events proper, so that amd_pmu_enable_event() does the
 	 * right thing.
 	 */
 	barrier();
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
 		u64 val;
 
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ void hw_perf_disable(void)
 
 static void p6_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	unsigned long val;
 
 	if (cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static void p6_pmu_enable_all(void)
 
 static void intel_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
 	if (cpuc->enabled)
 		return;
@@ -1098,19 +1098,19 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_all(void)
 	wrmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, x86_pmu.intel_ctrl);
 
 	if (test_bit(X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS, cpuc->active_mask)) {
-		struct perf_counter *counter =
-			cpuc->counters[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
+		struct perf_event *event =
+			cpuc->events[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
 
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!counter))
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!event))
 			return;
 
-		intel_pmu_enable_bts(counter->hw.config);
+		intel_pmu_enable_bts(event->hw.config);
 	}
 }
 
 static void amd_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	int idx;
 
 	if (cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1119,14 +1119,14 @@ static void amd_pmu_enable_all(void)
 	cpuc->enabled = 1;
 	barrier();
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
-		struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
+		struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
 		u64 val;
 
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
 
-		val = counter->hw.config;
+		val = event->hw.config;
 		val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE;
 		wrmsrl(MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0 + idx, val);
 	}
@@ -1153,19 +1153,19 @@ static inline void intel_pmu_ack_status(u64 ack)
 	wrmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, ack);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static inline void x86_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
 	(void)checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base + idx,
 			      hwc->config | ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static inline void x86_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
 	(void)checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base + idx, hwc->config);
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
+intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int __idx)
 {
 	int idx = __idx - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
 	u64 ctrl_val, mask;
@@ -1178,10 +1178,10 @@ intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
 }
 
 static inline void
-p6_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+p6_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-	u64 val = P6_NOP_COUNTER;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+	u64 val = P6_NOP_EVENT;
 
 	if (cpuc->enabled)
 		val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE;
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ p6_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+intel_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
 	if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS)) {
 		intel_pmu_disable_bts();
@@ -1202,24 +1202,24 @@ intel_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	x86_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+	x86_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static inline void
-amd_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+amd_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	x86_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+	x86_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64 [X86_PMC_IDX_MAX], pmc_prev_left);
 
 /*
  * Set the next IRQ period, based on the hwc->period_left value.
- * To be called with the counter disabled in hw:
+ * To be called with the event disabled in hw:
  */
 static int
-x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
-			     struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event,
+			     struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
 	s64 left = atomic64_read(&hwc->period_left);
 	s64 period = hwc->sample_period;
@@ -1256,21 +1256,21 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
 	per_cpu(pmc_prev_left[idx], smp_processor_id()) = left;
 
 	/*
-	 * The hw counter starts counting from this counter offset,
+	 * The hw event starts counting from this event offset,
 	 * mark it to be able to extra future deltas:
 	 */
 	atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
 
-	err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx,
-			     (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.counter_mask);
+	err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
+			     (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.event_mask);
 
-	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
+intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int __idx)
 {
 	int idx = __idx - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
 	u64 ctrl_val, bits, mask;
@@ -1295,9 +1295,9 @@ intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
 	err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base, ctrl_val);
 }
 
-static void p6_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void p6_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 	u64 val;
 
 	val = hwc->config;
@@ -1308,10 +1308,10 @@ static void p6_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 }
 
 
-static void intel_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void intel_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
 	if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS)) {
-		if (!__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters).enabled)
+		if (!__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events).enabled)
 			return;
 
 		intel_pmu_enable_bts(hwc->config);
@@ -1323,19 +1323,19 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	x86_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+	x86_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
-static void amd_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void amd_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
 	if (cpuc->enabled)
-		x86_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+		x86_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static int
-fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
+fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_event *event, struct hw_perf_event *hwc)
 {
 	unsigned int hw_event;
 
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
 		     (hwc->sample_period == 1)))
 		return X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS;
 
-	if (!x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)
+	if (!x86_pmu.num_events_fixed)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (unlikely(hw_event == x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS)))
@@ -1360,97 +1360,97 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
 }
 
 /*
- * Find a PMC slot for the freshly enabled / scheduled in counter:
+ * Find a PMC slot for the freshly enabled / scheduled in event:
  */
-static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int idx;
 
-	idx = fixed_mode_idx(counter, hwc);
+	idx = fixed_mode_idx(event, hwc);
 	if (idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS) {
 		/* BTS is already occupied. */
 		if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 
 		hwc->config_base	= 0;
-		hwc->counter_base	= 0;
+		hwc->event_base	= 0;
 		hwc->idx		= idx;
 	} else if (idx >= 0) {
 		/*
-		 * Try to get the fixed counter, if that is already taken
-		 * then try to get a generic counter:
+		 * Try to get the fixed event, if that is already taken
+		 * then try to get a generic event:
 		 */
 		if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask))
 			goto try_generic;
 
 		hwc->config_base = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL;
 		/*
-		 * We set it so that counter_base + idx in wrmsr/rdmsr maps to
+		 * We set it so that event_base + idx in wrmsr/rdmsr maps to
 		 * MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 ... CTR2:
 		 */
-		hwc->counter_base =
+		hwc->event_base =
 			MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
 		hwc->idx = idx;
 	} else {
 		idx = hwc->idx;
-		/* Try to get the previous generic counter again */
+		/* Try to get the previous generic event again */
 		if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask)) {
 try_generic:
 			idx = find_first_zero_bit(cpuc->used_mask,
-						  x86_pmu.num_counters);
-			if (idx == x86_pmu.num_counters)
+						  x86_pmu.num_events);
+			if (idx == x86_pmu.num_events)
 				return -EAGAIN;
 
 			set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
 			hwc->idx = idx;
 		}
 		hwc->config_base  = x86_pmu.eventsel;
-		hwc->counter_base = x86_pmu.perfctr;
+		hwc->event_base = x86_pmu.perfctr;
 	}
 
-	perf_counters_lapic_init();
+	perf_events_lapic_init();
 
 	x86_pmu.disable(hwc, idx);
 
-	cpuc->counters[idx] = counter;
+	cpuc->events[idx] = event;
 	set_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask);
 
-	x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
+	x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx);
 	x86_pmu.enable(hwc, idx);
 
-	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void x86_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void x86_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(hwc->idx >= X86_PMC_IDX_MAX ||
-				cpuc->counters[hwc->idx] != counter))
+				cpuc->events[hwc->idx] != event))
 		return;
 
 	x86_pmu.enable(hwc, hwc->idx);
 }
 
-void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
+void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 {
 	u64 ctrl, status, overflow, pmc_ctrl, pmc_count, prev_left, fixed;
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int cpu, idx;
 
-	if (!x86_pmu.num_counters)
+	if (!x86_pmu.num_events)
 		return;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu);
+	cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 
 	if (x86_pmu.version >= 2) {
 		rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, ctrl);
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
 	}
 	pr_info("CPU#%d: used:       %016llx\n", cpu, *(u64 *)cpuc->used_mask);
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
 		rdmsrl(x86_pmu.eventsel + idx, pmc_ctrl);
 		rdmsrl(x86_pmu.perfctr  + idx, pmc_count);
 
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
 		pr_info("CPU#%d:   gen-PMC%d left:  %016llx\n",
 			cpu, idx, prev_left);
 	}
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events_fixed; idx++) {
 		rdmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + idx, pmc_count);
 
 		pr_info("CPU#%d: fixed-PMC%d count: %016llx\n",
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
+static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
 {
 	struct debug_store *ds = cpuc->ds;
 	struct bts_record {
@@ -1496,14 +1496,14 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
 		u64	to;
 		u64	flags;
 	};
-	struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
+	struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
 	struct bts_record *at, *top;
 	struct perf_output_handle handle;
 	struct perf_event_header header;
 	struct perf_sample_data data;
 	struct pt_regs regs;
 
-	if (!counter)
+	if (!event)
 		return;
 
 	if (!ds)
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
 	ds->bts_index = ds->bts_buffer_base;
 
 
-	data.period	= counter->hw.last_period;
+	data.period	= event->hw.last_period;
 	data.addr	= 0;
 	regs.ip		= 0;
 
@@ -1527,9 +1527,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
 	 * We will overwrite the from and to address before we output
 	 * the sample.
 	 */
-	perf_prepare_sample(&header, &data, counter, &regs);
+	perf_prepare_sample(&header, &data, event, &regs);
 
-	if (perf_output_begin(&handle, counter,
+	if (perf_output_begin(&handle, event,
 			      header.size * (top - at), 1, 1))
 		return;
 
@@ -1537,20 +1537,20 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
 		data.ip		= at->from;
 		data.addr	= at->to;
 
-		perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, &data, counter);
+		perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, &data, event);
 	}
 
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
 
 	/* There's new data available. */
-	counter->hw.interrupts++;
-	counter->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
+	event->hw.interrupts++;
+	event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
 }
 
-static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int idx = hwc->idx;
 
 	/*
@@ -1562,63 +1562,63 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure the cleared pointer becomes visible before we
-	 * (potentially) free the counter:
+	 * (potentially) free the event:
 	 */
 	barrier();
 
 	/*
-	 * Drain the remaining delta count out of a counter
+	 * Drain the remaining delta count out of a event
 	 * that we are disabling:
 	 */
-	x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
+	x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
 
 	/* Drain the remaining BTS records. */
 	if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS))
 		intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(cpuc);
 
-	cpuc->counters[idx] = NULL;
+	cpuc->events[idx] = NULL;
 	clear_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
 
-	perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
 
 /*
- * Save and restart an expired counter. Called by NMI contexts,
- * so it has to be careful about preempting normal counter ops:
+ * Save and restart an expired event. Called by NMI contexts,
+ * so it has to be careful about preempting normal event ops:
  */
-static int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 	int idx = hwc->idx;
 	int ret;
 
-	x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-	ret = x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
+	x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+	ret = x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx);
 
-	if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
-		intel_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+	if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
+		intel_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static void intel_pmu_reset(void)
 {
-	struct debug_store *ds = __get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters).ds;
+	struct debug_store *ds = __get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events).ds;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int idx;
 
-	if (!x86_pmu.num_counters)
+	if (!x86_pmu.num_events)
 		return;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	printk("clearing PMU state on CPU#%d\n", smp_processor_id());
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
 		checking_wrmsrl(x86_pmu.eventsel + idx, 0ull);
 		checking_wrmsrl(x86_pmu.perfctr  + idx, 0ull);
 	}
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events_fixed; idx++) {
 		checking_wrmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + idx, 0ull);
 	}
 	if (ds)
@@ -1630,38 +1630,38 @@ static void intel_pmu_reset(void)
 static int p6_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct perf_sample_data data;
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
-	struct perf_counter *counter;
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
+	struct perf_event *event;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 	int idx, handled = 0;
 	u64 val;
 
 	data.addr = 0;
 
-	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
 
-		counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
-		hwc = &counter->hw;
+		event = cpuc->events[idx];
+		hwc = &event->hw;
 
-		val = x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-		if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.counter_bits - 1)))
+		val = x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+		if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.event_bits - 1)))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * counter overflow
+		 * event overflow
 		 */
 		handled		= 1;
-		data.period	= counter->hw.last_period;
+		data.period	= event->hw.last_period;
 
-		if (!x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
+		if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
 			continue;
 
-		if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-			p6_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+		if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+			p6_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 	}
 
 	if (handled)
@@ -1677,13 +1677,13 @@ static int p6_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct perf_sample_data data;
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
 	int bit, loops;
 	u64 ack, status;
 
 	data.addr = 0;
 
-	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
 	perf_disable();
 	intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(cpuc);
@@ -1696,8 +1696,8 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	loops = 0;
 again:
 	if (++loops > 100) {
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "perfcounters: irq loop stuck!\n");
-		perf_counter_print_debug();
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "perfevents: irq loop stuck!\n");
+		perf_event_print_debug();
 		intel_pmu_reset();
 		perf_enable();
 		return 1;
@@ -1706,19 +1706,19 @@ again:
 	inc_irq_stat(apic_perf_irqs);
 	ack = status;
 	for_each_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&status, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
-		struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[bit];
+		struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[bit];
 
 		clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) &status);
 		if (!test_bit(bit, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
 
-		if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(counter))
+		if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(event))
 			continue;
 
-		data.period = counter->hw.last_period;
+		data.period = event->hw.last_period;
 
-		if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-			intel_pmu_disable_counter(&counter->hw, bit);
+		if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+			intel_pmu_disable_event(&event->hw, bit);
 	}
 
 	intel_pmu_ack_status(ack);
@@ -1738,38 +1738,38 @@ again:
 static int amd_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct perf_sample_data data;
-	struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
-	struct perf_counter *counter;
-	struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
+	struct perf_event *event;
+	struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 	int idx, handled = 0;
 	u64 val;
 
 	data.addr = 0;
 
-	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+	cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+	for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
 		if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
 
-		counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
-		hwc = &counter->hw;
+		event = cpuc->events[idx];
+		hwc = &event->hw;
 
-		val = x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-		if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.counter_bits - 1)))
+		val = x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+		if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.event_bits - 1)))
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * counter overflow
+		 * event overflow
 		 */
 		handled		= 1;
-		data.period	= counter->hw.last_period;
+		data.period	= event->hw.last_period;
 
-		if (!x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
+		if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
 			continue;
 
-		if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-			amd_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+		if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+			amd_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 	}
 
 	if (handled)
@@ -1783,18 +1783,18 @@ void smp_perf_pending_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	irq_enter();
 	ack_APIC_irq();
 	inc_irq_stat(apic_pending_irqs);
-	perf_counter_do_pending();
+	perf_event_do_pending();
 	irq_exit();
 }
 
-void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	apic->send_IPI_self(LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR);
 #endif
 }
 
-void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)
+void perf_events_lapic_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
 	if (!x86_pmu.apic || !x86_pmu_initialized())
@@ -1808,13 +1808,13 @@ void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)
 }
 
 static int __kprobes
-perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
+perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 			 unsigned long cmd, void *__args)
 {
 	struct die_args *args = __args;
 	struct pt_regs *regs;
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&active_counters))
+	if (!atomic_read(&active_events))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 #endif
 	/*
 	 * Can't rely on the handled return value to say it was our NMI, two
-	 * counters could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs.
+	 * events could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs.
 	 *
 	 * If the first NMI handles both, the latter will be empty and daze
 	 * the CPU.
@@ -1843,8 +1843,8 @@ perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_STOP;
 }
 
-static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_counter_nmi_notifier = {
-	.notifier_call		= perf_counter_nmi_handler,
+static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_event_nmi_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call		= perf_event_nmi_handler,
 	.next			= NULL,
 	.priority		= 1
 };
@@ -1854,8 +1854,8 @@ static struct x86_pmu p6_pmu = {
 	.handle_irq		= p6_pmu_handle_irq,
 	.disable_all		= p6_pmu_disable_all,
 	.enable_all		= p6_pmu_enable_all,
-	.enable			= p6_pmu_enable_counter,
-	.disable		= p6_pmu_disable_counter,
+	.enable			= p6_pmu_enable_event,
+	.disable		= p6_pmu_disable_event,
 	.eventsel		= MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0,
 	.perfctr		= MSR_P6_PERFCTR0,
 	.event_map		= p6_pmu_event_map,
@@ -1864,16 +1864,16 @@ static struct x86_pmu p6_pmu = {
 	.apic			= 1,
 	.max_period		= (1ULL << 31) - 1,
 	.version		= 0,
-	.num_counters		= 2,
+	.num_events		= 2,
 	/*
-	 * Counters have 40 bits implemented. However they are designed such
+	 * Events have 40 bits implemented. However they are designed such
 	 * that bits [32-39] are sign extensions of bit 31. As such the
-	 * effective width of a counter for P6-like PMU is 32 bits only.
+	 * effective width of a event for P6-like PMU is 32 bits only.
 	 *
 	 * See IA-32 Intel Architecture Software developer manual Vol 3B
 	 */
-	.counter_bits		= 32,
-	.counter_mask		= (1ULL << 32) - 1,
+	.event_bits		= 32,
+	.event_mask		= (1ULL << 32) - 1,
 };
 
 static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
@@ -1881,8 +1881,8 @@ static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
 	.handle_irq		= intel_pmu_handle_irq,
 	.disable_all		= intel_pmu_disable_all,
 	.enable_all		= intel_pmu_enable_all,
-	.enable			= intel_pmu_enable_counter,
-	.disable		= intel_pmu_disable_counter,
+	.enable			= intel_pmu_enable_event,
+	.disable		= intel_pmu_disable_event,
 	.eventsel		= MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0,
 	.perfctr		= MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0,
 	.event_map		= intel_pmu_event_map,
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
 	/*
 	 * Intel PMCs cannot be accessed sanely above 32 bit width,
 	 * so we install an artificial 1<<31 period regardless of
-	 * the generic counter period:
+	 * the generic event period:
 	 */
 	.max_period		= (1ULL << 31) - 1,
 	.enable_bts		= intel_pmu_enable_bts,
@@ -1904,16 +1904,16 @@ static struct x86_pmu amd_pmu = {
 	.handle_irq		= amd_pmu_handle_irq,
 	.disable_all		= amd_pmu_disable_all,
 	.enable_all		= amd_pmu_enable_all,
-	.enable			= amd_pmu_enable_counter,
-	.disable		= amd_pmu_disable_counter,
+	.enable			= amd_pmu_enable_event,
+	.disable		= amd_pmu_disable_event,
 	.eventsel		= MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0,
 	.perfctr		= MSR_K7_PERFCTR0,
 	.event_map		= amd_pmu_event_map,
 	.raw_event		= amd_pmu_raw_event,
 	.max_events		= ARRAY_SIZE(amd_perfmon_event_map),
-	.num_counters		= 4,
-	.counter_bits		= 48,
-	.counter_mask		= (1ULL << 48) - 1,
+	.num_events		= 4,
+	.event_bits		= 48,
+	.event_mask		= (1ULL << 48) - 1,
 	.apic			= 1,
 	/* use highest bit to detect overflow */
 	.max_period		= (1ULL << 47) - 1,
@@ -1982,15 +1982,15 @@ static int intel_pmu_init(void)
 
 	x86_pmu				= intel_pmu;
 	x86_pmu.version			= version;
-	x86_pmu.num_counters		= eax.split.num_counters;
-	x86_pmu.counter_bits		= eax.split.bit_width;
-	x86_pmu.counter_mask		= (1ULL << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
+	x86_pmu.num_events		= eax.split.num_events;
+	x86_pmu.event_bits		= eax.split.bit_width;
+	x86_pmu.event_mask		= (1ULL << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
 
 	/*
-	 * Quirk: v2 perfmon does not report fixed-purpose counters, so
-	 * assume at least 3 counters:
+	 * Quirk: v2 perfmon does not report fixed-purpose events, so
+	 * assume at least 3 events:
 	 */
-	x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed	= max((int)edx.split.num_counters_fixed, 3);
+	x86_pmu.num_events_fixed	= max((int)edx.split.num_events_fixed, 3);
 
 	/*
 	 * Install the hw-cache-events table:
@@ -2037,11 +2037,11 @@ static int amd_pmu_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
+void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pr_info("Performance Counters: ");
+	pr_info("Performance Events: ");
 
 	switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
 	case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
@@ -2054,45 +2054,45 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 		return;
 	}
 	if (err != 0) {
-		pr_cont("no PMU driver, software counters only.\n");
+		pr_cont("no PMU driver, software events only.\n");
 		return;
 	}
 
 	pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);
 
-	if (x86_pmu.num_counters > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
-		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters %d > max(%d), clipping!",
-		     x86_pmu.num_counters, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
-		x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
+	if (x86_pmu.num_events > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf events %d > max(%d), clipping!",
+		     x86_pmu.num_events, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
+		x86_pmu.num_events = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
 	}
-	perf_counter_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_counters) - 1;
-	perf_max_counters = x86_pmu.num_counters;
+	perf_event_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_events) - 1;
+	perf_max_events = x86_pmu.num_events;
 
-	if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
-		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
-		     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
-		x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
+	if (x86_pmu.num_events_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
+		WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf events fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
+		     x86_pmu.num_events_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
+		x86_pmu.num_events_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
 	}
 
-	perf_counter_mask |=
-		((1LL << x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)-1) << X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
-	x86_pmu.intel_ctrl = perf_counter_mask;
+	perf_event_mask |=
+		((1LL << x86_pmu.num_events_fixed)-1) << X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
+	x86_pmu.intel_ctrl = perf_event_mask;
 
-	perf_counters_lapic_init();
-	register_die_notifier(&perf_counter_nmi_notifier);
+	perf_events_lapic_init();
+	register_die_notifier(&perf_event_nmi_notifier);
 
 	pr_info("... version:                 %d\n",     x86_pmu.version);
-	pr_info("... bit width:               %d\n",     x86_pmu.counter_bits);
-	pr_info("... generic counters:        %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_counters);
-	pr_info("... value mask:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.counter_mask);
+	pr_info("... bit width:               %d\n",     x86_pmu.event_bits);
+	pr_info("... generic events:        %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_events);
+	pr_info("... value mask:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.event_mask);
 	pr_info("... max period:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.max_period);
-	pr_info("... fixed-purpose counters:  %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed);
-	pr_info("... counter mask:            %016Lx\n", perf_counter_mask);
+	pr_info("... fixed-purpose events:  %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_events_fixed);
+	pr_info("... event mask:            %016Lx\n", perf_event_mask);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static inline void x86_pmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	x86_perf_counter_update(counter, &counter->hw, counter->hw.idx);
+	x86_perf_event_update(event, &event->hw, event->hw.idx);
 }
 
 static const struct pmu pmu = {
@@ -2102,14 +2102,14 @@ static const struct pmu pmu = {
 	.unthrottle	= x86_pmu_unthrottle,
 };
 
-const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	err = __hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
+	err = __hw_perf_event_init(event);
 	if (err) {
-		if (counter->destroy)
-			counter->destroy(counter);
+		if (event->destroy)
+			event->destroy(event);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return entry;
 }
 
-void hw_perf_counter_setup_online(int cpu)
+void hw_perf_event_setup_online(int cpu)
 {
 	init_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 392bea43b890..fab786f60ed6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/apic.h>
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 
 struct nmi_watchdog_ctlblk {
 	unsigned int cccr_msr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index d59fe323807e..681c3fda7391 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ apicinterrupt ERROR_APIC_VECTOR \
 apicinterrupt SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR \
 	spurious_interrupt smp_spurious_interrupt
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 apicinterrupt LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR \
 	perf_pending_interrupt smp_perf_pending_interrupt
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
index 300883112e3d..40f30773fb29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void __init apic_intr_init(void)
 	alloc_intr_gate(ERROR_APIC_VECTOR, error_interrupt);
 
 	/* Performance monitoring interrupts: */
-# ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+# ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 	alloc_intr_gate(LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR, perf_pending_interrupt);
 # endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
index d51321ddafda..0157cd26d7cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
@@ -335,4 +335,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
 	.long sys_preadv
 	.long sys_pwritev
 	.long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo	/* 335 */
-	.long sys_perf_counter_open
+	.long sys_perf_event_open