Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

perf/core fixes and improvements.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

13 files changed, 113 insertions, 78 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
index 4626a398836a..ca600e09c8d4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+OUTPUT := ./
+ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
+  ifneq ($(O),)
+	OUTPUT := $(O)/
+  endif
+endif
+
 MAN1_TXT= \
 	$(filter-out $(addsuffix .txt, $(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES)), \
 		$(wildcard perf-*.txt)) \
@@ -6,10 +13,11 @@ MAN5_TXT=
 MAN7_TXT=
 
 MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
-MAN_XML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
-MAN_HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN_TXT))
+_MAN_XML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
+_MAN_HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(MAN_TXT))
 
-DOC_HTML=$(MAN_HTML)
+MAN_XML=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_XML))
+MAN_HTML=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_MAN_HTML))
 
 ARTICLES =
 # with their own formatting rules.
@@ -18,11 +26,17 @@ API_DOCS = $(patsubst %.txt,%,$(filter-out technical/api-index-skel.txt technica
 SP_ARTICLES += $(API_DOCS)
 SP_ARTICLES += technical/api-index
 
-DOC_HTML += $(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES))
+_DOC_HTML = $(_MAN_HTML)
+_DOC_HTML+=$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES) $(SP_ARTICLES))
+DOC_HTML=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_HTML))
 
-DOC_MAN1=$(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(MAN1_TXT))
-DOC_MAN5=$(patsubst %.txt,%.5,$(MAN5_TXT))
-DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
+_DOC_MAN1=$(patsubst %.txt,%.1,$(MAN1_TXT))
+_DOC_MAN5=$(patsubst %.txt,%.5,$(MAN5_TXT))
+_DOC_MAN7=$(patsubst %.txt,%.7,$(MAN7_TXT))
+
+DOC_MAN1=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_MAN1))
+DOC_MAN5=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_MAN5))
+DOC_MAN7=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_DOC_MAN7))
 
 # Make the path relative to DESTDIR, not prefix
 ifndef DESTDIR
@@ -150,9 +164,9 @@ man1: $(DOC_MAN1)
 man5: $(DOC_MAN5)
 man7: $(DOC_MAN7)
 
-info: perf.info perfman.info
+info: $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info
 
-pdf: user-manual.pdf
+pdf: $(OUTPUT)user-manual.pdf
 
 install: install-man
 
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ install-man: man
 
 install-info: info
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 perf.info perfman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)
 	if test -r $(DESTDIR)$(infodir)/dir; then \
 	  $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perf.info ;\
 	  $(INSTALL_INFO) --info-dir=$(DESTDIR)$(infodir) perfman.info ;\
@@ -176,7 +190,7 @@ install-info: info
 
 install-pdf: pdf
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(OUTPUT)user-manual.pdf $(DESTDIR)$(pdfdir)
 
 #install-html: html
 #	'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./install-webdoc.sh $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)
@@ -189,14 +203,14 @@ install-pdf: pdf
 #
 # Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files.
 #
-doc.dep : $(wildcard *.txt) build-docdep.perl
+$(OUTPUT)doc.dep : $(wildcard *.txt) build-docdep.perl
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	$(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@+ $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
--include doc.dep
+-include $(OUPTUT)doc.dep
 
-cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
+_cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
 	cmds-ancillarymanipulators.txt \
 	cmds-mainporcelain.txt \
 	cmds-plumbinginterrogators.txt \
@@ -205,32 +219,36 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
 	cmds-synchelpers.txt \
 	cmds-purehelpers.txt \
 	cmds-foreignscminterface.txt
+cmds_txt=$(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(_cmds_txt))
 
-$(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
+$(cmds_txt): $(OUTPUT)cmd-list.made
 
-cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
+$(OUTPUT)cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
 	$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
 	date >$@
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) *.xml *.xml+ *.html *.html+ *.1 *.5 *.7
-	$(RM) *.texi *.texi+ *.texi++ perf.info perfman.info
-	$(RM) howto-index.txt howto/*.html doc.dep
-	$(RM) technical/api-*.html technical/api-index.txt
-	$(RM) $(cmds_txt) *.made
-
-$(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt
+	$(RM) $(MAN_XML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_XML))
+	$(RM) $(MAN_HTML) $(addsuffix +,$(MAN_HTML))
+	$(RM) $(DOC_HTML) $(DOC_MAN1) $(DOC_MAN5) $(DOC_MAN7)
+	$(RM) $(OUTPUT)*.texi $(OUTPUT)*.texi+ $(OUTPUT)*.texi++
+	$(RM) $(OUTPUT)perf.info $(OUTPUT)perfman.info
+	$(RM) $(OUTPUT)howto-index.txt $(OUTPUT)howto/*.html $(OUTPUT)doc.dep
+	$(RM) $(OUTPUT)technical/api-*.html $(OUTPUT)technical/api-index.txt
+	$(RM) $(cmds_txt) $(OUTPUT)*.made
+
+$(MAN_HTML): $(OUTPUT)%.html : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -b xhtml11 -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
 		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
-%.1 %.5 %.7 : %.xml
+$(OUTPUT)%.1 $(OUTPUT)%.5 $(OUTPUT)%.7 : $(OUTPUT)%.xml
 	$(QUIET_XMLTO)$(RM) $@ && \
-	xmlto -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
+	xmlto -o $(OUTPUT) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
 
-%.xml : %.txt
+$(OUTPUT)%.xml : %.txt
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -b docbook -d manpage -f asciidoc.conf \
 		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) -aperf_version=$(PERF_VERSION) -o $@+ $< && \
@@ -239,25 +257,25 @@ $(MAN_HTML): %.html : %.txt
 XSLT = docbook.xsl
 XSLTOPTS = --xinclude --stringparam html.stylesheet docbook-xsl.css
 
-user-manual.html: user-manual.xml
+$(OUTPUT)user-manual.html: $(OUTPUT)user-manual.xml
 	$(QUIET_XSLTPROC)xsltproc $(XSLTOPTS) -o $@ $(XSLT) $<
 
-perf.info: user-manual.texi
-	$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ user-manual.texi
+$(OUTPUT)perf.info: $(OUTPUT)user-manual.texi
+	$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split -o $@ $(OUTPUT)user-manual.texi
 
-user-manual.texi: user-manual.xml
+$(OUTPUT)user-manual.texi: $(OUTPUT)user-manual.xml
 	$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
-	$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \
+	$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) $(OUTPUT)user-manual.xml --encoding=UTF-8 --to-stdout >$@++ && \
 	$(PERL_PATH) fix-texi.perl <$@++ >$@+ && \
 	rm $@++ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
-user-manual.pdf: user-manual.xml
+$(OUTPUT)user-manual.pdf: $(OUTPUT)user-manual.xml
 	$(QUIET_DBLATEX)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	$(DBLATEX) -o $@+ -p /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.xsl -s /etc/asciidoc/dblatex/asciidoc-dblatex.sty $< && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
-perfman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
+$(OUTPUT)perfman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
 	$(QUIET_DB2TEXI)$(RM) $@+ $@ && \
 	($(foreach xml,$(MAN_XML),$(DOCBOOK2X_TEXI) --encoding=UTF-8 \
 		--to-stdout $(xml) &&) true) > $@++ && \
@@ -265,7 +283,7 @@ perfman.texi: $(MAN_XML) cat-texi.perl
 	rm $@++ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
-perfman.info: perfman.texi
+$(OUTPUT)perfman.info: $(OUTPUT)perfman.texi
 	$(QUIET_MAKEINFO)$(MAKEINFO) --no-split --no-validate $*.texi
 
 $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index d64f5819a380..64df5de12ca8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -794,7 +794,6 @@ help:
 	@echo '  quick-install-html	- install the html documentation quickly'
 	@echo ''
 	@echo 'Perf maintainer targets:'
-	@echo '  distclean		- alias to clean'
 	@echo '  clean			- clean all binary objects and build output'
 
 doc:
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
index a20780bd0771..fcd9cf00600a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@
 #define Lmemcpy_c globl memcpy_c; memcpy_c
 #define Lmemcpy_c_e globl memcpy_c_e; memcpy_c_e
 #include "../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S"
+/*
+ * We need to provide note.GNU-stack section, saying that we want
+ * NOT executable stack. Otherwise the final linking will assume that
+ * the ELF stack should not be restricted at all and set it RWX.
+ */
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S
index cb9217063776..9e5af89ed13a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@
 #define Lmemset_c globl memset_c; memset_c
 #define Lmemset_c_e globl memset_c_e; memset_c_e
 #include "../../../arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S"
+
+/*
+ * We need to provide note.GNU-stack section, saying that we want
+ * NOT executable stack. Otherwise the final linking will assume that
+ * the ELF stack should not be restricted at all and set it RWX.
+ */
+.section .note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index fb8566181f27..4935c09dd5b5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct {
 	struct perf_probe_event events[MAX_PROBES];
 	struct strlist *dellist;
 	struct line_range line_range;
-	const char *target_module;
+	const char *target;
 	int max_probe_points;
 	struct strfilter *filter;
 } params;
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		   "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
 	OPT_STRING('s', "source", &symbol_conf.source_prefix,
 		   "directory", "path to kernel source"),
-	OPT_STRING('m', "module", &params.target_module,
+	OPT_STRING('m', "module", &params.target,
 		   "modname|path",
 		   "target module name (for online) or path (for offline)"),
 #endif
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		if (!params.filter)
 			params.filter = strfilter__new(DEFAULT_FUNC_FILTER,
 						       NULL);
-		ret = show_available_funcs(params.target_module,
+		ret = show_available_funcs(params.target,
 					   params.filter);
 		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
 		if (ret < 0)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
 		}
 
-		ret = show_line_range(&params.line_range, params.target_module);
+		ret = show_line_range(&params.line_range, params.target);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show lines. (%d)\n", ret);
 		return ret;
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
 		ret = show_available_vars(params.events, params.nevents,
 					  params.max_probe_points,
-					  params.target_module,
+					  params.target,
 					  params.filter,
 					  params.show_ext_vars);
 		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ int cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	if (params.nevents) {
 		ret = add_perf_probe_events(params.events, params.nevents,
 					    params.max_probe_points,
-					    params.target_module,
+					    params.target,
 					    params.force_add);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			pr_err("  Error: Failed to add events. (%d)\n", ret);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 32870eef952f..f8d9a545dd6e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	int flags;
-	int err, output;
+	int err, output, feat;
 	unsigned long waking = 0;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
 	struct machine *machine;
@@ -453,8 +453,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	rec->session = session;
 
-	if (!rec->no_buildid)
-		perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BUILD_ID);
+	for (feat = HEADER_FIRST_FEATURE; feat < HEADER_LAST_FEATURE; feat++)
+		perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, feat);
+
+	if (rec->no_buildid)
+		perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_BUILD_ID);
+
+	if (!have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries))
+		perf_header__clear_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
 
 	if (!rec->file_new) {
 		err = perf_session__read_header(session, output);
@@ -462,22 +468,6 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct perf_record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 			goto out_delete_session;
 	}
 
-	if (have_tracepoints(&evsel_list->entries))
-		perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
-
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_HOSTNAME);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_OSRELEASE);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_ARCH);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_CPUDESC);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_NRCPUS);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_EVENT_DESC);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_CMDLINE);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_VERSION);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_CPU_TOPOLOGY);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_TOTAL_MEM);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_NUMA_TOPOLOGY);
-	perf_header__set_feat(&session->header, HEADER_CPUID);
-
 	if (forks) {
 		err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evsel_list, opts, argv);
 		if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 459b8620a5d9..d14b37ad7638 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -576,6 +576,8 @@ static void nsec_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 	if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK))
 		fprintf(output, " # %8.3f CPUs utilized          ",
 			avg / avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats));
+	else
+		fprintf(output, "                                   ");
 }
 
 /* used for get_ratio_color() */
@@ -844,12 +846,18 @@ static void abs_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 
 		fprintf(output, " # %8.3f GHz                    ", ratio);
 	} else if (runtime_nsecs_stats[cpu].n != 0) {
+		char unit = 'M';
+
 		total = avg_stats(&runtime_nsecs_stats[cpu]);
 
 		if (total)
 			ratio = 1000.0 * avg / total;
+		if (ratio < 0.001) {
+			ratio *= 1000;
+			unit = 'K';
+		}
 
-		fprintf(output, " # %8.3f M/sec                  ", ratio);
+		fprintf(output, " # %8.3f %c/sec                  ", ratio, unit);
 	} else {
 		fprintf(output, "                                   ");
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 73ddaf06b8e7..2044324b755a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static int perf_event__process_kernel_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool __used,
 
 	is_kernel_mmap = memcmp(event->mmap.filename,
 				kmmap_prefix,
-				strlen(kmmap_prefix)) == 0;
+				strlen(kmmap_prefix) - 1) == 0;
 	if (event->mmap.filename[0] == '/' ||
 	    (!is_kernel_mmap && event->mmap.filename[0] == '[')) {
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index a6d50e376257..a57a8cfc5d90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry)
 	++evlist->nr_entries;
 }
 
-static void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
-					  struct list_head *list,
-					  int nr_entries)
+void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				   struct list_head *list,
+				   int nr_entries)
 {
 	list_splice_tail(list, &evlist->entries);
 	evlist->nr_entries += nr_entries;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 9c516607ce20..1b4282be8fe7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -117,4 +117,9 @@ u16 perf_evlist__id_hdr_size(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_id_all(const struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+
+void perf_evlist__splice_list_tail(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+				   struct list_head *list,
+				   int nr_entries);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index dcfefab53e00..9a11f9edac12 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ int perf_event__parse_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,
 	memset(data, 0, sizeof(*data));
 	data->cpu = data->pid = data->tid = -1;
 	data->stream_id = data->id = data->time = -1ULL;
+	data->period = 1;
 
 	if (event->header.type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
 		if (!sample_id_all)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index ac4ec956024e..e68f617d082f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 enum {
 	HEADER_RESERVED		= 0,	/* always cleared */
+	HEADER_FIRST_FEATURE	= 1,
 	HEADER_TRACE_INFO	= 1,
 	HEADER_BUILD_ID,
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b9bbdd236357..c1a513e56764 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@ static int add_module_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
 /* Try to find perf_probe_event with debuginfo */
 static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 					  struct probe_trace_event **tevs,
-					  int max_tevs, const char *module)
+					  int max_tevs, const char *target)
 {
 	bool need_dwarf = perf_probe_event_need_dwarf(pev);
-	struct debuginfo *dinfo = open_debuginfo(module);
+	struct debuginfo *dinfo = open_debuginfo(target);
 	int ntevs, ret = 0;
 
 	if (!dinfo) {
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ static int try_to_find_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 
 	if (ntevs > 0) {	/* Succeeded to find trace events */
 		pr_debug("find %d probe_trace_events.\n", ntevs);
-		if (module)
+		if (target)
 			ret = add_module_to_probe_trace_events(*tevs, ntevs,
-							       module);
+							       target);
 		return ret < 0 ? ret : ntevs;
 	}
 
@@ -1796,14 +1796,14 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 
 static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 					  struct probe_trace_event **tevs,
-					  int max_tevs, const char *module)
+					  int max_tevs, const char *target)
 {
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	int ret = 0, i;
 	struct probe_trace_event *tev;
 
 	/* Convert perf_probe_event with debuginfo */
-	ret = try_to_find_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs, max_tevs, module);
+	ret = try_to_find_probe_trace_events(pev, tevs, max_tevs, target);
 	if (ret != 0)
 		return ret;	/* Found in debuginfo or got an error */
 
@@ -1819,8 +1819,8 @@ static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	if (module) {
-		tev->point.module = strdup(module);
+	if (target) {
+		tev->point.module = strdup(target);
 		if (tev->point.module == NULL) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto error;
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ struct __event_package {
 };
 
 int add_perf_probe_events(struct perf_probe_event *pevs, int npevs,
-			  int max_tevs, const char *module, bool force_add)
+			  int max_tevs, const char *target, bool force_add)
 {
 	int i, j, ret;
 	struct __event_package *pkgs;
@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@ int add_perf_probe_events(struct perf_probe_event *pevs, int npevs,
 		ret  = convert_to_probe_trace_events(pkgs[i].pev,
 						     &pkgs[i].tevs,
 						     max_tevs,
-						     module);
+						     target);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto end;
 		pkgs[i].ntevs = ret;
@@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ static int filter_available_functions(struct map *map __unused,
 	return 1;
 }
 
-int show_available_funcs(const char *module, struct strfilter *_filter)
+int show_available_funcs(const char *target, struct strfilter *_filter)
 {
 	struct map *map;
 	int ret;
@@ -2074,9 +2074,9 @@ int show_available_funcs(const char *module, struct strfilter *_filter)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	map = kernel_get_module_map(module);
+	map = kernel_get_module_map(target);
 	if (!map) {
-		pr_err("Failed to find %s map.\n", (module) ? : "kernel");
+		pr_err("Failed to find %s map.\n", (target) ? : "kernel");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	available_func_filter = _filter;