Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core, to fix conflicts

Conflicts:
	tools/perf/arch/arm/annotate/instructions.c
	tools/perf/arch/arm64/annotate/instructions.c
	tools/perf/arch/powerpc/annotate/instructions.c
	tools/perf/arch/s390/annotate/instructions.c
	tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c
	tools/perf/ui/tui/progress.c
	tools/perf/util/zlib.c

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

180 files changed, 195 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
index 39f17507578d..3802cee5e188 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 if [ $# -eq 1 ]  ; then
 	OUTPUT=$1
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 08164162c345..da1c4c4a0dd8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -605,9 +605,19 @@ static struct arch *arch__find(const char *name)
 int symbol__alloc_hist(struct symbol *sym)
 {
 	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
-	const size_t size = symbol__size(sym);
+	size_t size = symbol__size(sym);
 	size_t sizeof_sym_hist;
 
+	/*
+	 * Add buffer of one element for zero length symbol.
+	 * When sample is taken from first instruction of
+	 * zero length symbol, perf still resolves it and
+	 * shows symbol name in perf report and allows to
+	 * annotate it.
+	 */
+	if (size == 0)
+		size = 1;
+
 	/* Check for overflow when calculating sizeof_sym_hist */
 	if (size > (SIZE_MAX - sizeof(struct sym_hist)) / sizeof(struct sym_hist_entry))
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index 9ce575c25fd9..f6ba3560de5e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_ANNOTATE_H
 #define __PERF_ANNOTATE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/block-range.c b/tools/perf/util/block-range.c
index 7b3e1d75d803..f1451c987eec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/block-range.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/block-range.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "block-range.h"
 #include "annotate.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/block-range.h b/tools/perf/util/block-range.h
index a8c841381131..a5ba719d69fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/block-range.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/block-range.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_BLOCK_RANGE_H
 #define __PERF_BLOCK_RANGE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
index 4a1264c66101..72c107fcbc5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * bpf-loader.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
index 48863867878b..5d3aefd6fae7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Huawei Inc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
index 827f9140f3b8..29347756b0af 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * bpf-prologue.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h
index ba564838375f..c50c7358009f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015, He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Huawei Inc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
index c1a06fcd7e70..7f8553630c4d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * build-id.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.h b/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
index c94b0dcbfd74..f0c565164a97 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_BUILD_ID_H_
 #define PERF_BUILD_ID_H_ 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h
index ccafcf72b37a..e513366f2ee0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-c.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_UTIL_CLANG_C_H
 #define PERF_UTIL_CLANG_C_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp
index 9b11e8c82798..a4014d786676 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang-test.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "clang.h"
 #include "clang-c.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
index 1e974152cac2..1bfc946e37dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * llvm C frontend for perf. Support dynamically compile C file
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h
index dd8b0427550d..6ce33e22f23c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/c++/clang.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_UTIL_CLANG_H
 #define PERF_UTIL_CLANG_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cache.h b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
index 0175765c05b9..9f2e36ef5072 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cache.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cache.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_CACHE_H
 #define __PERF_CACHE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
index 837012147c7b..082505d08d72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009-2011, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index 8f67b681cde9..b79ef2478a57 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_CALLCHAIN_H
 #define __PERF_CALLCHAIN_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index 0e77bc9e5f3c..d9ffc1e6eb39 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
index d91966b97cbd..afafc87e9201 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __CGROUP_H__
 #define __CGROUP_H__
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
index 4b4f00df58a8..ca0fff6272be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sched.h>
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.h b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.h
index 94a5a7d829d5..78216b1015c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_CLOEXEC_H
 #define __PERF_CLOEXEC_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.c b/tools/perf/util/color.c
index dbbf89b050a5..39e628b8938e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/color.h b/tools/perf/util/color.h
index 52122bcc3170..22777b1812ee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/color.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/color.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_COLOR_H
 #define __PERF_COLOR_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/comm.c b/tools/perf/util/comm.c
index 756a9c14efbb..7798a2cc8a86 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/comm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/comm.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "comm.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/comm.h b/tools/perf/util/comm.h
index 71c9c39340d4..3e5c438fe85e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/comm.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/comm.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_COMM_H
 #define __PERF_COMM_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/compress.h b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
index 67fd1bb7c2b7..ecca688a25fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/compress.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/compress.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_COMPRESS_H
 #define PERF_COMPRESS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index d2b6983b1779..84eb9393c7db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * config.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index b6bb11f3f165..baf82bf227ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_CONFIG_H
 #define __PERF_CONFIG_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.c b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
index c4af82ab7808..03032b410c29 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/counts.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.h b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
index cb45a6aecf9d..0d1050ccc586 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/counts.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_COUNTS_H
 #define __PERF_COUNTS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 37b3bb79ee08..1ccbd3342069 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "util.h"
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 6b8bff87481d..ed8999d1a640 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 #define __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ctype.c b/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
index 4b261c2ec0f1..ee4c1e8ed54b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ctype.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Sane locale-independent, ASCII ctype.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
index 9a3b587f76c1..821674d63c4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
 #define __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
 #include "data-convert.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
index 5314962fe95b..af90b6076c06 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_H
 #define __DATA_CONVERT_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index f80a23d031d6..48094fde0a68 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.h b/tools/perf/util/data.h
index 000c43bbb7ac..4828f7feea89 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_DATA_H
 #define __PERF_DATA_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index cd24ebf0da2f..f3a71db83947 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /* For general debugging purposes */
 
 #include "../perf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index c818bdb1c1ab..77445dfc5c7d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /* For debugging general purposes */
 #ifndef __PERF_DEBUG_H
 #define __PERF_DEBUG_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
index cb66d334f532..e4c486756053 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.h b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.h
index a981c1f968fe..f936c8eabe5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/demangle-java.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_DEMANGLE_JAVA
 #define __PERF_DEMANGLE_JAVA 1
 /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.c b/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.c
index f9dafa888c06..423afbbd386b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <string.h>
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.h b/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.h
index 7b41ead7e0dd..2fca618b1aa5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/demangle-rust.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_DEMANGLE_RUST
 #define __PERF_DEMANGLE_RUST 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 3192b608e91b..d5b6f7f5baff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <asm/bug.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 821b16c67030..c229dbe0277a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_DSO
 #define __PERF_DSO
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c b/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c
index ffbdb19f05d0..10988d3de7ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include "dump-insn.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.h b/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.h
index 90fb115981cf..0e06280a8860 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dump-insn.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_DUMP_INSN_H
 #define __PERF_DUMP_INSN_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-regs.c
index c708395b3cb6..db55eddce8cd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dwarf-regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * dwarf-regs.c : Mapping of DWARF debug register numbers into register names.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index 9e21538c42ae..6276b340f893 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "cpumap.h"
 #include "env.h"
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index b164dfd2dcbf..1eb35b190b34 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_ENV_H
 #define __PERF_ENV_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 3c411e7e36aa..97a8ef9980db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index d6cbb0a0d919..1ae95efbfb95 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_RECORD_H
 #define __PERF_RECORD_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 8c433e95bd9a..e72ae64c11ac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_EVLIST_H
 #define __PERF_EVLIST_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 64782b19089d..9277df96ffda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_EVSEL_H
 #define __PERF_EVSEL_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
index 5b9e89257aa7..06dfb027879d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel_fprintf.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/expr.h b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
index 400ef9eab00a..046160831f90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/expr.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/expr.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PARSE_CTX_H
 #define PARSE_CTX_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c b/tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c
index 95ef1cffc056..d7823e3508fc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/find-vdso-map.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 static int find_vdso_map(void **start, void **end)
 {
 	FILE *maps;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/genelf.h b/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
index 2424bd9862a3..de322d51c7fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/genelf.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __GENELF_H__
 #define __GENELF_H__
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/generate-cmdlist.sh b/tools/perf/util/generate-cmdlist.sh
index 0ac2037c970c..9bbcec4e3365 100755
--- a/tools/perf/util/generate-cmdlist.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/util/generate-cmdlist.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 echo "/* Automatically generated by $0 */
 struct cmdname_help
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/group.h b/tools/perf/util/group.h
index 116debe7a995..f36c7e31780a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/group.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/group.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef GROUP_H
 #define GROUP_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 6e59dcca9df2..7c0e9d587bfa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include "util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index f7a16ee527b8..29ccbfdf8724 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_HEADER_H
 #define __PERF_HEADER_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
index 15b95300d7f3..4f07a5ba5030 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/help-unknown-cmd.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include <poll.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 25d143053ab5..b6140950301e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "util.h"
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "hist.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index e60dda26a920..f6630cb95eff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_HIST_H
 #define __PERF_HIST_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/asm-offsets.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/asm-offsets.h
index ed538942523d..3aff4cf44944 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/asm-offsets.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/asm-offsets.h
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /* stub */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index acffd5e4d1d4..2270481c7e0a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 
 #ifndef PERF_CPUFEATURE_H
 #define PERF_CPUFEATURE_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
index afe38199e922..e9876be63dbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 
 #ifndef PERF_DWARF2_H
 #define PERF_DWARF2_H
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/uaccess.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/uaccess.h
index d0f72b8fcc35..6a6f4b990547 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_ASM_UACCESS_H_
 #define _PERF_ASM_UACCESS_H_
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
index 43bfd8da7919..7d99a084e82d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/dwarf-regs.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_DWARF_REGS_H_
 #define _PERF_DWARF_REGS_H_
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/linkage.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/linkage.h
index 06387cffe125..f01d48a8d707 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 
 #ifndef PERF_LINUX_LINKAGE_H_
 #define PERF_LINUX_LINKAGE_H_
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
index 54e961659514..ddd5c4c21129 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/awk -f
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # gen-insn-attr-x86.awk: Instruction attribute table generator
 # Written by Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
 #
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intlist.h b/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
index 020b9ca1b47e..85bab8735fa9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intlist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_INTLIST_H
 #define __PERF_INTLIST_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jit.h b/tools/perf/util/jit.h
index 961e7a8a0e17..6817ffc2a059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jit.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jit.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __JIT_H__
 #define __JIT_H__
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
index e7645098a323..a1863000e972 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/jitdump.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <sys/sysmacros.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
index d01e73592f6e..7b1f06567521 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/kvm-stat.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_KVM_STAT_H
 #define __PERF_KVM_STAT_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
index f616e4f65b67..a217ecf0359d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "levenshtein.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.h b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.h
index b0fcb6d8a881..34ca173c557d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/levenshtein.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_LEVENSHTEIN_H
 #define __PERF_LEVENSHTEIN_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
index 6559bc586643..66756e6be111 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/arm64.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * This file setups defines to compile arch specific binary from the
  * generic one.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
index 957ffff72428..c5e568188e19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/libunwind/x86_32.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * This file setups defines to compile arch specific binary from the
  * generic one.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
index 209b0c82eff4..4952b429caa7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Huawei Inc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
index c87a2a92a88f..d3ad8deb5db4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/llvm-utils.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2015, Huawei Inc.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
index 4ca7c5c6cdcd..07498eaddc08 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/lzma.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <lzma.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 94d8f1ccedd9..6a8d03c3d9b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index c6a299ea506c..5ce860b64c74 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_MACHINE_H
 #define __PERF_MACHINE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.c b/tools/perf/util/map.c
index 5792d7a78152..6d40efd74402 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/map.h b/tools/perf/util/map.h
index d5d7442dac7a..edeb7291c8e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/map.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_MAP_H
 #define __PERF_MAP_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index 28afe5fa84d6..93f74d8d3cdd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
index 40f72ee4f42a..a889ec2fa9f5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_MEM_EVENTS_H
 #define __PERF_MEM_EVENTS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/memswap.c b/tools/perf/util/memswap.c
index 55f7faa8d9ec..c1317e4983bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/memswap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/memswap.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <byteswap.h>
 #include "memswap.h"
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/memswap.h b/tools/perf/util/memswap.h
index 7d1b1c34bb57..1e29ff903ca9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/memswap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/memswap.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_MEMSWAP_H_
 #define PERF_MEMSWAP_H_
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index 4de398cfb577..8e09fd2d842f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
index e11468a9a6e4..96e5292d88e2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __ORDERED_EVENTS_H
 #define __ORDERED_EVENTS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
index e71fb5f31e84..bd779d9f4d1e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h
index 6086fd90eb23..11d1722733f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-branch-options.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_PARSE_BRANCH_OPTIONS_H
 #define _PERF_PARSE_BRANCH_OPTIONS_H 1
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 04f35db063ee..a7fcd95961ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 3909ca0639f2..be337c266697 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_PARSE_EVENTS_H
 #define __PERF_PARSE_EVENTS_H
 /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 38a42bdf1492..241396cd059d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ do {							\
 	yycolumn += yyleng;				\
 } while (0);
 
+#define USER_REJECT		\
+	yycolumn -= yyleng;	\
+	REJECT
+
 %}
 
 %x mem
@@ -336,8 +340,8 @@ r{num_raw_hex}		{ return raw(yyscanner); }
 {num_hex}		{ return value(yyscanner, 16); }
 
 {modifier_event}	{ return str(yyscanner, PE_MODIFIER_EVENT); }
-{bpf_object}		{ if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) REJECT; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_OBJECT); }
-{bpf_source}		{ if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) REJECT; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_SOURCE); }
+{bpf_object}		{ if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) USER_REJECT; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_OBJECT); }
+{bpf_source}		{ if (!isbpf(yyscanner)) USER_REJECT; return str(yyscanner, PE_BPF_SOURCE); }
 {name}			{ return pmu_str_check(yyscanner); }
 "/"			{ BEGIN(config); return '/'; }
 -			{ return '-'; }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
index 646ecf736aad..e6599e290f46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
index 7d762b188007..cdefb1acf6be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-regs-options.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_PARSE_REGS_OPTIONS_H
 #define _PERF_PARSE_REGS_OPTIONS_H 1
 struct option;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index 50ec3bc87a60..933f5c6bffb4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * I'm tired of doing "vsnprintf()" etc just to open a
  * file, so here's a "return static buffer with printf"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.h b/tools/perf/util/path.h
index 9a276a58e3c2..14a254ada7eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_PATH_H
 #define _PERF_PATH_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.c b/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.c
index d55092964da2..4f3aa8d99ef4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * perf_hooks.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.h b/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.h
index 838d5797bc1e..27fbec62d4fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf-hooks.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_UTIL_PERF_HOOKS_H
 #define PERF_UTIL_PERF_HOOKS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
index b2ae039eff85..2acfcc527cac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
index 32b37d19dcc3..c9319f8d17a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_REGS_H
 #define __PERF_REGS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 94cf2c29fed6..07cb2ac041d7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 7ca675598b43..27c75e635866 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PMU_H
 #define __PMU_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
index df55ad3b47a0..23e367063446 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "print_binary.h"
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h
index f97918a179db..2a1554afc957 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/print_binary.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_PRINT_BINARY_H
 #define PERF_PRINT_BINARY_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
index 078681d12168..45b14f020558 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PROBE_EVENT_H
 #define _PROBE_EVENT_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
index 2ca4163abafe..63f29b1d22c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PROBE_FILE_H
 #define __PROBE_FILE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
index 27f061551012..16252980ff00 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PROBE_FINDER_H
 #define _PROBE_FINDER_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pstack.c b/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
index b234a6e3d0d4..797fe1ae2d2e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pstack.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Simple pointer stack
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pstack.h b/tools/perf/util/pstack.h
index ded7f2e36624..8729b8be061d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pstack.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pstack.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_PSTACK_
 #define _PERF_PSTACK_
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index c129e99114ae..8e49d9cafcfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <structmember.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/quote.c b/tools/perf/util/quote.c
index 1ba8920151d8..22eaa201aa27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/quote.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/quote.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "strbuf.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/quote.h b/tools/perf/util/quote.h
index 055ca45bed99..274bf26d3511 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/quote.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/quote.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_QUOTE_H
 #define __PERF_QUOTE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rb_resort.h b/tools/perf/util/rb_resort.h
index b30746f5f613..a920f702a74d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rb_resort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rb_resort.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_RESORT_RB_H_
 #define _PERF_RESORT_RB_H_
 /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/rblist.h b/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
index ff9913b994c2..4c8638a22571 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/rblist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_RBLIST_H
 #define __PERF_RBLIST_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index d91bdf5a1aa4..1e97937b03a9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "cpumap.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sane_ctype.h b/tools/perf/util/sane_ctype.h
index 4308c22c22ad..c2b42ff9ff32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sane_ctype.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sane_ctype.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_SANE_CTYPE_H
 #define _PERF_SANE_CTYPE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index c09b748ab599..5c412310f266 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index cc1c5ea53c39..80bc80de8362 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_SESSION_H
 #define __PERF_SESSION_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index 006d10a0dc96..a00eacdf02ed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <regex.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 507d096aee4e..f5901c10a563 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_SORT_H
 #define __PERF_SORT_H
 #include "../builtin.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
index ad1b46f1f2cf..d19f05c56de6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/srcline.h b/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
index 1c4d6210860b..847b7086182c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/srcline.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_SRCLINE_H
 #define PERF_SRCLINE_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index 51ad03a799ec..855e35cbb1dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "stat.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 203f5d8d11d1..151e9efd7286 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <math.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 490b78aa7230..eefca5c981fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_STATS_H
 #define __PERF_STATS_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
index aafe908b82b5..3d1cf5bf7f18 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
index 802d743378af..ea94d8628980 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strbuf.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_STRBUF_H
 #define __PERF_STRBUF_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.c b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.c
index 4dc0af669a30..7f3253d44afd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "util.h"
 #include "string2.h"
 #include "strfilter.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
index cff5eda88728..e0c25a40f796 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strfilter.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_STRFILTER_H
 #define __PERF_STRFILTER_H
 /* General purpose glob matching filter */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index cca53b693a48..aaa08ee8c717 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "string2.h"
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string2.h b/tools/perf/util/string2.h
index 2f619681bd6a..ee14ca5451ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string2.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string2.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_STRING_H
 #define PERF_STRING_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/strlist.h b/tools/perf/util/strlist.h
index 19207e50fce5..d58f1e08b170 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/strlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/strlist.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_STRLIST_H
 #define __PERF_STRLIST_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.h b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.h
index 946fdf2db97c..e55338d5c3bd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/svghelper.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/svghelper.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_SVGHELPER_H
 #define __PERF_SVGHELPER_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index 9cf781f0d8a2..2de770511e70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
index 1a5aa35b0100..ff48d0d49584 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-minimal.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "symbol.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index ce6993bebf8c..1b67a8639dfe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index d548ea5cb418..a4f0075b4e5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_SYMBOL
 #define __PERF_SYMBOL 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
index 63694e174e5c..6dd2cb88ccbe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol_fprintf.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
index e9fb8786da7c..c8e7e9ce0f01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/syscalltbl.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_SYSCALLTBL_H
 #define __PERF_SYSCALLTBL_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/target.h b/tools/perf/util/target.h
index 7381b1ca4041..446aa7a56f25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/target.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/target.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_TARGET_H
 #define _PERF_TARGET_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/term.c b/tools/perf/util/term.c
index 8f254a74d97d..e7aa82c06c76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/term.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/term.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "term.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <termios.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/term.h b/tools/perf/util/term.h
index 2c06a61846a1..607b170a9017 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/term.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/term.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_TERM_H
 #define __PERF_TERM_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index bf73117b4822..68b65b10579b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 10555d6a0b86..40cfa36c022a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_THREAD_H
 #define __PERF_THREAD_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index 63ead7b06324..be0d5a736dea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index bd34d7a0b9fa..f15803985435 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H
 #define __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
index 5b5d0214debd..81927d027417 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
index 8656be08513b..15b475c50ccf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/time-utils.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _TIME_UTILS_H_
 #define _TIME_UTILS_H_
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool.h b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
index d549e50db397..2532b558099b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tool.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_TOOL_H
 #define __PERF_TOOL_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.h b/tools/perf/util/top.h
index f4296e1e3bb8..9892323cdd7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_TOP_H
 #define __PERF_TOP_H 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
index c330780674fc..16a776371d03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 1fbc044f9eb0..dcbdb53dc702 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 #define _PERF_UTIL_TRACE_EVENT_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trigger.h b/tools/perf/util/trigger.h
index e97d7016d771..370138e7e35c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trigger.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trigger.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __TRIGGER_H_
 #define __TRIGGER_H_ 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/util/tsc.c
index 1b741646eed0..bfa782421cbd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tsc.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tsc.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tsc.h b/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
index d5b11e2b85e0..e0c3af34ac8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_TSC_H
 #define __PERF_TSC_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/units.c b/tools/perf/util/units.c
index 4767ec2c5ef6..a46762aec4c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/units.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/units.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "units.h"
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <limits.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/units.h b/tools/perf/util/units.h
index f02c87317150..99263b6a23f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/units.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/units.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef PERF_UNIT_H
 #define PERF_UNIT_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index 7755a5e0fe5e..1e9c974faf67 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <elfutils/libdw.h>
 #include <elfutils/libdwfl.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.h b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.h
index 4a2b269a7b3b..0cbd2650e280 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_UNWIND_LIBDW_H
 #define __PERF_UNWIND_LIBDW_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
index 672c2ada9357..7a42f703e858 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind-local.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * Post mortem Dwarf CFI based unwinding on top of regs and stack dumps.
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
index 8aef572d0889..647a1e6b4c7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libunwind.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "unwind.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "session.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
index bfbdcc6198c9..8a44a1569a21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __UNWIND_H
 #define __UNWIND_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/usage.c b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
index 6cc9d9888ce0..070d25ceea6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/usage.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
  * usage.c
  *
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util-cxx.h b/tools/perf/util/util-cxx.h
index 0e0e019c9f34..80a99e458d4e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util-cxx.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util-cxx.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 /*
  * Support C++ source use utilities defined in util.h
  */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 97e0c8e26477..a789f952b3e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 6c7e6cc902bb..01434509c2e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
 #define GIT_COMPAT_UTIL_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/values.c b/tools/perf/util/values.c
index 8a32bb0095e5..4b7a303e4ba8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/values.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/values.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/values.h b/tools/perf/util/values.h
index 808ff9c73bf5..8c41f22f42cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/values.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/values.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_VALUES_H
 #define __PERF_VALUES_H
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
index f5f843d3c22f..0acb1ec0e2f0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/vdso.h b/tools/perf/util/vdso.h
index cdc4fabfc212..bc74ace603ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/vdso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/vdso.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_VDSO__
 #define __PERF_VDSO__
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c
index c8f415d9877b..dc95154f5646 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "xyarray.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h
index 54af60462130..7ffe562e7ae7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef _PERF_XYARRAY_H_
 #define _PERF_XYARRAY_H_ 1
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
index 7c1175310a12..a725b958cf31 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/zlib.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>