18 files changed, 586 insertions, 116 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 0f9b8d7a7d7e..3ccaa1043383 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -4,32 +4,53 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-int cpumap[MAX_NR_CPUS];
-
-static int default_cpu_map(void)
+static struct cpu_map *cpu_map__default_new(void)
 {
-	int nr_cpus, i;
+	struct cpu_map *cpus;
+	int nr_cpus;
 
 	nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-	assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
-	assert((int)nr_cpus >= 0);
+	if (nr_cpus < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	cpus = malloc(sizeof(*cpus) + nr_cpus * sizeof(int));
+	if (cpus != NULL) {
+		int i;
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; ++i)
+			cpus->map[i] = i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; ++i)
-		cpumap[i] = i;
+		cpus->nr = nr_cpus;
+	}
 
-	return nr_cpus;
+	return cpus;
 }
 
-static int read_all_cpu_map(void)
+static struct cpu_map *cpu_map__trim_new(int nr_cpus, int *tmp_cpus)
 {
+	size_t payload_size = nr_cpus * sizeof(int);
+	struct cpu_map *cpus = malloc(sizeof(*cpus) + payload_size);
+
+	if (cpus != NULL) {
+		cpus->nr = nr_cpus;
+		memcpy(cpus->map, tmp_cpus, payload_size);
+	}
+
+	return cpus;
+}
+
+static struct cpu_map *cpu_map__read_all_cpu_map(void)
+{
+	struct cpu_map *cpus = NULL;
 	FILE *onlnf;
 	int nr_cpus = 0;
+	int *tmp_cpus = NULL, *tmp;
+	int max_entries = 0;
 	int n, cpu, prev;
 	char sep;
 
 	onlnf = fopen("/sys/devices/system/cpu/online", "r");
 	if (!onlnf)
-		return default_cpu_map();
+		return cpu_map__default_new();
 
 	sep = 0;
 	prev = -1;
@@ -38,12 +59,28 @@ static int read_all_cpu_map(void)
 		if (n <= 0)
 			break;
 		if (prev >= 0) {
-			assert(nr_cpus + cpu - prev - 1 < MAX_NR_CPUS);
+			int new_max = nr_cpus + cpu - prev - 1;
+
+			if (new_max >= max_entries) {
+				max_entries = new_max + MAX_NR_CPUS / 2;
+				tmp = realloc(tmp_cpus, max_entries * sizeof(int));
+				if (tmp == NULL)
+					goto out_free_tmp;
+				tmp_cpus = tmp;
+			}
+
 			while (++prev < cpu)
-				cpumap[nr_cpus++] = prev;
+				tmp_cpus[nr_cpus++] = prev;
+		}
+		if (nr_cpus == max_entries) {
+			max_entries += MAX_NR_CPUS;
+			tmp = realloc(tmp_cpus, max_entries * sizeof(int));
+			if (tmp == NULL)
+				goto out_free_tmp;
+			tmp_cpus = tmp;
 		}
-		assert (nr_cpus < MAX_NR_CPUS);
-		cpumap[nr_cpus++] = cpu;
+
+		tmp_cpus[nr_cpus++] = cpu;
 		if (n == 2 && sep == '-')
 			prev = cpu;
 		else
@@ -51,24 +88,31 @@ static int read_all_cpu_map(void)
 		if (n == 1 || sep == '\n')
 			break;
 	}
-	fclose(onlnf);
-	if (nr_cpus > 0)
-		return nr_cpus;
 
-	return default_cpu_map();
+	if (nr_cpus > 0)
+		cpus = cpu_map__trim_new(nr_cpus, tmp_cpus);
+	else
+		cpus = cpu_map__default_new();
+out_free_tmp:
+	free(tmp_cpus);
+	fclose(onlnf);
+	return cpus;
 }
 
-int read_cpu_map(const char *cpu_list)
+struct cpu_map *cpu_map__new(const char *cpu_list)
 {
+	struct cpu_map *cpus = NULL;
 	unsigned long start_cpu, end_cpu = 0;
 	char *p = NULL;
 	int i, nr_cpus = 0;
+	int *tmp_cpus = NULL, *tmp;
+	int max_entries = 0;
 
 	if (!cpu_list)
-		return read_all_cpu_map();
+		return cpu_map__read_all_cpu_map();
 
 	if (!isdigit(*cpu_list))
-		goto invalid;
+		goto out;
 
 	while (isdigit(*cpu_list)) {
 		p = NULL;
@@ -94,21 +138,42 @@ int read_cpu_map(const char *cpu_list)
 		for (; start_cpu <= end_cpu; start_cpu++) {
 			/* check for duplicates */
 			for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
-				if (cpumap[i] == (int)start_cpu)
+				if (tmp_cpus[i] == (int)start_cpu)
 					goto invalid;
 
-			assert(nr_cpus < MAX_NR_CPUS);
-			cpumap[nr_cpus++] = (int)start_cpu;
+			if (nr_cpus == max_entries) {
+				max_entries += MAX_NR_CPUS;
+				tmp = realloc(tmp_cpus, max_entries * sizeof(int));
+				if (tmp == NULL)
+					goto invalid;
+				tmp_cpus = tmp;
+			}
+			tmp_cpus[nr_cpus++] = (int)start_cpu;
 		}
 		if (*p)
 			++p;
 
 		cpu_list = p;
 	}
-	if (nr_cpus > 0)
-		return nr_cpus;
 
-	return default_cpu_map();
+	if (nr_cpus > 0)
+		cpus = cpu_map__trim_new(nr_cpus, tmp_cpus);
+	else
+		cpus = cpu_map__default_new();
 invalid:
-	return -1;
+	free(tmp_cpus);
+out:
+	return cpus;
+}
+
+struct cpu_map *cpu_map__dummy_new(void)
+{
+	struct cpu_map *cpus = malloc(sizeof(*cpus) + sizeof(int));
+
+	if (cpus != NULL) {
+		cpus->nr = 1;
+		cpus->map[0] = -1;
+	}
+
+	return cpus;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 3e60f56e490e..f7a4f42f6307 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 #define __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 
-extern int read_cpu_map(const char *cpu_list);
-extern int cpumap[];
+struct cpu_map {
+	int nr;
+	int map[];
+};
+
+struct cpu_map *cpu_map__new(const char *cpu_list);
+struct cpu_map *cpu_map__dummy_new(void);
+void *cpu_map__delete(struct cpu_map *map);
 
 #endif /* __PERF_CPUMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c95267e63c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+#include "evsel.h"
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "cpumap.h"
+#include "thread.h"
+
+#define FD(e, x, y) (*(int *)xyarray__entry(e->fd, x, y))
+
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(u32 type, u64 config, int idx)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = zalloc(sizeof(*evsel));
+
+	if (evsel != NULL) {
+		evsel->idx	   = idx;
+		evsel->attr.type   = type;
+		evsel->attr.config = config;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&evsel->node);
+	}
+
+	return evsel;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
+{
+	evsel->fd = xyarray__new(ncpus, nthreads, sizeof(int));
+	return evsel->fd != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus)
+{
+	evsel->counts = zalloc((sizeof(*evsel->counts) +
+				(ncpus * sizeof(struct perf_counts_values))));
+	return evsel->counts != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	xyarray__delete(evsel->fd);
+	evsel->fd = NULL;
+}
+
+void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads)
+{
+	int cpu, thread;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < ncpus; cpu++)
+		for (thread = 0; thread < nthreads; ++thread) {
+			close(FD(evsel, cpu, thread));
+			FD(evsel, cpu, thread) = -1;
+		}
+}
+
+void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	assert(list_empty(&evsel->node));
+	xyarray__delete(evsel->fd);
+	free(evsel);
+}
+
+int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			      int cpu, int thread, bool scale)
+{
+	struct perf_counts_values count;
+	size_t nv = scale ? 3 : 1;
+
+	if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (evsel->counts == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_counts(evsel, cpu + 1) < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+		return -errno;
+
+	if (scale) {
+		if (count.run == 0)
+			count.val = 0;
+		else if (count.run < count.ena)
+			count.val = (u64)((double)count.val * count.ena / count.run + 0.5);
+	} else
+		count.ena = count.run = 0;
+
+	evsel->counts->cpu[cpu] = count;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int __perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+		       int ncpus, int nthreads, bool scale)
+{
+	size_t nv = scale ? 3 : 1;
+	int cpu, thread;
+	struct perf_counts_values *aggr = &evsel->counts->aggr, count;
+
+	aggr->val = 0;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < ncpus; cpu++) {
+		for (thread = 0; thread < nthreads; thread++) {
+			if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
+				continue;
+
+			if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread),
+				  &count, nv * sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+				return -errno;
+
+			aggr->val += count.val;
+			if (scale) {
+				aggr->ena += count.ena;
+				aggr->run += count.run;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	evsel->counts->scaled = 0;
+	if (scale) {
+		if (aggr->run == 0) {
+			evsel->counts->scaled = -1;
+			aggr->val = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		if (aggr->run < aggr->ena) {
+			evsel->counts->scaled = 1;
+			aggr->val = (u64)((double)aggr->val * aggr->ena / aggr->run + 0.5);
+		}
+	} else
+		aggr->ena = aggr->run = 0;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (evsel->fd == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_fd(evsel, cpus->nr, 1) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus->nr; cpu++) {
+		FD(evsel, cpu, 0) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr, -1,
+							cpus->map[cpu], -1, 0);
+		if (FD(evsel, cpu, 0) < 0)
+			goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_close:
+	while (--cpu >= 0) {
+		close(FD(evsel, cpu, 0));
+		FD(evsel, cpu, 0) = -1;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__open_per_thread(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	int thread;
+
+	if (evsel->fd == NULL && perf_evsel__alloc_fd(evsel, 1, threads->nr))
+		return -1;
+
+	for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; thread++) {
+		FD(evsel, 0, thread) = sys_perf_event_open(&evsel->attr,
+							   threads->map[thread], -1, -1, 0);
+		if (FD(evsel, 0, thread) < 0)
+			goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_close:
+	while (--thread >= 0) {
+		close(FD(evsel, 0, thread));
+		FD(evsel, 0, thread) = -1;
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, 
+		     struct cpu_map *cpus, struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	if (threads == NULL)
+		return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, cpus);
+
+	return perf_evsel__open_per_thread(evsel, threads);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..863d78d5ef1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+#ifndef __PERF_EVSEL_H
+#define __PERF_EVSEL_H 1
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include "types.h"
+#include "xyarray.h"
+ 
+struct perf_counts_values {
+	union {
+		struct {
+			u64 val;
+			u64 ena;
+			u64 run;
+		};
+		u64 values[3];
+	};
+};
+
+struct perf_counts {
+	s8		   	  scaled;
+	struct perf_counts_values aggr;
+	struct perf_counts_values cpu[];
+};
+
+struct perf_evsel {
+	struct list_head	node;
+	struct perf_event_attr	attr;
+	char			*filter;
+	struct xyarray		*fd;
+	struct perf_counts	*counts;
+	int			idx;
+	void			*priv;
+};
+
+struct cpu_map;
+struct thread_map;
+
+struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(u32 type, u64 config, int idx);
+void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+
+int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
+int perf_evsel__alloc_counts(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus);
+void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
+
+int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus);
+int perf_evsel__open_per_thread(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct thread_map *threads);
+int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, 
+		     struct cpu_map *cpus, struct thread_map *threads);
+
+#define perf_evsel__match(evsel, t, c)		\
+	(evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_##t &&	\
+	 evsel->attr.config == PERF_COUNT_##c)
+
+int __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+			      int cpu, int thread, bool scale);
+
+/**
+ * perf_evsel__read_on_cpu - Read out the results on a CPU and thread
+ *
+ * @evsel - event selector to read value
+ * @cpu - CPU of interest
+ * @thread - thread of interest
+ */
+static inline int perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+					  int cpu, int thread)
+{
+	return __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(evsel, cpu, thread, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * perf_evsel__read_on_cpu_scaled - Read out the results on a CPU and thread, scaled
+ *
+ * @evsel - event selector to read value
+ * @cpu - CPU of interest
+ * @thread - thread of interest
+ */
+static inline int perf_evsel__read_on_cpu_scaled(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+						 int cpu, int thread)
+{
+	return __perf_evsel__read_on_cpu(evsel, cpu, thread, true);
+}
+
+int __perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
+		       bool scale);
+
+/**
+ * perf_evsel__read - Read the aggregate results on all CPUs
+ *
+ * @evsel - event selector to read value
+ * @ncpus - Number of cpus affected, from zero
+ * @nthreads - Number of threads affected, from zero
+ */
+static inline int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				    int ncpus, int nthreads)
+{
+	return __perf_evsel__read(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * perf_evsel__read_scaled - Read the aggregate results on all CPUs, scaled
+ *
+ * @evsel - event selector to read value
+ * @ncpus - Number of cpus affected, from zero
+ * @nthreads - Number of threads affected, from zero
+ */
+static inline int perf_evsel__read_scaled(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+					  int ncpus, int nthreads)
+{
+	return __perf_evsel__read(evsel, ncpus, nthreads, true);
+}
+
+#endif /* __PERF_EVSEL_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 4b8c8397a947..989fa2dee2fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static int perf_header__adds_write(struct perf_header *self, int fd)
 
 		/* Write trace info */
 		trace_sec->offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-		read_tracing_data(fd, attrs, nr_counters);
+		read_tracing_data(fd, &evsel_list);
 		trace_sec->size = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR) - trace_sec->offset;
 	}
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ int perf_header__write(struct perf_header *self, int fd, bool at_exit)
 static int perf_header__getbuffer64(struct perf_header *self,
 				    int fd, void *buf, size_t size)
 {
-	if (do_read(fd, buf, size) <= 0)
+	if (readn(fd, buf, size) <= 0)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (self->needs_swap)
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ int perf_file_header__read(struct perf_file_header *self,
 {
 	lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
 
-	if (do_read(fd, self, sizeof(*self)) <= 0 ||
+	if (readn(fd, self, sizeof(*self)) <= 0 ||
 	    memcmp(&self->magic, __perf_magic, sizeof(self->magic)))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static int perf_file_header__read_pipe(struct perf_pipe_file_header *self,
 				       struct perf_header *ph, int fd,
 				       bool repipe)
 {
-	if (do_read(fd, self, sizeof(*self)) <= 0 ||
+	if (readn(fd, self, sizeof(*self)) <= 0 ||
 	    memcmp(&self->magic, __perf_magic, sizeof(self->magic)))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -1133,8 +1133,7 @@ int event__process_event_type(event_t *self,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
-				   int nb_events,
+int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs,
 				   event__handler_t process,
 				   struct perf_session *session __unused)
 {
@@ -1145,7 +1144,7 @@ int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
 	memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
 
 	ev.tracing_data.header.type = PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA;
-	size = read_tracing_data_size(fd, pattrs, nb_events);
+	size = read_tracing_data_size(fd, pattrs);
 	if (size <= 0)
 		return size;
 	aligned_size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
@@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
 
 	process(&ev, NULL, session);
 
-	err = read_tracing_data(fd, pattrs, nb_events);
+	err = read_tracing_data(fd, pattrs);
 	write_padded(fd, NULL, 0, padding);
 
 	return aligned_size;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 6335965e1f93..33f16be7b72f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ int event__synthesize_event_types(event__handler_t process,
 int event__process_event_type(event_t *self,
 			      struct perf_session *session);
 
-int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
-				   int nb_events,
+int event__synthesize_tracing_data(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs,
 				   event__handler_t process,
 				   struct perf_session *session);
 int event__process_tracing_data(event_t *self,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c305305a3884..3a142e90d609 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "../../../include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
@@ -12,8 +13,7 @@
 
 int				nr_counters;
 
-struct perf_event_attr		attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
-char				*filters[MAX_COUNTERS];
+LIST_HEAD(evsel_list);
 
 struct event_symbol {
 	u8		type;
@@ -266,10 +266,10 @@ static char *event_cache_name(u8 cache_type, u8 cache_op, u8 cache_result)
 	return name;
 }
 
-const char *event_name(int counter)
+const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	u64 config = attrs[counter].config;
-	int type = attrs[counter].type;
+	u64 config = evsel->attr.config;
+	int type = evsel->attr.type;
 
 	return __event_name(type, config);
 }
@@ -814,9 +814,6 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __u
 			return -1;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		if (nr_counters == MAX_COUNTERS)
-			return -1;
-
 		memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
 		ret = parse_event_symbols(&str, &attr);
 		if (ret == EVT_FAILED)
@@ -826,8 +823,13 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __u
 			return -1;
 
 		if (ret != EVT_HANDLED_ALL) {
-			attrs[nr_counters] = attr;
-			nr_counters++;
+			struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+			evsel = perf_evsel__new(attr.type, attr.config,
+						nr_counters);
+			if (evsel == NULL)
+				return -1;
+			list_add_tail(&evsel->node, &evsel_list);
+			++nr_counters;
 		}
 
 		if (*str == 0)
@@ -844,21 +846,22 @@ int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __u
 int parse_filter(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str,
 		 int unset __used)
 {
-	int i = nr_counters - 1;
-	int len = strlen(str);
+	struct perf_evsel *last = NULL;
 
-	if (i < 0 || attrs[i].type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
+	if (!list_empty(&evsel_list))
+		last = list_entry(evsel_list.prev, struct perf_evsel, node);
+
+	if (last == NULL || last->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"-F option should follow a -e tracepoint option\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	filters[i] = malloc(len + 1);
-	if (!filters[i]) {
+	last->filter = strdup(str);
+	if (last->filter == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	strcpy(filters[i], str);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -967,3 +970,26 @@ void print_events(void)
 
 	exit(129);
 }
+
+int perf_evsel_list__create_default(void)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evsel__new(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+						   PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES, 0);
+	if (evsel == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	list_add(&evsel->node, &evsel_list);
+	++nr_counters;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void perf_evsel_list__delete(void)
+{
+	struct perf_evsel *pos, *n;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, &evsel_list, node) {
+		list_del_init(&pos->node);
+		perf_evsel__delete(pos);
+	}
+	nr_counters = 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index fc4ab3fe877a..0a0abc1d10eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
  * Parse symbolic events/counts passed in as options:
  */
 
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+
+struct list_head;
+struct perf_evsel;
+
+extern struct list_head evsel_list;
+
+int perf_evsel_list__create_default(void);
+void perf_evsel_list__delete(void);
+
 struct option;
 
 struct tracepoint_path {
@@ -13,14 +23,11 @@ struct tracepoint_path {
 };
 
 extern struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config);
-extern bool have_tracepoints(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events);
+extern bool have_tracepoints(struct list_head *evsel_list);
 
 extern int			nr_counters;
 
-extern struct perf_event_attr attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
-extern char *filters[MAX_COUNTERS];
-
-extern const char *event_name(int ctr);
+const char *event_name(struct perf_evsel *event);
 extern const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config);
 
 extern int parse_events(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset);
@@ -33,5 +40,4 @@ extern void print_events(void);
 extern char debugfs_path[];
 extern int valid_debugfs_mount(const char *debugfs);
 
-
 #endif /* __PERF_PARSE_EVENTS_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 0f7e544544f5..b163dfd6cbc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -838,23 +838,6 @@ static struct thread *perf_session__register_idle_thread(struct perf_session *se
 	return thread;
 }
 
-int do_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t size)
-{
-	void *buf_start = buf;
-
-	while (size) {
-		int ret = read(fd, buf, size);
-
-		if (ret <= 0)
-			return ret;
-
-		size -= ret;
-		buf += ret;
-	}
-
-	return buf - buf_start;
-}
-
 #define session_done()	(*(volatile int *)(&session_done))
 volatile int session_done;
 
@@ -872,7 +855,7 @@ static int __perf_session__process_pipe_events(struct perf_session *self,
 
 	head = 0;
 more:
-	err = do_read(self->fd, &event, sizeof(struct perf_event_header));
+	err = readn(self->fd, &event, sizeof(struct perf_event_header));
 	if (err <= 0) {
 		if (err == 0)
 			goto done;
@@ -892,8 +875,7 @@ more:
 	p += sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
 
 	if (size - sizeof(struct perf_event_header)) {
-		err = do_read(self->fd, p,
-			      size - sizeof(struct perf_event_header));
+		err = readn(self->fd, p, size - sizeof(struct perf_event_header));
 		if (err <= 0) {
 			if (err == 0) {
 				pr_err("unexpected end of event stream\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index ffe4b98db8f0..decd83f274fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ void mem_bswap_64(void *src, int byte_size);
 
 int perf_session__create_kernel_maps(struct perf_session *self);
 
-int do_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t size);
 void perf_session__update_sample_type(struct perf_session *self);
 void perf_session__set_sample_id_all(struct perf_session *session, bool value);
 void perf_session__set_sample_type(struct perf_session *session, u64 type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 8c72d888e449..00f4eade2e3e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -16,35 +16,50 @@ static int filter(const struct dirent *dir)
 		return 1;
 }
 
-int find_all_tid(int pid, pid_t ** all_tid)
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid)
 {
+	struct thread_map *threads;
 	char name[256];
 	int items;
 	struct dirent **namelist = NULL;
-	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	sprintf(name, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
 	items = scandir(name, &namelist, filter, NULL);
 	if (items <= 0)
-                return -ENOENT;
-	*all_tid = malloc(sizeof(pid_t) * items);
-	if (!*all_tid) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto failure;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
-		(*all_tid)[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
+                return NULL;
 
-	ret = items;
+	threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t) * items);
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+			threads->map[i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
+		threads->nr = items;
+	}
 
-failure:
 	for (i=0; i<items; i++)
 		free(namelist[i]);
 	free(namelist);
 
-	return ret;
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid)
+{
+	struct thread_map *threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t));
+
+	if (threads != NULL) {
+		threads->map[0] = tid;
+		threads->nr	= 1;
+	}
+
+	return threads;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
+{
+	if (pid != -1)
+		return thread_map__new_by_pid(pid);
+	return thread_map__new_by_tid(tid);
 }
 
 static struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 688500ff826f..d7574101054a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -18,11 +18,24 @@ struct thread {
 	int			comm_len;
 };
 
+struct thread_map {
+	int nr;
+	int map[];
+};
+
 struct perf_session;
 
 void thread__delete(struct thread *self);
 
-int find_all_tid(int pid, pid_t ** all_tid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
+
+static inline void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
+{
+	free(threads);
+}
+
 int thread__set_comm(struct thread *self, const char *comm);
 int thread__comm_len(struct thread *self);
 struct thread *perf_session__findnew(struct perf_session *self, pid_t pid);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index b1572601286c..35729f4c40cb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
 #include "debugfs.h"
+#include "evsel.h"
 
 #define VERSION "0.5"
 
@@ -469,16 +471,17 @@ out:
 }
 
 static struct tracepoint_path *
-get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
+get_tracepoints_path(struct list_head *pattrs)
 {
 	struct tracepoint_path path, *ppath = &path;
-	int i, nr_tracepoints = 0;
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
+	int nr_tracepoints = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_events; i++) {
-		if (pattrs[i].type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, pattrs, node) {
+		if (pos->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
 			continue;
 		++nr_tracepoints;
-		ppath->next = tracepoint_id_to_path(pattrs[i].config);
+		ppath->next = tracepoint_id_to_path(pos->attr.config);
 		if (!ppath->next)
 			die("%s\n", "No memory to alloc tracepoints list");
 		ppath = ppath->next;
@@ -487,21 +490,21 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 	return nr_tracepoints > 0 ? path.next : NULL;
 }
 
-bool have_tracepoints(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
+bool have_tracepoints(struct list_head *pattrs)
 {
-	int i;
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_events; i++)
-		if (pattrs[i].type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, pattrs, node)
+		if (pos->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
 			return true;
 
 	return false;
 }
 
-int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
+int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs)
 {
 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	struct tracepoint_path *tps = get_tracepoints_path(pattrs, nb_events);
+	struct tracepoint_path *tps = get_tracepoints_path(pattrs);
 
 	/*
 	 * What? No tracepoints? No sense writing anything here, bail out.
@@ -545,14 +548,13 @@ int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-ssize_t read_tracing_data_size(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
-			       int nb_events)
+ssize_t read_tracing_data_size(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs)
 {
 	ssize_t size;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	calc_data_size = 1;
-	err = read_tracing_data(fd, pattrs, nb_events);
+	err = read_tracing_data(fd, pattrs);
 	size = calc_data_size - 1;
 	calc_data_size = 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index b3e86b1e4444..b5f12ca24d99 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -262,9 +262,8 @@ raw_field_value(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
 void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
 unsigned long long eval_flag(const char *flag);
 
-int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events);
-ssize_t read_tracing_data_size(int fd, struct perf_event_attr *pattrs,
-			       int nb_events);
+int read_tracing_data(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs);
+ssize_t read_tracing_data_size(int fd, struct list_head *pattrs);
 
 /* taken from kernel/trace/trace.h */
 enum trace_flag_type {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index 214265674ddd..5b3ea49aa63e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -114,3 +114,20 @@ unsigned long convert_unit(unsigned long value, char *unit)
 
 	return value;
 }
+
+int readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t n)
+{
+	void *buf_start = buf;
+
+	while (n) {
+		int ret = read(fd, buf, n);
+
+		if (ret <= 0)
+			return ret;
+
+		n -= ret;
+		buf += ret;
+	}
+
+	return buf - buf_start;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 7562707ddd1c..e833f26f3bfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ void argv_free(char **argv);
 bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
 bool strlazymatch(const char *str, const char *pat);
 unsigned long convert_unit(unsigned long value, char *unit);
+int readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t size);
 
 #define _STR(x) #x
 #define STR(x) _STR(x)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..22afbf6c536a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "xyarray.h"
+#include "util.h"
+
+struct xyarray *xyarray__new(int xlen, int ylen, size_t entry_size)
+{
+	size_t row_size = ylen * entry_size;
+	struct xyarray *xy = zalloc(sizeof(*xy) + xlen * row_size);
+
+	if (xy != NULL) {
+		xy->entry_size = entry_size;
+		xy->row_size   = row_size;
+	}
+
+	return xy;
+}
+
+void xyarray__delete(struct xyarray *xy)
+{
+	free(xy);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c488a07275dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/xyarray.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef _PERF_XYARRAY_H_
+#define _PERF_XYARRAY_H_ 1
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+struct xyarray {
+	size_t row_size;
+	size_t entry_size;
+	char contents[];
+};
+
+struct xyarray *xyarray__new(int xlen, int ylen, size_t entry_size);
+void xyarray__delete(struct xyarray *xy);
+
+static inline void *xyarray__entry(struct xyarray *xy, int x, int y)
+{
+	return &xy->contents[x * xy->row_size + y * xy->entry_size];
+}
+
+#endif /* _PERF_XYARRAY_H_ */