diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4f08b17d64267..275eae05af20e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ static void __perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event,
  *
  * If event->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
  * every task struct that event->ctx->task could possibly point to
- * remains valid.  This condition is satisifed when called through
+ * remains valid.  This condition is satisfied when called through
  * perf_event_for_each_child or perf_event_for_each because they
  * hold the top-level event's child_mutex, so any descendant that
  * goes to exit will block in perf_event_exit_event().
@@ -6054,7 +6054,7 @@ static void perf_sample_regs_intr(struct perf_regs *regs_intr,
  * Get remaining task size from user stack pointer.
  *
  * It'd be better to take stack vma map and limit this more
- * precisly, but there's no way to get it safely under interrupt,
+ * precisely, but there's no way to get it safely under interrupt,
  * so using TASK_SIZE as limit.
  */
 static u64 perf_ustack_task_size(struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -6616,7 +6616,7 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 
 	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER) {
 		/*
-		 * Either we need PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER bit to be allways
+		 * Either we need PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER bit to be always
 		 * processed as the last one or have additional check added
 		 * in case new sample type is added, because we could eat
 		 * up the rest of the sample size.
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 5171b9c7ca3e7..0652d3eed9bda 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL		( 8*32+15) /* Prefer VMMCALL to VMCALL */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XENPV		( 8*32+16) /* "" Xen paravirtual guest */
 #define X86_FEATURE_EPT_AD		( 8*32+17) /* Intel Extended Page Table access-dirty bit */
+#define X86_FEATURE_VMCALL		( 8*32+18) /* "" Hypervisor supports the VMCALL instruction */
+#define X86_FEATURE_VMW_VMMCALL		( 8*32+19) /* "" VMware prefers VMMCALL hypercall instruction */
 
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (EBX), word 9 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_FSGSBASE		( 9*32+ 0) /* RDFSBASE, WRFSBASE, RDGSBASE, WRGSBASE instructions*/
@@ -354,6 +356,7 @@
 /* Intel-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x00000007:0 (EDX), word 18 */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4VNNIW	(18*32+ 2) /* AVX-512 Neural Network Instructions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_4FMAPS	(18*32+ 3) /* AVX-512 Multiply Accumulation Single precision */
+#define X86_FEATURE_AVX512_VP2INTERSECT (18*32+ 8) /* AVX-512 Intersect for D/Q */
 #define X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR		(18*32+10) /* VERW clears CPU buffers */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSX_FORCE_ABORT	(18*32+13) /* "" TSX_FORCE_ABORT */
 #define X86_FEATURE_PCONFIG		(18*32+18) /* Intel PCONFIG */
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 30d7d04d72d6b..196fdd02b8b1b 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define _UAPI_ASM_X86_UNISTD_H
 
 /* x32 syscall flag bit */
-#define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT	0x40000000
+#define __X32_SYSCALL_BIT	0x40000000UL
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
 # ifdef __i386__
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 1be0e798e3621..1fc8faa6e9730 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_semget, sys_semget)
 __SC_COMP(__NR_semctl, sys_semctl, compat_sys_semctl)
 #if defined(__ARCH_WANT_TIME32_SYSCALLS) || __BITS_PER_LONG != 32
 #define __NR_semtimedop 192
-__SC_COMP(__NR_semtimedop, sys_semtimedop, sys_semtimedop_time32)
+__SC_3264(__NR_semtimedop, sys_semtimedop_time32, sys_semtimedop)
 #endif
 #define __NR_semop 193
 __SYSCALL(__NR_semop, sys_semop)
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 094bb03b9cc28..7da1b37b27aa5 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 #define PR_GET_THP_DISABLE	42
 
 /*
- * Tell the kernel to start/stop helping userspace manage bounds tables.
+ * No longer implemented, but left here to ensure the numbers stay reserved:
  */
 #define PR_MPX_ENABLE_MANAGEMENT  43
 #define PR_MPX_DISABLE_MANAGEMENT 44
@@ -229,4 +229,9 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
 # define PR_PAC_APDBKEY			(1UL << 3)
 # define PR_PAC_APGAKEY			(1UL << 4)
 
+/* Tagged user address controls for arm64 */
+#define PR_SET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL		55
+#define PR_GET_TAGGED_ADDR_CTRL		56
+# define PR_TAGGED_ADDR_ENABLE		(1UL << 0)
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 553c651fa0a2f..8db8fc9bddef3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 struct perf_annotate {
 	struct perf_tool tool;
@@ -584,8 +585,8 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv)
 	data.path = input_name;
 
 	annotate.session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &annotate.tool);
-	if (annotate.session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(annotate.session))
+		return PTR_ERR(annotate.session);
 
 	annotate.has_br_stack = perf_header__has_feat(&annotate.session->header,
 						      HEADER_BRANCH_STACK);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 1a69eb565dc0f..39efa51d7fb3d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/probe-file.h"
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 static int build_id_cache__kcore_buildid(const char *proc_dir, char *sbuildid)
 {
@@ -422,8 +423,8 @@ int cmd_buildid_cache(int argc, const char **argv)
 		data.force = force;
 
 		session = perf_session__new(&data, false, NULL);
-		if (session == NULL)
-			return -1;
+		if (IS_ERR(session))
+			return PTR_ERR(session);
 	}
 
 	if (symbol__init(session ? &session->header.env : NULL) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 5a0d8b378cb5e..e3ef75583514b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 static int sysfs__fprintf_build_id(FILE *fp)
 {
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ static int perf_session__list_build_ids(bool force, bool with_hits)
 		goto out;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &build_id__mark_dso_hit_ops);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	/*
 	 * We take all buildids when the file contains AUX area tracing data
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
index 61aaacc2aedd8..3542b6ab9813b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
@@ -2781,8 +2782,9 @@ static int perf_c2c__report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, 0, &c2c.tool);
-	if (session == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("No memory for session\n");
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(session);
+		pr_debug("Error creating perf session\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 827e4800d8624..c37a786779555 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
 #include "util/annotate.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
@@ -1153,9 +1154,9 @@ static int check_file_brstack(void)
 
 	data__for_each_file(i, d) {
 		d->session = perf_session__new(&d->data, false, &pdiff.tool);
-		if (!d->session) {
+		if (IS_ERR(d->session)) {
 			pr_err("Failed to open %s\n", d->data.path);
-			return -1;
+			return PTR_ERR(d->session);
 		}
 
 		has_br_stack = perf_header__has_feat(&d->session->header,
@@ -1185,9 +1186,9 @@ static int __cmd_diff(void)
 
 	data__for_each_file(i, d) {
 		d->session = perf_session__new(&d->data, false, &pdiff.tool);
-		if (!d->session) {
+		if (IS_ERR(d->session)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(d->session);
 			pr_err("Failed to open %s\n", d->data.path);
-			ret = -1;
 			goto out_delete;
 		}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
index 294494e60e481..60509ce4dd288 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-evlist.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "util/session.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 static int __cmd_evlist(const char *file_name, struct perf_attr_details *details)
 {
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ static int __cmd_evlist(const char *file_name, struct perf_attr_details *details
 	bool has_tracepoint = false;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, 0, NULL);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, pos) {
 		perf_evsel__fprintf(pos, details, stdout);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index 23a76cf3846f4..372ecb3e2c06f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 #include "util/synthetic-events.h"
 #include "util/thread.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
 
@@ -835,8 +836,8 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	data.path = inject.input_name;
 	inject.session = perf_session__new(&data, true, &inject.tool);
-	if (inject.session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(inject.session))
+		return PTR_ERR(inject.session);
 
 	if (zstd_init(&(inject.session->zstd_data), 0) < 0)
 		pr_warning("Decompression initialization failed.\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index b5682beaad725..1e61e353f579b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/callchain.h"
 #include "util/time-utils.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
@@ -1956,8 +1957,8 @@ int cmd_kmem(int argc, const char **argv)
 	data.path = input_name;
 
 	kmem_session = session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &perf_kmem);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	ret = -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 6e3e366589009..c4b22e1b0a40f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
@@ -1091,9 +1092,9 @@ static int read_events(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 
 	kvm->tool = eops;
 	kvm->session = perf_session__new(&file, false, &kvm->tool);
-	if (!kvm->session) {
+	if (IS_ERR(kvm->session)) {
 		pr_err("Initializing perf session failed\n");
-		return -1;
+		return PTR_ERR(kvm->session);
 	}
 
 	symbol__init(&kvm->session->header.env);
@@ -1446,8 +1447,8 @@ static int kvm_events_live(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm,
 	 * perf session
 	 */
 	kvm->session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &kvm->tool);
-	if (kvm->session == NULL) {
-		err = -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(kvm->session)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(kvm->session);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	kvm->session->evlist = kvm->evlist;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 4c2b7f437cdf6..474dfd59d7eb2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 static struct perf_session *session;
 
@@ -872,9 +873,9 @@ static int __cmd_report(bool display_info)
 	};
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &eops);
-	if (!session) {
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
 		pr_err("Initializing perf session failed\n");
-		return -1;
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 	}
 
 	symbol__init(&session->header.env);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index 27d2bde943a8f..a13f5817d6fca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "util/dso.h"
 #include "util/map.h"
 #include "util/symbol.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #define MEM_OPERATION_LOAD	0x1
 #define MEM_OPERATION_STORE	0x2
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ static int report_raw_events(struct perf_mem *mem)
 	struct perf_session *session = perf_session__new(&data, false,
 							 &mem->tool);
 
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	if (mem->cpu_list) {
 		ret = perf_session__cpu_bitmap(session, mem->cpu_list,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4bd11c918e736..3f66a49a997fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <linux/zalloc.h>
@@ -1354,9 +1355,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	session = perf_session__new(data, false, tool);
-	if (session == NULL) {
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
 		pr_err("Perf session creation failed.\n");
-		return -1;
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 	}
 
 	fd = perf_data__fd(data);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 3047e5169d9d3..aae0e57c60fbb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1269,8 +1269,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 repeat:
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &report.tool);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	ret = evswitch__init(&report.evswitch, session->evlist, stderr);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index f0b828c201ccd..079e67a369047 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <api/fs/fs.h>
 #include <perf/cpumap.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
@@ -1797,9 +1798,9 @@ static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched)
 	int rc = -1;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &sched->tool);
-	if (session == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("No Memory for session\n");
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+		pr_debug("Error creating perf session");
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 	}
 
 	symbol__init(&session->header.env);
@@ -2989,8 +2990,8 @@ static int perf_sched__timehist(struct perf_sched *sched)
 	symbol_conf.use_callchain = sched->show_callchain;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &sched->tool);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	evlist = session->evlist;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index e079b34201f2f..a17a9306bdf60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <subcmd/pager.h>
 #include <perf/evlist.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include "util/record.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "perf.h"
@@ -3083,8 +3084,8 @@ int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array, int num,
 	int i = 0;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, NULL);
-	if (!session)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	snprintf(scripts_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/scripts", get_argv_exec_path());
 
@@ -3754,8 +3755,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &script.tool);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	if (header || header_only) {
 		script.tool.show_feat_hdr = SHOW_FEAT_HEADER;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 60cdd383af81b..f7d13326b8307 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <perf/evlist.h>
@@ -1436,9 +1437,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	session = perf_session__new(data, false, NULL);
-	if (session == NULL) {
-		pr_err("Perf session creation failed.\n");
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+		pr_err("Perf session creation failed\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 	}
 
 	init_features(session);
@@ -1635,8 +1636,8 @@ static int __cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	perf_stat.data.mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&perf_stat.data, false, &perf_stat.tool);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	perf_stat.session  = session;
 	stat_config.output = stderr;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index e0e822695a299..9e84fae9b096c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "util/tool.h"
 #include "util/data.h"
 #include "util/debug.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #ifdef LACKS_OPEN_MEMSTREAM_PROTOTYPE
 FILE *open_memstream(char **ptr, size_t *sizeloc);
@@ -1601,8 +1602,8 @@ static int __cmd_timechart(struct timechart *tchart, const char *output_name)
 							 &tchart->tool);
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	symbol__init(&session->header.env);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index b052470f89b41..8da3c939e6b0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
@@ -1672,8 +1673,8 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
 	}
 
 	top.session = perf_session__new(NULL, false, NULL);
-	if (top.session == NULL) {
-		status = -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(top.session)) {
+		status = PTR_ERR(top.session);
 		goto out_delete_evlist;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index f0f735093e217..a292658b42322 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -3585,8 +3585,8 @@ static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)
 	trace->multiple_threads = true;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, &trace->tool);
-	if (session == NULL)
-		return -1;
+	if (IS_ERR(session))
+		return PTR_ERR(session);
 
 	if (trace->opts.target.pid)
 		symbol_conf.pid_list_str = strdup(trace->opts.target.pid);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 6b3afed5d9106..c850d1664c566 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ make_install_info   := install-info
 make_install_pdf    := install-pdf
 make_install_prefix       := install prefix=/tmp/krava
 make_install_prefix_slash := install prefix=/tmp/krava/
-make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static
+make_static         := LDFLAGS=-static NO_PERF_READ_VDSO32=1 NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32=1 NO_JVMTI=1
 
 # all the NO_* variable combined
 make_minimal        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
index 7d845d913d7d2..4a800499d7c35 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/topology.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "session.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #define TEMPL "/tmp/perf-test-XXXXXX"
 #define DATA_SIZE	10
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ static int session_write_header(char *path)
 	};
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, NULL);
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get session", session);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get session", !IS_ERR(session));
 
 	session->evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get evlist", session->evlist);
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ static int check_cpu_topology(char *path, struct perf_cpu_map *map)
 	int i;
 
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, false, NULL);
-	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get session", session);
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("can't get session", !IS_ERR(session));
 
 	/* On platforms with large numbers of CPUs process_cpu_topology()
 	 * might issue an error while reading the perf.data file section
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 0c268449959cb..dbc772bfb04ec 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #define pr_N(n, fmt, ...) \
 	eprintf(n, debug_data_convert, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -1619,8 +1620,10 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path,
 	err = -1;
 	/* perf.data session */
 	session = perf_session__new(&data, 0, &c.tool);
-	if (!session)
+	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(session);
 		goto free_writer;
+	}
 
 	if (c.queue_size) {
 		ordered_events__set_alloc_size(&session->ordered_events,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 5722ff7177776..0167f9697172b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static int cpu_cache_level__read(struct cpu_cache_level *cache, u32 cpu, u16 lev
 
 	scnprintf(file, PATH_MAX, "%s/shared_cpu_list", path);
 	if (sysfs__read_str(file, &cache->map, &len)) {
-		zfree(&cache->map);
+		zfree(&cache->size);
 		zfree(&cache->type);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b8e0967c5c21d..91cab5f669d24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2331,6 +2331,7 @@ void clear_probe_trace_event(struct probe_trace_event *tev)
 		}
 	}
 	zfree(&tev->args);
+	tev->nargs = 0;
 }
 
 struct kprobe_blacklist_node {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 505905fc21c54..cd9f95e5044e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,17 @@ static int expand_probe_args(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf,
 	return n;
 }
 
+static bool trace_event_finder_overlap(struct trace_event_finder *tf)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < tf->ntevs; i++) {
+		if (tf->pf.addr == tf->tevs[i].point.address)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* Add a found probe point into trace event list */
 static int add_probe_trace_event(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 {
@@ -1255,6 +1266,14 @@ static int add_probe_trace_event(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 	struct perf_probe_arg *args = NULL;
 	int ret, i;
 
+	/*
+	 * For some reason (e.g. different column assigned to same address)
+	 * This callback can be called with the address which already passed.
+	 * Ignore it first.
+	 */
+	if (trace_event_finder_overlap(tf))
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Check number of tevs */
 	if (tf->ntevs == tf->max_tevs) {
 		pr_warning("Too many( > %d) probe point found.\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 58b5bc34ba12c..a621c73bad421 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "arch/common.h"
 #include <internal/lib.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ZSTD_SUPPORT
 static int perf_session__process_compressed_event(struct perf_session *session,
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ static int ordered_events__deliver_event(struct ordered_events *oe,
 struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
 				       bool repipe, struct perf_tool *tool)
 {
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct perf_session *session = zalloc(sizeof(*session));
 
 	if (!session)
@@ -201,13 +203,15 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
 
 	perf_env__init(&session->header.env);
 	if (data) {
-		if (perf_data__open(data))
+		ret = perf_data__open(data);
+		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out_delete;
 
 		session->data = data;
 
 		if (perf_data__is_read(data)) {
-			if (perf_session__open(session) < 0)
+			ret = perf_session__open(session);
+			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out_delete;
 
 			/*
@@ -222,8 +226,11 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
 			perf_evlist__init_trace_event_sample_raw(session->evlist);
 
 			/* Open the directory data. */
-			if (data->is_dir && perf_data__open_dir(data))
+			if (data->is_dir) {
+				ret = perf_data__open_dir(data);
+			if (ret)
 				goto out_delete;
+			}
 		}
 	} else  {
 		session->machines.host.env = &perf_env;
@@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
  out_delete:
 	perf_session__delete(session);
  out:
-	return NULL;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static void perf_session__delete_threads(struct perf_session *session)