diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
rename to tools/include/linux/kernel.h
index 09e8e7aea7c68..76df53539c2a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef PERF_LINUX_KERNEL_H_
-#define PERF_LINUX_KERNEL_H_
+#ifndef __TOOLS_LINUX_KERNEL_H
+#define __TOOLS_LINUX_KERNEL_H
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h b/tools/include/linux/list.h
similarity index 90%
rename from tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
rename to tools/include/linux/list.h
index 76ddbc7263435..76b014c968935 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/list.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-#include "../../../../include/linux/list.h"
+#include "../../../include/linux/list.h"
 
-#ifndef PERF_LIST_H
-#define PERF_LIST_H
+#ifndef TOOLS_LIST_H
+#define TOOLS_LIST_H
 /**
  * list_del_range - deletes range of entries from list.
  * @begin: first element in the range to delete from the list.
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/poison.h b/tools/include/linux/poison.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0c27bdf142334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/poison.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "../../../include/linux/poison.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index a83cf75164e1e..a0bdd6124583d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ tools/include/linux/bitops.h
 tools/include/linux/compiler.h
 tools/include/linux/export.h
 tools/include/linux/hash.h
+tools/include/linux/kernel.h
+tools/include/linux/list.h
 tools/include/linux/log2.h
+tools/include/linux/poison.h
 tools/include/linux/types.h
 include/asm-generic/bitops/arch_hweight.h
 include/asm-generic/bitops/const_hweight.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c b/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
index e8d7cbb9320c5..08c433b4bf4f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c
@@ -34,9 +34,21 @@ static int test(const char *path, bool alloc_name, bool alloc_ext,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int test_is_kernel_module(const char *path, int cpumode, bool expect)
+{
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("is_kernel_module",
+			(!!is_kernel_module(path, cpumode)) == (!!expect));
+	pr_debug("%s (cpumode: %d) - is_kernel_module: %s\n",
+			path, cpumode, expect ? "true" : "false");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define T(path, an, ae, k, c, n, e) \
 	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed", !test(path, an, ae, k, c, n, e))
 
+#define M(path, c, e) \
+	TEST_ASSERT_VAL("failed", !test_is_kernel_module(path, c, e))
+
 int test__kmod_path__parse(void)
 {
 	/* path                alloc_name  alloc_ext   kmod  comp   name     ext */
@@ -44,30 +56,90 @@ int test__kmod_path__parse(void)
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", false     , true      , true, false, NULL   , NULL);
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", true      , false     , true, false, "[x_x]", NULL);
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", false     , false     , true, false, NULL   , NULL);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x-x.ko", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
 	/* path                alloc_name  alloc_ext   kmod  comp  name   ext */
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", true     , true      , true, true, "[x]", "gz");
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", false    , true      , true, true, NULL , "gz");
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", true     , false     , true, true, "[x]", NULL);
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", false    , false     , true, true, NULL , NULL);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
 	/* path              alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod   comp  name    ext */
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", true      , true     , false, true, "x.gz" ,"gz");
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", false     , true     , false, true, NULL   ,"gz");
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", true      , false    , false, true, "x.gz" , NULL);
 	T("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", false     , false    , false, true, NULL   , NULL);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, false);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, false);
+	M("/xxxx/xxxx/x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
 	/* path   alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod   comp  name     ext */
 	T("x.gz", true      , true     , false, true, "x.gz", "gz");
 	T("x.gz", false     , true     , false, true, NULL  , "gz");
 	T("x.gz", true      , false    , false, true, "x.gz", NULL);
 	T("x.gz", false     , false    , false, true, NULL  , NULL);
+	M("x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, false);
+	M("x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, false);
+	M("x.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
 	/* path      alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod  comp  name  ext */
 	T("x.ko.gz", true      , true     , true, true, "[x]", "gz");
 	T("x.ko.gz", false     , true     , true, true, NULL , "gz");
 	T("x.ko.gz", true      , false    , true, true, "[x]", NULL);
 	T("x.ko.gz", false     , false    , true, true, NULL , NULL);
+	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
+	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
+	M("x.ko.gz", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+
+	/* path            alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod  comp   name             ext */
+	T("[test_module]", true      , true     , true, false, "[test_module]", NULL);
+	T("[test_module]", false     , true     , true, false, NULL           , NULL);
+	T("[test_module]", true      , false    , true, false, "[test_module]", NULL);
+	T("[test_module]", false     , false    , true, false, NULL           , NULL);
+	M("[test_module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
+	M("[test_module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
+	M("[test_module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+
+	/* path            alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod  comp   name             ext */
+	T("[test.module]", true      , true     , true, false, "[test.module]", NULL);
+	T("[test.module]", false     , true     , true, false, NULL           , NULL);
+	T("[test.module]", true      , false    , true, false, "[test.module]", NULL);
+	T("[test.module]", false     , false    , true, false, NULL           , NULL);
+	M("[test.module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, true);
+	M("[test.module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, true);
+	M("[test.module]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+
+	/* path     alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod   comp   name      ext */
+	T("[vdso]", true      , true     , false, false, "[vdso]", NULL);
+	T("[vdso]", false     , true     , false, false, NULL    , NULL);
+	T("[vdso]", true      , false    , false, false, "[vdso]", NULL);
+	T("[vdso]", false     , false    , false, false, NULL    , NULL);
+	M("[vdso]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, false);
+	M("[vdso]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, false);
+	M("[vdso]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+
+	/* path         alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod   comp   name          ext */
+	T("[vsyscall]", true      , true     , false, false, "[vsyscall]", NULL);
+	T("[vsyscall]", false     , true     , false, false, NULL        , NULL);
+	T("[vsyscall]", true      , false    , false, false, "[vsyscall]", NULL);
+	T("[vsyscall]", false     , false    , false, false, NULL        , NULL);
+	M("[vsyscall]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, false);
+	M("[vsyscall]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, false);
+	M("[vsyscall]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
+
+	/* path                alloc_name  alloc_ext  kmod   comp   name      ext */
+	T("[kernel.kallsyms]", true      , true     , false, false, "[kernel.kallsyms]", NULL);
+	T("[kernel.kallsyms]", false     , true     , false, false, NULL               , NULL);
+	T("[kernel.kallsyms]", true      , false    , false, false, "[kernel.kallsyms]", NULL);
+	T("[kernel.kallsyms]", false     , false    , false, false, NULL               , NULL);
+	M("[kernel.kallsyms]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN, false);
+	M("[kernel.kallsyms]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL, false);
+	M("[kernel.kallsyms]", PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER, false);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index b335db3532a2b..5ec9e892c89b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -166,12 +166,28 @@ bool is_supported_compression(const char *ext)
 	return false;
 }
 
-bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname)
+bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname, int cpumode)
 {
 	struct kmod_path m;
-
-	if (kmod_path__parse(&m, pathname))
-		return NULL;
+	int mode = cpumode & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(mode != cpumode,
+		  "Internal error: passing unmasked cpumode (%x) to is_kernel_module",
+		  cpumode);
+
+	switch (mode) {
+	case PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER:
+	case PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR:
+	case PERF_RECORD_MISC_GUEST_USER:
+		return false;
+	/* Treat PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN as kernel */
+	default:
+		if (kmod_path__parse(&m, pathname)) {
+			pr_err("Failed to check whether %s is a kernel module or not. Assume it is.",
+					pathname);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
 
 	return m.kmod;
 }
@@ -215,12 +231,33 @@ int __kmod_path__parse(struct kmod_path *m, const char *path,
 {
 	const char *name = strrchr(path, '/');
 	const char *ext  = strrchr(path, '.');
+	bool is_simple_name = false;
 
 	memset(m, 0x0, sizeof(*m));
 	name = name ? name + 1 : path;
 
+	/*
+	 * '.' is also a valid character for module name. For example:
+	 * [aaa.bbb] is a valid module name. '[' should have higher
+	 * priority than '.ko' suffix.
+	 *
+	 * The kernel names are from machine__mmap_name. Such
+	 * name should belong to kernel itself, not kernel module.
+	 */
+	if (name[0] == '[') {
+		is_simple_name = true;
+		if ((strncmp(name, "[kernel.kallsyms]", 17) == 0) ||
+		    (strncmp(name, "[guest.kernel.kallsyms", 22) == 0) ||
+		    (strncmp(name, "[vdso]", 6) == 0) ||
+		    (strncmp(name, "[vsyscall]", 10) == 0)) {
+			m->kmod = false;
+
+		} else
+			m->kmod = true;
+	}
+
 	/* No extension, just return name. */
-	if (ext == NULL) {
+	if ((ext == NULL) || is_simple_name) {
 		if (alloc_name) {
 			m->name = strdup(name);
 			return m->name ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index 24a507a541476..ba2d90ed881fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ char dso__symtab_origin(const struct dso *dso);
 int dso__read_binary_type_filename(const struct dso *dso, enum dso_binary_type type,
 				   char *root_dir, char *filename, size_t size);
 bool is_supported_compression(const char *ext);
-bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname);
+bool is_kernel_module(const char *pathname, int cpumode);
 bool decompress_to_file(const char *ext, const char *filename, int output_fd);
 bool dso__needs_decompress(struct dso *dso);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 851143a7988d3..ac5aaaeed7ffd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct build_id_event *bev,
 {
 	int err = -1;
 	struct machine *machine;
-	u16 misc;
+	u16 cpumode;
 	struct dso *dso;
 	enum dso_kernel_type dso_type;
 
@@ -1247,9 +1247,9 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct build_id_event *bev,
 	if (!machine)
 		goto out;
 
-	misc = bev->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+	cpumode = bev->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
-	switch (misc) {
+	switch (cpumode) {
 	case PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL:
 		dso_type = DSO_TYPE_KERNEL;
 		break;
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ static int __event_process_build_id(struct build_id_event *bev,
 
 		dso__set_build_id(dso, &bev->build_id);
 
-		if (!is_kernel_module(filename))
+		if (!is_kernel_module(filename, cpumode))
 			dso->kernel = dso_type;
 
 		build_id__sprintf(dso->build_id, sizeof(dso->build_id),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/poison.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/poison.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fef6dbc9ce13b..0000000000000
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/poison.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "../../../../include/linux/poison.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 2ed61f59d415e..9e02c86f39f50 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1149,9 +1149,29 @@ static int machine__process_kernel_mmap_event(struct machine *machine,
 		struct dso *dso;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(dso, &machine->dsos.head, node) {
-			if (dso->kernel && is_kernel_module(dso->long_name))
+
+			/*
+			 * The cpumode passed to is_kernel_module is not the
+			 * cpumode of *this* event. If we insist on passing
+			 * correct cpumode to is_kernel_module, we should
+			 * record the cpumode when we adding this dso to the
+			 * linked list.
+			 *
+			 * However we don't really need passing correct
+			 * cpumode.  We know the correct cpumode must be kernel
+			 * mode (if not, we should not link it onto kernel_dsos
+			 * list).
+			 *
+			 * Therefore, we pass PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN.
+			 * is_kernel_module() treats it as a kernel cpumode.
+			 */
+
+			if (!dso->kernel ||
+			    is_kernel_module(dso->long_name,
+					     PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN))
 				continue;
 
+
 			kernel = dso;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 5d3ab7c8ceaf0..0fcc624eb7676 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_scale(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *
 	if (sret < 0)
 		goto error;
 
-	scale[sret] = '\0';
+	if (scale[sret - 1] == '\n')
+		scale[sret - 1] = '\0';
+	else
+		scale[sret] = '\0';
+
 	/*
 	 * save current locale
 	 */
@@ -154,7 +158,10 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_unit(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *n
 
 	close(fd);
 
-	alias->unit[sret] = '\0';
+	if (alias->unit[sret - 1] == '\n')
+		alias->unit[sret - 1] = '\0';
+	else
+		alias->unit[sret] = '\0';
 
 	return 0;
 error:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index d27edef5eb5b5..e6f215b7a0523 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2494,7 +2494,8 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name)
+static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name,
+				struct symbol **syms)
 {
 	int found = 0;
 	struct symbol *sym;
@@ -2504,8 +2505,11 @@ static int find_probe_functions(struct map *map, char *name)
 		return 0;
 
 	map__for_each_symbol(map, sym, tmp) {
-		if (strglobmatch(sym->name, name))
+		if (strglobmatch(sym->name, name)) {
 			found++;
+			if (syms && found < probe_conf.max_probes)
+				syms[found - 1] = sym;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return found;
@@ -2528,11 +2532,12 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 	struct map *map = NULL;
 	struct ref_reloc_sym *reloc_sym = NULL;
 	struct symbol *sym;
+	struct symbol **syms = NULL;
 	struct probe_trace_event *tev;
 	struct perf_probe_point *pp = &pev->point;
 	struct probe_trace_point *tp;
 	int num_matched_functions;
-	int ret, i;
+	int ret, i, j;
 
 	map = get_target_map(pev->target, pev->uprobes);
 	if (!map) {
@@ -2540,11 +2545,17 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	syms = malloc(sizeof(struct symbol *) * probe_conf.max_probes);
+	if (!syms) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Load matched symbols: Since the different local symbols may have
 	 * same name but different addresses, this lists all the symbols.
 	 */
-	num_matched_functions = find_probe_functions(map, pp->function);
+	num_matched_functions = find_probe_functions(map, pp->function, syms);
 	if (num_matched_functions == 0) {
 		pr_err("Failed to find symbol %s in %s\n", pp->function,
 			pev->target ? : "kernel");
@@ -2575,7 +2586,9 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 
 	ret = 0;
 
-	map__for_each_symbol_by_name(map, pp->function, sym) {
+	for (j = 0; j < num_matched_functions; j++) {
+		sym = syms[j];
+
 		tev = (*tevs) + ret;
 		tp = &tev->point;
 		if (ret == num_matched_functions) {
@@ -2599,6 +2612,8 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 			tp->symbol = strdup_or_goto(sym->name, nomem_out);
 			tp->offset = pp->offset;
 		}
+		tp->realname = strdup_or_goto(sym->name, nomem_out);
+
 		tp->retprobe = pp->retprobe;
 		if (pev->target)
 			tev->point.module = strdup_or_goto(pev->target,
@@ -2629,6 +2644,7 @@ static int find_probe_trace_events_from_map(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 
 out:
 	put_target_map(map, pev->uprobes);
+	free(syms);
 	return ret;
 
 nomem_out: