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

Pull in the latest perf/core improvements and fixes.

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

37 files changed, 597 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 2937f7e14bb7..ff9a66e0d4e4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --tid=::
         Record events on existing thread ID.
 
+-u::
+--uid=::
+        Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
+
 -r::
 --realtime=::
         Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
index b1a5bbbfebef..ab1454ed450f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ Default is to monitor all CPUS.
 --tid=<tid>::
         Profile events on existing thread ID.
 
+-u::
+--uid=::
+        Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
+
 -r <priority>::
 --realtime=<priority>::
         Collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index ac86d67b636e..d64f5819a380 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
         ifeq (${IS_X86_64}, 1)
                 RAW_ARCH := x86_64
                 ARCH_CFLAGS := -DARCH_X86_64
-                ARCH_INCLUDE = ../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
+                ARCH_INCLUDE = ../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S ../../arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
         endif
 endif
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS = -fno-omit-frame-pointer -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 $(CFLAGS_WERROR) $(CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 EXTLIBS = -lpthread -lrt -lelf -lm
-ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
 STRIP ?= strip
 
@@ -168,10 +168,7 @@ endif
 
 ### --- END CONFIGURATION SECTION ---
 
-# Those must not be GNU-specific; they are shared with perl/ which may
-# be built by a different compiler. (Note that this is an artifact now
-# but it still might be nice to keep that distinction.)
-BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include
+BASIC_CFLAGS = -Iutil/include -Iarch/$(ARCH)/include -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE
 BASIC_LDFLAGS =
 
 # Guard against environment variables
@@ -362,8 +359,10 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/sched-messaging.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/sched-pipe.o
 ifeq ($(RAW_ARCH),x86_64)
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.o
 endif
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memcpy.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)bench/mem-memset.o
 
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-diff.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)builtin-evlist.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
index f7781c6267c0..a09bece6dad2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/bench.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 extern int bench_sched_messaging(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int bench_sched_pipe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int bench_mem_memcpy(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used);
+extern int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 
 #define BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT_STR        "default"
 #define BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT            0
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm-def.h b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm-def.h
index d588b87696fc..d66ab799b35f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm-def.h
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm-def.h
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
 MEMCPY_FN(__memcpy,
         "x86-64-unrolled",
         "unrolled memcpy() in arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S")
+
+MEMCPY_FN(memcpy_c,
+        "x86-64-movsq",
+        "movsq-based memcpy() in arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S")
+
+MEMCPY_FN(memcpy_c_e,
+        "x86-64-movsb",
+        "movsb-based memcpy() in arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S")
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
index a57b66e853c2..a20780bd0771 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy-x86-64-asm.S
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-
+#define memcpy MEMCPY /* don't hide glibc's memcpy() */
+#define altinstr_replacement text
+#define globl p2align 4; .globl
+#define Lmemcpy_c globl memcpy_c; memcpy_c
+#define Lmemcpy_c_e globl memcpy_c_e; memcpy_c_e
 #include "../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
index db82021f4b91..6ad2b1c6b27b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 static const char       *length_str     = "1MB";
 static const char       *routine        = "default";
+static int              iterations      = 1;
 static bool             use_clock;
 static int              clock_fd;
 static bool             only_prefault;
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "available unit: B, MB, GB (upper and lower)"),
         OPT_STRING('r', "routine", &routine, "default",
                     "Specify routine to copy"),
+        OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
+                    "repeat memcpy() invocation this number of times"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock,
                     "Use CPU clock for measuring"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault,
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ static u64 do_memcpy_clock(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 {
         u64 clock_start = 0ULL, clock_end = 0ULL;
         void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
+        int i;
 
         alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
 
@@ -128,7 +132,8 @@ static u64 do_memcpy_clock(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
                 fn(dst, src, len);
 
         clock_start = get_clock();
-        fn(dst, src, len);
+        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+                fn(dst, src, len);
         clock_end = get_clock();
 
         free(src);
@@ -140,6 +145,7 @@ static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
 {
         struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
         void *src = NULL, *dst = NULL;
+        int i;
 
         alloc_mem(&src, &dst, len);
 
@@ -147,7 +153,8 @@ static double do_memcpy_gettimeofday(memcpy_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
                 fn(dst, src, len);
 
         BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL));
-        fn(dst, src, len);
+        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+                fn(dst, src, len);
         BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL));
 
         timersub(&tv_end, &tv_start, &tv_diff);
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-arch.h b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-arch.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a040fa77665b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-arch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+#ifdef ARCH_X86_64
+
+#define MEMSET_FN(fn, name, desc)               \
+        extern void *fn(void *, int, size_t);
+
+#include "mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h"
+
+#undef MEMSET_FN
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a71dff97c1f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+MEMSET_FN(__memset,
+        "x86-64-unrolled",
+        "unrolled memset() in arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S")
+
+MEMSET_FN(memset_c,
+        "x86-64-stosq",
+        "movsq-based memset() in arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S")
+
+MEMSET_FN(memset_c_e,
+        "x86-64-stosb",
+        "movsb-based memset() in arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S")
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb9217063776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset-x86-64-asm.S
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#define memset MEMSET /* don't hide glibc's memset() */
+#define altinstr_replacement text
+#define globl p2align 4; .globl
+#define Lmemset_c globl memset_c; memset_c
+#define Lmemset_c_e globl memset_c_e; memset_c_e
+#include "../../../arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S"
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..59d4933eff44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+/*
+ * mem-memset.c
+ *
+ * memset: Simple memory set in various ways
+ *
+ * Trivial clone of mem-memcpy.c.
+ */
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include "../util/util.h"
+#include "../util/parse-options.h"
+#include "../util/header.h"
+#include "bench.h"
+#include "mem-memset-arch.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define K 1024
+
+static const char       *length_str     = "1MB";
+static const char       *routine        = "default";
+static int              iterations      = 1;
+static bool             use_clock;
+static int              clock_fd;
+static bool             only_prefault;
+static bool             no_prefault;
+
+static const struct option options[] = {
+        OPT_STRING('l', "length", &length_str, "1MB",
+                    "Specify length of memory to copy. "
+                    "available unit: B, MB, GB (upper and lower)"),
+        OPT_STRING('r', "routine", &routine, "default",
+                    "Specify routine to copy"),
+        OPT_INTEGER('i', "iterations", &iterations,
+                    "repeat memset() invocation this number of times"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "clock", &use_clock,
+                    "Use CPU clock for measuring"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('o', "only-prefault", &only_prefault,
+                    "Show only the result with page faults before memset()"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-prefault", &no_prefault,
+                    "Show only the result without page faults before memset()"),
+        OPT_END()
+};
+
+typedef void *(*memset_t)(void *, int, size_t);
+
+struct routine {
+        const char *name;
+        const char *desc;
+        memset_t fn;
+};
+
+static const struct routine routines[] = {
+        { "default",
+          "Default memset() provided by glibc",
+          memset },
+#ifdef ARCH_X86_64
+
+#define MEMSET_FN(fn, name, desc) { name, desc, fn },
+#include "mem-memset-x86-64-asm-def.h"
+#undef MEMSET_FN
+
+#endif
+
+        { NULL,
+          NULL,
+          NULL   }
+};
+
+static const char * const bench_mem_memset_usage[] = {
+        "perf bench mem memset <options>",
+        NULL
+};
+
+static struct perf_event_attr clock_attr = {
+        .type           = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+        .config         = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
+};
+
+static void init_clock(void)
+{
+        clock_fd = sys_perf_event_open(&clock_attr, getpid(), -1, -1, 0);
+
+        if (clock_fd < 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
+                die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
+        else
+                BUG_ON(clock_fd < 0);
+}
+
+static u64 get_clock(void)
+{
+        int ret;
+        u64 clk;
+
+        ret = read(clock_fd, &clk, sizeof(u64));
+        BUG_ON(ret != sizeof(u64));
+
+        return clk;
+}
+
+static double timeval2double(struct timeval *ts)
+{
+        return (double)ts->tv_sec +
+                (double)ts->tv_usec / (double)1000000;
+}
+
+static void alloc_mem(void **dst, size_t length)
+{
+        *dst = zalloc(length);
+        if (!dst)
+                die("memory allocation failed - maybe length is too large?\n");
+}
+
+static u64 do_memset_clock(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+{
+        u64 clock_start = 0ULL, clock_end = 0ULL;
+        void *dst = NULL;
+        int i;
+
+        alloc_mem(&dst, len);
+
+        if (prefault)
+                fn(dst, -1, len);
+
+        clock_start = get_clock();
+        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+                fn(dst, i, len);
+        clock_end = get_clock();
+
+        free(dst);
+        return clock_end - clock_start;
+}
+
+static double do_memset_gettimeofday(memset_t fn, size_t len, bool prefault)
+{
+        struct timeval tv_start, tv_end, tv_diff;
+        void *dst = NULL;
+        int i;
+
+        alloc_mem(&dst, len);
+
+        if (prefault)
+                fn(dst, -1, len);
+
+        BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL));
+        for (i = 0; i < iterations; ++i)
+                fn(dst, i, len);
+        BUG_ON(gettimeofday(&tv_end, NULL));
+
+        timersub(&tv_end, &tv_start, &tv_diff);
+
+        free(dst);
+        return (double)((double)len / timeval2double(&tv_diff));
+}
+
+#define pf (no_prefault ? 0 : 1)
+
+#define print_bps(x) do {                                       \
+                if (x < K)                                      \
+                        printf(" %14lf B/Sec", x);              \
+                else if (x < K * K)                             \
+                        printf(" %14lfd KB/Sec", x / K);        \
+                else if (x < K * K * K)                         \
+                        printf(" %14lf MB/Sec", x / K / K);     \
+                else                                            \
+                        printf(" %14lf GB/Sec", x / K / K / K); \
+        } while (0)
+
+int bench_mem_memset(int argc, const char **argv,
+                     const char *prefix __used)
+{
+        int i;
+        size_t len;
+        double result_bps[2];
+        u64 result_clock[2];
+
+        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
+                             bench_mem_memset_usage, 0);
+
+        if (use_clock)
+                init_clock();
+
+        len = (size_t)perf_atoll((char *)length_str);
+
+        result_clock[0] = result_clock[1] = 0ULL;
+        result_bps[0] = result_bps[1] = 0.0;
+
+        if ((s64)len <= 0) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid length:%s\n", length_str);
+                return 1;
+        }
+
+        /* same to without specifying either of prefault and no-prefault */
+        if (only_prefault && no_prefault)
+                only_prefault = no_prefault = false;
+
+        for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
+                if (!strcmp(routines[i].name, routine))
+                        break;
+        }
+        if (!routines[i].name) {
+                printf("Unknown routine:%s\n", routine);
+                printf("Available routines...\n");
+                for (i = 0; routines[i].name; i++) {
+                        printf("\t%s ... %s\n",
+                               routines[i].name, routines[i].desc);
+                }
+                return 1;
+        }
+
+        if (bench_format == BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT)
+                printf("# Copying %s Bytes ...\n\n", length_str);
+
+        if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+                /* show both of results */
+                if (use_clock) {
+                        result_clock[0] =
+                                do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn, len, false);
+                        result_clock[1] =
+                                do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn, len, true);
+                } else {
+                        result_bps[0] =
+                                do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
+                                                len, false);
+                        result_bps[1] =
+                                do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
+                                                len, true);
+                }
+        } else {
+                if (use_clock) {
+                        result_clock[pf] =
+                                do_memset_clock(routines[i].fn,
+                                                len, only_prefault);
+                } else {
+                        result_bps[pf] =
+                                do_memset_gettimeofday(routines[i].fn,
+                                                len, only_prefault);
+                }
+        }
+
+        switch (bench_format) {
+        case BENCH_FORMAT_DEFAULT:
+                if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+                        if (use_clock) {
+                                printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte\n",
+                                        (double)result_clock[0]
+                                        / (double)len);
+                                printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte (with prefault)\n ",
+                                        (double)result_clock[1]
+                                        / (double)len);
+                        } else {
+                                print_bps(result_bps[0]);
+                                printf("\n");
+                                print_bps(result_bps[1]);
+                                printf(" (with prefault)\n");
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        if (use_clock) {
+                                printf(" %14lf Clock/Byte",
+                                        (double)result_clock[pf]
+                                        / (double)len);
+                        } else
+                                print_bps(result_bps[pf]);
+
+                        printf("%s\n", only_prefault ? " (with prefault)" : "");
+                }
+                break;
+        case BENCH_FORMAT_SIMPLE:
+                if (!only_prefault && !no_prefault) {
+                        if (use_clock) {
+                                printf("%lf %lf\n",
+                                        (double)result_clock[0] / (double)len,
+                                        (double)result_clock[1] / (double)len);
+                        } else {
+                                printf("%lf %lf\n",
+                                        result_bps[0], result_bps[1]);
+                        }
+                } else {
+                        if (use_clock) {
+                                printf("%lf\n", (double)result_clock[pf]
+                                        / (double)len);
+                        } else
+                                printf("%lf\n", result_bps[pf]);
+                }
+                break;
+        default:
+                /* reaching this means there's some disaster: */
+                die("unknown format: %d\n", bench_format);
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
index fcb96269852a..b0e74ab2d7a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-bench.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static struct bench_suite mem_suites[] = {
         { "memcpy",
           "Simple memory copy in various ways",
           bench_mem_memcpy },
+        { "memset",
+          "Simple memory set in various ways",
+          bench_mem_memset },
         suite_all,
         { NULL,
           NULL,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 59d43abfbfec..fb8566181f27 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  *
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-#undef _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "builtin.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 0abfb18b911f..32870eef952f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct perf_record {
         struct perf_evlist      *evlist;
         struct perf_session     *session;
         const char              *progname;
+        const char              *uid_str;
         int                     output;
         unsigned int            page_size;
         int                     realtime_prio;
@@ -727,6 +728,7 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
         OPT_CALLBACK('G', "cgroup", &record.evlist, "name",
                      "monitor event in cgroup name only",
                      parse_cgroups),
+        OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
         OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -748,7 +750,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
         argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
                             PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
         if (!argc && rec->opts.target_pid == -1 && rec->opts.target_tid == -1 &&
-                !rec->opts.system_wide && !rec->opts.cpu_list)
+                !rec->opts.system_wide && !rec->opts.cpu_list && !rec->uid_str)
                 usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
         if (rec->force && rec->append_file) {
@@ -788,11 +790,17 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 goto out_symbol_exit;
         }
 
+        rec->opts.uid = parse_target_uid(rec->uid_str, rec->opts.target_tid,
+                                         rec->opts.target_pid);
+        if (rec->uid_str != NULL && rec->opts.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
+                goto out_free_fd;
+
         if (rec->opts.target_pid != -1)
                 rec->opts.target_tid = rec->opts.target_pid;
 
         if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, rec->opts.target_pid,
-                                     rec->opts.target_tid, rec->opts.cpu_list) < 0)
+                                     rec->opts.target_tid, rec->opts.uid,
+                                     rec->opts.cpu_list) < 0)
                 usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
 
         list_for_each_entry(pos, &evsel_list->entries, node) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index f5d2a63eba66..459b8620a5d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
         if (target_pid != -1)
                 target_tid = target_pid;
 
-        evsel_list->threads = thread_map__new(target_pid, target_tid);
+        evsel_list->threads = thread_map__new(target_pid, target_tid, UINT_MAX);
         if (evsel_list->threads == NULL) {
                 pr_err("Problems finding threads of monitor\n");
                 usage_with_options(stat_usage, options);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
index 3854e869dce1..3ce709e97462 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-test.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int test__open_syscall_event(void)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid());
+        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
         if (threads == NULL) {
                 pr_debug("thread_map__new\n");
                 return -1;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int test__open_syscall_event_on_all_cpus(void)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid());
+        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
         if (threads == NULL) {
                 pr_debug("thread_map__new\n");
                 return -1;
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ static int test__basic_mmap(void)
                 expected_nr_events[i] = random() % 257;
         }
 
-        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid());
+        threads = thread_map__new(-1, getpid(), UINT_MAX);
         if (threads == NULL) {
                 pr_debug("thread_map__new\n");
                 return -1;
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static int test__PERF_RECORD(void)
          * we're monitoring, the one forked there.
          */
         err = perf_evlist__create_maps(evlist, opts.target_pid,
-                                       opts.target_tid, opts.cpu_list);
+                                       opts.target_tid, UINT_MAX, opts.cpu_list);
         if (err < 0) {
                 pr_debug("Not enough memory to create thread/cpu maps\n");
                 goto out_delete_evlist;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 8f80df896038..e8b033c074f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-
 void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws)
 {
         char *s = getenv("LINES");
@@ -537,10 +536,20 @@ static void perf_top__sort_new_samples(void *arg)
 
 static void *display_thread_tui(void *arg)
 {
+        struct perf_evsel *pos;
         struct perf_top *top = arg;
         const char *help = "For a higher level overview, try: perf top --sort comm,dso";
 
         perf_top__sort_new_samples(top);
+
+        /*
+         * Initialize the uid_filter_str, in the future the TUI will allow
+         * Zooming in/out UIDs. For now juse use whatever the user passed
+         * via --uid.
+         */
+        list_for_each_entry(pos, &top->evlist->entries, node)
+                pos->hists.uid_filter_str = top->uid_str;
+
         perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(top->evlist, help,
                                       perf_top__sort_new_samples,
                                       top, top->delay_secs);
@@ -949,7 +958,7 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
         if (ret)
                 goto out_delete;
 
-        if (top->target_tid != -1)
+        if (top->target_tid != -1 || top->uid != UINT_MAX)
                 perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(&top->tool, top->evlist->threads,
                                                   perf_event__process,
                                                   &top->session->host_machine);
@@ -1089,6 +1098,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 .delay_secs          = 2,
                 .target_pid          = -1,
                 .target_tid          = -1,
+                .uid                 = UINT_MAX,
                 .freq                = 1000, /* 1 KHz */
                 .sample_id_all_avail = true,
                 .mmap_pages          = 128,
@@ -1162,6 +1172,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                     "Display raw encoding of assembly instructions (default)"),
         OPT_STRING('M', "disassembler-style", &disassembler_style, "disassembler style",
                    "Specify disassembler style (e.g. -M intel for intel syntax)"),
+        OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &top.uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
         OPT_END()
         };
 
@@ -1187,6 +1198,10 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
         setup_browser(false);
 
+        top.uid = parse_target_uid(top.uid_str, top.target_tid, top.target_pid);
+        if (top.uid_str != NULL && top.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
+                goto out_delete_evlist;
+
         /* CPU and PID are mutually exclusive */
         if (top.target_tid > 0 && top.cpu_list) {
                 printf("WARNING: PID switch overriding CPU\n");
@@ -1198,7 +1213,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
                 top.target_tid = top.target_pid;
 
         if (perf_evlist__create_maps(top.evlist, top.target_pid,
-                                     top.target_tid, top.cpu_list) < 0)
+                                     top.target_tid, top.uid, top.cpu_list) < 0)
                 usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
 
         if (!top.evlist->nr_entries &&
@@ -1262,6 +1277,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
         status = __cmd_top(&top);
 
+out_delete_evlist:
         perf_evlist__delete(top.evlist);
 
         return status;
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 64f8bee31ced..92af1688bae4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ void pthread__unblock_sigwinch(void);
 struct perf_record_opts {
         pid_t        target_pid;
         pid_t        target_tid;
+        uid_t        uid;
         bool         call_graph;
         bool         group;
         bool         inherit_stat;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
index 6893eec693ab..adc72f09914d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.c
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ out:
         return cpus;
 }
 
+size_t cpu_map__fprintf(struct cpu_map *map, FILE *fp)
+{
+        int i;
+        size_t printed = fprintf(fp, "%d cpu%s: ",
+                                 map->nr, map->nr > 1 ? "s" : "");
+        for (i = 0; i < map->nr; ++i)
+                printed += fprintf(fp, "%s%d", i ? ", " : "", map->map[i]);
+
+        return printed + fprintf(fp, "\n");
+}
+
 struct cpu_map *cpu_map__dummy_new(void)
 {
         struct cpu_map *cpus = malloc(sizeof(*cpus) + sizeof(int));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
index 072c0a374794..c41518573c6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cpumap.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 #define __PERF_CPUMAP_H
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+
 struct cpu_map {
         int nr;
         int map[];
@@ -10,4 +12,6 @@ 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);
 
+size_t cpu_map__fprintf(struct cpu_map *map, FILE *fp);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_CPUMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 3f16e08a5c8d..a6d50e376257 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -594,14 +594,14 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t target_pid,
-                             pid_t target_tid, const char *cpu_list)
+                             pid_t target_tid, uid_t uid, const char *cpu_list)
 {
-        evlist->threads = thread_map__new(target_pid, target_tid);
+        evlist->threads = thread_map__new(target_pid, target_tid, uid);
 
         if (evlist->threads == NULL)
                 return -1;
 
-        if (cpu_list == NULL && target_tid != -1)
+        if (uid != UINT_MAX || (cpu_list == NULL && target_tid != -1))
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__dummy_new();
         else
                 evlist->cpus = cpu_map__new(cpu_list);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 8922aeed0467..9c516607ce20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline void perf_evlist__set_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 }
 
 int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, pid_t target_pid,
-                             pid_t target_tid, const char *cpu_list);
+                             pid_t tid, uid_t uid, const char *cpu_list);
 void perf_evlist__delete_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__set_filters(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 3e7e0b09c12c..ecd7f4dd7eea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_event_type(struct perf_tool *tool,
         strncpy(ev.event_type.event_type.name, name, MAX_EVENT_NAME - 1);
 
         ev.event_type.header.type = PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE;
-        size = strlen(name);
+        size = strlen(ev.event_type.event_type.name);
         size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
         ev.event_type.header.size = sizeof(ev.event_type) -
                 (sizeof(ev.event_type.event_type.name) - size);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index f55f0a8d1f81..0d486135d10f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct hists {
         u64                     nr_entries;
         const struct thread     *thread_filter;
         const struct dso        *dso_filter;
+        const char              *uid_filter_str;
         pthread_mutex_t         lock;
         struct events_stats     stats;
         u64                     event_stream;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
index bb4198e7837a..afe38199e922 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/asm/dwarf2.h
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 #ifndef PERF_DWARF2_H
 #define PERF_DWARF2_H
 
-/* dwarf2.h ... dummy header file for including arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S */
+/* dwarf2.h ... dummy header file for including arch/x86/lib/mem{cpy,set}_64.S */
 
 #define CFI_STARTPROC
 #define CFI_ENDPROC
+#define CFI_REMEMBER_STATE
+#define CFI_RESTORE_STATE
 
 #endif  /* PERF_DWARF2_H */
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index eb25900e2211..b9bbdd236357 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  *
  */
 
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <elf.h>
 
-#undef _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "util.h"
 #include "event.h"
 #include "string.h"
@@ -1731,7 +1729,7 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
         }
 
         ret = 0;
-        printf("Add new event%s\n", (ntevs > 1) ? "s:" : ":");
+        printf("Added new event%s\n", (ntevs > 1) ? "s:" : ":");
         for (i = 0; i < ntevs; i++) {
                 tev = &tevs[i];
                 if (pev->event)
@@ -1786,7 +1784,7 @@ static int __add_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 
         if (ret >= 0) {
                 /* Show how to use the event. */
-                printf("\nYou can now use it on all perf tools, such as:\n\n");
+                printf("\nYou can now use it in all perf tools, such as:\n\n");
                 printf("\tperf record -e %s:%s -aR sleep 1\n\n", tev->group,
                          tev->event);
         }
@@ -1961,7 +1959,7 @@ static int __del_trace_probe_event(int fd, struct str_node *ent)
                 goto error;
         }
 
-        printf("Remove event: %s\n", ent->s);
+        printf("Removed event: %s\n", ent->s);
         return 0;
 error:
         pr_warning("Failed to delete event: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
index 9dd47a4f2596..e03b58a48424 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
@@ -425,14 +425,14 @@ struct pyrf_thread_map {
 static int pyrf_thread_map__init(struct pyrf_thread_map *pthreads,
                                  PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
-        static char *kwlist[] = { "pid", "tid", NULL };
-        int pid = -1, tid = -1;
+        static char *kwlist[] = { "pid", "tid", "uid", NULL };
+        int pid = -1, tid = -1, uid = UINT_MAX;
 
-        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|ii",
-                                         kwlist, &pid, &tid))
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|iii",
+                                         kwlist, &pid, &tid, &uid))
                 return -1;
 
-        pthreads->threads = thread_map__new(pid, tid);
+        pthreads->threads = thread_map__new(pid, tid, uid);
         if (pthreads->threads == NULL)
                 return -1;
         return 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 215d50f2042e..0975438c3e72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
index a5df131b77c3..3d4b6c5931b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.c
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "thread_map.h"
 
 /* Skip "." and ".." directories */
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_pid(pid_t pid)
         sprintf(name, "/proc/%d/task", pid);
         items = scandir(name, &namelist, filter, NULL);
         if (items <= 0)
-                return NULL;
+                return NULL;
 
         threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) + sizeof(pid_t) * items);
         if (threads != NULL) {
@@ -51,10 +56,99 @@ struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_tid(pid_t tid)
         return threads;
 }
 
-struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_uid(uid_t uid)
+{
+        DIR *proc;
+        int max_threads = 32, items, i;
+        char path[256];
+        struct dirent dirent, *next, **namelist = NULL;
+        struct thread_map *threads = malloc(sizeof(*threads) +
+                                            max_threads * sizeof(pid_t));
+        if (threads == NULL)
+                goto out;
+
+        proc = opendir("/proc");
+        if (proc == NULL)
+                goto out_free_threads;
+
+        threads->nr = 0;
+
+        while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) {
+                char *end;
+                bool grow = false;
+                struct stat st;
+                pid_t pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
+
+                if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */
+                        continue;
+
+                snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%s", dirent.d_name);
+
+                if (stat(path, &st) != 0)
+                        continue;
+
+                if (st.st_uid != uid)
+                        continue;
+
+                snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
+                items = scandir(path, &namelist, filter, NULL);
+                if (items <= 0)
+                        goto out_free_closedir;
+
+                while (threads->nr + items >= max_threads) {
+                        max_threads *= 2;
+                        grow = true;
+                }
+
+                if (grow) {
+                        struct thread_map *tmp;
+
+                        tmp = realloc(threads, (sizeof(*threads) +
+                                                max_threads * sizeof(pid_t)));
+                        if (tmp == NULL)
+                                goto out_free_namelist;
+
+                        threads = tmp;
+                }
+
+                for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+                        threads->map[threads->nr + i] = atoi(namelist[i]->d_name);
+
+                for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+                        free(namelist[i]);
+                free(namelist);
+
+                threads->nr += items;
+        }
+
+out_closedir:
+        closedir(proc);
+out:
+        return threads;
+
+out_free_threads:
+        free(threads);
+        return NULL;
+
+out_free_namelist:
+        for (i = 0; i < items; i++)
+                free(namelist[i]);
+        free(namelist);
+
+out_free_closedir:
+        free(threads);
+        threads = NULL;
+        goto out_closedir;
+}
+
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid, uid_t uid)
 {
         if (pid != -1)
                 return thread_map__new_by_pid(pid);
+
+        if (tid == -1 && uid != UINT_MAX)
+                return thread_map__new_by_uid(uid);
+
         return thread_map__new_by_tid(tid);
 }
 
@@ -62,3 +156,14 @@ void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads)
 {
         free(threads);
 }
+
+size_t thread_map__fprintf(struct thread_map *threads, FILE *fp)
+{
+        int i;
+        size_t printed = fprintf(fp, "%d thread%s: ",
+                                 threads->nr, threads->nr > 1 ? "s" : "");
+        for (i = 0; i < threads->nr; ++i)
+                printed += fprintf(fp, "%s%d", i ? ", " : "", threads->map[i]);
+
+        return printed + fprintf(fp, "\n");
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
index 3cb907311409..c75ddbaba005 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread_map.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 struct thread_map {
         int nr;
@@ -10,6 +11,10 @@ struct thread_map {
 
 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);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new_by_uid(uid_t uid);
+struct thread_map *thread_map__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid, uid_t uid);
 void thread_map__delete(struct thread_map *threads);
+
+size_t thread_map__fprintf(struct thread_map *threads, FILE *fp);
+
 #endif  /* __PERF_THREAD_MAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.c b/tools/perf/util/top.c
index 500471dffa4f..e4370ca27193 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.c
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ size_t perf_top__header_snprintf(struct perf_top *top, char *bf, size_t size)
         else if (top->target_tid != -1)
                 ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, " (target_tid: %d",
                                 top->target_tid);
+        else if (top->uid_str != NULL)
+                ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, " (uid: %s",
+                                top->uid_str);
         else
                 ret += SNPRINTF(bf + ret, size - ret, " (all");
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/top.h b/tools/perf/util/top.h
index a248f3c2c60d..def3e53e0fe0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/top.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/top.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct perf_top {
         int                print_entries, count_filter, delay_secs;
         int                freq;
         pid_t              target_pid, target_tid;
+        uid_t              uid;
         bool               hide_kernel_symbols, hide_user_symbols, zero;
         bool               system_wide;
         bool               use_tui, use_stdio;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ struct perf_top {
         int                realtime_prio;
         int                sym_pcnt_filter;
         const char         *sym_filter;
+        const char         *uid_str;
 };
 
 size_t perf_top__header_snprintf(struct perf_top *top, char *bf, size_t size);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 6c164dc9ee95..1a8d4dc4f386 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@
  *  The parts for function graph printing was taken and modified from the
  *  Linux Kernel that were written by Frederic Weisbecker.
  */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#undef _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "trace-event.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 1212a386a033..bfba0490c098 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
-#undef _GNU_SOURCE
 #include "../libslang.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -841,6 +839,9 @@ static int hists__browser_title(struct hists *self, char *bf, size_t size,
         nr_events = convert_unit(nr_events, &unit);
         printed = snprintf(bf, size, "Events: %lu%c %s", nr_events, unit, ev_name);
 
+        if (self->uid_filter_str)
+                printed += snprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
+                                    ", UID: %s", self->uid_filter_str);
         if (thread)
                 printed += snprintf(bf + printed, size - printed,
                                     ", Thread: %s(%d)",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/helpline.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/helpline.c
index 6ef3c5691762..4f48f5901b30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/helpline.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/helpline.c
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/usage.c b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
index d76d1c0ff98f..d0c013934f30 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/usage.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/usage.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) Linus Torvalds, 2005
  */
 #include "util.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 
 static void report(const char *prefix, const char *err, va_list params)
 {
@@ -81,3 +82,41 @@ void warning(const char *warn, ...)
         warn_routine(warn, params);
         va_end(params);
 }
+
+uid_t parse_target_uid(const char *str, pid_t tid, pid_t pid)
+{
+        struct passwd pwd, *result;
+        char buf[1024];
+
+        if (str == NULL)
+                return UINT_MAX;
+
+        /* CPU and PID are mutually exclusive */
+        if (tid > 0 || pid > 0) {
+                ui__warning("PID/TID switch overriding UID\n");
+                sleep(1);
+                return UINT_MAX;
+        }
+
+        getpwnam_r(str, &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &result);
+
+        if (result == NULL) {
+                char *endptr;
+                int uid = strtol(str, &endptr, 10);
+
+                if (*endptr != '\0') {
+                        ui__error("Invalid user %s\n", str);
+                        return UINT_MAX - 1;
+                }
+
+                getpwuid_r(uid, &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &result);
+
+                if (result == NULL) {
+                        ui__error("Problems obtaining information for user %s\n",
+                                  str);
+                        return UINT_MAX - 1;
+                }
+        }
+
+        return result->pw_uid;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index b9c530cce79a..232d17ef3e60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #define decimal_length(x)       ((int)(sizeof(x) * 2.56 + 0.5) + 1)
 
 #define _ALL_SOURCE 1
-#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
 #define _BSD_SOURCE 1
 #define HAS_BOOL
 
@@ -246,6 +245,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr;
 
 void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 
+uid_t parse_target_uid(const char *str, pid_t tid, pid_t pid);
+
 #define _STR(x) #x
 #define STR(x) _STR(x)