perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance Events

Bye-bye Performance Counters, welcome Performance Events!

In the past few months the perfcounters subsystem has grown out its
initial role of counting hardware events, and has become (and is
becoming) a much broader generic event enumeration, reporting, logging,
monitoring, analysis facility.

Naming its core object 'perf_counter' and naming the subsystem
'perfcounters' has become more and more of a misnomer. With pending
code like hw-breakpoints support the 'counter' name is less and
less appropriate.

All in one, we've decided to rename the subsystem to 'performance
events' and to propagate this rename through all fields, variables
and API names. (in an ABI compatible fashion)

The word 'event' is also a bit shorter than 'counter' - which makes
it slightly more convenient to write/handle as well.

Thanks goes to Stephane Eranian who first observed this misnomer and
suggested a rename.

User-space tooling and ABI compatibility is not affected - this patch
should be function-invariant. (Also, defconfigs were not touched to
keep the size down.)

This patch has been generated via the following script:

  FILES=$(find * -type f | grep -vE 'oprofile|[^K]config')

  sed -i \
    -e 's/PERF_EVENT_/PERF_RECORD_/g' \
    -e 's/PERF_COUNTER/PERF_EVENT/g' \
    -e 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g' \
    -e 's/nb_counters/nb_events/g' \
    -e 's/swcounter/swevent/g' \
    -e 's/tpcounter_event/tp_event/g' \
    $FILES

  for N in $(find . -name perf_counter.[ch]); do
    M=$(echo $N | sed 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g')
    mv $N $M
  done

  FILES=$(find . -name perf_event.*)

  sed -i \
    -e 's/COUNTER_MASK/REG_MASK/g' \
    -e 's/COUNTER/EVENT/g' \
    -e 's/\<event\>/event_id/g' \
    -e 's/counter/event/g' \
    -e 's/Counter/Event/g' \
    $FILES

... to keep it as correct as possible. This script can also be
used by anyone who has pending perfcounters patches - it converts
a Linux kernel tree over to the new naming. We tried to time this
change to the point in time where the amount of pending patches
is the smallest: the end of the merge window.

Namespace clashes were fixed up in a preparatory patch - and some
stylistic fallout will be fixed up in a subsequent patch.

( NOTE: 'counters' are still the proper terminology when we deal
  with hardware registers - and these sed scripts are a bit
  over-eager in renaming them. I've undone some of that, but
  in case there's something left where 'counter' would be
  better than 'event' we can undo that on an individual basis
  instead of touching an otherwise nicely automated patch. )

Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

132 files changed, 2452 insertions, 2452 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
index 9122c9ee18fb..89f7eade20af 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv                     (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+361)
 #define __NR_pwritev                    (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+362)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo          (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+363)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open          (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+364)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open            (__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+364)
 
 /*
  * The following SWIs are ARM private.
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
index ecfa98954d1d..fafce1b5c69f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
                 CALL(sys_preadv)
                 CALL(sys_pwritev)
                 CALL(sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
-                CALL(sys_perf_counter_open)
+                CALL(sys_perf_event_open)
 #ifndef syscalls_counted
 .equ syscalls_padding, ((NR_syscalls + 3) & ~3) - NR_syscalls
 #define syscalls_counted
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
index c8e7ee4768cd..02b1529dad57 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             366
 #define __NR_pwritev            367
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  368
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  369
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    369
 
 #define __NR_syscall            370
 #define NR_syscalls             __NR_syscall
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
index 01af24cde362..1e7cac23e25f 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-common/entry.S
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ ENTRY(_sys_call_table)
         .long _sys_preadv
         .long _sys_pwritev
         .long _sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        .long _sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long _sys_perf_event_open
 
         .rept NR_syscalls-(.-_sys_call_table)/4
         .long _sys_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index b86e19c9b5b0..4b5830bcbe2e 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config FRV
         default y
         select HAVE_IDE
         select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 
 config ZONE_DMA
         bool
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/perf_event.h
index ccf726e61b2e..a69e0155d146 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* FRV performance counter support
+/* FRV performance event support
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#ifndef _ASM_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define _ASM_PERF_COUNTER_H
+#ifndef _ASM_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define _ASM_PERF_EVENT_H
 
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET       0
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
 
-#endif /* _ASM_PERF_COUNTER_H */
+#endif /* _ASM_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 4a8fb427ce0a..be6ef0f5cd42 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             333
 #define __NR_pwritev            334
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  335
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  336
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    336
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S b/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
index fde1e446b440..189397ec012a 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1525,6 +1525,6 @@ sys_call_table:
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo     /* 335 */
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
 
 syscall_table_size = (. - sys_call_table)
diff --git a/arch/frv/lib/Makefile b/arch/frv/lib/Makefile
index 0a377210c89b..f4709756d0d9 100644
--- a/arch/frv/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/frv/lib/Makefile
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 lib-y := \
         __ashldi3.o __lshrdi3.o __muldi3.o __ashrdi3.o __negdi2.o __ucmpdi2.o \
         checksum.o memcpy.o memset.o atomic-ops.o atomic64-ops.o \
-        outsl_ns.o outsl_sw.o insl_ns.o insl_sw.o cache.o perf_counter.o
+        outsl_ns.o outsl_sw.o insl_ns.o insl_sw.o cache.o perf_event.o
diff --git a/arch/frv/lib/perf_counter.c b/arch/frv/lib/perf_event.c
index 2000feecd571..9ac5acfd2e91 100644
--- a/arch/frv/lib/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/frv/lib/perf_event.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Performance counter handling
+/* Performance event handling
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
  * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 /*
- * mark the performance counter as pending
+ * mark the performance event as pending
  */
-void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
index 946d8691f2b0..48b87f5ced50 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             329
 #define __NR_pwritev            330
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  331
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  332
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    332
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S b/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
index 922f52e7ed1a..c5b33634c980 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/entry.S
@@ -756,5 +756,5 @@ sys_call_table:
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev               /* 330 */
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
 
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/syscalltable.S b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/syscalltable.S
index 0ae123e08985..23535cc415ae 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/syscalltable.S
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/syscalltable.S
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev               /* 330 */
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
 
         .rept NR_syscalls-(.-sys_call_table)/4
                 .long sys_ni_syscall
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
index 0b852327c0e7..cb05a07e55e9 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             363 /* new */
 #define __NR_pwritev            364 /* new */
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  365 /* new */
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  366 /* new */
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    366 /* new */
 
 #define __NR_syscalls           367
 
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscall_table.S
index 457216097dfd..ecec19155135 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -370,4 +370,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_ni_syscall
         .long sys_ni_syscall
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo     /* 365 */
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
index e753a777949b..8c9dfa9e9018 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv                     (__NR_Linux + 330)
 #define __NR_pwritev                    (__NR_Linux + 331)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo          (__NR_Linux + 332)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open          (__NR_Linux + 333)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open            (__NR_Linux + 333)
 #define __NR_accept4                    (__NR_Linux + 334)
 
 /*
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv                     (__NR_Linux + 289)
 #define __NR_pwritev                    (__NR_Linux + 290)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo          (__NR_Linux + 291)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open          (__NR_Linux + 292)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open            (__NR_Linux + 292)
 #define __NR_accept4                    (__NR_Linux + 293)
 
 /*
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv                     (__NR_Linux + 293)
 #define __NR_pwritev                    (__NR_Linux + 294)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo          (__NR_Linux + 295)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open          (__NR_Linux + 296)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open            (__NR_Linux + 296)
 #define __NR_accept4                    (__NR_Linux + 297)
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
index 7c2de4f091c4..fd2a9bb620d6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ einval:	li	v0, -ENOSYS
         sys     sys_preadv              6       /* 4330 */
         sys     sys_pwritev             6
         sys     sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo   4
-        sys     sys_perf_counter_open   5
+        sys     sys_perf_event_open     5
         sys     sys_accept4             4
         .endm
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S
index b97b993846d6..18bf7f32c5e4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-64.S
@@ -418,6 +418,6 @@ sys_call_table:
         PTR     sys_preadv
         PTR     sys_pwritev                     /* 5390 */
         PTR     sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        PTR     sys_perf_counter_open
+        PTR     sys_perf_event_open
         PTR     sys_accept4
         .size   sys_call_table,.-sys_call_table
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index 1a6ae124635b..6ebc07976694 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -416,6 +416,6 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
         PTR     sys_preadv
         PTR     sys_pwritev
         PTR     compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo    /* 5295 */
-        PTR     sys_perf_counter_open
+        PTR     sys_perf_event_open
         PTR     sys_accept4
         .size   sysn32_call_table,.-sysn32_call_table
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index cd31087a651f..9bbf9775e0bd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -536,6 +536,6 @@ sys_call_table:
         PTR     compat_sys_preadv               /* 4330 */
         PTR     compat_sys_pwritev
         PTR     compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        PTR     sys_perf_counter_open
+        PTR     sys_perf_event_open
         PTR     sys_accept4
         .size   sys_call_table,.-sys_call_table
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
index fad68616af32..2a983931c11f 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             334
 #define __NR_pwritev            335
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  336
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  337
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    337
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/entry.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/entry.S
index e0d2563af4f2..a94e7ea3faa6 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/entry.S
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev               /* 335 */
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
 
 
 nr_syscalls=(.-sys_call_table)/4
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 06f8d5b5b0f9..f388dc68f605 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config PARISC
         select RTC_DRV_GENERIC
         select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
         select BUG
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
         select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
         help
           The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dc9e829f7013..000000000000
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H
-
-/* parisc only supports software counters through this interface. */
-static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void) { }
-
-#endif /* __ASM_PARISC_PERF_COUNTER_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc146427d8f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_PARISC_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define __ASM_PARISC_PERF_EVENT_H
+
+/* parisc only supports software events through this interface. */
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void) { }
+
+#endif /* __ASM_PARISC_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
index f3d3b8b012c4..cda158318c62 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -810,9 +810,9 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             (__NR_Linux + 315)
 #define __NR_pwritev            (__NR_Linux + 316)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  (__NR_Linux + 317)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  (__NR_Linux + 318)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    (__NR_Linux + 318)
 
-#define __NR_Linux_syscalls     (__NR_perf_counter_open + 1)
+#define __NR_Linux_syscalls     (__NR_perf_event_open + 1)
 
 
 #define __IGNORE_select         /* newselect */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
index cf145eb026b3..843f423dec67 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
         ENTRY_COMP(preadv)              /* 315 */
         ENTRY_COMP(pwritev)
         ENTRY_COMP(rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
-        ENTRY_SAME(perf_counter_open)
+        ENTRY_SAME(perf_event_open)
 
         /* Nothing yet */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 8250902265c6..4fd479059d65 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ config PPC
         select HAVE_OPROFILE
         select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS if PPC64
         select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if PPC32
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
         bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index e73d554538dd..abbc2aaaced5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -135,43 +135,43 @@ static inline int irqs_disabled_flags(unsigned long flags)
  */
 struct irq_chip;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-static inline unsigned long test_perf_counter_pending(void)
+static inline unsigned long test_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
         unsigned long x;
 
         asm volatile("lbz %0,%1(13)"
                 : "=r" (x)
-                : "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_counter_pending)));
+                : "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
         return x;
 }
 
-static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
         asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
                 "r" (1),
-                "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_counter_pending)));
+                "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
 }
 
-static inline void clear_perf_counter_pending(void)
+static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
         asm volatile("stb %0,%1(13)" : :
                 "r" (0),
-                "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_counter_pending)));
+                "i" (offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending)));
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
-#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS */
+#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
-static inline unsigned long test_perf_counter_pending(void)
+static inline unsigned long test_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
         return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void clear_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS */
+static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif  /* _ASM_POWERPC_HW_IRQ_H */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
index b634456ea893..154f405b642f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/paca.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct paca_struct {
         u8 soft_enabled;                /* irq soft-enable flag */
         u8 hard_enabled;                /* set if irqs are enabled in MSR */
         u8 io_sync;                     /* writel() needs spin_unlock sync */
-        u8 perf_counter_pending;        /* PM interrupt while soft-disabled */
+        u8 perf_event_pending;  /* PM interrupt while soft-disabled */
 
         /* Stuff for accurate time accounting */
         u64 user_time;                  /* accumulated usermode TB ticks */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 0ea0639fcf75..2499aaadaeb9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Performance counter support - PowerPC-specific definitions.
+ * Performance event support - PowerPC-specific definitions.
  *
  * Copyright 2008-2009 Paul Mackerras, IBM Corporation.
  *
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
 #include <asm/hw_irq.h>
 
-#define MAX_HWCOUNTERS          8
+#define MAX_HWEVENTS            8
 #define MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES  8
-#define MAX_LIMITED_HWCOUNTERS  2
+#define MAX_LIMITED_HWEVENTS    2
 
 /*
  * This struct provides the constants and functions needed to
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@
  */
 struct power_pmu {
         const char      *name;
-        int             n_counter;
+        int             n_event;
         int             max_alternatives;
         unsigned long   add_fields;
         unsigned long   test_adder;
         int             (*compute_mmcr)(u64 events[], int n_ev,
                                 unsigned int hwc[], unsigned long mmcr[]);
-        int             (*get_constraint)(u64 event, unsigned long *mskp,
+        int             (*get_constraint)(u64 event_id, unsigned long *mskp,
                                 unsigned long *valp);
-        int             (*get_alternatives)(u64 event, unsigned int flags,
+        int             (*get_alternatives)(u64 event_id, unsigned int flags,
                                 u64 alt[]);
         void            (*disable_pmc)(unsigned int pmc, unsigned long mmcr[]);
-        int             (*limited_pmc_event)(u64 event);
+        int             (*limited_pmc_event)(u64 event_id);
         u32             flags;
         int             n_generic;
         int             *generic_events;
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ struct pt_regs;
 extern unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET       1
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 1
 
 /*
- * Only override the default definitions in include/linux/perf_counter.h
+ * Only override the default definitions in include/linux/perf_event.h
  * if we have hardware PMU support.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /*
  * The power_pmu.get_constraint function returns a 32/64-bit value and
- * a 32/64-bit mask that express the constraints between this event and
+ * a 32/64-bit mask that express the constraints between this event_id and
  * other events.
  *
  * The value and mask are divided up into (non-overlapping) bitfields
  * of three different types:
  *
  * Select field: this expresses the constraint that some set of bits
- * in MMCR* needs to be set to a specific value for this event.  For a
+ * in MMCR* needs to be set to a specific value for this event_id.  For a
  * select field, the mask contains 1s in every bit of the field, and
  * the value contains a unique value for each possible setting of the
  * MMCR* bits.  The constraint checking code will ensure that two events
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ extern unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs);
  * possible.)  For N classes, the field is N+1 bits wide, and each class
  * is assigned one bit from the least-significant N bits.  The mask has
  * only the most-significant bit set, and the value has only the bit
- * for the event's class set.  The test_adder has the least significant
+ * for the event_id's class set.  The test_adder has the least significant
  * bit set in the field.
  *
- * If an event is not subject to the constraint expressed by a particular
+ * If an event_id is not subject to the constraint expressed by a particular
  * field, then it will have 0 in both the mask and value for that field.
  */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index ed24bd92fe49..c7d671a7d9a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ SYSCALL_SPU(epoll_create1)
 SYSCALL_SPU(dup3)
 SYSCALL_SPU(pipe2)
 SYSCALL(inotify_init1)
-SYSCALL_SPU(perf_counter_open)
+SYSCALL_SPU(perf_event_open)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(preadv)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(pwritev)
 COMPAT_SYS(rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index cef080bfc607..f6ca76176766 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 #define __NR_dup3               316
 #define __NR_pipe2              317
 #define __NR_inotify_init1      318
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  319
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    319
 #define __NR_preadv             320
 #define __NR_pwritev            321
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  322
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 569f79ccd310..b23664a0b86c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ obj64-$(CONFIG_AUDIT)		+= compat_audit.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)    += ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER)     += ftrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)     += perf_counter.o perf_callchain.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)     += perf_event.o perf_callchain.o
 obj64-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)   += power4-pmu.o ppc970-pmu.o power5-pmu.o \
                                    power5+-pmu.o power6-pmu.o power7-pmu.o
 obj32-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)   += mpc7450-pmu.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index f0df285f0f87..0812b0f414bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ int main(void)
         DEFINE(PACAKMSR, offsetof(struct paca_struct, kernel_msr));
         DEFINE(PACASOFTIRQEN, offsetof(struct paca_struct, soft_enabled));
         DEFINE(PACAHARDIRQEN, offsetof(struct paca_struct, hard_enabled));
-        DEFINE(PACAPERFPEND, offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_counter_pending));
+        DEFINE(PACAPERFPEND, offsetof(struct paca_struct, perf_event_pending));
         DEFINE(PACACONTEXTID, offsetof(struct paca_struct, context.id));
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MM_SLICES
         DEFINE(PACALOWSLICESPSIZE, offsetof(struct paca_struct,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index 66bcda34a6bb..900e0eea0099 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -556,14 +556,14 @@ ALT_FW_FTR_SECTION_END_IFCLR(FW_FEATURE_ISERIES)
 2:
         TRACE_AND_RESTORE_IRQ(r5);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-        /* check paca->perf_counter_pending if we're enabling ints */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+        /* check paca->perf_event_pending if we're enabling ints */
         lbz     r3,PACAPERFPEND(r13)
         and.    r3,r3,r5
         beq     27f
-        bl      .perf_counter_do_pending
+        bl      .perf_event_do_pending
 27:
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS */
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 
         /* extract EE bit and use it to restore paca->hard_enabled */
         ld      r3,_MSR(r1)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
index f7f376ea7b17..e5d121177984 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ notrace void raw_local_irq_restore(unsigned long en)
         }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64 */
 
-        if (test_perf_counter_pending()) {
-                clear_perf_counter_pending();
-                perf_counter_do_pending();
+        if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
+                clear_perf_event_pending();
+                perf_event_do_pending();
         }
 
         /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mpc7450-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mpc7450-pmu.c
index cc466d039af6..09d72028f317 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/mpc7450-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/mpc7450-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c
index f74b62c67511..0a03cf70d247 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 5ccf9bca96c0..c98321fcb459 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Performance counter support - powerpc architecture code
+ * Performance event support - powerpc architecture code
  *
  * Copyright 2008-2009 Paul Mackerras, IBM Corporation.
  *
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
@@ -19,35 +19,35 @@
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
-struct cpu_hw_counters {
-        int n_counters;
+struct cpu_hw_events {
+        int n_events;
         int n_percpu;
         int disabled;
         int n_added;
         int n_limited;
         u8  pmcs_enabled;
-        struct perf_counter *counter[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        u64 events[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        unsigned int flags[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
+        struct perf_event *event[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        u64 events[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        unsigned int flags[MAX_HWEVENTS];
         unsigned long mmcr[3];
-        struct perf_counter *limited_counter[MAX_LIMITED_HWCOUNTERS];
-        u8  limited_hwidx[MAX_LIMITED_HWCOUNTERS];
-        u64 alternatives[MAX_HWCOUNTERS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
-        unsigned long amasks[MAX_HWCOUNTERS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
-        unsigned long avalues[MAX_HWCOUNTERS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
+        struct perf_event *limited_event[MAX_LIMITED_HWEVENTS];
+        u8  limited_hwidx[MAX_LIMITED_HWEVENTS];
+        u64 alternatives[MAX_HWEVENTS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
+        unsigned long amasks[MAX_HWEVENTS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
+        unsigned long avalues[MAX_HWEVENTS][MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
 };
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_counters, cpu_hw_counters);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_events, cpu_hw_events);
 
 struct power_pmu *ppmu;
 
 /*
- * Normally, to ignore kernel events we set the FCS (freeze counters
+ * Normally, to ignore kernel events we set the FCS (freeze events
  * in supervisor mode) bit in MMCR0, but if the kernel runs with the
  * hypervisor bit set in the MSR, or if we are running on a processor
  * where the hypervisor bit is forced to 1 (as on Apple G5 processors),
  * then we need to use the FCHV bit to ignore kernel events.
  */
-static unsigned int freeze_counters_kernel = MMCR0_FCS;
+static unsigned int freeze_events_kernel = MMCR0_FCS;
 
 /*
  * 32-bit doesn't have MMCRA but does have an MMCR2,
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ static inline u32 perf_get_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_ALT_SIPR) {
                 if (mmcra & POWER6_MMCRA_SIHV)
-                        return PERF_EVENT_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
+                        return PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
                 return (mmcra & POWER6_MMCRA_SIPR) ?
-                        PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER : PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL;
+                        PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER : PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
         }
         if (mmcra & MMCRA_SIHV)
-                return PERF_EVENT_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
-        return (mmcra & MMCRA_SIPR) ? PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER :
-                PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL;
+                return PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
+        return (mmcra & MMCRA_SIPR) ? PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER :
+                PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ static inline int perf_intr_is_nmi(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
-static void perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
+static void perf_event_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
+void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 {
 }
 
 /*
- * Read one performance monitor counter (PMC).
+ * Read one performance monitor event (PMC).
  */
 static unsigned long read_pmc(int idx)
 {
@@ -240,31 +240,31 @@ static void write_pmc(int idx, unsigned long val)
  * Check if a set of events can all go on the PMU at once.
  * If they can't, this will look at alternative codes for the events
  * and see if any combination of alternative codes is feasible.
- * The feasible set is returned in event[].
+ * The feasible set is returned in event_id[].
  */
-static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
-                                   u64 event[], unsigned int cflags[],
+static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw,
+                                   u64 event_id[], unsigned int cflags[],
                                    int n_ev)
 {
         unsigned long mask, value, nv;
-        unsigned long smasks[MAX_HWCOUNTERS], svalues[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        int n_alt[MAX_HWCOUNTERS], choice[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
+        unsigned long smasks[MAX_HWEVENTS], svalues[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        int n_alt[MAX_HWEVENTS], choice[MAX_HWEVENTS];
         int i, j;
         unsigned long addf = ppmu->add_fields;
         unsigned long tadd = ppmu->test_adder;
 
-        if (n_ev > ppmu->n_counter)
+        if (n_ev > ppmu->n_event)
                 return -1;
 
         /* First see if the events will go on as-is */
         for (i = 0; i < n_ev; ++i) {
                 if ((cflags[i] & PPMU_LIMITED_PMC_REQD)
-                    && !ppmu->limited_pmc_event(event[i])) {
-                        ppmu->get_alternatives(event[i], cflags[i],
+                    && !ppmu->limited_pmc_event(event_id[i])) {
+                        ppmu->get_alternatives(event_id[i], cflags[i],
                                                cpuhw->alternatives[i]);
-                        event[i] = cpuhw->alternatives[i][0];
+                        event_id[i] = cpuhw->alternatives[i][0];
                 }
-                if (ppmu->get_constraint(event[i], &cpuhw->amasks[i][0],
+                if (ppmu->get_constraint(event_id[i], &cpuhw->amasks[i][0],
                                          &cpuhw->avalues[i][0]))
                         return -1;
         }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
                 return -1;
         for (i = 0; i < n_ev; ++i) {
                 choice[i] = 0;
-                n_alt[i] = ppmu->get_alternatives(event[i], cflags[i],
+                n_alt[i] = ppmu->get_alternatives(event_id[i], cflags[i],
                                                   cpuhw->alternatives[i]);
                 for (j = 1; j < n_alt[i]; ++j)
                         ppmu->get_constraint(cpuhw->alternatives[i][j],
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
                         j = choice[i];
                 }
                 /*
-                 * See if any alternative k for event i,
+                 * See if any alternative k for event_id i,
                  * where k > j, will satisfy the constraints.
                  */
                 while (++j < n_alt[i]) {
@@ -321,16 +321,16 @@ static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
                 if (j >= n_alt[i]) {
                         /*
                          * No feasible alternative, backtrack
-                         * to event i-1 and continue enumerating its
+                         * to event_id i-1 and continue enumerating its
                          * alternatives from where we got up to.
                          */
                         if (--i < 0)
                                 return -1;
                 } else {
                         /*
-                         * Found a feasible alternative for event i,
-                         * remember where we got up to with this event,
-                         * go on to the next event, and start with
+                         * Found a feasible alternative for event_id i,
+                         * remember where we got up to with this event_id,
+                         * go on to the next event_id, and start with
                          * the first alternative for it.
                          */
                         choice[i] = j;
@@ -345,21 +345,21 @@ static int power_check_constraints(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
 
         /* OK, we have a feasible combination, tell the caller the solution */
         for (i = 0; i < n_ev; ++i)
-                event[i] = cpuhw->alternatives[i][choice[i]];
+                event_id[i] = cpuhw->alternatives[i][choice[i]];
         return 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * Check if newly-added counters have consistent settings for
+ * Check if newly-added events have consistent settings for
  * exclude_{user,kernel,hv} with each other and any previously
- * added counters.
+ * added events.
  */
-static int check_excludes(struct perf_counter **ctrs, unsigned int cflags[],
+static int check_excludes(struct perf_event **ctrs, unsigned int cflags[],
                           int n_prev, int n_new)
 {
         int eu = 0, ek = 0, eh = 0;
         int i, n, first;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         n = n_prev + n_new;
         if (n <= 1)
@@ -371,15 +371,15 @@ static int check_excludes(struct perf_counter **ctrs, unsigned int cflags[],
                         cflags[i] &= ~PPMU_LIMITED_PMC_REQD;
                         continue;
                 }
-                counter = ctrs[i];
+                event = ctrs[i];
                 if (first) {
-                        eu = counter->attr.exclude_user;
-                        ek = counter->attr.exclude_kernel;
-                        eh = counter->attr.exclude_hv;
+                        eu = event->attr.exclude_user;
+                        ek = event->attr.exclude_kernel;
+                        eh = event->attr.exclude_hv;
                         first = 0;
-                } else if (counter->attr.exclude_user != eu ||
-                           counter->attr.exclude_kernel != ek ||
-                           counter->attr.exclude_hv != eh) {
+                } else if (event->attr.exclude_user != eu ||
+                           event->attr.exclude_kernel != ek ||
+                           event->attr.exclude_hv != eh) {
                         return -EAGAIN;
                 }
         }
@@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ static int check_excludes(struct perf_counter **ctrs, unsigned int cflags[],
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void power_pmu_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void power_pmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         s64 val, delta, prev;
 
-        if (!counter->hw.idx)
+        if (!event->hw.idx)
                 return;
         /*
          * Performance monitor interrupts come even when interrupts
@@ -404,21 +404,21 @@ static void power_pmu_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
          * Therefore we treat them like NMIs.
          */
         do {
-                prev = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);
+                prev = atomic64_read(&event->hw.prev_count);
                 barrier();
-                val = read_pmc(counter->hw.idx);
-        } while (atomic64_cmpxchg(&counter->hw.prev_count, prev, val) != prev);
+                val = read_pmc(event->hw.idx);
+        } while (atomic64_cmpxchg(&event->hw.prev_count, prev, val) != prev);
 
-        /* The counters are only 32 bits wide */
+        /* The events are only 32 bits wide */
         delta = (val - prev) & 0xfffffffful;
-        atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
-        atomic64_sub(delta, &counter->hw.period_left);
+        atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
+        atomic64_sub(delta, &event->hw.period_left);
 }
 
 /*
  * On some machines, PMC5 and PMC6 can't be written, don't respect
  * the freeze conditions, and don't generate interrupts.  This tells
- * us if `counter' is using such a PMC.
+ * us if `event' is using such a PMC.
  */
 static int is_limited_pmc(int pmcnum)
 {
@@ -426,53 +426,53 @@ static int is_limited_pmc(int pmcnum)
                 && (pmcnum == 5 || pmcnum == 6);
 }
 
-static void freeze_limited_counters(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
+static void freeze_limited_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw,
                                     unsigned long pmc5, unsigned long pmc6)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         u64 val, prev, delta;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_limited; ++i) {
-                counter = cpuhw->limited_counter[i];
-                if (!counter->hw.idx)
+                event = cpuhw->limited_event[i];
+                if (!event->hw.idx)
                         continue;
-                val = (counter->hw.idx == 5) ? pmc5 : pmc6;
-                prev = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);
-                counter->hw.idx = 0;
+                val = (event->hw.idx == 5) ? pmc5 : pmc6;
+                prev = atomic64_read(&event->hw.prev_count);
+                event->hw.idx = 0;
                 delta = (val - prev) & 0xfffffffful;
-                atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+                atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
         }
 }
 
-static void thaw_limited_counters(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw,
+static void thaw_limited_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw,
                                   unsigned long pmc5, unsigned long pmc6)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         u64 val;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_limited; ++i) {
-                counter = cpuhw->limited_counter[i];
-                counter->hw.idx = cpuhw->limited_hwidx[i];
-                val = (counter->hw.idx == 5) ? pmc5 : pmc6;
-                atomic64_set(&counter->hw.prev_count, val);
-                perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+                event = cpuhw->limited_event[i];
+                event->hw.idx = cpuhw->limited_hwidx[i];
+                val = (event->hw.idx == 5) ? pmc5 : pmc6;
+                atomic64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, val);
+                perf_event_update_userpage(event);
         }
 }
 
 /*
- * Since limited counters don't respect the freeze conditions, we
+ * Since limited events don't respect the freeze conditions, we
  * have to read them immediately after freezing or unfreezing the
- * other counters.  We try to keep the values from the limited
- * counters as consistent as possible by keeping the delay (in
+ * other events.  We try to keep the values from the limited
+ * events as consistent as possible by keeping the delay (in
  * cycles and instructions) between freezing/unfreezing and reading
- * the limited counters as small and consistent as possible.
- * Therefore, if any limited counters are in use, we read them
+ * the limited events as small and consistent as possible.
+ * Therefore, if any limited events are in use, we read them
  * both, and always in the same order, to minimize variability,
  * and do it inside the same asm that writes MMCR0.
  */
-static void write_mmcr0(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw, unsigned long mmcr0)
+static void write_mmcr0(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw, unsigned long mmcr0)
 {
         unsigned long pmc5, pmc6;
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void write_mmcr0(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw, unsigned long mmcr0)
          * Write MMCR0, then read PMC5 and PMC6 immediately.
          * To ensure we don't get a performance monitor interrupt
          * between writing MMCR0 and freezing/thawing the limited
-         * counters, we first write MMCR0 with the counter overflow
+         * events, we first write MMCR0 with the event overflow
          * interrupt enable bits turned off.
          */
         asm volatile("mtspr %3,%2; mfspr %0,%4; mfspr %1,%5"
@@ -495,12 +495,12 @@ static void write_mmcr0(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw, unsigned long mmcr0)
                        "i" (SPRN_PMC5), "i" (SPRN_PMC6));
 
         if (mmcr0 & MMCR0_FC)
-                freeze_limited_counters(cpuhw, pmc5, pmc6);
+                freeze_limited_events(cpuhw, pmc5, pmc6);
         else
-                thaw_limited_counters(cpuhw, pmc5, pmc6);
+                thaw_limited_events(cpuhw, pmc5, pmc6);
 
         /*
-         * Write the full MMCR0 including the counter overflow interrupt
+         * Write the full MMCR0 including the event overflow interrupt
          * enable bits, if necessary.
          */
         if (mmcr0 & (MMCR0_PMC1CE | MMCR0_PMCjCE))
@@ -508,18 +508,18 @@ static void write_mmcr0(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw, unsigned long mmcr0)
 }
 
 /*
- * Disable all counters to prevent PMU interrupts and to allow
- * counters to be added or removed.
+ * Disable all events to prevent PMU interrupts and to allow
+ * events to be added or removed.
  */
 void hw_perf_disable(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
         unsigned long flags;
 
         if (!ppmu)
                 return;
         local_irq_save(flags);
-        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
         if (!cpuhw->disabled) {
                 cpuhw->disabled = 1;
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ void hw_perf_disable(void)
                 }
 
                 /*
-                 * Set the 'freeze counters' bit.
+                 * Set the 'freeze events' bit.
                  * The barrier is to make sure the mtspr has been
-                 * executed and the PMU has frozen the counters
+                 * executed and the PMU has frozen the events
                  * before we return.
                  */
                 write_mmcr0(cpuhw, mfspr(SPRN_MMCR0) | MMCR0_FC);
@@ -555,26 +555,26 @@ void hw_perf_disable(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Re-enable all counters if disable == 0.
- * If we were previously disabled and counters were added, then
+ * Re-enable all events if disable == 0.
+ * If we were previously disabled and events were added, then
  * put the new config on the PMU.
  */
 void hw_perf_enable(void)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct perf_event *event;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
         unsigned long flags;
         long i;
         unsigned long val;
         s64 left;
-        unsigned int hwc_index[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
+        unsigned int hwc_index[MAX_HWEVENTS];
         int n_lim;
         int idx;
 
         if (!ppmu)
                 return;
         local_irq_save(flags);
-        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         if (!cpuhw->disabled) {
                 local_irq_restore(flags);
                 return;
@@ -582,23 +582,23 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
         cpuhw->disabled = 0;
 
         /*
-         * If we didn't change anything, or only removed counters,
+         * If we didn't change anything, or only removed events,
          * no need to recalculate MMCR* settings and reset the PMCs.
          * Just reenable the PMU with the current MMCR* settings
-         * (possibly updated for removal of counters).
+         * (possibly updated for removal of events).
          */
         if (!cpuhw->n_added) {
                 mtspr(SPRN_MMCRA, cpuhw->mmcr[2] & ~MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE);
                 mtspr(SPRN_MMCR1, cpuhw->mmcr[1]);
-                if (cpuhw->n_counters == 0)
+                if (cpuhw->n_events == 0)
                         ppc_set_pmu_inuse(0);
                 goto out_enable;
         }
 
         /*
-         * Compute MMCR* values for the new set of counters
+         * Compute MMCR* values for the new set of events
          */
-        if (ppmu->compute_mmcr(cpuhw->events, cpuhw->n_counters, hwc_index,
+        if (ppmu->compute_mmcr(cpuhw->events, cpuhw->n_events, hwc_index,
                                cpuhw->mmcr)) {
                 /* shouldn't ever get here */
                 printk(KERN_ERR "oops compute_mmcr failed\n");
@@ -607,22 +607,22 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
 
         /*
          * Add in MMCR0 freeze bits corresponding to the
-         * attr.exclude_* bits for the first counter.
-         * We have already checked that all counters have the
-         * same values for these bits as the first counter.
+         * attr.exclude_* bits for the first event.
+         * We have already checked that all events have the
+         * same values for these bits as the first event.
          */
-        counter = cpuhw->counter[0];
-        if (counter->attr.exclude_user)
+        event = cpuhw->event[0];
+        if (event->attr.exclude_user)
                 cpuhw->mmcr[0] |= MMCR0_FCP;
-        if (counter->attr.exclude_kernel)
-                cpuhw->mmcr[0] |= freeze_counters_kernel;
-        if (counter->attr.exclude_hv)
+        if (event->attr.exclude_kernel)
+                cpuhw->mmcr[0] |= freeze_events_kernel;
+        if (event->attr.exclude_hv)
                 cpuhw->mmcr[0] |= MMCR0_FCHV;
 
         /*
          * Write the new configuration to MMCR* with the freeze
-         * bit set and set the hardware counters to their initial values.
-         * Then unfreeze the counters.
+         * bit set and set the hardware events to their initial values.
+         * Then unfreeze the events.
          */
         ppc_set_pmu_inuse(1);
         mtspr(SPRN_MMCRA, cpuhw->mmcr[2] & ~MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE);
@@ -631,43 +631,43 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
                                 | MMCR0_FC);
 
         /*
-         * Read off any pre-existing counters that need to move
+         * Read off any pre-existing events that need to move
          * to another PMC.
          */
-        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_counters; ++i) {
-                counter = cpuhw->counter[i];
-                if (counter->hw.idx && counter->hw.idx != hwc_index[i] + 1) {
-                        power_pmu_read(counter);
-                        write_pmc(counter->hw.idx, 0);
-                        counter->hw.idx = 0;
+        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_events; ++i) {
+                event = cpuhw->event[i];
+                if (event->hw.idx && event->hw.idx != hwc_index[i] + 1) {
+                        power_pmu_read(event);
+                        write_pmc(event->hw.idx, 0);
+                        event->hw.idx = 0;
                 }
         }
 
         /*
-         * Initialize the PMCs for all the new and moved counters.
+         * Initialize the PMCs for all the new and moved events.
          */
         cpuhw->n_limited = n_lim = 0;
-        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_counters; ++i) {
-                counter = cpuhw->counter[i];
-                if (counter->hw.idx)
+        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_events; ++i) {
+                event = cpuhw->event[i];
+                if (event->hw.idx)
                         continue;
                 idx = hwc_index[i] + 1;
                 if (is_limited_pmc(idx)) {
-                        cpuhw->limited_counter[n_lim] = counter;
+                        cpuhw->limited_event[n_lim] = event;
                         cpuhw->limited_hwidx[n_lim] = idx;
                         ++n_lim;
                         continue;
                 }
                 val = 0;
-                if (counter->hw.sample_period) {
-                        left = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.period_left);
+                if (event->hw.sample_period) {
+                        left = atomic64_read(&event->hw.period_left);
                         if (left < 0x80000000L)
                                 val = 0x80000000L - left;
                 }
-                atomic64_set(&counter->hw.prev_count, val);
-                counter->hw.idx = idx;
+                atomic64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, val);
+                event->hw.idx = idx;
                 write_pmc(idx, val);
-                perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+                perf_event_update_userpage(event);
         }
         cpuhw->n_limited = n_lim;
         cpuhw->mmcr[0] |= MMCR0_PMXE | MMCR0_FCECE;
@@ -688,85 +688,85 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static int collect_events(struct perf_counter *group, int max_count,
-                          struct perf_counter *ctrs[], u64 *events,
+static int collect_events(struct perf_event *group, int max_count,
+                          struct perf_event *ctrs[], u64 *events,
                           unsigned int *flags)
 {
         int n = 0;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        if (!is_software_counter(group)) {
+        if (!is_software_event(group)) {
                 if (n >= max_count)
                         return -1;
                 ctrs[n] = group;
-                flags[n] = group->hw.counter_base;
+                flags[n] = group->hw.event_base;
                 events[n++] = group->hw.config;
         }
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &group->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-                if (!is_software_counter(counter) &&
-                    counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF) {
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &group->sibling_list, list_entry) {
+                if (!is_software_event(event) &&
+                    event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
                         if (n >= max_count)
                                 return -1;
-                        ctrs[n] = counter;
-                        flags[n] = counter->hw.counter_base;
-                        events[n++] = counter->hw.config;
+                        ctrs[n] = event;
+                        flags[n] = event->hw.event_base;
+                        events[n++] = event->hw.config;
                 }
         }
         return n;
 }
 
-static void counter_sched_in(struct perf_counter *counter, int cpu)
+static void event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event, int cpu)
 {
-        counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE;
-        counter->oncpu = cpu;
-        counter->tstamp_running += counter->ctx->time - counter->tstamp_stopped;
-        if (is_software_counter(counter))
-                counter->pmu->enable(counter);
+        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE;
+        event->oncpu = cpu;
+        event->tstamp_running += event->ctx->time - event->tstamp_stopped;
+        if (is_software_event(event))
+                event->pmu->enable(event);
 }
 
 /*
- * Called to enable a whole group of counters.
+ * Called to enable a whole group of events.
  * Returns 1 if the group was enabled, or -EAGAIN if it could not be.
  * Assumes the caller has disabled interrupts and has
  * frozen the PMU with hw_perf_save_disable.
  */
-int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
+int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_leader,
                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-               struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu)
+               struct perf_event_context *ctx, int cpu)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
         long i, n, n0;
-        struct perf_counter *sub;
+        struct perf_event *sub;
 
         if (!ppmu)
                 return 0;
-        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        n0 = cpuhw->n_counters;
-        n = collect_events(group_leader, ppmu->n_counter - n0,
-                           &cpuhw->counter[n0], &cpuhw->events[n0],
+        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        n0 = cpuhw->n_events;
+        n = collect_events(group_leader, ppmu->n_event - n0,
+                           &cpuhw->event[n0], &cpuhw->events[n0],
                            &cpuhw->flags[n0]);
         if (n < 0)
                 return -EAGAIN;
-        if (check_excludes(cpuhw->counter, cpuhw->flags, n0, n))
+        if (check_excludes(cpuhw->event, cpuhw->flags, n0, n))
                 return -EAGAIN;
         i = power_check_constraints(cpuhw, cpuhw->events, cpuhw->flags, n + n0);
         if (i < 0)
                 return -EAGAIN;
-        cpuhw->n_counters = n0 + n;
+        cpuhw->n_events = n0 + n;
         cpuhw->n_added += n;
 
         /*
-         * OK, this group can go on; update counter states etc.,
-         * and enable any software counters
+         * OK, this group can go on; update event states etc.,
+         * and enable any software events
          */
         for (i = n0; i < n0 + n; ++i)
-                cpuhw->counter[i]->hw.config = cpuhw->events[i];
+                cpuhw->event[i]->hw.config = cpuhw->events[i];
         cpuctx->active_oncpu += n;
         n = 1;
-        counter_sched_in(group_leader, cpu);
+        event_sched_in(group_leader, cpu);
         list_for_each_entry(sub, &group_leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-                if (sub->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF) {
-                        counter_sched_in(sub, cpu);
+                if (sub->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+                        event_sched_in(sub, cpu);
                         ++n;
                 }
         }
@@ -776,14 +776,14 @@ int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
 }
 
 /*
- * Add a counter to the PMU.
- * If all counters are not already frozen, then we disable and
+ * Add a event to the PMU.
+ * If all events are not already frozen, then we disable and
  * re-enable the PMU in order to get hw_perf_enable to do the
  * actual work of reconfiguring the PMU.
  */
-static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
         unsigned long flags;
         int n0;
         int ret = -EAGAIN;
@@ -792,23 +792,23 @@ static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
         perf_disable();
 
         /*
-         * Add the counter to the list (if there is room)
+         * Add the event to the list (if there is room)
          * and check whether the total set is still feasible.
          */
-        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        n0 = cpuhw->n_counters;
-        if (n0 >= ppmu->n_counter)
+        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        n0 = cpuhw->n_events;
+        if (n0 >= ppmu->n_event)
                 goto out;
-        cpuhw->counter[n0] = counter;
-        cpuhw->events[n0] = counter->hw.config;
-        cpuhw->flags[n0] = counter->hw.counter_base;
-        if (check_excludes(cpuhw->counter, cpuhw->flags, n0, 1))
+        cpuhw->event[n0] = event;
+        cpuhw->events[n0] = event->hw.config;
+        cpuhw->flags[n0] = event->hw.event_base;
+        if (check_excludes(cpuhw->event, cpuhw->flags, n0, 1))
                 goto out;
         if (power_check_constraints(cpuhw, cpuhw->events, cpuhw->flags, n0 + 1))
                 goto out;
 
-        counter->hw.config = cpuhw->events[n0];
-        ++cpuhw->n_counters;
+        event->hw.config = cpuhw->events[n0];
+        ++cpuhw->n_events;
         ++cpuhw->n_added;
 
         ret = 0;
@@ -819,46 +819,46 @@ static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 }
 
 /*
- * Remove a counter from the PMU.
+ * Remove a event from the PMU.
  */
-static void power_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void power_pmu_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
         long i;
         unsigned long flags;
 
         local_irq_save(flags);
         perf_disable();
 
-        power_pmu_read(counter);
-
-        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_counters; ++i) {
-                if (counter == cpuhw->counter[i]) {
-                        while (++i < cpuhw->n_counters)
-                                cpuhw->counter[i-1] = cpuhw->counter[i];
-                        --cpuhw->n_counters;
-                        ppmu->disable_pmc(counter->hw.idx - 1, cpuhw->mmcr);
-                        if (counter->hw.idx) {
-                                write_pmc(counter->hw.idx, 0);
-                                counter->hw.idx = 0;
+        power_pmu_read(event);
+
+        cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_events; ++i) {
+                if (event == cpuhw->event[i]) {
+                        while (++i < cpuhw->n_events)
+                                cpuhw->event[i-1] = cpuhw->event[i];
+                        --cpuhw->n_events;
+                        ppmu->disable_pmc(event->hw.idx - 1, cpuhw->mmcr);
+                        if (event->hw.idx) {
+                                write_pmc(event->hw.idx, 0);
+                                event->hw.idx = 0;
                         }
-                        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+                        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
                         break;
                 }
         }
         for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_limited; ++i)
-                if (counter == cpuhw->limited_counter[i])
+                if (event == cpuhw->limited_event[i])
                         break;
         if (i < cpuhw->n_limited) {
                 while (++i < cpuhw->n_limited) {
-                        cpuhw->limited_counter[i-1] = cpuhw->limited_counter[i];
+                        cpuhw->limited_event[i-1] = cpuhw->limited_event[i];
                         cpuhw->limited_hwidx[i-1] = cpuhw->limited_hwidx[i];
                 }
                 --cpuhw->n_limited;
         }
-        if (cpuhw->n_counters == 0) {
-                /* disable exceptions if no counters are running */
+        if (cpuhw->n_events == 0) {
+                /* disable exceptions if no events are running */
                 cpuhw->mmcr[0] &= ~(MMCR0_PMXE | MMCR0_FCECE);
         }
 
@@ -867,28 +867,28 @@ static void power_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 }
 
 /*
- * Re-enable interrupts on a counter after they were throttled
+ * Re-enable interrupts on a event after they were throttled
  * because they were coming too fast.
  */
-static void power_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void power_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         s64 val, left;
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        if (!counter->hw.idx || !counter->hw.sample_period)
+        if (!event->hw.idx || !event->hw.sample_period)
                 return;
         local_irq_save(flags);
         perf_disable();
-        power_pmu_read(counter);
-        left = counter->hw.sample_period;
-        counter->hw.last_period = left;
+        power_pmu_read(event);
+        left = event->hw.sample_period;
+        event->hw.last_period = left;
         val = 0;
         if (left < 0x80000000L)
                 val = 0x80000000L - left;
-        write_pmc(counter->hw.idx, val);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.prev_count, val);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.period_left, left);
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        write_pmc(event->hw.idx, val);
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, val);
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.period_left, left);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
         perf_enable();
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
@@ -901,29 +901,29 @@ struct pmu power_pmu = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Return 1 if we might be able to put counter on a limited PMC,
+ * Return 1 if we might be able to put event on a limited PMC,
  * or 0 if not.
- * A counter can only go on a limited PMC if it counts something
+ * A event can only go on a limited PMC if it counts something
  * that a limited PMC can count, doesn't require interrupts, and
  * doesn't exclude any processor mode.
  */
-static int can_go_on_limited_pmc(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 ev,
+static int can_go_on_limited_pmc(struct perf_event *event, u64 ev,
                                  unsigned int flags)
 {
         int n;
         u64 alt[MAX_EVENT_ALTERNATIVES];
 
-        if (counter->attr.exclude_user
-            || counter->attr.exclude_kernel
-            || counter->attr.exclude_hv
-            || counter->attr.sample_period)
+        if (event->attr.exclude_user
+            || event->attr.exclude_kernel
+            || event->attr.exclude_hv
+            || event->attr.sample_period)
                 return 0;
 
         if (ppmu->limited_pmc_event(ev))
                 return 1;
 
         /*
-         * The requested event isn't on a limited PMC already;
+         * The requested event_id isn't on a limited PMC already;
          * see if any alternative code goes on a limited PMC.
          */
         if (!ppmu->get_alternatives)
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@ static int can_go_on_limited_pmc(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 ev,
 }
 
 /*
- * Find an alternative event that goes on a normal PMC, if possible,
- * and return the event code, or 0 if there is no such alternative.
- * (Note: event code 0 is "don't count" on all machines.)
+ * Find an alternative event_id that goes on a normal PMC, if possible,
+ * and return the event_id code, or 0 if there is no such alternative.
+ * (Note: event_id code 0 is "don't count" on all machines.)
  */
 static u64 normal_pmc_alternative(u64 ev, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -952,26 +952,26 @@ static u64 normal_pmc_alternative(u64 ev, unsigned long flags)
         return alt[0];
 }
 
-/* Number of perf_counters counting hardware events */
-static atomic_t num_counters;
+/* Number of perf_events counting hardware events */
+static atomic_t num_events;
 /* Used to avoid races in calling reserve/release_pmc_hardware */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmc_reserve_mutex);
 
 /*
- * Release the PMU if this is the last perf_counter.
+ * Release the PMU if this is the last perf_event.
  */
-static void hw_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void hw_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (!atomic_add_unless(&num_counters, -1, 1)) {
+        if (!atomic_add_unless(&num_events, -1, 1)) {
                 mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
-                if (atomic_dec_return(&num_counters) == 0)
+                if (atomic_dec_return(&num_events) == 0)
                         release_pmc_hardware();
                 mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
         }
 }
 
 /*
- * Translate a generic cache event config to a raw event code.
+ * Translate a generic cache event_id config to a raw event_id code.
  */
 static int hw_perf_cache_event(u64 config, u64 *eventp)
 {
@@ -1000,39 +1000,39 @@ static int hw_perf_cache_event(u64 config, u64 *eventp)
         return 0;
 }
 
-const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         u64 ev;
         unsigned long flags;
-        struct perf_counter *ctrs[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        u64 events[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        unsigned int cflags[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
+        struct perf_event *ctrs[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        u64 events[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        unsigned int cflags[MAX_HWEVENTS];
         int n;
         int err;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw;
 
         if (!ppmu)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
-        switch (counter->attr.type) {
+        switch (event->attr.type) {
         case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
-                ev = counter->attr.config;
+                ev = event->attr.config;
                 if (ev >= ppmu->n_generic || ppmu->generic_events[ev] == 0)
                         return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
                 ev = ppmu->generic_events[ev];
                 break;
         case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
-                err = hw_perf_cache_event(counter->attr.config, &ev);
+                err = hw_perf_cache_event(event->attr.config, &ev);
                 if (err)
                         return ERR_PTR(err);
                 break;
         case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
-                ev = counter->attr.config;
+                ev = event->attr.config;
                 break;
         default:
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
         }
-        counter->hw.config_base = ev;
-        counter->hw.idx = 0;
+        event->hw.config_base = ev;
+        event->hw.idx = 0;
 
         /*
          * If we are not running on a hypervisor, force the
@@ -1040,28 +1040,28 @@ const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
          * the user set it to.
          */
         if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
-                counter->attr.exclude_hv = 0;
+                event->attr.exclude_hv = 0;
 
         /*
-         * If this is a per-task counter, then we can use
+         * If this is a per-task event, then we can use
          * PM_RUN_* events interchangeably with their non RUN_*
          * equivalents, e.g. PM_RUN_CYC instead of PM_CYC.
          * XXX we should check if the task is an idle task.
          */
         flags = 0;
-        if (counter->ctx->task)
+        if (event->ctx->task)
                 flags |= PPMU_ONLY_COUNT_RUN;
 
         /*
-         * If this machine has limited counters, check whether this
-         * event could go on a limited counter.
+         * If this machine has limited events, check whether this
+         * event_id could go on a limited event.
          */
         if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_LIMITED_PMC5_6) {
-                if (can_go_on_limited_pmc(counter, ev, flags)) {
+                if (can_go_on_limited_pmc(event, ev, flags)) {
                         flags |= PPMU_LIMITED_PMC_OK;
                 } else if (ppmu->limited_pmc_event(ev)) {
                         /*
-                         * The requested event is on a limited PMC,
+                         * The requested event_id is on a limited PMC,
                          * but we can't use a limited PMC; see if any
                          * alternative goes on a normal PMC.
                          */
@@ -1073,50 +1073,50 @@ const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 
         /*
          * If this is in a group, check if it can go on with all the
-         * other hardware counters in the group.  We assume the counter
+         * other hardware events in the group.  We assume the event
          * hasn't been linked into its leader's sibling list at this point.
          */
         n = 0;
-        if (counter->group_leader != counter) {
-                n = collect_events(counter->group_leader, ppmu->n_counter - 1,
+        if (event->group_leader != event) {
+                n = collect_events(event->group_leader, ppmu->n_event - 1,
                                    ctrs, events, cflags);
                 if (n < 0)
                         return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
         }
         events[n] = ev;
-        ctrs[n] = counter;
+        ctrs[n] = event;
         cflags[n] = flags;
         if (check_excludes(ctrs, cflags, n, 1))
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-        cpuhw = &get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuhw = &get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         err = power_check_constraints(cpuhw, events, cflags, n + 1);
-        put_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        put_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         if (err)
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-        counter->hw.config = events[n];
-        counter->hw.counter_base = cflags[n];
-        counter->hw.last_period = counter->hw.sample_period;
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.period_left, counter->hw.last_period);
+        event->hw.config = events[n];
+        event->hw.event_base = cflags[n];
+        event->hw.last_period = event->hw.sample_period;
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.period_left, event->hw.last_period);
 
         /*
          * See if we need to reserve the PMU.
-         * If no counters are currently in use, then we have to take a
+         * If no events are currently in use, then we have to take a
          * mutex to ensure that we don't race with another task doing
          * reserve_pmc_hardware or release_pmc_hardware.
          */
         err = 0;
-        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&num_counters)) {
+        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&num_events)) {
                 mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
-                if (atomic_read(&num_counters) == 0 &&
-                    reserve_pmc_hardware(perf_counter_interrupt))
+                if (atomic_read(&num_events) == 0 &&
+                    reserve_pmc_hardware(perf_event_interrupt))
                         err = -EBUSY;
                 else
-                        atomic_inc(&num_counters);
+                        atomic_inc(&num_events);
                 mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
         }
-        counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
+        event->destroy = hw_perf_event_destroy;
 
         if (err)
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
@@ -1124,28 +1124,28 @@ const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 }
 
 /*
- * A counter has overflowed; update its count and record
+ * A event has overflowed; update its count and record
  * things if requested.  Note that interrupts are hard-disabled
  * here so there is no possibility of being interrupted.
  */
-static void record_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
+static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
                                struct pt_regs *regs, int nmi)
 {
-        u64 period = counter->hw.sample_period;
+        u64 period = event->hw.sample_period;
         s64 prev, delta, left;
         int record = 0;
 
         /* we don't have to worry about interrupts here */
-        prev = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);
+        prev = atomic64_read(&event->hw.prev_count);
         delta = (val - prev) & 0xfffffffful;
-        atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+        atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
 
         /*
-         * See if the total period for this counter has expired,
+         * See if the total period for this event has expired,
          * and update for the next period.
          */
         val = 0;
-        left = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.period_left) - delta;
+        left = atomic64_read(&event->hw.period_left) - delta;
         if (period) {
                 if (left <= 0) {
                         left += period;
@@ -1163,18 +1163,18 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
         if (record) {
                 struct perf_sample_data data = {
                         .addr   = 0,
-                        .period = counter->hw.last_period,
+                        .period = event->hw.last_period,
                 };
 
-                if (counter->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR)
+                if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR)
                         perf_get_data_addr(regs, &data.addr);
 
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, nmi, &data, regs)) {
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, nmi, &data, regs)) {
                         /*
                          * Interrupts are coming too fast - throttle them
-                         * by setting the counter to 0, so it will be
+                         * by setting the event to 0, so it will be
                          * at least 2^30 cycles until the next interrupt
-                         * (assuming each counter counts at most 2 counts
+                         * (assuming each event counts at most 2 counts
                          * per cycle).
                          */
                         val = 0;
@@ -1182,15 +1182,15 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter, unsigned long val,
                 }
         }
 
-        write_pmc(counter->hw.idx, val);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.prev_count, val);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.period_left, left);
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        write_pmc(event->hw.idx, val);
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, val);
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.period_left, left);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
 
 /*
  * Called from generic code to get the misc flags (i.e. processor mode)
- * for an event.
+ * for an event_id.
  */
 unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -1198,13 +1198,13 @@ unsigned long perf_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         if (flags)
                 return flags;
-        return user_mode(regs) ? PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER :
-                PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL;
+        return user_mode(regs) ? PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER :
+                PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
 }
 
 /*
  * Called from generic code to get the instruction pointer
- * for an event.
+ * for an event_id.
  */
 unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -1220,17 +1220,17 @@ unsigned long perf_instruction_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
 /*
  * Performance monitor interrupt stuff
  */
-static void perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
+static void perf_event_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         int i;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct perf_event *event;
         unsigned long val;
         int found = 0;
         int nmi;
 
         if (cpuhw->n_limited)
-                freeze_limited_counters(cpuhw, mfspr(SPRN_PMC5),
+                freeze_limited_events(cpuhw, mfspr(SPRN_PMC5),
                                         mfspr(SPRN_PMC6));
 
         perf_read_regs(regs);
@@ -1241,26 +1241,26 @@ static void perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
         else
                 irq_enter();
 
-        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_counters; ++i) {
-                counter = cpuhw->counter[i];
-                if (!counter->hw.idx || is_limited_pmc(counter->hw.idx))
+        for (i = 0; i < cpuhw->n_events; ++i) {
+                event = cpuhw->event[i];
+                if (!event->hw.idx || is_limited_pmc(event->hw.idx))
                         continue;
-                val = read_pmc(counter->hw.idx);
+                val = read_pmc(event->hw.idx);
                 if ((int)val < 0) {
-                        /* counter has overflowed */
+                        /* event has overflowed */
                         found = 1;
-                        record_and_restart(counter, val, regs, nmi);
+                        record_and_restart(event, val, regs, nmi);
                 }
         }
 
         /*
-         * In case we didn't find and reset the counter that caused
-         * the interrupt, scan all counters and reset any that are
+         * In case we didn't find and reset the event that caused
+         * the interrupt, scan all events and reset any that are
          * negative, to avoid getting continual interrupts.
          * Any that we processed in the previous loop will not be negative.
          */
         if (!found) {
-                for (i = 0; i < ppmu->n_counter; ++i) {
+                for (i = 0; i < ppmu->n_event; ++i) {
                         if (is_limited_pmc(i + 1))
                                 continue;
                         val = read_pmc(i + 1);
@@ -1271,9 +1271,9 @@ static void perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         /*
          * Reset MMCR0 to its normal value.  This will set PMXE and
-         * clear FC (freeze counters) and PMAO (perf mon alert occurred)
+         * clear FC (freeze events) and PMAO (perf mon alert occurred)
          * and thus allow interrupts to occur again.
-         * XXX might want to use MSR.PM to keep the counters frozen until
+         * XXX might want to use MSR.PM to keep the events frozen until
          * we get back out of this interrupt.
          */
         write_mmcr0(cpuhw, cpuhw->mmcr[0]);
@@ -1284,9 +1284,9 @@ static void perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
                 irq_exit();
 }
 
-void hw_perf_counter_setup(int cpu)
+void hw_perf_event_setup(int cpu)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuhw = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 
         if (!ppmu)
                 return;
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ int register_power_pmu(struct power_pmu *pmu)
          * Use FCHV to ignore kernel events if MSR.HV is set.
          */
         if (mfmsr() & MSR_HV)
-                freeze_counters_kernel = MMCR0_FCHV;
+                freeze_events_kernel = MMCR0_FCHV;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
 
         return 0;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power4-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power4-pmu.c
index 3c90a3d9173e..2a361cdda635 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power4-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power4-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
index 31918af3e355..0f4c1c73a6ad 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5+-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c
index 867f6f663963..c351b3a57fbb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power5-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power6-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power6-pmu.c
index fa21890531da..ca399ba5034c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power6-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power6-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power7-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power7-pmu.c
index 018d094d92f9..28a4daacdc02 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/power7-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/power7-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc970-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc970-pmu.c
index 75dccb71a043..479574413a93 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc970-pmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc970-pmu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  */
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/reg.h>
 #include <asm/cputable.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
index 465e498bcb33..df45a7449a66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #include <linux/posix-timers.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -527,25 +527,25 @@ void __init iSeries_time_init_early(void)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_ISERIES */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS) && defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, perf_counter_pending);
+#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(u8, perf_event_pending);
 
-void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
-        get_cpu_var(perf_counter_pending) = 1;
+        get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending) = 1;
         set_dec(1);
-        put_cpu_var(perf_counter_pending);
+        put_cpu_var(perf_event_pending);
 }
 
-#define test_perf_counter_pending()     __get_cpu_var(perf_counter_pending)
-#define clear_perf_counter_pending()    __get_cpu_var(perf_counter_pending) = 0
+#define test_perf_event_pending()       __get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending)
+#define clear_perf_event_pending()      __get_cpu_var(perf_event_pending) = 0
 
-#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
+#else  /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
 
-#define test_perf_counter_pending()     0
-#define clear_perf_counter_pending()
+#define test_perf_event_pending()       0
+#define clear_perf_event_pending()
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS && CONFIG_PPC32 */
 
 /*
  * For iSeries shared processors, we have to let the hypervisor
@@ -573,9 +573,9 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * regs)
         set_dec(DECREMENTER_MAX);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
-        if (test_perf_counter_pending()) {
-                clear_perf_counter_pending();
-                perf_counter_do_pending();
+        if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
+                clear_perf_event_pending();
+                perf_event_do_pending();
         }
         if (atomic_read(&ppc_n_lost_interrupts) != 0)
                 do_IRQ(regs);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
index 830bef0a1131..e7dae82c1285 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
                 die("Weird page fault", regs, SIGSEGV);
         }
 
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
 
         /* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
          * addresses in user space.  All other faults represent errors in the
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ good_area:
         }
         if (ret & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
                 current->maj_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_SMLPAR
                 if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_CMO)) {
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ good_area:
 #endif
         } else {
                 current->min_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         }
         up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
index 9efc8bda01b4..e382cae678b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype
@@ -280,9 +280,9 @@ config PPC_HAVE_PMU_SUPPORT
 
 config PPC_PERF_CTRS
        def_bool y
-       depends on PERF_COUNTERS && PPC_HAVE_PMU_SUPPORT
+       depends on PERF_EVENTS && PPC_HAVE_PMU_SUPPORT
        help
-         This enables the powerpc-specific perf_counter back-end.
+         This enables the powerpc-specific perf_event back-end.
 
 config SMP
         depends on PPC_BOOK3S || PPC_BOOK3E || FSL_BOOKE
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 1c866efd217d..43c0acad7160 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ config S390
         select HAVE_KVM if 64BIT
         select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
         select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 
 config SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER
         bool
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7015188c2cc2..000000000000
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Performance counter support - s390 specific definitions.
- *
- * Copyright 2009 Martin Schwidefsky, IBM Corporation.
- */
-
-static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-static inline void clear_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET 0
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3840cbe77637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Performance event support - s390 specific definitions.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Martin Schwidefsky, IBM Corporation.
+ */
+
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+static inline void clear_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
index c80602d7c880..cb5232df151e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             328
 #define __NR_pwritev            329
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  330
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  331
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    331
 #define NR_syscalls 332
 
 /* 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 88a83366819f..624790042d41 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -1832,11 +1832,11 @@ compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo_wrapper:
         llgtr   %r5,%r5                 # struct compat_siginfo *
         jg      compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo_wrapper # branch to system call
 
-        .globl  sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper
-sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper:
-        llgtr   %r2,%r2                 # const struct perf_counter_attr *
+        .globl  sys_perf_event_open_wrapper
+sys_perf_event_open_wrapper:
+        llgtr   %r2,%r2                 # const struct perf_event_attr *
         lgfr    %r3,%r3                 # pid_t
         lgfr    %r4,%r4                 # int
         lgfr    %r5,%r5                 # int
         llgfr   %r6,%r6                 # unsigned long
-        jg      sys_perf_counter_open   # branch to system call
+        jg      sys_perf_event_open     # branch to system call
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
index ad1acd200385..0b5083681e77 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/syscalls.S
@@ -339,4 +339,4 @@ SYSCALL(sys_epoll_create1,sys_epoll_create1,sys_epoll_create1_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_preadv,sys_preadv,compat_sys_preadv_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_pwritev,sys_pwritev,compat_sys_pwritev_wrapper)
 SYSCALL(sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo,sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo,compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo_wrapper) /* 330 */
-SYSCALL(sys_perf_counter_open,sys_perf_counter_open,sys_perf_counter_open_wrapper)
+SYSCALL(sys_perf_event_open,sys_perf_event_open,sys_perf_event_open_wrapper)
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
index 1abbadd497e1..6d507462967a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/fault.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *    Copyright (C) 1995  Linus Torvalds
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/signal.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ do_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code, int write)
          * interrupts again and then search the VMAs
          */
         local_irq_enable();
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
         down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
         si_code = SEGV_MAPERR;
@@ -366,11 +366,11 @@ good_area:
         }
         if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
                 tsk->maj_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         } else {
                 tsk->min_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         }
         up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 4df3570fe511..b940424f8ccc 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config SUPERH
         select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT if MMU
         select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
         select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
         select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
         select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
         select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_counter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e6bb9c0ccc..000000000000
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __ASM_SH_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define __ASM_SH_PERF_COUNTER_H
-
-/* SH only supports software counters through this interface. */
-static inline void set_perf_counter_pending(void) {}
-
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET       0
-
-#endif /* __ASM_SH_PERF_COUNTER_H */
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11a302297ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_SH_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define __ASM_SH_PERF_EVENT_H
+
+/* SH only supports software events through this interface. */
+static inline void set_perf_event_pending(void) {}
+
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
+
+#endif /* __ASM_SH_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_32.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_32.h
index 925dd40d9d55..f3fd1b9eb6b1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_32.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_32.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             333
 #define __NR_pwritev            334
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  335
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  336
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    336
 
 #define NR_syscalls 337
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_64.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_64.h
index 2b84bc916bc5..343ce8f073ea 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_64.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/unistd_64.h
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             361
 #define __NR_pwritev            362
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  363
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  364
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    364
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_32.S b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_32.S
index 16ba225ede89..19fd11dd9871 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_32.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_32.S
@@ -352,4 +352,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo     /* 335 */
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S
index af6fb7410c21..5bfde6c77498 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/syscalls_64.S
@@ -390,4 +390,4 @@ sys_call_table:
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/fault_32.c b/arch/sh/mm/fault_32.c
index 781b413ff82d..47530104e0ad 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/fault_32.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/fault_32.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/io_trapped.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ asmlinkage void __kprobes do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
         if ((regs->sr & SR_IMASK) != SR_IMASK)
                 local_irq_enable();
 
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
 
         /*
          * If we're in an interrupt, have no user context or are running
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ survive:
         }
         if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
                 tsk->maj_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         } else {
                 tsk->min_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         }
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/tlbflush_64.c b/arch/sh/mm/tlbflush_64.c
index 2dcc48528f7a..de0b0e881823 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/tlbflush_64.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/tlbflush_64.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/mman.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long writeaccess,
         /* Not an IO address, so reenable interrupts */
         local_irq_enable();
 
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
 
         /*
          * If we're in an interrupt or have no user
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ survive:
 
         if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
                 tsk->maj_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         } else {
                 tsk->min_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 86b82348b97c..97fca4695e0b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config SPARC
         select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
         select RTC_CLASS
         select RTC_DRV_M48T59
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
         select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
         select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ config SPARC64
         select RTC_DRV_BQ4802
         select RTC_DRV_SUN4V
         select RTC_DRV_STARFIRE
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 
 config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
         string
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d7a8ca0e491..000000000000
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __ASM_SPARC_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define __ASM_SPARC_PERF_COUNTER_H
-
-extern void set_perf_counter_pending(void);
-
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET       0
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-extern void init_hw_perf_counters(void);
-#else
-static inline void init_hw_perf_counters(void)  { }
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_event.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e2669894ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef __ASM_SPARC_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define __ASM_SPARC_PERF_EVENT_H
+
+extern void set_perf_event_pending(void);
+
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+extern void init_hw_perf_events(void);
+#else
+static inline void init_hw_perf_events(void)    { }
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 706df669f3b8..42f2316c3eaa 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             324
 #define __NR_pwritev            325
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  326
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  327
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    327
 
 #define NR_SYSCALLS             328
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
index 247cc620cee5..3a048fad7ee2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_AUDIT)     += audit.o
 audit--$(CONFIG_AUDIT)  := compat_audit.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)    += $(audit--y)
 
-pc--$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS) := perf_counter.o
+pc--$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) := perf_event.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPARC64)   += $(pc--y)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
index 378eb53e0776..b129611590a4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/local.h>
 #include <asm/pcr.h>
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ int __init nmi_init(void)
                 }
         }
         if (!err)
-                init_hw_perf_counters();
+                init_hw_perf_events();
 
         return err;
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
index 68ff00107073..2d94e7a03af5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/pcr.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/pil.h>
 #include <asm/pcr.h>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 /* This code is shared between various users of the performance
  * counters.  Users will be oprofile, pseudo-NMI watchdog, and the
- * perf_counter support layer.
+ * perf_event support layer.
  */
 
 #define PCR_SUN4U_ENABLE        (PCR_PIC_PRIV | PCR_STRACE | PCR_UTRACE)
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ void deferred_pcr_work_irq(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 
         old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs);
         irq_enter();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-        perf_counter_do_pending();
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+        perf_event_do_pending();
 #endif
         irq_exit();
         set_irq_regs(old_regs);
 }
 
-void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
         set_softint(1 << PIL_DEFERRED_PCR_WORK);
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_counter.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index b1265ce8a053..2d6a1b10c81d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-/* Performance counter support for sparc64.
+/* Performance event support for sparc64.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2009 David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
  *
- * This code is based almost entirely upon the x86 perf counter
+ * This code is based almost entirely upon the x86 perf event
  * code, which is:
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@
  * normal code.
  */
 
-#define MAX_HWCOUNTERS                  2
+#define MAX_HWEVENTS                    2
 #define MAX_PERIOD                      ((1UL << 32) - 1)
 
 #define PIC_UPPER_INDEX                 0
 #define PIC_LOWER_INDEX                 1
 
-struct cpu_hw_counters {
-        struct perf_counter     *counters[MAX_HWCOUNTERS];
-        unsigned long           used_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_HWCOUNTERS)];
-        unsigned long           active_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_HWCOUNTERS)];
+struct cpu_hw_events {
+        struct perf_event       *events[MAX_HWEVENTS];
+        unsigned long           used_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_HWEVENTS)];
+        unsigned long           active_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(MAX_HWEVENTS)];
         int enabled;
 };
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_counters, cpu_hw_counters) = { .enabled = 1, };
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_events, cpu_hw_events) = { .enabled = 1, };
 
 struct perf_event_map {
         u16     encoding;
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ static const struct perf_event_map ultra3i_perfmon_event_map[] = {
         [PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES] = { 0x0009, PIC_UPPER },
 };
 
-static const struct perf_event_map *ultra3i_event_map(int event)
+static const struct perf_event_map *ultra3i_event_map(int event_id)
 {
-        return &ultra3i_perfmon_event_map[event];
+        return &ultra3i_perfmon_event_map[event_id];
 }
 
 static const struct sparc_pmu ultra3i_pmu = {
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ static const struct perf_event_map niagara2_perfmon_event_map[] = {
         [PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_MISSES] = { 0x0202, PIC_UPPER | PIC_LOWER },
 };
 
-static const struct perf_event_map *niagara2_event_map(int event)
+static const struct perf_event_map *niagara2_event_map(int event_id)
 {
-        return &niagara2_perfmon_event_map[event];
+        return &niagara2_perfmon_event_map[event_id];
 }
 
 static const struct sparc_pmu niagara2_pmu = {
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ static const struct sparc_pmu niagara2_pmu = {
 
 static const struct sparc_pmu *sparc_pmu __read_mostly;
 
-static u64 event_encoding(u64 event, int idx)
+static u64 event_encoding(u64 event_id, int idx)
 {
         if (idx == PIC_UPPER_INDEX)
-                event <<= sparc_pmu->upper_shift;
+                event_id <<= sparc_pmu->upper_shift;
         else
-                event <<= sparc_pmu->lower_shift;
-        return event;
+                event_id <<= sparc_pmu->lower_shift;
+        return event_id;
 }
 
 static u64 mask_for_index(int idx)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static u64 nop_for_index(int idx)
                               sparc_pmu->lower_nop, idx);
 }
 
-static inline void sparc_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc,
+static inline void sparc_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc,
                                             int idx)
 {
         u64 val, mask = mask_for_index(idx);
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static inline void sparc_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc,
         pcr_ops->write((val & ~mask) | hwc->config);
 }
 
-static inline void sparc_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc,
+static inline void sparc_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc,
                                              int idx)
 {
         u64 mask = mask_for_index(idx);
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static inline void sparc_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc,
 
 void hw_perf_enable(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         u64 val;
         int i;
 
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
 
         val = pcr_ops->read();
 
-        for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWCOUNTERS; i++) {
-                struct perf_counter *cp = cpuc->counters[i];
-                struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        for (i = 0; i < MAX_HWEVENTS; i++) {
+                struct perf_event *cp = cpuc->events[i];
+                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
 
                 if (!cp)
                         continue;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ void hw_perf_enable(void)
 
 void hw_perf_disable(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         u64 val;
 
         if (!cpuc->enabled)
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ static void write_pmc(int idx, u64 val)
         write_pic(pic);
 }
 
-static int sparc_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                         struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static int sparc_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event,
+                                         struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         s64 left = atomic64_read(&hwc->period_left);
         s64 period = hwc->sample_period;
@@ -268,33 +268,33 @@ static int sparc_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
 
         write_pmc(idx, (u64)(-left) & 0xffffffff);
 
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int sparc_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int sparc_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int idx = hwc->idx;
 
         if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask))
                 return -EAGAIN;
 
-        sparc_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        sparc_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 
-        cpuc->counters[idx] = counter;
+        cpuc->events[idx] = event;
         set_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask);
 
-        sparc_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
-        sparc_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        sparc_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx);
+        sparc_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
         return 0;
 }
 
-static u64 sparc_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                     struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static u64 sparc_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
+                                     struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         int shift = 64 - 32;
         u64 prev_raw_count, new_raw_count;
@@ -311,79 +311,79 @@ again:
         delta = (new_raw_count << shift) - (prev_raw_count << shift);
         delta >>= shift;
 
-        atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+        atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
         atomic64_sub(delta, &hwc->period_left);
 
         return new_raw_count;
 }
 
-static void sparc_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void sparc_pmu_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int idx = hwc->idx;
 
         clear_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask);
-        sparc_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        sparc_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 
         barrier();
 
-        sparc_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-        cpuc->counters[idx] = NULL;
+        sparc_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+        cpuc->events[idx] = NULL;
         clear_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
 
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
 
-static void sparc_pmu_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void sparc_pmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
-        sparc_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, hwc->idx);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+        sparc_perf_event_update(event, hwc, hwc->idx);
 }
 
-static void sparc_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void sparc_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
-        sparc_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, hwc->idx);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
+        sparc_pmu_enable_event(hwc, hwc->idx);
 }
 
-static atomic_t active_counters = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static atomic_t active_events = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmc_grab_mutex);
 
-void perf_counter_grab_pmc(void)
+void perf_event_grab_pmc(void)
 {
-        if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_counters))
+        if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_events))
                 return;
 
         mutex_lock(&pmc_grab_mutex);
-        if (atomic_read(&active_counters) == 0) {
+        if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0) {
                 if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) > 0) {
                         on_each_cpu(stop_nmi_watchdog, NULL, 1);
                         BUG_ON(atomic_read(&nmi_active) != 0);
                 }
-                atomic_inc(&active_counters);
+                atomic_inc(&active_events);
         }
         mutex_unlock(&pmc_grab_mutex);
 }
 
-void perf_counter_release_pmc(void)
+void perf_event_release_pmc(void)
 {
-        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_counters, &pmc_grab_mutex)) {
+        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_events, &pmc_grab_mutex)) {
                 if (atomic_read(&nmi_active) == 0)
                         on_each_cpu(start_nmi_watchdog, NULL, 1);
                 mutex_unlock(&pmc_grab_mutex);
         }
 }
 
-static void hw_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void hw_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        perf_counter_release_pmc();
+        perf_event_release_pmc();
 }
 
-static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr = &counter->attr;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr = &event->attr;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         const struct perf_event_map *pmap;
         u64 enc;
 
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
         if (attr->config >= sparc_pmu->max_events)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        perf_counter_grab_pmc();
-        counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
+        perf_event_grab_pmc();
+        event->destroy = hw_perf_event_destroy;
 
         /* We save the enable bits in the config_base.  So to
          * turn off sampling just write 'config', and to enable
@@ -439,16 +439,16 @@ static const struct pmu pmu = {
         .unthrottle     = sparc_pmu_unthrottle,
 };
 
-const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        int err = __hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
+        int err = __hw_perf_event_init(event);
 
         if (err)
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
         return &pmu;
 }
 
-void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
+void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
         u64 pcr, pic;
@@ -471,16 +471,16 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static int __kprobes perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
+static int __kprobes perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
                                               unsigned long cmd, void *__args)
 {
         struct die_args *args = __args;
         struct perf_sample_data data;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
         struct pt_regs *regs;
         int idx;
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&active_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&active_events))
                 return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
         switch (cmd) {
@@ -495,32 +495,32 @@ static int __kprobes perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 
         data.addr = 0;
 
-        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        for (idx = 0; idx < MAX_HWCOUNTERS; idx++) {
-                struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
-                struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        for (idx = 0; idx < MAX_HWEVENTS; idx++) {
+                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
+                struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
                 u64 val;
 
                 if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
                         continue;
-                hwc = &counter->hw;
-                val = sparc_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
+                hwc = &event->hw;
+                val = sparc_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
                 if (val & (1ULL << 31))
                         continue;
 
-                data.period = counter->hw.last_period;
-                if (!sparc_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
+                data.period = event->hw.last_period;
+                if (!sparc_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
                         continue;
 
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-                        sparc_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+                        sparc_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
         }
 
         return NOTIFY_STOP;
 }
 
-static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_counter_nmi_notifier = {
-        .notifier_call          = perf_counter_nmi_handler,
+static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_event_nmi_notifier = {
+        .notifier_call          = perf_event_nmi_handler,
 };
 
 static bool __init supported_pmu(void)
@@ -536,9 +536,9 @@ static bool __init supported_pmu(void)
         return false;
 }
 
-void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
+void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 {
-        pr_info("Performance counters: ");
+        pr_info("Performance events: ");
 
         if (!supported_pmu()) {
                 pr_cont("No support for PMU type '%s'\n", sparc_pmu_type);
@@ -547,10 +547,10 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
 
         pr_cont("Supported PMU type is '%s'\n", sparc_pmu_type);
 
-        /* All sparc64 PMUs currently have 2 counters.  But this simple
-         * driver only supports one active counter at a time.
+        /* All sparc64 PMUs currently have 2 events.  But this simple
+         * driver only supports one active event at a time.
          */
-        perf_max_counters = 1;
+        perf_max_events = 1;
 
-        register_die_notifier(&perf_counter_nmi_notifier);
+        register_die_notifier(&perf_event_nmi_notifier);
 }
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_32.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_32.S
index 04181577cb65..0f1658d37490 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_32.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_32.S
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ sys_call_table:
 /*310*/ .long sys_utimensat, sys_signalfd, sys_timerfd_create, sys_eventfd, sys_fallocate
 /*315*/ .long sys_timerfd_settime, sys_timerfd_gettime, sys_signalfd4, sys_eventfd2, sys_epoll_create1
 /*320*/ .long sys_dup3, sys_pipe2, sys_inotify_init1, sys_accept4, sys_preadv
-/*325*/ .long sys_pwritev, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_counter_open
+/*325*/ .long sys_pwritev, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_event_open
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
index 91b06b7f7acf..009825f6e73c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/systbls_64.S
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ sys_call_table32:
 /*310*/ .word compat_sys_utimensat, compat_sys_signalfd, sys_timerfd_create, sys_eventfd, compat_sys_fallocate
         .word compat_sys_timerfd_settime, compat_sys_timerfd_gettime, compat_sys_signalfd4, sys_eventfd2, sys_epoll_create1
 /*320*/ .word sys_dup3, sys_pipe2, sys_inotify_init1, sys_accept4, compat_sys_preadv
-        .word compat_sys_pwritev, compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_counter_open
+        .word compat_sys_pwritev, compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_event_open
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_COMPAT */
 
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ sys_call_table:
 /*310*/ .word sys_utimensat, sys_signalfd, sys_timerfd_create, sys_eventfd, sys_fallocate
         .word sys_timerfd_settime, sys_timerfd_gettime, sys_signalfd4, sys_eventfd2, sys_epoll_create1
 /*320*/ .word sys_dup3, sys_pipe2, sys_inotify_init1, sys_accept4, sys_preadv
-        .word sys_pwritev, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_counter_open
+        .word sys_pwritev, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_perf_event_open
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 51c59015b280..e4ff5d1280ca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ config X86
         select HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK
         select HAVE_IDE
         select HAVE_OPROFILE
-        select HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS if (!M386 && !M486)
+        select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS if (!M386 && !M486)
         select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
         select HAVE_KPROBES
         select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index ba331bfd1112..74619c4f9fda 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -831,5 +831,5 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
         .quad compat_sys_preadv
         .quad compat_sys_pwritev
         .quad compat_sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo      /* 335 */
-        .quad sys_perf_counter_open
+        .quad sys_perf_event_open
 ia32_syscall_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
index 5e3f2044f0d3..f5693c81a1db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BUILD_INTERRUPT(apic_timer_interrupt,LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR)
 BUILD_INTERRUPT(error_interrupt,ERROR_APIC_VECTOR)
 BUILD_INTERRUPT(spurious_interrupt,SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 BUILD_INTERRUPT(perf_pending_interrupt, LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index e7b7c938ae27..ad7ce3fd5065 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#ifndef _ASM_X86_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define _ASM_X86_PERF_COUNTER_H
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define _ASM_X86_PERF_EVENT_H
 
 /*
- * Performance counter hw details:
+ * Performance event hw details:
  */
 
 #define X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC                                     8
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 union cpuid10_eax {
         struct {
                 unsigned int version_id:8;
-                unsigned int num_counters:8;
+                unsigned int num_events:8;
                 unsigned int bit_width:8;
                 unsigned int mask_length:8;
         } split;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ union cpuid10_eax {
 
 union cpuid10_edx {
         struct {
-                unsigned int num_counters_fixed:4;
+                unsigned int num_events_fixed:4;
                 unsigned int reserved:28;
         } split;
         unsigned int full;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ union cpuid10_edx {
 
 
 /*
- * Fixed-purpose performance counters:
+ * Fixed-purpose performance events:
  */
 
 /*
@@ -87,22 +87,22 @@ union cpuid10_edx {
 /*
  * We model BTS tracing as another fixed-mode PMC.
  *
- * We choose a value in the middle of the fixed counter range, since lower
- * values are used by actual fixed counters and higher values are used
+ * We choose a value in the middle of the fixed event range, since lower
+ * values are used by actual fixed events and higher values are used
  * to indicate other overflow conditions in the PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS msr.
  */
 #define X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS                           (X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 16)
 
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-extern void init_hw_perf_counters(void);
-extern void perf_counters_lapic_init(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+extern void init_hw_perf_events(void);
+extern void perf_events_lapic_init(void);
 
-#define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET                       0
+#define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET                 0
 
 #else
-static inline void init_hw_perf_counters(void)          { }
-static inline void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)       { }
+static inline void init_hw_perf_events(void)            { }
+static inline void perf_events_lapic_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
-#endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_COUNTER_H */
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
index 8deaada61bc8..6fb3c209a7e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_32.h
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 #define __NR_preadv             333
 #define __NR_pwritev            334
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo  335
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open  336
+#define __NR_perf_event_open    336
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
index b9f3c60de5f7..8d3ad0adbc68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/unistd_64.h
@@ -659,8 +659,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_preadv, sys_preadv)
 __SYSCALL(__NR_pwritev, sys_pwritev)
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo                  297
 __SYSCALL(__NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open                  298
-__SYSCALL(__NR_perf_counter_open, sys_perf_counter_open)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open                    298
+__SYSCALL(__NR_perf_event_open, sys_perf_event_open)
 
 #ifndef __NO_STUBS
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_READDIR
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index a34601f52987..754174d09deb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *      Mikael Pettersson       :       PM converted to driver model.
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
 #include <linux/acpi_pmtmr.h>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ void __cpuinit setup_local_APIC(void)
                 apic_write(APIC_ESR, 0);
         }
 #endif
-        perf_counters_lapic_init();
+        perf_events_lapic_init();
 
         preempt_disable();
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
index 8dd30638fe44..68537e957a9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_CENTAUR)		+= centaur.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_TRANSMETA_32)      += transmeta.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_UMC_32)            += umc.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS)             += perf_counter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)               += perf_event.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_MCE)                   += mcheck/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTRR)                      += mtrr/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
index 2fea97eccf77..cc25c2b4a567 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include <asm/stackprotector.h>
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ void __init identify_boot_cpu(void)
 #else
         vgetcpu_set_mode();
 #endif
-        init_hw_perf_counters();
+        init_hw_perf_events();
 }
 
 void __cpuinit identify_secondary_cpu(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index b1f115696c84..0d03629fb1a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Performance counter x86 architecture code
+ * Performance events x86 architecture code
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
  */
 
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 
-static u64 perf_counter_mask __read_mostly;
+static u64 perf_event_mask __read_mostly;
 
-/* The maximal number of PEBS counters: */
-#define MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS       4
+/* The maximal number of PEBS events: */
+#define MAX_PEBS_EVENTS 4
 
 /* The size of a BTS record in bytes: */
 #define BTS_RECORD_SIZE         24
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ struct debug_store {
         u64     pebs_index;
         u64     pebs_absolute_maximum;
         u64     pebs_interrupt_threshold;
-        u64     pebs_counter_reset[MAX_PEBS_COUNTERS];
+        u64     pebs_event_reset[MAX_PEBS_EVENTS];
 };
 
-struct cpu_hw_counters {
-        struct perf_counter     *counters[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
+struct cpu_hw_events {
+        struct perf_event       *events[X86_PMC_IDX_MAX];
         unsigned long           used_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
         unsigned long           active_mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
         unsigned long           interrupts;
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ struct x86_pmu {
         int             (*handle_irq)(struct pt_regs *);
         void            (*disable_all)(void);
         void            (*enable_all)(void);
-        void            (*enable)(struct hw_perf_counter *, int);
-        void            (*disable)(struct hw_perf_counter *, int);
+        void            (*enable)(struct hw_perf_event *, int);
+        void            (*disable)(struct hw_perf_event *, int);
         unsigned        eventsel;
         unsigned        perfctr;
         u64             (*event_map)(int);
         u64             (*raw_event)(u64);
         int             max_events;
-        int             num_counters;
-        int             num_counters_fixed;
-        int             counter_bits;
-        u64             counter_mask;
+        int             num_events;
+        int             num_events_fixed;
+        int             event_bits;
+        u64             event_mask;
         int             apic;
         u64             max_period;
         u64             intel_ctrl;
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct x86_pmu {
 
 static struct x86_pmu x86_pmu __read_mostly;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_counters, cpu_hw_counters) = {
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_hw_events, cpu_hw_events) = {
         .enabled = 1,
 };
 
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ static u64 p6_pmu_event_map(int hw_event)
 }
 
 /*
- * Counter setting that is specified not to count anything.
+ * Event setting that is specified not to count anything.
  * We use this to effectively disable a counter.
  *
  * L2_RQSTS with 0 MESI unit mask.
  */
-#define P6_NOP_COUNTER                  0x0000002EULL
+#define P6_NOP_EVENT                    0x0000002EULL
 
 static u64 p6_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 {
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ static u64 p6_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK            0x0000FF00ULL
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK            0x00040000ULL
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK             0x00800000ULL
-#define P6_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK         0xFF000000ULL
+#define P6_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK             0xFF000000ULL
 
 #define P6_EVNTSEL_MASK                 \
         (P6_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |        \
          P6_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |        \
          P6_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |        \
          P6_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK   |        \
-         P6_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+         P6_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
         return hw_event & P6_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
@@ -469,14 +469,14 @@ static u64 intel_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK          0x0000FF00ULL
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK          0x00040000ULL
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK           0x00800000ULL
-#define CORE_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK       0xFF000000ULL
+#define CORE_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK   0xFF000000ULL
 
 #define CORE_EVNTSEL_MASK               \
         (CORE_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |      \
          CORE_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |      \
          CORE_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |      \
          CORE_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK  |       \
-         CORE_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+         CORE_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
         return hw_event & CORE_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
@@ -596,28 +596,28 @@ static u64 amd_pmu_raw_event(u64 hw_event)
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK    0x00000FF00ULL
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK    0x000040000ULL
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK     0x000800000ULL
-#define K7_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK 0x0FF000000ULL
+#define K7_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK     0x0FF000000ULL
 
 #define K7_EVNTSEL_MASK                 \
         (K7_EVNTSEL_EVENT_MASK |        \
          K7_EVNTSEL_UNIT_MASK  |        \
          K7_EVNTSEL_EDGE_MASK  |        \
          K7_EVNTSEL_INV_MASK   |        \
-         K7_EVNTSEL_COUNTER_MASK)
+         K7_EVNTSEL_REG_MASK)
 
         return hw_event & K7_EVNTSEL_MASK;
 }
 
 /*
- * Propagate counter elapsed time into the generic counter.
- * Can only be executed on the CPU where the counter is active.
+ * Propagate event elapsed time into the generic event.
+ * Can only be executed on the CPU where the event is active.
  * Returns the delta events processed.
  */
 static u64
-x86_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+x86_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event,
+                        struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-        int shift = 64 - x86_pmu.counter_bits;
+        int shift = 64 - x86_pmu.event_bits;
         u64 prev_raw_count, new_raw_count;
         s64 delta;
 
@@ -625,15 +625,15 @@ x86_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter,
                 return 0;
 
         /*
-         * Careful: an NMI might modify the previous counter value.
+         * Careful: an NMI might modify the previous event value.
          *
          * Our tactic to handle this is to first atomically read and
          * exchange a new raw count - then add that new-prev delta
-         * count to the generic counter atomically:
+         * count to the generic event atomically:
          */
 again:
         prev_raw_count = atomic64_read(&hwc->prev_count);
-        rdmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx, new_raw_count);
+        rdmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx, new_raw_count);
 
         if (atomic64_cmpxchg(&hwc->prev_count, prev_raw_count,
                                         new_raw_count) != prev_raw_count)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ again:
         /*
          * Now we have the new raw value and have updated the prev
          * timestamp already. We can now calculate the elapsed delta
-         * (counter-)time and add that to the generic counter.
+         * (event-)time and add that to the generic event.
          *
          * Careful, not all hw sign-extends above the physical width
          * of the count.
@@ -650,13 +650,13 @@ again:
         delta = (new_raw_count << shift) - (prev_raw_count << shift);
         delta >>= shift;
 
-        atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+        atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
         atomic64_sub(delta, &hwc->period_left);
 
         return new_raw_count;
 }
 
-static atomic_t active_counters;
+static atomic_t active_events;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pmc_reserve_mutex);
 
 static bool reserve_pmc_hardware(void)
@@ -667,12 +667,12 @@ static bool reserve_pmc_hardware(void)
         if (nmi_watchdog == NMI_LOCAL_APIC)
                 disable_lapic_nmi_watchdog();
 
-        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
                 if (!reserve_perfctr_nmi(x86_pmu.perfctr + i))
                         goto perfctr_fail;
         }
 
-        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
                 if (!reserve_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i))
                         goto eventsel_fail;
         }
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ eventsel_fail:
         for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
                 release_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i);
 
-        i = x86_pmu.num_counters;
+        i = x86_pmu.num_events;
 
 perfctr_fail:
         for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ static void release_pmc_hardware(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
         int i;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_counters; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < x86_pmu.num_events; i++) {
                 release_perfctr_nmi(x86_pmu.perfctr + i);
                 release_evntsel_nmi(x86_pmu.eventsel + i);
         }
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ static inline bool bts_available(void)
 
 static inline void init_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-        struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds;
+        struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds;
 
         if (!ds)
                 return;
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static inline void init_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 
 static inline void fini_debug_store_on_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-        if (!per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds)
+        if (!per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds)
                 return;
 
         wrmsr_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_IA32_DS_AREA, 0, 0);
@@ -751,12 +751,12 @@ static void release_bts_hardware(void)
                 fini_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
 
         for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-                struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds;
+                struct debug_store *ds = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds;
 
                 if (!ds)
                         continue;
 
-                per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds = NULL;
+                per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds = NULL;
 
                 kfree((void *)(unsigned long)ds->bts_buffer_base);
                 kfree(ds);
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static int reserve_bts_hardware(void)
                 ds->bts_interrupt_threshold =
                         ds->bts_absolute_maximum - BTS_OVFL_TH;
 
-                per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu).ds = ds;
+                per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu).ds = ds;
                 err = 0;
         }
 
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ static int reserve_bts_hardware(void)
         return err;
 }
 
-static void hw_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void hw_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_counters, &pmc_reserve_mutex)) {
+        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&active_events, &pmc_reserve_mutex)) {
                 release_pmc_hardware();
                 release_bts_hardware();
                 mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ static inline int x86_pmu_initialized(void)
 }
 
 static inline int
-set_ext_hw_attr(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+set_ext_hw_attr(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         unsigned int cache_type, cache_op, cache_result;
         u64 config, val;
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_bts(u64 config)
 
 static void intel_pmu_disable_bts(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         unsigned long debugctlmsr;
 
         if (!cpuc->ds)
@@ -898,10 +898,10 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_bts(void)
 /*
  * Setup the hardware configuration for a given attr_type
  */
-static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int __hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr = &counter->attr;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr = &event->attr;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         u64 config;
         int err;
 
@@ -909,22 +909,22 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         err = 0;
-        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_counters)) {
+        if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_events)) {
                 mutex_lock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
-                if (atomic_read(&active_counters) == 0) {
+                if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0) {
                         if (!reserve_pmc_hardware())
                                 err = -EBUSY;
                         else
                                 err = reserve_bts_hardware();
                 }
                 if (!err)
-                        atomic_inc(&active_counters);
+                        atomic_inc(&active_events);
                 mutex_unlock(&pmc_reserve_mutex);
         }
         if (err)
                 return err;
 
-        counter->destroy = hw_perf_counter_destroy;
+        event->destroy = hw_perf_event_destroy;
 
         /*
          * Generate PMC IRQs:
@@ -948,8 +948,8 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
                 /*
                  * If we have a PMU initialized but no APIC
                  * interrupts, we cannot sample hardware
-                 * counters (user-space has to fall back and
-                 * sample via a hrtimer based software counter):
+                 * events (user-space has to fall back and
+                 * sample via a hrtimer based software event):
                  */
                 if (!x86_pmu.apic)
                         return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ static int __hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 
 static void p6_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         u64 val;
 
         if (!cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ static void p6_pmu_disable_all(void)
 
 static void intel_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
         if (!cpuc->enabled)
                 return;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_disable_all(void)
 
 static void amd_pmu_disable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         int idx;
 
         if (!cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1043,12 +1043,12 @@ static void amd_pmu_disable_all(void)
         cpuc->enabled = 0;
         /*
          * ensure we write the disable before we start disabling the
-         * counters proper, so that amd_pmu_enable_counter() does the
+         * events proper, so that amd_pmu_enable_event() does the
          * right thing.
          */
         barrier();
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
                 u64 val;
 
                 if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ void hw_perf_disable(void)
 
 static void p6_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         unsigned long val;
 
         if (cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static void p6_pmu_enable_all(void)
 
 static void intel_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
         if (cpuc->enabled)
                 return;
@@ -1098,19 +1098,19 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_all(void)
         wrmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, x86_pmu.intel_ctrl);
 
         if (test_bit(X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS, cpuc->active_mask)) {
-                struct perf_counter *counter =
-                        cpuc->counters[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
+                struct perf_event *event =
+                        cpuc->events[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
 
-                if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!counter))
+                if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!event))
                         return;
 
-                intel_pmu_enable_bts(counter->hw.config);
+                intel_pmu_enable_bts(event->hw.config);
         }
 }
 
 static void amd_pmu_enable_all(void)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         int idx;
 
         if (cpuc->enabled)
@@ -1119,14 +1119,14 @@ static void amd_pmu_enable_all(void)
         cpuc->enabled = 1;
         barrier();
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
-                struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
+                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[idx];
                 u64 val;
 
                 if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
                         continue;
 
-                val = counter->hw.config;
+                val = event->hw.config;
                 val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE;
                 wrmsrl(MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0 + idx, val);
         }
@@ -1153,19 +1153,19 @@ static inline void intel_pmu_ack_status(u64 ack)
         wrmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_OVF_CTRL, ack);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static inline void x86_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         (void)checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base + idx,
                               hwc->config | ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static inline void x86_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         (void)checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base + idx, hwc->config);
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
+intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int __idx)
 {
         int idx = __idx - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
         u64 ctrl_val, mask;
@@ -1178,10 +1178,10 @@ intel_pmu_disable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
 }
 
 static inline void
-p6_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+p6_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        u64 val = P6_NOP_COUNTER;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        u64 val = P6_NOP_EVENT;
 
         if (cpuc->enabled)
                 val |= ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0_ENABLE;
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ p6_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+intel_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS)) {
                 intel_pmu_disable_bts();
@@ -1202,24 +1202,24 @@ intel_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
                 return;
         }
 
-        x86_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        x86_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static inline void
-amd_pmu_disable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+amd_pmu_disable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-        x86_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        x86_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(u64 [X86_PMC_IDX_MAX], pmc_prev_left);
 
 /*
  * Set the next IRQ period, based on the hwc->period_left value.
- * To be called with the counter disabled in hw:
+ * To be called with the event disabled in hw:
  */
 static int
-x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                             struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event,
+                             struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         s64 left = atomic64_read(&hwc->period_left);
         s64 period = hwc->sample_period;
@@ -1256,21 +1256,21 @@ x86_perf_counter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter,
         per_cpu(pmc_prev_left[idx], smp_processor_id()) = left;
 
         /*
-         * The hw counter starts counting from this counter offset,
+         * The hw event starts counting from this event offset,
          * mark it to be able to extra future deltas:
          */
         atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, (u64)-left);
 
-        err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->counter_base + idx,
-                             (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.counter_mask);
+        err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->event_base + idx,
+                             (u64)(-left) & x86_pmu.event_mask);
 
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
         return ret;
 }
 
 static inline void
-intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
+intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int __idx)
 {
         int idx = __idx - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
         u64 ctrl_val, bits, mask;
@@ -1295,9 +1295,9 @@ intel_pmu_enable_fixed(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int __idx)
         err = checking_wrmsrl(hwc->config_base, ctrl_val);
 }
 
-static void p6_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void p6_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
         u64 val;
 
         val = hwc->config;
@@ -1308,10 +1308,10 @@ static void p6_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
 }
 
 
-static void intel_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void intel_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
         if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS)) {
-                if (!__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters).enabled)
+                if (!__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events).enabled)
                         return;
 
                 intel_pmu_enable_bts(hwc->config);
@@ -1323,19 +1323,19 @@ static void intel_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
                 return;
         }
 
-        x86_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        x86_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
-static void amd_pmu_enable_counter(struct hw_perf_counter *hwc, int idx)
+static void amd_pmu_enable_event(struct hw_perf_event *hwc, int idx)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
         if (cpuc->enabled)
-                x86_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+                x86_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 }
 
 static int
-fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
+fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_event *event, struct hw_perf_event *hwc)
 {
         unsigned int hw_event;
 
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
                      (hwc->sample_period == 1)))
                 return X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS;
 
-        if (!x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)
+        if (!x86_pmu.num_events_fixed)
                 return -1;
 
         if (unlikely(hw_event == x86_pmu.event_map(PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS)))
@@ -1360,97 +1360,97 @@ fixed_mode_idx(struct perf_counter *counter, struct hw_perf_counter *hwc)
 }
 
 /*
- * Find a PMC slot for the freshly enabled / scheduled in counter:
+ * Find a PMC slot for the freshly enabled / scheduled in event:
  */
-static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int idx;
 
-        idx = fixed_mode_idx(counter, hwc);
+        idx = fixed_mode_idx(event, hwc);
         if (idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS) {
                 /* BTS is already occupied. */
                 if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask))
                         return -EAGAIN;
 
                 hwc->config_base        = 0;
-                hwc->counter_base       = 0;
+                hwc->event_base = 0;
                 hwc->idx                = idx;
         } else if (idx >= 0) {
                 /*
-                 * Try to get the fixed counter, if that is already taken
-                 * then try to get a generic counter:
+                 * Try to get the fixed event, if that is already taken
+                 * then try to get a generic event:
                  */
                 if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask))
                         goto try_generic;
 
                 hwc->config_base = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR_CTRL;
                 /*
-                 * We set it so that counter_base + idx in wrmsr/rdmsr maps to
+                 * We set it so that event_base + idx in wrmsr/rdmsr maps to
                  * MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 ... CTR2:
                  */
-                hwc->counter_base =
+                hwc->event_base =
                         MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 - X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
                 hwc->idx = idx;
         } else {
                 idx = hwc->idx;
-                /* Try to get the previous generic counter again */
+                /* Try to get the previous generic event again */
                 if (test_and_set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask)) {
 try_generic:
                         idx = find_first_zero_bit(cpuc->used_mask,
-                                                  x86_pmu.num_counters);
-                        if (idx == x86_pmu.num_counters)
+                                                  x86_pmu.num_events);
+                        if (idx == x86_pmu.num_events)
                                 return -EAGAIN;
 
                         set_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
                         hwc->idx = idx;
                 }
                 hwc->config_base  = x86_pmu.eventsel;
-                hwc->counter_base = x86_pmu.perfctr;
+                hwc->event_base = x86_pmu.perfctr;
         }
 
-        perf_counters_lapic_init();
+        perf_events_lapic_init();
 
         x86_pmu.disable(hwc, idx);
 
-        cpuc->counters[idx] = counter;
+        cpuc->events[idx] = event;
         set_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask);
 
-        x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
+        x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx);
         x86_pmu.enable(hwc, idx);
 
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void x86_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void x86_pmu_unthrottle(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(hwc->idx >= X86_PMC_IDX_MAX ||
-                                cpuc->counters[hwc->idx] != counter))
+                                cpuc->events[hwc->idx] != event))
                 return;
 
         x86_pmu.enable(hwc, hwc->idx);
 }
 
-void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
+void perf_event_print_debug(void)
 {
         u64 ctrl, status, overflow, pmc_ctrl, pmc_count, prev_left, fixed;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
         unsigned long flags;
         int cpu, idx;
 
-        if (!x86_pmu.num_counters)
+        if (!x86_pmu.num_events)
                 return;
 
         local_irq_save(flags);
 
         cpu = smp_processor_id();
-        cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_counters, cpu);
+        cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
 
         if (x86_pmu.version >= 2) {
                 rdmsrl(MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL, ctrl);
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
         }
         pr_info("CPU#%d: used:       %016llx\n", cpu, *(u64 *)cpuc->used_mask);
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
                 rdmsrl(x86_pmu.eventsel + idx, pmc_ctrl);
                 rdmsrl(x86_pmu.perfctr  + idx, pmc_count);
 
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
                 pr_info("CPU#%d:   gen-PMC%d left:  %016llx\n",
                         cpu, idx, prev_left);
         }
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events_fixed; idx++) {
                 rdmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + idx, pmc_count);
 
                 pr_info("CPU#%d: fixed-PMC%d count: %016llx\n",
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ void perf_counter_print_debug(void)
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
+static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc)
 {
         struct debug_store *ds = cpuc->ds;
         struct bts_record {
@@ -1496,14 +1496,14 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
                 u64     to;
                 u64     flags;
         };
-        struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
+        struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS];
         struct bts_record *at, *top;
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
         struct perf_event_header header;
         struct perf_sample_data data;
         struct pt_regs regs;
 
-        if (!counter)
+        if (!event)
                 return;
 
         if (!ds)
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
         ds->bts_index = ds->bts_buffer_base;
 
 
-        data.period     = counter->hw.last_period;
+        data.period     = event->hw.last_period;
         data.addr       = 0;
         regs.ip         = 0;
 
@@ -1527,9 +1527,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
          * We will overwrite the from and to address before we output
          * the sample.
          */
-        perf_prepare_sample(&header, &data, counter, &regs);
+        perf_prepare_sample(&header, &data, event, &regs);
 
-        if (perf_output_begin(&handle, counter,
+        if (perf_output_begin(&handle, event,
                               header.size * (top - at), 1, 1))
                 return;
 
@@ -1537,20 +1537,20 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc)
                 data.ip         = at->from;
                 data.addr       = at->to;
 
-                perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, &data, counter);
+                perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, &data, event);
         }
 
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 
         /* There's new data available. */
-        counter->hw.interrupts++;
-        counter->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
+        event->hw.interrupts++;
+        event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
 }
 
-static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int idx = hwc->idx;
 
         /*
@@ -1562,63 +1562,63 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 
         /*
          * Make sure the cleared pointer becomes visible before we
-         * (potentially) free the counter:
+         * (potentially) free the event:
          */
         barrier();
 
         /*
-         * Drain the remaining delta count out of a counter
+         * Drain the remaining delta count out of a event
          * that we are disabling:
          */
-        x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
+        x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
 
         /* Drain the remaining BTS records. */
         if (unlikely(idx == X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS))
                 intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(cpuc);
 
-        cpuc->counters[idx] = NULL;
+        cpuc->events[idx] = NULL;
         clear_bit(idx, cpuc->used_mask);
 
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
 
 /*
- * Save and restart an expired counter. Called by NMI contexts,
- * so it has to be careful about preempting normal counter ops:
+ * Save and restart an expired event. Called by NMI contexts,
+ * so it has to be careful about preempting normal event ops:
  */
-static int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int intel_pmu_save_and_restart(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int idx = hwc->idx;
         int ret;
 
-        x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-        ret = x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
+        x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+        ret = x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx);
 
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
-                intel_pmu_enable_counter(hwc, idx);
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
+                intel_pmu_enable_event(hwc, idx);
 
         return ret;
 }
 
 static void intel_pmu_reset(void)
 {
-        struct debug_store *ds = __get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters).ds;
+        struct debug_store *ds = __get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events).ds;
         unsigned long flags;
         int idx;
 
-        if (!x86_pmu.num_counters)
+        if (!x86_pmu.num_events)
                 return;
 
         local_irq_save(flags);
 
         printk("clearing PMU state on CPU#%d\n", smp_processor_id());
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
                 checking_wrmsrl(x86_pmu.eventsel + idx, 0ull);
                 checking_wrmsrl(x86_pmu.perfctr  + idx, 0ull);
         }
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events_fixed; idx++) {
                 checking_wrmsrl(MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR0 + idx, 0ull);
         }
         if (ds)
@@ -1630,38 +1630,38 @@ static void intel_pmu_reset(void)
 static int p6_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         struct perf_sample_data data;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
+        struct perf_event *event;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
         int idx, handled = 0;
         u64 val;
 
         data.addr = 0;
 
-        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
                 if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
                         continue;
 
-                counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
-                hwc = &counter->hw;
+                event = cpuc->events[idx];
+                hwc = &event->hw;
 
-                val = x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-                if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.counter_bits - 1)))
+                val = x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+                if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.event_bits - 1)))
                         continue;
 
                 /*
-                 * counter overflow
+                 * event overflow
                  */
                 handled         = 1;
-                data.period     = counter->hw.last_period;
+                data.period     = event->hw.last_period;
 
-                if (!x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
+                if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
                         continue;
 
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-                        p6_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+                        p6_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
         }
 
         if (handled)
@@ -1677,13 +1677,13 @@ static int p6_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         struct perf_sample_data data;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
         int bit, loops;
         u64 ack, status;
 
         data.addr = 0;
 
-        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
         perf_disable();
         intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(cpuc);
@@ -1696,8 +1696,8 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
         loops = 0;
 again:
         if (++loops > 100) {
-                WARN_ONCE(1, "perfcounters: irq loop stuck!\n");
-                perf_counter_print_debug();
+                WARN_ONCE(1, "perfevents: irq loop stuck!\n");
+                perf_event_print_debug();
                 intel_pmu_reset();
                 perf_enable();
                 return 1;
@@ -1706,19 +1706,19 @@ again:
         inc_irq_stat(apic_perf_irqs);
         ack = status;
         for_each_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&status, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
-                struct perf_counter *counter = cpuc->counters[bit];
+                struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[bit];
 
                 clear_bit(bit, (unsigned long *) &status);
                 if (!test_bit(bit, cpuc->active_mask))
                         continue;
 
-                if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(counter))
+                if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(event))
                         continue;
 
-                data.period = counter->hw.last_period;
+                data.period = event->hw.last_period;
 
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-                        intel_pmu_disable_counter(&counter->hw, bit);
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+                        intel_pmu_disable_event(&event->hw, bit);
         }
 
         intel_pmu_ack_status(ack);
@@ -1738,38 +1738,38 @@ again:
 static int amd_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         struct perf_sample_data data;
-        struct cpu_hw_counters *cpuc;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
+        struct perf_event *event;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
         int idx, handled = 0;
         u64 val;
 
         data.addr = 0;
 
-        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_counters);
+        cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_counters; idx++) {
+        for (idx = 0; idx < x86_pmu.num_events; idx++) {
                 if (!test_bit(idx, cpuc->active_mask))
                         continue;
 
-                counter = cpuc->counters[idx];
-                hwc = &counter->hw;
+                event = cpuc->events[idx];
+                hwc = &event->hw;
 
-                val = x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
-                if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.counter_bits - 1)))
+                val = x86_perf_event_update(event, hwc, idx);
+                if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.event_bits - 1)))
                         continue;
 
                 /*
-                 * counter overflow
+                 * event overflow
                  */
                 handled         = 1;
-                data.period     = counter->hw.last_period;
+                data.period     = event->hw.last_period;
 
-                if (!x86_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx))
+                if (!x86_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, idx))
                         continue;
 
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 1, &data, regs))
-                        amd_pmu_disable_counter(hwc, idx);
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 1, &data, regs))
+                        amd_pmu_disable_event(hwc, idx);
         }
 
         if (handled)
@@ -1783,18 +1783,18 @@ void smp_perf_pending_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs)
         irq_enter();
         ack_APIC_irq();
         inc_irq_stat(apic_pending_irqs);
-        perf_counter_do_pending();
+        perf_event_do_pending();
         irq_exit();
 }
 
-void set_perf_counter_pending(void)
+void set_perf_event_pending(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
         apic->send_IPI_self(LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR);
 #endif
 }
 
-void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)
+void perf_events_lapic_init(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC
         if (!x86_pmu.apic || !x86_pmu_initialized())
@@ -1808,13 +1808,13 @@ void perf_counters_lapic_init(void)
 }
 
 static int __kprobes
-perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
+perf_event_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
                          unsigned long cmd, void *__args)
 {
         struct die_args *args = __args;
         struct pt_regs *regs;
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&active_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&active_events))
                 return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
         switch (cmd) {
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
 #endif
         /*
          * Can't rely on the handled return value to say it was our NMI, two
-         * counters could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs.
+         * events could trigger 'simultaneously' raising two back-to-back NMIs.
          *
          * If the first NMI handles both, the latter will be empty and daze
          * the CPU.
@@ -1843,8 +1843,8 @@ perf_counter_nmi_handler(struct notifier_block *self,
         return NOTIFY_STOP;
 }
 
-static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_counter_nmi_notifier = {
-        .notifier_call          = perf_counter_nmi_handler,
+static __read_mostly struct notifier_block perf_event_nmi_notifier = {
+        .notifier_call          = perf_event_nmi_handler,
         .next                   = NULL,
         .priority               = 1
 };
@@ -1854,8 +1854,8 @@ static struct x86_pmu p6_pmu = {
         .handle_irq             = p6_pmu_handle_irq,
         .disable_all            = p6_pmu_disable_all,
         .enable_all             = p6_pmu_enable_all,
-        .enable                 = p6_pmu_enable_counter,
-        .disable                = p6_pmu_disable_counter,
+        .enable                 = p6_pmu_enable_event,
+        .disable                = p6_pmu_disable_event,
         .eventsel               = MSR_P6_EVNTSEL0,
         .perfctr                = MSR_P6_PERFCTR0,
         .event_map              = p6_pmu_event_map,
@@ -1864,16 +1864,16 @@ static struct x86_pmu p6_pmu = {
         .apic                   = 1,
         .max_period             = (1ULL << 31) - 1,
         .version                = 0,
-        .num_counters           = 2,
+        .num_events             = 2,
         /*
-         * Counters have 40 bits implemented. However they are designed such
+         * Events have 40 bits implemented. However they are designed such
          * that bits [32-39] are sign extensions of bit 31. As such the
-         * effective width of a counter for P6-like PMU is 32 bits only.
+         * effective width of a event for P6-like PMU is 32 bits only.
          *
          * See IA-32 Intel Architecture Software developer manual Vol 3B
          */
-        .counter_bits           = 32,
-        .counter_mask           = (1ULL << 32) - 1,
+        .event_bits             = 32,
+        .event_mask             = (1ULL << 32) - 1,
 };
 
 static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
@@ -1881,8 +1881,8 @@ static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
         .handle_irq             = intel_pmu_handle_irq,
         .disable_all            = intel_pmu_disable_all,
         .enable_all             = intel_pmu_enable_all,
-        .enable                 = intel_pmu_enable_counter,
-        .disable                = intel_pmu_disable_counter,
+        .enable                 = intel_pmu_enable_event,
+        .disable                = intel_pmu_disable_event,
         .eventsel               = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0,
         .perfctr                = MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0,
         .event_map              = intel_pmu_event_map,
@@ -1892,7 +1892,7 @@ static struct x86_pmu intel_pmu = {
         /*
          * Intel PMCs cannot be accessed sanely above 32 bit width,
          * so we install an artificial 1<<31 period regardless of
-         * the generic counter period:
+         * the generic event period:
          */
         .max_period             = (1ULL << 31) - 1,
         .enable_bts             = intel_pmu_enable_bts,
@@ -1904,16 +1904,16 @@ static struct x86_pmu amd_pmu = {
         .handle_irq             = amd_pmu_handle_irq,
         .disable_all            = amd_pmu_disable_all,
         .enable_all             = amd_pmu_enable_all,
-        .enable                 = amd_pmu_enable_counter,
-        .disable                = amd_pmu_disable_counter,
+        .enable                 = amd_pmu_enable_event,
+        .disable                = amd_pmu_disable_event,
         .eventsel               = MSR_K7_EVNTSEL0,
         .perfctr                = MSR_K7_PERFCTR0,
         .event_map              = amd_pmu_event_map,
         .raw_event              = amd_pmu_raw_event,
         .max_events             = ARRAY_SIZE(amd_perfmon_event_map),
-        .num_counters           = 4,
-        .counter_bits           = 48,
-        .counter_mask           = (1ULL << 48) - 1,
+        .num_events             = 4,
+        .event_bits             = 48,
+        .event_mask             = (1ULL << 48) - 1,
         .apic                   = 1,
         /* use highest bit to detect overflow */
         .max_period             = (1ULL << 47) - 1,
@@ -1982,15 +1982,15 @@ static int intel_pmu_init(void)
 
         x86_pmu                         = intel_pmu;
         x86_pmu.version                 = version;
-        x86_pmu.num_counters            = eax.split.num_counters;
-        x86_pmu.counter_bits            = eax.split.bit_width;
-        x86_pmu.counter_mask            = (1ULL << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
+        x86_pmu.num_events              = eax.split.num_events;
+        x86_pmu.event_bits              = eax.split.bit_width;
+        x86_pmu.event_mask              = (1ULL << eax.split.bit_width) - 1;
 
         /*
-         * Quirk: v2 perfmon does not report fixed-purpose counters, so
-         * assume at least 3 counters:
+         * Quirk: v2 perfmon does not report fixed-purpose events, so
+         * assume at least 3 events:
          */
-        x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed      = max((int)edx.split.num_counters_fixed, 3);
+        x86_pmu.num_events_fixed        = max((int)edx.split.num_events_fixed, 3);
 
         /*
          * Install the hw-cache-events table:
@@ -2037,11 +2037,11 @@ static int amd_pmu_init(void)
         return 0;
 }
 
-void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
+void __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
 {
         int err;
 
-        pr_info("Performance Counters: ");
+        pr_info("Performance Events: ");
 
         switch (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor) {
         case X86_VENDOR_INTEL:
@@ -2054,45 +2054,45 @@ void __init init_hw_perf_counters(void)
                 return;
         }
         if (err != 0) {
-                pr_cont("no PMU driver, software counters only.\n");
+                pr_cont("no PMU driver, software events only.\n");
                 return;
         }
 
         pr_cont("%s PMU driver.\n", x86_pmu.name);
 
-        if (x86_pmu.num_counters > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
-                WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters %d > max(%d), clipping!",
-                     x86_pmu.num_counters, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
-                x86_pmu.num_counters = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
+        if (x86_pmu.num_events > X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC) {
+                WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf events %d > max(%d), clipping!",
+                     x86_pmu.num_events, X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC);
+                x86_pmu.num_events = X86_PMC_MAX_GENERIC;
         }
-        perf_counter_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_counters) - 1;
-        perf_max_counters = x86_pmu.num_counters;
+        perf_event_mask = (1 << x86_pmu.num_events) - 1;
+        perf_max_events = x86_pmu.num_events;
 
-        if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
-                WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf counters fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
-                     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
-                x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
+        if (x86_pmu.num_events_fixed > X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED) {
+                WARN(1, KERN_ERR "hw perf events fixed %d > max(%d), clipping!",
+                     x86_pmu.num_events_fixed, X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
+                x86_pmu.num_events_fixed = X86_PMC_MAX_FIXED;
         }
 
-        perf_counter_mask |=
-                ((1LL << x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed)-1) << X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
-        x86_pmu.intel_ctrl = perf_counter_mask;
+        perf_event_mask |=
+                ((1LL << x86_pmu.num_events_fixed)-1) << X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
+        x86_pmu.intel_ctrl = perf_event_mask;
 
-        perf_counters_lapic_init();
-        register_die_notifier(&perf_counter_nmi_notifier);
+        perf_events_lapic_init();
+        register_die_notifier(&perf_event_nmi_notifier);
 
         pr_info("... version:                 %d\n",     x86_pmu.version);
-        pr_info("... bit width:               %d\n",     x86_pmu.counter_bits);
-        pr_info("... generic counters:        %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_counters);
-        pr_info("... value mask:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.counter_mask);
+        pr_info("... bit width:               %d\n",     x86_pmu.event_bits);
+        pr_info("... generic events:        %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_events);
+        pr_info("... value mask:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.event_mask);
         pr_info("... max period:              %016Lx\n", x86_pmu.max_period);
-        pr_info("... fixed-purpose counters:  %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed);
-        pr_info("... counter mask:            %016Lx\n", perf_counter_mask);
+        pr_info("... fixed-purpose events:  %d\n",     x86_pmu.num_events_fixed);
+        pr_info("... event mask:            %016Lx\n", perf_event_mask);
 }
 
-static inline void x86_pmu_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static inline void x86_pmu_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        x86_perf_counter_update(counter, &counter->hw, counter->hw.idx);
+        x86_perf_event_update(event, &event->hw, event->hw.idx);
 }
 
 static const struct pmu pmu = {
@@ -2102,14 +2102,14 @@ static const struct pmu pmu = {
         .unthrottle     = x86_pmu_unthrottle,
 };
 
-const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         int err;
 
-        err = __hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
+        err = __hw_perf_event_init(event);
         if (err) {
-                if (counter->destroy)
-                        counter->destroy(counter);
+                if (event->destroy)
+                        event->destroy(event);
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
         }
 
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs)
         return entry;
 }
 
-void hw_perf_counter_setup_online(int cpu)
+void hw_perf_event_setup_online(int cpu)
 {
         init_debug_store_on_cpu(cpu);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
index 392bea43b890..fab786f60ed6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 
 #include <asm/apic.h>
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 
 struct nmi_watchdog_ctlblk {
         unsigned int cccr_msr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index d59fe323807e..681c3fda7391 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ apicinterrupt ERROR_APIC_VECTOR \
 apicinterrupt SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR \
         spurious_interrupt smp_spurious_interrupt
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 apicinterrupt LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR \
         perf_pending_interrupt smp_perf_pending_interrupt
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
index 300883112e3d..40f30773fb29 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static void __init apic_intr_init(void)
         alloc_intr_gate(ERROR_APIC_VECTOR, error_interrupt);
 
         /* Performance monitoring interrupts: */
-# ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+# ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         alloc_intr_gate(LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR, perf_pending_interrupt);
 # endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
index d51321ddafda..0157cd26d7cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S
@@ -335,4 +335,4 @@ ENTRY(sys_call_table)
         .long sys_preadv
         .long sys_pwritev
         .long sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo     /* 335 */
-        .long sys_perf_counter_open
+        .long sys_perf_event_open
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 775a020990a5..82728f2c6d55 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/bootmem.h>              /* max_low_pfn                  */
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>              /* __kprobes, ...               */
 #include <linux/mmiotrace.h>            /* kmmio_handler, ...           */
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>         /* perf_swcounter_event         */
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>           /* perf_sw_event                */
 
 #include <asm/traps.h>                  /* dotraplinkage, ...           */
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>                /* pgd_*(), ...                 */
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
         if (unlikely(error_code & PF_RSVD))
                 pgtable_bad(regs, error_code, address);
 
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS, 1, 0, regs, address);
 
         /*
          * If we're in an interrupt, have no user context or are running
@@ -1114,11 +1114,11 @@ good_area:
 
         if (fault & VM_FAULT_MAJOR) {
                 tsk->maj_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         } else {
                 tsk->min_flt++;
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, 0,
                                      regs, address);
         }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
index 4899215999de..8eb05878554c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ static void arch_perfmon_setup_counters(void)
         if (eax.split.version_id == 0 && current_cpu_data.x86 == 6 &&
                 current_cpu_data.x86_model == 15) {
                 eax.split.version_id = 2;
-                eax.split.num_counters = 2;
+                eax.split.num_events = 2;
                 eax.split.bit_width = 40;
         }
 
-        num_counters = eax.split.num_counters;
+        num_counters = eax.split.num_events;
 
         op_arch_perfmon_spec.num_counters = num_counters;
         op_arch_perfmon_spec.num_controls = num_counters;
diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
index b83776180c7f..7b8e75d16081 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define OP_X86_MODEL_H
 
 #include <asm/types.h>
-#include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#include <asm/perf_event.h>
 
 struct op_msr {
         unsigned long   addr;
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index 50eecfe1d724..44203ff599da 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/nmi.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static void sysrq_handle_showregs(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
         struct pt_regs *regs = get_irq_regs();
         if (regs)
                 show_regs(regs);
-        perf_counter_print_debug();
+        perf_event_print_debug();
 }
 static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_showregs_op = {
         .handler        = sysrq_handle_showregs,
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 172ceb6edde4..434dba778ccc 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/key.h>
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ void set_task_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, char *buf)
         task_lock(tsk);
         strlcpy(tsk->comm, buf, sizeof(tsk->comm));
         task_unlock(tsk);
-        perf_counter_comm(tsk);
+        perf_event_comm(tsk);
 }
 
 int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ int flush_old_exec(struct linux_binprm * bprm)
          * security domain:
          */
         if (!get_dumpable(current->mm))
-                perf_counter_exit_task(current);
+                perf_event_exit_task(current);
 
         /* An exec changes our domain. We are no longer part of the thread
            group */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/unistd.h b/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
index 1125e5a1ee5d..d76b66acea95 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/unistd.h
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_move_pages, sys_move_pages)
 
 #define __NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo 240
 __SYSCALL(__NR_rt_tgsigqueueinfo, sys_rt_tgsigqueueinfo)
-#define __NR_perf_counter_open 241
-__SYSCALL(__NR_perf_counter_open, sys_perf_counter_open)
+#define __NR_perf_event_open 241
+__SYSCALL(__NR_perf_event_open, sys_perf_event_open)
 
 #undef __NR_syscalls
 #define __NR_syscalls 242
diff --git a/include/linux/init_task.h b/include/linux/init_task.h
index 9e7f2e8fc66e..21a6f5d9af22 100644
--- a/include/linux/init_task.h
+++ b/include/linux/init_task.h
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ extern struct group_info init_groups;
 
 extern struct cred init_cred;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-# define INIT_PERF_COUNTERS(tsk)                                        \
-        .perf_counter_mutex =                                           \
-                 __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(tsk.perf_counter_mutex),           \
-        .perf_counter_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.perf_counter_list),
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+# define INIT_PERF_EVENTS(tsk)                                  \
+        .perf_event_mutex =                                             \
+                 __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(tsk.perf_event_mutex),             \
+        .perf_event_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tsk.perf_event_list),
 #else
-# define INIT_PERF_COUNTERS(tsk)
+# define INIT_PERF_EVENTS(tsk)
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ extern struct cred init_cred;
         },                                                              \
         .dirties = INIT_PROP_LOCAL_SINGLE(dirties),                     \
         INIT_IDS                                                        \
-        INIT_PERF_COUNTERS(tsk)                                         \
+        INIT_PERF_EVENTS(tsk)                                           \
         INIT_TRACE_IRQFLAGS                                             \
         INIT_LOCKDEP                                                    \
         INIT_FTRACE_GRAPH                                               \
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f64862732673..ae9d9ed6df2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Performance counters:
+ *  Performance events:
  *
  *    Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  *    Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
  *
  *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
  */
-#ifndef _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
-#define _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H
+#ifndef _LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H
+#define _LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ enum perf_type_id {
 };
 
 /*
- * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the
- * attr.event_id parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open()
+ * Generalized performance event event_id types, used by the
+ * attr.event_id parameter of the sys_perf_event_open()
  * syscall:
  */
 enum perf_hw_id {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ enum perf_hw_id {
 };
 
 /*
- * Generalized hardware cache counters:
+ * Generalized hardware cache events:
  *
  *       { L1-D, L1-I, LLC, ITLB, DTLB, BPU } x
  *       { read, write, prefetch } x
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ enum perf_hw_cache_op_result_id {
 };
 
 /*
- * Special "software" counters provided by the kernel, even if the hardware
- * does not support performance counters. These counters measure various
+ * Special "software" events provided by the kernel, even if the hardware
+ * does not support performance events. These events measure various
  * physical and sw events of the kernel (and allow the profiling of them as
  * well):
  */
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ enum perf_sw_ids {
  * Bits that can be set in attr.sample_type to request information
  * in the overflow packets.
  */
-enum perf_counter_sample_format {
+enum perf_event_sample_format {
         PERF_SAMPLE_IP                          = 1U << 0,
         PERF_SAMPLE_TID                         = 1U << 1,
         PERF_SAMPLE_TIME                        = 1U << 2,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ enum perf_counter_sample_format {
 };
 
 /*
- * The format of the data returned by read() on a perf counter fd,
+ * The format of the data returned by read() on a perf event fd,
  * as specified by attr.read_format:
  *
  * struct read_format {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ enum perf_counter_sample_format {
  *      } && PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
  * };
  */
-enum perf_counter_read_format {
+enum perf_event_read_format {
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED          = 1U << 0,
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING          = 1U << 1,
         PERF_FORMAT_ID                          = 1U << 2,
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ enum perf_counter_read_format {
 #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0     64      /* sizeof first published struct */
 
 /*
- * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
+ * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
  */
-struct perf_counter_attr {
+struct perf_event_attr {
 
         /*
          * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
@@ -213,28 +213,28 @@ struct perf_counter_attr {
 };
 
 /*
- * Ioctls that can be done on a perf counter fd:
+ * Ioctls that can be done on a perf event fd:
  */
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE         _IO ('$', 0)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE        _IO ('$', 1)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH        _IO ('$', 2)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET          _IO ('$', 3)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD         _IOW('$', 4, u64)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_IOC_SET_OUTPUT     _IO ('$', 5)
-
-enum perf_counter_ioc_flags {
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE           _IO ('$', 0)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE  _IO ('$', 1)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH  _IO ('$', 2)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET            _IO ('$', 3)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD           _IOW('$', 4, u64)
+#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT       _IO ('$', 5)
+
+enum perf_event_ioc_flags {
         PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP             = 1U << 0,
 };
 
 /*
  * Structure of the page that can be mapped via mmap
  */
-struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
+struct perf_event_mmap_page {
         __u32   version;                /* version number of this structure */
         __u32   compat_version;         /* lowest version this is compat with */
 
         /*
-         * Bits needed to read the hw counters in user-space.
+         * Bits needed to read the hw events in user-space.
          *
          *   u32 seq;
          *   s64 count;
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
          *       processes.
          */
         __u32   lock;                   /* seqlock for synchronization */
-        __u32   index;                  /* hardware counter identifier */
-        __s64   offset;                 /* add to hardware counter value */
-        __u64   time_enabled;           /* time counter active */
-        __u64   time_running;           /* time counter on cpu */
+        __u32   index;                  /* hardware event identifier */
+        __s64   offset;                 /* add to hardware event value */
+        __u64   time_enabled;           /* time event active */
+        __u64   time_running;           /* time event on cpu */
 
                 /*
                  * Hole for extension of the self monitor capabilities
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
          *
          * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an rmb(), on
          * SMP capable platforms, after reading this value -- see
-         * perf_counter_wakeup().
+         * perf_event_wakeup().
          *
          * When the mapping is PROT_WRITE the @data_tail value should be
          * written by userspace to reflect the last read data. In this case
@@ -282,11 +282,11 @@ struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
         __u64   data_tail;              /* user-space written tail */
 };
 
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK            (3 << 0)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN         (0 << 0)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL                  (1 << 0)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER                    (2 << 0)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_HYPERVISOR              (3 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK           (3 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_UNKNOWN                (0 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL                 (1 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER                   (2 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR             (3 << 0)
 
 struct perf_event_header {
         __u32   type;
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      char                            filename[];
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_MMAP                 = 1,
+        PERF_RECORD_MMAP                        = 1,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      u64                             lost;
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_LOST                 = 2,
+        PERF_RECORD_LOST                        = 2,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      char                            comm[];
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_COMM                 = 3,
+        PERF_RECORD_COMM                        = 3,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      u64                             time;
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_EXIT                 = 4,
+        PERF_RECORD_EXIT                        = 4,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      u64                             stream_id;
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE             = 5,
-        PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE           = 6,
+        PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE            = 5,
+        PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE          = 6,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      { u64                           time;     } && PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_FORK                 = 7,
+        PERF_RECORD_FORK                        = 7,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      struct read_format              values;
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_READ                 = 8,
+        PERF_RECORD_READ                        = 8,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      #
          *      # That is, the ABI doesn't make any promises wrt to
          *      # the stability of its content, it may vary depending
-         *      # on event, hardware, kernel version and phase of
+         *      # on event_id, hardware, kernel version and phase of
          *      # the moon.
          *      #
          *      # In other words, PERF_SAMPLE_RAW contents are not an ABI.
@@ -405,9 +405,9 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *        char                  data[size];}&& PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE               = 9,
+        PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE              = 9,
 
-        PERF_EVENT_MAX,                 /* non-ABI */
+        PERF_RECORD_MAX,                        /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 enum perf_callchain_context {
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ enum perf_callchain_context {
  * Kernel-internal data types and definitions:
  */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-# include <asm/perf_counter.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+# include <asm/perf_event.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -459,15 +459,15 @@ struct perf_raw_record {
 struct task_struct;
 
 /**
- * struct hw_perf_counter - performance counter hardware details:
+ * struct hw_perf_event - performance event hardware details:
  */
-struct hw_perf_counter {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+struct hw_perf_event {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         union {
                 struct { /* hardware */
                         u64             config;
                         unsigned long   config_base;
-                        unsigned long   counter_base;
+                        unsigned long   event_base;
                         int             idx;
                 };
                 union { /* software */
@@ -487,26 +487,26 @@ struct hw_perf_counter {
 #endif
 };
 
-struct perf_counter;
+struct perf_event;
 
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
  */
 struct pmu {
-        int (*enable)                   (struct perf_counter *counter);
-        void (*disable)                 (struct perf_counter *counter);
-        void (*read)                    (struct perf_counter *counter);
-        void (*unthrottle)              (struct perf_counter *counter);
+        int (*enable)                   (struct perf_event *event);
+        void (*disable)                 (struct perf_event *event);
+        void (*read)                    (struct perf_event *event);
+        void (*unthrottle)              (struct perf_event *event);
 };
 
 /**
- * enum perf_counter_active_state - the states of a counter
+ * enum perf_event_active_state - the states of a event
  */
-enum perf_counter_active_state {
-        PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR        = -2,
-        PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF          = -1,
-        PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE     =  0,
-        PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE       =  1,
+enum perf_event_active_state {
+        PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR  = -2,
+        PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF            = -1,
+        PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE       =  0,
+        PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE =  1,
 };
 
 struct file;
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ struct perf_mmap_data {
         int                             nr_locked;      /* nr pages mlocked  */
 
         atomic_t                        poll;           /* POLL_ for wakeups */
-        atomic_t                        events;         /* event limit       */
+        atomic_t                        events;         /* event_id limit       */
 
         atomic_long_t                   head;           /* write position    */
         atomic_long_t                   done_head;      /* completed head    */
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ struct perf_mmap_data {
 
         long                            watermark;      /* wakeup watermark  */
 
-        struct perf_counter_mmap_page   *user_page;
+        struct perf_event_mmap_page   *user_page;
         void                            *data_pages[0];
 };
 
@@ -539,56 +539,56 @@ struct perf_pending_entry {
 };
 
 /**
- * struct perf_counter - performance counter kernel representation:
+ * struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
  */
-struct perf_counter {
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+struct perf_event {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         struct list_head                group_entry;
         struct list_head                event_entry;
         struct list_head                sibling_list;
         int                             nr_siblings;
-        struct perf_counter             *group_leader;
-        struct perf_counter             *output;
+        struct perf_event               *group_leader;
+        struct perf_event               *output;
         const struct pmu                *pmu;
 
-        enum perf_counter_active_state  state;
+        enum perf_event_active_state    state;
         atomic64_t                      count;
 
         /*
-         * These are the total time in nanoseconds that the counter
+         * These are the total time in nanoseconds that the event
          * has been enabled (i.e. eligible to run, and the task has
-         * been scheduled in, if this is a per-task counter)
+         * been scheduled in, if this is a per-task event)
          * and running (scheduled onto the CPU), respectively.
          *
          * They are computed from tstamp_enabled, tstamp_running and
-         * tstamp_stopped when the counter is in INACTIVE or ACTIVE state.
+         * tstamp_stopped when the event is in INACTIVE or ACTIVE state.
          */
         u64                             total_time_enabled;
         u64                             total_time_running;
 
         /*
          * These are timestamps used for computing total_time_enabled
-         * and total_time_running when the counter is in INACTIVE or
+         * and total_time_running when the event is in INACTIVE or
          * ACTIVE state, measured in nanoseconds from an arbitrary point
          * in time.
-         * tstamp_enabled: the notional time when the counter was enabled
-         * tstamp_running: the notional time when the counter was scheduled on
+         * tstamp_enabled: the notional time when the event was enabled
+         * tstamp_running: the notional time when the event was scheduled on
          * tstamp_stopped: in INACTIVE state, the notional time when the
-         *      counter was scheduled off.
+         *      event was scheduled off.
          */
         u64                             tstamp_enabled;
         u64                             tstamp_running;
         u64                             tstamp_stopped;
 
-        struct perf_counter_attr        attr;
-        struct hw_perf_counter          hw;
+        struct perf_event_attr  attr;
+        struct hw_perf_event            hw;
 
-        struct perf_counter_context     *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context       *ctx;
         struct file                     *filp;
 
         /*
          * These accumulate total time (in nanoseconds) that children
-         * counters have been enabled and running, respectively.
+         * events have been enabled and running, respectively.
          */
         atomic64_t                      child_total_time_enabled;
         atomic64_t                      child_total_time_running;
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ struct perf_counter {
          */
         struct mutex                    child_mutex;
         struct list_head                child_list;
-        struct perf_counter             *parent;
+        struct perf_event               *parent;
 
         int                             oncpu;
         int                             cpu;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ struct perf_counter {
 
         atomic_t                        event_limit;
 
-        void (*destroy)(struct perf_counter *);
+        void (*destroy)(struct perf_event *);
         struct rcu_head                 rcu_head;
 
         struct pid_namespace            *ns;
@@ -632,18 +632,18 @@ struct perf_counter {
 };
 
 /**
- * struct perf_counter_context - counter context structure
+ * struct perf_event_context - event context structure
  *
- * Used as a container for task counters and CPU counters as well:
+ * Used as a container for task events and CPU events as well:
  */
-struct perf_counter_context {
+struct perf_event_context {
         /*
-         * Protect the states of the counters in the list,
+         * Protect the states of the events in the list,
          * nr_active, and the list:
          */
         spinlock_t                      lock;
         /*
-         * Protect the list of counters.  Locking either mutex or lock
+         * Protect the list of events.  Locking either mutex or lock
          * is sufficient to ensure the list doesn't change; to change
          * the list you need to lock both the mutex and the spinlock.
          */
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ struct perf_counter_context {
 
         struct list_head                group_list;
         struct list_head                event_list;
-        int                             nr_counters;
+        int                             nr_events;
         int                             nr_active;
         int                             is_active;
         int                             nr_stat;
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ struct perf_counter_context {
          * These fields let us detect when two contexts have both
          * been cloned (inherited) from a common ancestor.
          */
-        struct perf_counter_context     *parent_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context       *parent_ctx;
         u64                             parent_gen;
         u64                             generation;
         int                             pin_count;
@@ -676,11 +676,11 @@ struct perf_counter_context {
 };
 
 /**
- * struct perf_counter_cpu_context - per cpu counter context structure
+ * struct perf_event_cpu_context - per cpu event context structure
  */
 struct perf_cpu_context {
-        struct perf_counter_context     ctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context     *task_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context       ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context       *task_ctx;
         int                             active_oncpu;
         int                             max_pertask;
         int                             exclusive;
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {
 };
 
 struct perf_output_handle {
-        struct perf_counter     *counter;
+        struct perf_event       *event;
         struct perf_mmap_data   *data;
         unsigned long           head;
         unsigned long           offset;
@@ -704,35 +704,35 @@ struct perf_output_handle {
         unsigned long           flags;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 
 /*
  * Set by architecture code:
  */
-extern int perf_max_counters;
+extern int perf_max_events;
 
-extern const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter);
+extern const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event);
 
-extern void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
-extern void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
+extern void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
+extern void perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
                                         struct task_struct *next, int cpu);
-extern void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
-extern int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
-extern void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
-extern void perf_counter_free_task(struct task_struct *task);
-extern void set_perf_counter_pending(void);
-extern void perf_counter_do_pending(void);
-extern void perf_counter_print_debug(void);
+extern void perf_event_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu);
+extern int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
+extern void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
+extern void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task);
+extern void set_perf_event_pending(void);
+extern void perf_event_do_pending(void);
+extern void perf_event_print_debug(void);
 extern void __perf_disable(void);
 extern bool __perf_enable(void);
 extern void perf_disable(void);
 extern void perf_enable(void);
-extern int perf_counter_task_disable(void);
-extern int perf_counter_task_enable(void);
-extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
+extern int perf_event_task_disable(void);
+extern int perf_event_task_enable(void);
+extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_leader,
                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-               struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu);
-extern void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter);
+               struct perf_event_context *ctx, int cpu);
+extern void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event);
 
 struct perf_sample_data {
         u64                             type;
@@ -758,96 +758,96 @@ struct perf_sample_data {
 extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                                struct perf_event_header *header,
                                struct perf_sample_data *data,
-                               struct perf_counter *counter);
+                               struct perf_event *event);
 extern void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
                                 struct perf_sample_data *data,
-                                struct perf_counter *counter,
+                                struct perf_event *event,
                                 struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-extern int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
+extern int perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
                                  struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                  struct pt_regs *regs);
 
 /*
- * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
+ * Return 1 for a software event, 0 for a hardware event
  */
-static inline int is_software_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static inline int is_software_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        return (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
-                (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
-                (counter->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE);
+        return (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
+                (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) &&
+                (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE);
 }
 
-extern atomic_t perf_swcounter_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
+extern atomic_t perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
 
-extern void __perf_swcounter_event(u32, u64, int, struct pt_regs *, u64);
+extern void __perf_sw_event(u32, u64, int, struct pt_regs *, u64);
 
 static inline void
-perf_swcounter_event(u32 event, u64 nr, int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr)
+perf_sw_event(u32 event_id, u64 nr, int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr)
 {
-        if (atomic_read(&perf_swcounter_enabled[event]))
-                __perf_swcounter_event(event, nr, nmi, regs, addr);
+        if (atomic_read(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id]))
+                __perf_sw_event(event_id, nr, nmi, regs, addr);
 }
 
-extern void __perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
+extern void __perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 
-static inline void perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
         if (vma->vm_flags & VM_EXEC)
-                __perf_counter_mmap(vma);
+                __perf_event_mmap(vma);
 }
 
-extern void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *tsk);
-extern void perf_counter_fork(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *tsk);
+extern void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 extern struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs);
 
-extern int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid;
-extern int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock;
-extern int sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate;
+extern int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid;
+extern int sysctl_perf_event_mlock;
+extern int sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate;
 
-extern void perf_counter_init(void);
-extern void perf_tpcounter_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count,
+extern void perf_event_init(void);
+extern void perf_tp_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count,
                                  void *record, int entry_size);
 
 #ifndef perf_misc_flags
-#define perf_misc_flags(regs)   (user_mode(regs) ? PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER : \
-                                 PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL)
+#define perf_misc_flags(regs)   (user_mode(regs) ? PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER : \
+                                 PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL)
 #define perf_instruction_pointer(regs)  instruction_pointer(regs)
 #endif
 
 extern int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
-                             struct perf_counter *counter, unsigned int size,
+                             struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size,
                              int nmi, int sample);
 extern void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle);
 extern void perf_output_copy(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                              const void *buf, unsigned int len);
 #else
 static inline void
-perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)           { }
+perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)             { }
 static inline void
-perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
+perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
                             struct task_struct *next, int cpu)          { }
 static inline void
-perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)               { }
-static inline int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)     { return 0; }
-static inline void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)    { }
-static inline void perf_counter_free_task(struct task_struct *task)     { }
-static inline void perf_counter_do_pending(void)                        { }
-static inline void perf_counter_print_debug(void)                       { }
+perf_event_task_tick(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)         { }
+static inline int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)       { return 0; }
+static inline void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)      { }
+static inline void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)       { }
+static inline void perf_event_do_pending(void)                  { }
+static inline void perf_event_print_debug(void)                 { }
 static inline void perf_disable(void)                                   { }
 static inline void perf_enable(void)                                    { }
-static inline int perf_counter_task_disable(void)       { return -EINVAL; }
-static inline int perf_counter_task_enable(void)        { return -EINVAL; }
+static inline int perf_event_task_disable(void) { return -EINVAL; }
+static inline int perf_event_task_enable(void)  { return -EINVAL; }
 
 static inline void
-perf_swcounter_event(u32 event, u64 nr, int nmi,
+perf_sw_event(u32 event_id, u64 nr, int nmi,
                      struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr)                    { }
 
-static inline void perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)        { }
-static inline void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *tsk)           { }
-static inline void perf_counter_fork(struct task_struct *tsk)           { }
-static inline void perf_counter_init(void)                              { }
+static inline void perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)  { }
+static inline void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *tsk)             { }
+static inline void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *tsk)             { }
+static inline void perf_event_init(void)                                { }
 
 #endif
 
@@ -855,4 +855,4 @@ static inline void perf_counter_init(void)				{ }
         perf_output_copy((handle), &(x), sizeof(x))
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-#endif /* _LINUX_PERF_COUNTER_H */
+#endif /* _LINUX_PERF_EVENT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/prctl.h b/include/linux/prctl.h
index b00df4c79c63..07bff666e65b 100644
--- a/include/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/prctl.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 #define PR_SET_TIMERSLACK 29
 #define PR_GET_TIMERSLACK 30
 
-#define PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE           31
-#define PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE            32
+#define PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE             31
+#define PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE              32
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 8af3d249170e..8b265a8986d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct robust_list_head;
 struct bio;
 struct fs_struct;
 struct bts_context;
-struct perf_counter_context;
+struct perf_event_context;
 
 /*
  * List of flags we want to share for kernel threads,
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ struct user_struct {
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         atomic_long_t locked_vm;
 #endif
 };
@@ -1449,10 +1449,10 @@ struct task_struct {
         struct list_head pi_state_list;
         struct futex_pi_state *pi_state_cache;
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-        struct perf_counter_context *perf_counter_ctxp;
-        struct mutex perf_counter_mutex;
-        struct list_head perf_counter_list;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+        struct perf_event_context *perf_event_ctxp;
+        struct mutex perf_event_mutex;
+        struct list_head perf_event_list;
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
         struct mempolicy *mempolicy;    /* Protected by alloc_lock */
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index a8e37821cc60..02f19f9a76c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ struct compat_timeval;
 struct robust_list_head;
 struct getcpu_cache;
 struct old_linux_dirent;
-struct perf_counter_attr;
+struct perf_event_attr;
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ppoll(struct pollfd __user *, unsigned int,
 int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
 
 
-asmlinkage long sys_perf_counter_open(
-                struct perf_counter_attr __user *attr_uptr,
+asmlinkage long sys_perf_event_open(
+                struct perf_event_attr __user *attr_uptr,
                 pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 72a3b437b829..ec91e78244f0 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static inline int ftrace_get_offsets_##call(				\
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE
 
 /*
- * Generate the functions needed for tracepoint perf_counter support.
+ * Generate the functions needed for tracepoint perf_event support.
  *
  * NOTE: The insertion profile callback (ftrace_profile_<call>) is defined later
  *
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
  * {
  *      struct ftrace_data_offsets_<call> __maybe_unused __data_offsets;
  *      struct ftrace_event_call *event_call = &event_<call>;
- *      extern void perf_tpcounter_event(int, u64, u64, void *, int);
+ *      extern void perf_tp_event(int, u64, u64, void *, int);
  *      struct ftrace_raw_##call *entry;
  *      u64 __addr = 0, __count = 1;
  *      unsigned long irq_flags;
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
  *
  *              <assign>  <- affect our values
  *
- *              perf_tpcounter_event(event_call->id, __addr, __count, entry,
+ *              perf_tp_event(event_call->id, __addr, __count, entry,
  *                           __entry_size);  <- submit them to perf counter
  *      } while (0);
  *
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void ftrace_profile_##call(proto)				\
 {                                                                       \
         struct ftrace_data_offsets_##call __maybe_unused __data_offsets;\
         struct ftrace_event_call *event_call = &event_##call;           \
-        extern void perf_tpcounter_event(int, u64, u64, void *, int);   \
+        extern void perf_tp_event(int, u64, u64, void *, int);  \
         struct ftrace_raw_##call *entry;                                \
         u64 __addr = 0, __count = 1;                                    \
         unsigned long irq_flags;                                        \
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ static void ftrace_profile_##call(proto)				\
                                                                         \
                 { assign; }                                             \
                                                                         \
-                perf_tpcounter_event(event_call->id, __addr, __count, entry,\
+                perf_tp_event(event_call->id, __addr, __count, entry,\
                              __entry_size);                             \
         } while (0);                                                    \
                                                                         \
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8e8b76d8a272..cfdf5c322806 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -915,17 +915,17 @@ config AIO
           by some high performance threaded applications. Disabling
           this option saves about 7k.
 
-config HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+config HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
         bool
         help
           See tools/perf/design.txt for details.
 
 menu "Performance Counters"
 
-config PERF_COUNTERS
+config PERF_EVENTS
         bool "Kernel Performance Counters"
         default y if PROFILING
-        depends on HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS
+        depends on HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
         select ANON_INODES
         help
           Enable kernel support for performance counter hardware.
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ config PERF_COUNTERS
 
 config EVENT_PROFILE
         bool "Tracepoint profiling sources"
-        depends on PERF_COUNTERS && EVENT_TRACING
+        depends on PERF_EVENTS && EVENT_TRACING
         default y
         help
          Allow the use of tracepoints as software performance counters.
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 3d9c7e27e3f9..e26a546eac44 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += sched_cpupri.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK) += slow-work.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS) += perf_counter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index ae5d8660ddff..e47ee8a06135 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <linux/tracehook.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/init_task.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ static void delayed_put_task_struct(struct rcu_head *rhp)
 {
         struct task_struct *tsk = container_of(rhp, struct task_struct, rcu);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->perf_counter_ctxp);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(tsk->perf_event_ctxp);
 #endif
         trace_sched_process_free(tsk);
         put_task_struct(tsk);
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ NORET_TYPE void do_exit(long code)
          * Flush inherited counters to the parent - before the parent
          * gets woken up by child-exit notifications.
          */
-        perf_counter_exit_task(tsk);
+        perf_event_exit_task(tsk);
 
         exit_notify(tsk, group_dead);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index bfee931ee3fb..2cebfb23b0b8 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/fs_struct.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
         /* Perform scheduler related setup. Assign this task to a CPU. */
         sched_fork(p, clone_flags);
 
-        retval = perf_counter_init_task(p);
+        retval = perf_event_init_task(p);
         if (retval)
                 goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
         write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
         proc_fork_connector(p);
         cgroup_post_fork(p);
-        perf_counter_fork(p);
+        perf_event_fork(p);
         return p;
 
 bad_fork_free_pid:
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ bad_fork_cleanup_semundo:
 bad_fork_cleanup_audit:
         audit_free(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_policy:
-        perf_counter_free_task(p);
+        perf_event_free_task(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
         mpol_put(p->mempolicy);
 bad_fork_cleanup_cgroup:
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 62de0db8092b..6e8b99a04e1e 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Performance counter core code
+ * Performance event core code
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
  *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar
@@ -26,66 +26,66 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
 /*
- * Each CPU has a list of per CPU counters:
+ * Each CPU has a list of per CPU events:
  */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_cpu_context, perf_cpu_context);
 
-int perf_max_counters __read_mostly = 1;
+int perf_max_events __read_mostly = 1;
 static int perf_reserved_percpu __read_mostly;
 static int perf_overcommit __read_mostly = 1;
 
-static atomic_t nr_counters __read_mostly;
-static atomic_t nr_mmap_counters __read_mostly;
-static atomic_t nr_comm_counters __read_mostly;
-static atomic_t nr_task_counters __read_mostly;
+static atomic_t nr_events __read_mostly;
+static atomic_t nr_mmap_events __read_mostly;
+static atomic_t nr_comm_events __read_mostly;
+static atomic_t nr_task_events __read_mostly;
 
 /*
- * perf counter paranoia level:
+ * perf event paranoia level:
  *  -1 - not paranoid at all
  *   0 - disallow raw tracepoint access for unpriv
- *   1 - disallow cpu counters for unpriv
+ *   1 - disallow cpu events for unpriv
  *   2 - disallow kernel profiling for unpriv
  */
-int sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
+int sysctl_perf_event_paranoid __read_mostly = 1;
 
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw(void)
 {
-        return sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid > -1;
+        return sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > -1;
 }
 
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_cpu(void)
 {
-        return sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid > 0;
+        return sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 0;
 }
 
 static inline bool perf_paranoid_kernel(void)
 {
-        return sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid > 1;
+        return sysctl_perf_event_paranoid > 1;
 }
 
-int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock __read_mostly = 512; /* 'free' kb per user */
+int sysctl_perf_event_mlock __read_mostly = 512; /* 'free' kb per user */
 
 /*
- * max perf counter sample rate
+ * max perf event sample rate
  */
-int sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate __read_mostly = 100000;
+int sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate __read_mostly = 100000;
 
-static atomic64_t perf_counter_id;
+static atomic64_t perf_event_id;
 
 /*
- * Lock for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
+ * Lock for (sysadmin-configurable) event reservations:
  */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(perf_resource_lock);
 
 /*
  * Architecture provided APIs - weak aliases:
  */
-extern __weak const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+extern __weak const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         return NULL;
 }
@@ -93,18 +93,18 @@ extern __weak const struct pmu *hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counte
 void __weak hw_perf_disable(void)               { barrier(); }
 void __weak hw_perf_enable(void)                { barrier(); }
 
-void __weak hw_perf_counter_setup(int cpu)      { barrier(); }
-void __weak hw_perf_counter_setup_online(int cpu)       { barrier(); }
+void __weak hw_perf_event_setup(int cpu)        { barrier(); }
+void __weak hw_perf_event_setup_online(int cpu) { barrier(); }
 
 int __weak
-hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
+hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_leader,
                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-               struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu)
+               struct perf_event_context *ctx, int cpu)
 {
         return 0;
 }
 
-void __weak perf_counter_print_debug(void)      { }
+void __weak perf_event_print_debug(void)        { }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, perf_disable_count);
 
@@ -130,20 +130,20 @@ void perf_enable(void)
                 hw_perf_enable();
 }
 
-static void get_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void get_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         WARN_ON(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&ctx->refcount));
 }
 
 static void free_ctx(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
 
-        ctx = container_of(head, struct perf_counter_context, rcu_head);
+        ctx = container_of(head, struct perf_event_context, rcu_head);
         kfree(ctx);
 }
 
-static void put_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         if (atomic_dec_and_test(&ctx->refcount)) {
                 if (ctx->parent_ctx)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
         }
 }
 
-static void unclone_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void unclone_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         if (ctx->parent_ctx) {
                 put_ctx(ctx->parent_ctx);
@@ -163,37 +163,37 @@ static void unclone_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
- * If we inherit counters we want to return the parent counter id
+ * If we inherit events we want to return the parent event id
  * to userspace.
  */
-static u64 primary_counter_id(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static u64 primary_event_id(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        u64 id = counter->id;
+        u64 id = event->id;
 
-        if (counter->parent)
-                id = counter->parent->id;
+        if (event->parent)
+                id = event->parent->id;
 
         return id;
 }
 
 /*
- * Get the perf_counter_context for a task and lock it.
+ * Get the perf_event_context for a task and lock it.
  * This has to cope with with the fact that until it is locked,
  * the context could get moved to another task.
  */
-static struct perf_counter_context *
+static struct perf_event_context *
 perf_lock_task_context(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *flags)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
  retry:
-        ctx = rcu_dereference(task->perf_counter_ctxp);
+        ctx = rcu_dereference(task->perf_event_ctxp);
         if (ctx) {
                 /*
                  * If this context is a clone of another, it might
                  * get swapped for another underneath us by
-                 * perf_counter_task_sched_out, though the
+                 * perf_event_task_sched_out, though the
                  * rcu_read_lock() protects us from any context
                  * getting freed.  Lock the context and check if it
                  * got swapped before we could get the lock, and retry
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ perf_lock_task_context(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *flags)
                  * can't get swapped on us any more.
                  */
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, *flags);
-                if (ctx != rcu_dereference(task->perf_counter_ctxp)) {
+                if (ctx != rcu_dereference(task->perf_event_ctxp)) {
                         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, *flags);
                         goto retry;
                 }
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ perf_lock_task_context(struct task_struct *task, unsigned long *flags)
  * can't get swapped to another task.  This also increments its
  * reference count so that the context can't get freed.
  */
-static struct perf_counter_context *perf_pin_task_context(struct task_struct *task)
+static struct perf_event_context *perf_pin_task_context(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
         unsigned long flags;
 
         ctx = perf_lock_task_context(task, &flags);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static struct perf_counter_context *perf_pin_task_context(struct task_struct *ta
         return ctx;
 }
 
-static void perf_unpin_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void perf_unpin_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -244,59 +244,59 @@ static void perf_unpin_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
- * Add a counter from the lists for its context.
+ * Add a event from the lists for its context.
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex and ctx->lock held.
  */
 static void
-list_add_counter(struct perf_counter *counter, struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+list_add_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *group_leader = counter->group_leader;
+        struct perf_event *group_leader = event->group_leader;
 
         /*
-         * Depending on whether it is a standalone or sibling counter,
-         * add it straight to the context's counter list, or to the group
+         * Depending on whether it is a standalone or sibling event,
+         * add it straight to the context's event list, or to the group
          * leader's sibling list:
          */
-        if (group_leader == counter)
-                list_add_tail(&counter->group_entry, &ctx->group_list);
+        if (group_leader == event)
+                list_add_tail(&event->group_entry, &ctx->group_list);
         else {
-                list_add_tail(&counter->group_entry, &group_leader->sibling_list);
+                list_add_tail(&event->group_entry, &group_leader->sibling_list);
                 group_leader->nr_siblings++;
         }
 
-        list_add_rcu(&counter->event_entry, &ctx->event_list);
-        ctx->nr_counters++;
-        if (counter->attr.inherit_stat)
+        list_add_rcu(&event->event_entry, &ctx->event_list);
+        ctx->nr_events++;
+        if (event->attr.inherit_stat)
                 ctx->nr_stat++;
 }
 
 /*
- * Remove a counter from the lists for its context.
+ * Remove a event from the lists for its context.
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex and ctx->lock held.
  */
 static void
-list_del_counter(struct perf_counter *counter, struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *sibling, *tmp;
+        struct perf_event *sibling, *tmp;
 
-        if (list_empty(&counter->group_entry))
+        if (list_empty(&event->group_entry))
                 return;
-        ctx->nr_counters--;
-        if (counter->attr.inherit_stat)
+        ctx->nr_events--;
+        if (event->attr.inherit_stat)
                 ctx->nr_stat--;
 
-        list_del_init(&counter->group_entry);
-        list_del_rcu(&counter->event_entry);
+        list_del_init(&event->group_entry);
+        list_del_rcu(&event->event_entry);
 
-        if (counter->group_leader != counter)
-                counter->group_leader->nr_siblings--;
+        if (event->group_leader != event)
+                event->group_leader->nr_siblings--;
 
         /*
-         * If this was a group counter with sibling counters then
-         * upgrade the siblings to singleton counters by adding them
+         * If this was a group event with sibling events then
+         * upgrade the siblings to singleton events by adding them
          * to the context list directly:
          */
-        list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, tmp, &counter->sibling_list, group_entry) {
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, tmp, &event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
 
                 list_move_tail(&sibling->group_entry, &ctx->group_list);
                 sibling->group_leader = sibling;
@@ -304,62 +304,62 @@ list_del_counter(struct perf_counter *counter, struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
 }
 
 static void
-counter_sched_out(struct perf_counter *counter,
+event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
                   struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-                  struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+                  struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        if (event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                 return;
 
-        counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
-        if (counter->pending_disable) {
-                counter->pending_disable = 0;
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
+        if (event->pending_disable) {
+                event->pending_disable = 0;
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
         }
-        counter->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
-        counter->pmu->disable(counter);
-        counter->oncpu = -1;
+        event->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
+        event->pmu->disable(event);
+        event->oncpu = -1;
 
-        if (!is_software_counter(counter))
+        if (!is_software_event(event))
                 cpuctx->active_oncpu--;
         ctx->nr_active--;
-        if (counter->attr.exclusive || !cpuctx->active_oncpu)
+        if (event->attr.exclusive || !cpuctx->active_oncpu)
                 cpuctx->exclusive = 0;
 }
 
 static void
-group_sched_out(struct perf_counter *group_counter,
+group_sched_out(struct perf_event *group_event,
                 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-                struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+                struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        if (group_counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        if (group_event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                 return;
 
-        counter_sched_out(group_counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+        event_sched_out(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
         /*
          * Schedule out siblings (if any):
          */
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &group_counter->sibling_list, group_entry)
-                counter_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry)
+                event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
-        if (group_counter->attr.exclusive)
+        if (group_event->attr.exclusive)
                 cpuctx->exclusive = 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * Cross CPU call to remove a performance counter
+ * Cross CPU call to remove a performance event
  *
- * We disable the counter on the hardware level first. After that we
+ * We disable the event on the hardware level first. After that we
  * remove it from the context list.
  */
-static void __perf_counter_remove_from_context(void *info)
+static void __perf_event_remove_from_context(void *info)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter *counter = info;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event = info;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
         /*
          * If this is a task context, we need to check whether it is
@@ -372,22 +372,22 @@ static void __perf_counter_remove_from_context(void *info)
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
         /*
          * Protect the list operation against NMI by disabling the
-         * counters on a global level.
+         * events on a global level.
          */
         perf_disable();
 
-        counter_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+        event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
-        list_del_counter(counter, ctx);
+        list_del_event(event, ctx);
 
         if (!ctx->task) {
                 /*
-                 * Allow more per task counters with respect to the
+                 * Allow more per task events with respect to the
                  * reservation:
                  */
                 cpuctx->max_pertask =
-                        min(perf_max_counters - ctx->nr_counters,
-                            perf_max_counters - perf_reserved_percpu);
+                        min(perf_max_events - ctx->nr_events,
+                            perf_max_events - perf_reserved_percpu);
         }
 
         perf_enable();
@@ -396,56 +396,56 @@ static void __perf_counter_remove_from_context(void *info)
 
 
 /*
- * Remove the counter from a task's (or a CPU's) list of counters.
+ * Remove the event from a task's (or a CPU's) list of events.
  *
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex held.
  *
- * CPU counters are removed with a smp call. For task counters we only
+ * CPU events are removed with a smp call. For task events we only
  * call when the task is on a CPU.
  *
- * If counter->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
- * every task struct that counter->ctx->task could possibly point to
+ * 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 is OK when called from perf_release since
  * that only calls us on the top-level context, which can't be a clone.
- * When called from perf_counter_exit_task, it's OK because the
+ * When called from perf_event_exit_task, it's OK because the
  * context has been detached from its task.
  */
-static void perf_counter_remove_from_context(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_event_remove_from_context(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         struct task_struct *task = ctx->task;
 
         if (!task) {
                 /*
-                 * Per cpu counters are removed via an smp call and
+                 * Per cpu events are removed via an smp call and
                  * the removal is always sucessful.
                  */
-                smp_call_function_single(counter->cpu,
-                                         __perf_counter_remove_from_context,
-                                         counter, 1);
+                smp_call_function_single(event->cpu,
+                                         __perf_event_remove_from_context,
+                                         event, 1);
                 return;
         }
 
 retry:
-        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_counter_remove_from_context,
-                                 counter);
+        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_event_remove_from_context,
+                                 event);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
         /*
          * If the context is active we need to retry the smp call.
          */
-        if (ctx->nr_active && !list_empty(&counter->group_entry)) {
+        if (ctx->nr_active && !list_empty(&event->group_entry)) {
                 spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
                 goto retry;
         }
 
         /*
          * The lock prevents that this context is scheduled in so we
-         * can remove the counter safely, if the call above did not
+         * can remove the event safely, if the call above did not
          * succeed.
          */
-        if (!list_empty(&counter->group_entry)) {
-                list_del_counter(counter, ctx);
+        if (!list_empty(&event->group_entry)) {
+                list_del_event(event, ctx);
         }
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 }
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static inline u64 perf_clock(void)
 /*
  * Update the record of the current time in a context.
  */
-static void update_context_time(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void update_context_time(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         u64 now = perf_clock();
 
@@ -467,51 +467,51 @@ static void update_context_time(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
- * Update the total_time_enabled and total_time_running fields for a counter.
+ * Update the total_time_enabled and total_time_running fields for a event.
  */
-static void update_counter_times(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void update_event_times(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         u64 run_end;
 
-        if (counter->state < PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE ||
-            counter->group_leader->state < PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+        if (event->state < PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE ||
+            event->group_leader->state < PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                 return;
 
-        counter->total_time_enabled = ctx->time - counter->tstamp_enabled;
+        event->total_time_enabled = ctx->time - event->tstamp_enabled;
 
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
-                run_end = counter->tstamp_stopped;
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
+                run_end = event->tstamp_stopped;
         else
                 run_end = ctx->time;
 
-        counter->total_time_running = run_end - counter->tstamp_running;
+        event->total_time_running = run_end - event->tstamp_running;
 }
 
 /*
- * Update total_time_enabled and total_time_running for all counters in a group.
+ * Update total_time_enabled and total_time_running for all events in a group.
  */
-static void update_group_times(struct perf_counter *leader)
+static void update_group_times(struct perf_event *leader)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        update_counter_times(leader);
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
-                update_counter_times(counter);
+        update_event_times(leader);
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
+                update_event_times(event);
 }
 
 /*
- * Cross CPU call to disable a performance counter
+ * Cross CPU call to disable a performance event
  */
-static void __perf_counter_disable(void *info)
+static void __perf_event_disable(void *info)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = info;
+        struct perf_event *event = info;
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
         /*
-         * If this is a per-task counter, need to check whether this
-         * counter's task is the current task on this cpu.
+         * If this is a per-task event, need to check whether this
+         * event's task is the current task on this cpu.
          */
         if (ctx->task && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx)
                 return;
@@ -519,57 +519,57 @@ static void __perf_counter_disable(void *info)
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
         /*
-         * If the counter is on, turn it off.
+         * If the event is on, turn it off.
          * If it is in error state, leave it in error state.
          */
-        if (counter->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE) {
+        if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
                 update_context_time(ctx);
-                update_group_times(counter);
-                if (counter == counter->group_leader)
-                        group_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+                update_group_times(event);
+                if (event == event->group_leader)
+                        group_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
                 else
-                        counter_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+                        event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
         }
 
         spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 /*
- * Disable a counter.
+ * Disable a event.
  *
- * If counter->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
- * every task struct that counter->ctx->task could possibly point to
+ * 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
- * perf_counter_for_each_child or perf_counter_for_each because they
- * hold the top-level counter's child_mutex, so any descendant that
- * goes to exit will block in sync_child_counter.
- * When called from perf_pending_counter it's OK because counter->ctx
+ * 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 sync_child_event.
+ * When called from perf_pending_event it's OK because event->ctx
  * is the current context on this CPU and preemption is disabled,
- * hence we can't get into perf_counter_task_sched_out for this context.
+ * hence we can't get into perf_event_task_sched_out for this context.
  */
-static void perf_counter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         struct task_struct *task = ctx->task;
 
         if (!task) {
                 /*
-                 * Disable the counter on the cpu that it's on
+                 * Disable the event on the cpu that it's on
                  */
-                smp_call_function_single(counter->cpu, __perf_counter_disable,
-                                         counter, 1);
+                smp_call_function_single(event->cpu, __perf_event_disable,
+                                         event, 1);
                 return;
         }
 
  retry:
-        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_counter_disable, counter);
+        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_event_disable, event);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
         /*
-         * If the counter is still active, we need to retry the cross-call.
+         * If the event is still active, we need to retry the cross-call.
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
                 spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
                 goto retry;
         }
@@ -578,73 +578,73 @@ static void perf_counter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
          * Since we have the lock this context can't be scheduled
          * in, so we can change the state safely.
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE) {
-                update_group_times(counter);
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
+                update_group_times(event);
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
         }
 
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 static int
-counter_sched_in(struct perf_counter *counter,
+event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
                  struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-                 struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+                 struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                  int cpu)
 {
-        if (counter->state <= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF)
+        if (event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                 return 0;
 
-        counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE;
-        counter->oncpu = cpu;   /* TODO: put 'cpu' into cpuctx->cpu */
+        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE;
+        event->oncpu = cpu;     /* TODO: put 'cpu' into cpuctx->cpu */
         /*
          * The new state must be visible before we turn it on in the hardware:
          */
         smp_wmb();
 
-        if (counter->pmu->enable(counter)) {
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
-                counter->oncpu = -1;
+        if (event->pmu->enable(event)) {
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
+                event->oncpu = -1;
                 return -EAGAIN;
         }
 
-        counter->tstamp_running += ctx->time - counter->tstamp_stopped;
+        event->tstamp_running += ctx->time - event->tstamp_stopped;
 
-        if (!is_software_counter(counter))
+        if (!is_software_event(event))
                 cpuctx->active_oncpu++;
         ctx->nr_active++;
 
-        if (counter->attr.exclusive)
+        if (event->attr.exclusive)
                 cpuctx->exclusive = 1;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
 static int
-group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_counter,
+group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-               struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+               struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                int cpu)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter, *partial_group;
+        struct perf_event *event, *partial_group;
         int ret;
 
-        if (group_counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF)
+        if (group_event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                 return 0;
 
-        ret = hw_perf_group_sched_in(group_counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
+        ret = hw_perf_group_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
         if (ret)
                 return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
 
-        if (counter_sched_in(group_counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
+        if (event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
                 return -EAGAIN;
 
         /*
          * Schedule in siblings as one group (if any):
          */
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &group_counter->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-                if (counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu)) {
-                        partial_group = counter;
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
+                if (event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu)) {
+                        partial_group = event;
                         goto group_error;
                 }
         }
@@ -656,57 +656,57 @@ group_error:
          * Groups can be scheduled in as one unit only, so undo any
          * partial group before returning:
          */
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &group_counter->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-                if (counter == partial_group)
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
+                if (event == partial_group)
                         break;
-                counter_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+                event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
         }
-        counter_sched_out(group_counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+        event_sched_out(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
         return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
 /*
- * Return 1 for a group consisting entirely of software counters,
- * 0 if the group contains any hardware counters.
+ * Return 1 for a group consisting entirely of software events,
+ * 0 if the group contains any hardware events.
  */
-static int is_software_only_group(struct perf_counter *leader)
+static int is_software_only_group(struct perf_event *leader)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        if (!is_software_counter(leader))
+        if (!is_software_event(leader))
                 return 0;
 
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
-                if (!is_software_counter(counter))
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
+                if (!is_software_event(event))
                         return 0;
 
         return 1;
 }
 
 /*
- * Work out whether we can put this counter group on the CPU now.
+ * Work out whether we can put this event group on the CPU now.
  */
-static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_event *event,
                            struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
                            int can_add_hw)
 {
         /*
-         * Groups consisting entirely of software counters can always go on.
+         * Groups consisting entirely of software events can always go on.
          */
-        if (is_software_only_group(counter))
+        if (is_software_only_group(event))
                 return 1;
         /*
          * If an exclusive group is already on, no other hardware
-         * counters can go on.
+         * events can go on.
          */
         if (cpuctx->exclusive)
                 return 0;
         /*
          * If this group is exclusive and there are already
-         * counters on the CPU, it can't go on.
+         * events on the CPU, it can't go on.
          */
-        if (counter->attr.exclusive && cpuctx->active_oncpu)
+        if (event->attr.exclusive && cpuctx->active_oncpu)
                 return 0;
         /*
          * Otherwise, try to add it if all previous groups were able
@@ -715,26 +715,26 @@ static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_counter *counter,
         return can_add_hw;
 }
 
-static void add_counter_to_ctx(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                               struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void add_event_to_ctx(struct perf_event *event,
+                               struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        list_add_counter(counter, ctx);
-        counter->tstamp_enabled = ctx->time;
-        counter->tstamp_running = ctx->time;
-        counter->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
+        list_add_event(event, ctx);
+        event->tstamp_enabled = ctx->time;
+        event->tstamp_running = ctx->time;
+        event->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
 }
 
 /*
- * Cross CPU call to install and enable a performance counter
+ * Cross CPU call to install and enable a performance event
  *
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex held
  */
 static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter *counter = info;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *leader = counter->group_leader;
+        struct perf_event *event = info;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader;
         int cpu = smp_processor_id();
         int err;
 
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
          * the current task context of this cpu. If not it has been
          * scheduled out before the smp call arrived.
          * Or possibly this is the right context but it isn't
-         * on this cpu because it had no counters.
+         * on this cpu because it had no events.
          */
         if (ctx->task && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx) {
                 if (cpuctx->task_ctx || ctx->task != current)
@@ -757,41 +757,41 @@ static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
 
         /*
          * Protect the list operation against NMI by disabling the
-         * counters on a global level. NOP for non NMI based counters.
+         * events on a global level. NOP for non NMI based events.
          */
         perf_disable();
 
-        add_counter_to_ctx(counter, ctx);
+        add_event_to_ctx(event, ctx);
 
         /*
-         * Don't put the counter on if it is disabled or if
+         * Don't put the event on if it is disabled or if
          * it is in a group and the group isn't on.
          */
-        if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE ||
-            (leader != counter && leader->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE))
+        if (event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE ||
+            (leader != event && leader->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE))
                 goto unlock;
 
         /*
-         * An exclusive counter can't go on if there are already active
-         * hardware counters, and no hardware counter can go on if there
-         * is already an exclusive counter on.
+         * An exclusive event can't go on if there are already active
+         * hardware events, and no hardware event can go on if there
+         * is already an exclusive event on.
          */
-        if (!group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, 1))
+        if (!group_can_go_on(event, cpuctx, 1))
                 err = -EEXIST;
         else
-                err = counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
+                err = event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
 
         if (err) {
                 /*
-                 * This counter couldn't go on.  If it is in a group
+                 * This event couldn't go on.  If it is in a group
                  * then we have to pull the whole group off.
-                 * If the counter group is pinned then put it in error state.
+                 * If the event group is pinned then put it in error state.
                  */
-                if (leader != counter)
+                if (leader != event)
                         group_sched_out(leader, cpuctx, ctx);
                 if (leader->attr.pinned) {
                         update_group_times(leader);
-                        leader->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR;
+                        leader->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -805,92 +805,92 @@ static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
 }
 
 /*
- * Attach a performance counter to a context
+ * Attach a performance event to a context
  *
- * First we add the counter to the list with the hardware enable bit
- * in counter->hw_config cleared.
+ * First we add the event to the list with the hardware enable bit
+ * in event->hw_config cleared.
  *
- * If the counter is attached to a task which is on a CPU we use a smp
+ * If the event is attached to a task which is on a CPU we use a smp
  * call to enable it in the task context. The task might have been
  * scheduled away, but we check this in the smp call again.
  *
  * Must be called with ctx->mutex held.
  */
 static void
-perf_install_in_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
-                        struct perf_counter *counter,
+perf_install_in_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+                        struct perf_event *event,
                         int cpu)
 {
         struct task_struct *task = ctx->task;
 
         if (!task) {
                 /*
-                 * Per cpu counters are installed via an smp call and
+                 * Per cpu events are installed via an smp call and
                  * the install is always sucessful.
                  */
                 smp_call_function_single(cpu, __perf_install_in_context,
-                                         counter, 1);
+                                         event, 1);
                 return;
         }
 
 retry:
         task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_install_in_context,
-                                 counter);
+                                 event);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
         /*
          * we need to retry the smp call.
          */
-        if (ctx->is_active && list_empty(&counter->group_entry)) {
+        if (ctx->is_active && list_empty(&event->group_entry)) {
                 spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
                 goto retry;
         }
 
         /*
          * The lock prevents that this context is scheduled in so we
-         * can add the counter safely, if it the call above did not
+         * can add the event safely, if it the call above did not
          * succeed.
          */
-        if (list_empty(&counter->group_entry))
-                add_counter_to_ctx(counter, ctx);
+        if (list_empty(&event->group_entry))
+                add_event_to_ctx(event, ctx);
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 /*
- * Put a counter into inactive state and update time fields.
+ * Put a event into inactive state and update time fields.
  * Enabling the leader of a group effectively enables all
  * the group members that aren't explicitly disabled, so we
  * have to update their ->tstamp_enabled also.
  * Note: this works for group members as well as group leaders
  * since the non-leader members' sibling_lists will be empty.
  */
-static void __perf_counter_mark_enabled(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                        struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void __perf_event_mark_enabled(struct perf_event *event,
+                                        struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *sub;
+        struct perf_event *sub;
 
-        counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
-        counter->tstamp_enabled = ctx->time - counter->total_time_enabled;
-        list_for_each_entry(sub, &counter->sibling_list, group_entry)
-                if (sub->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
+        event->tstamp_enabled = ctx->time - event->total_time_enabled;
+        list_for_each_entry(sub, &event->sibling_list, group_entry)
+                if (sub->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                         sub->tstamp_enabled =
                                 ctx->time - sub->total_time_enabled;
 }
 
 /*
- * Cross CPU call to enable a performance counter
+ * Cross CPU call to enable a performance event
  */
-static void __perf_counter_enable(void *info)
+static void __perf_event_enable(void *info)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = info;
+        struct perf_event *event = info;
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *leader = counter->group_leader;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader;
         int err;
 
         /*
-         * If this is a per-task counter, need to check whether this
-         * counter's task is the current task on this cpu.
+         * If this is a per-task event, need to check whether this
+         * event's task is the current task on this cpu.
          */
         if (ctx->task && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx) {
                 if (cpuctx->task_ctx || ctx->task != current)
@@ -902,40 +902,40 @@ static void __perf_counter_enable(void *info)
         ctx->is_active = 1;
         update_context_time(ctx);
 
-        if (counter->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+        if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                 goto unlock;
-        __perf_counter_mark_enabled(counter, ctx);
+        __perf_event_mark_enabled(event, ctx);
 
         /*
-         * If the counter is in a group and isn't the group leader,
+         * If the event is in a group and isn't the group leader,
          * then don't put it on unless the group is on.
          */
-        if (leader != counter && leader->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        if (leader != event && leader->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                 goto unlock;
 
-        if (!group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, 1)) {
+        if (!group_can_go_on(event, cpuctx, 1)) {
                 err = -EEXIST;
         } else {
                 perf_disable();
-                if (counter == leader)
-                        err = group_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx,
+                if (event == leader)
+                        err = group_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx,
                                              smp_processor_id());
                 else
-                        err = counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx,
+                        err = event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx,
                                                smp_processor_id());
                 perf_enable();
         }
 
         if (err) {
                 /*
-                 * If this counter can't go on and it's part of a
+                 * If this event can't go on and it's part of a
                  * group, then the whole group has to come off.
                  */
-                if (leader != counter)
+                if (leader != event)
                         group_sched_out(leader, cpuctx, ctx);
                 if (leader->attr.pinned) {
                         update_group_times(leader);
-                        leader->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR;
+                        leader->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -944,98 +944,98 @@ static void __perf_counter_enable(void *info)
 }
 
 /*
- * Enable a counter.
+ * Enable a event.
  *
- * If counter->ctx is a cloned context, callers must make sure that
- * every task struct that counter->ctx->task could possibly point to
+ * 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 satisfied when called through
- * perf_counter_for_each_child or perf_counter_for_each as described
- * for perf_counter_disable.
+ * perf_event_for_each_child or perf_event_for_each as described
+ * for perf_event_disable.
  */
-static void perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         struct task_struct *task = ctx->task;
 
         if (!task) {
                 /*
-                 * Enable the counter on the cpu that it's on
+                 * Enable the event on the cpu that it's on
                  */
-                smp_call_function_single(counter->cpu, __perf_counter_enable,
-                                         counter, 1);
+                smp_call_function_single(event->cpu, __perf_event_enable,
+                                         event, 1);
                 return;
         }
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
-        if (counter->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+        if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                 goto out;
 
         /*
-         * If the counter is in error state, clear that first.
-         * That way, if we see the counter in error state below, we
+         * If the event is in error state, clear that first.
+         * That way, if we see the event in error state below, we
          * know that it has gone back into error state, as distinct
          * from the task having been scheduled away before the
          * cross-call arrived.
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR)
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR)
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 
  retry:
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
-        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_counter_enable, counter);
+        task_oncpu_function_call(task, __perf_event_enable, event);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 
         /*
-         * If the context is active and the counter is still off,
+         * If the context is active and the event is still off,
          * we need to retry the cross-call.
          */
-        if (ctx->is_active && counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF)
+        if (ctx->is_active && event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                 goto retry;
 
         /*
          * Since we have the lock this context can't be scheduled
          * in, so we can change the state safely.
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF)
-                __perf_counter_mark_enabled(counter, ctx);
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+                __perf_event_mark_enabled(event, ctx);
 
  out:
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_refresh(struct perf_counter *counter, int refresh)
+static int perf_event_refresh(struct perf_event *event, int refresh)
 {
         /*
-         * not supported on inherited counters
+         * not supported on inherited events
          */
-        if (counter->attr.inherit)
+        if (event->attr.inherit)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        atomic_add(refresh, &counter->event_limit);
-        perf_counter_enable(counter);
+        atomic_add(refresh, &event->event_limit);
+        perf_event_enable(event);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-void __perf_counter_sched_out(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+void __perf_event_sched_out(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                               struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
         ctx->is_active = 0;
-        if (likely(!ctx->nr_counters))
+        if (likely(!ctx->nr_events))
                 goto out;
         update_context_time(ctx);
 
         perf_disable();
         if (ctx->nr_active) {
-                list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                        if (counter != counter->group_leader)
-                                counter_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+                list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                        if (event != event->group_leader)
+                                event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
                         else
-                                group_sched_out(counter, cpuctx, ctx);
+                                group_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
                 }
         }
         perf_enable();
@@ -1046,46 +1046,46 @@ void __perf_counter_sched_out(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
 /*
  * Test whether two contexts are equivalent, i.e. whether they
  * have both been cloned from the same version of the same context
- * and they both have the same number of enabled counters.
- * If the number of enabled counters is the same, then the set
- * of enabled counters should be the same, because these are both
- * inherited contexts, therefore we can't access individual counters
+ * and they both have the same number of enabled events.
+ * If the number of enabled events is the same, then the set
+ * of enabled events should be the same, because these are both
+ * inherited contexts, therefore we can't access individual events
  * in them directly with an fd; we can only enable/disable all
- * counters via prctl, or enable/disable all counters in a family
+ * events via prctl, or enable/disable all events in a family
  * via ioctl, which will have the same effect on both contexts.
  */
-static int context_equiv(struct perf_counter_context *ctx1,
-                         struct perf_counter_context *ctx2)
+static int context_equiv(struct perf_event_context *ctx1,
+                         struct perf_event_context *ctx2)
 {
         return ctx1->parent_ctx && ctx1->parent_ctx == ctx2->parent_ctx
                 && ctx1->parent_gen == ctx2->parent_gen
                 && !ctx1->pin_count && !ctx2->pin_count;
 }
 
-static void __perf_counter_read(void *counter);
+static void __perf_event_read(void *event);
 
-static void __perf_counter_sync_stat(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                     struct perf_counter *next_counter)
+static void __perf_event_sync_stat(struct perf_event *event,
+                                     struct perf_event *next_event)
 {
         u64 value;
 
-        if (!counter->attr.inherit_stat)
+        if (!event->attr.inherit_stat)
                 return;
 
         /*
-         * Update the counter value, we cannot use perf_counter_read()
+         * Update the event value, we cannot use perf_event_read()
          * because we're in the middle of a context switch and have IRQs
          * disabled, which upsets smp_call_function_single(), however
-         * we know the counter must be on the current CPU, therefore we
+         * we know the event must be on the current CPU, therefore we
          * don't need to use it.
          */
-        switch (counter->state) {
-        case PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE:
-                __perf_counter_read(counter);
+        switch (event->state) {
+        case PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE:
+                __perf_event_read(event);
                 break;
 
-        case PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE:
-                update_counter_times(counter);
+        case PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE:
+                update_event_times(event);
                 break;
 
         default:
@@ -1093,73 +1093,73 @@ static void __perf_counter_sync_stat(struct perf_counter *counter,
         }
 
         /*
-         * In order to keep per-task stats reliable we need to flip the counter
+         * In order to keep per-task stats reliable we need to flip the event
          * values when we flip the contexts.
          */
-        value = atomic64_read(&next_counter->count);
-        value = atomic64_xchg(&counter->count, value);
-        atomic64_set(&next_counter->count, value);
+        value = atomic64_read(&next_event->count);
+        value = atomic64_xchg(&event->count, value);
+        atomic64_set(&next_event->count, value);
 
-        swap(counter->total_time_enabled, next_counter->total_time_enabled);
-        swap(counter->total_time_running, next_counter->total_time_running);
+        swap(event->total_time_enabled, next_event->total_time_enabled);
+        swap(event->total_time_running, next_event->total_time_running);
 
         /*
          * Since we swizzled the values, update the user visible data too.
          */
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(next_counter);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(next_event);
 }
 
 #define list_next_entry(pos, member) \
         list_entry(pos->member.next, typeof(*pos), member)
 
-static void perf_counter_sync_stat(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
-                                   struct perf_counter_context *next_ctx)
+static void perf_event_sync_stat(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+                                   struct perf_event_context *next_ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter, *next_counter;
+        struct perf_event *event, *next_event;
 
         if (!ctx->nr_stat)
                 return;
 
-        counter = list_first_entry(&ctx->event_list,
-                                   struct perf_counter, event_entry);
+        event = list_first_entry(&ctx->event_list,
+                                   struct perf_event, event_entry);
 
-        next_counter = list_first_entry(&next_ctx->event_list,
-                                        struct perf_counter, event_entry);
+        next_event = list_first_entry(&next_ctx->event_list,
+                                        struct perf_event, event_entry);
 
-        while (&counter->event_entry != &ctx->event_list &&
-               &next_counter->event_entry != &next_ctx->event_list) {
+        while (&event->event_entry != &ctx->event_list &&
+               &next_event->event_entry != &next_ctx->event_list) {
 
-                __perf_counter_sync_stat(counter, next_counter);
+                __perf_event_sync_stat(event, next_event);
 
-                counter = list_next_entry(counter, event_entry);
-                next_counter = list_next_entry(next_counter, event_entry);
+                event = list_next_entry(event, event_entry);
+                next_event = list_next_entry(next_event, event_entry);
         }
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from scheduler to remove the counters of the current task,
+ * Called from scheduler to remove the events of the current task,
  * with interrupts disabled.
  *
- * We stop each counter and update the counter value in counter->count.
+ * We stop each event and update the event value in event->count.
  *
  * This does not protect us against NMI, but disable()
- * sets the disabled bit in the control field of counter _before_
- * accessing the counter control register. If a NMI hits, then it will
- * not restart the counter.
+ * sets the disabled bit in the control field of event _before_
+ * accessing the event control register. If a NMI hits, then it will
+ * not restart the event.
  */
-void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
+void perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
                                  struct task_struct *next, int cpu)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = task->perf_counter_ctxp;
-        struct perf_counter_context *next_ctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *parent;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = task->perf_event_ctxp;
+        struct perf_event_context *next_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *parent;
         struct pt_regs *regs;
         int do_switch = 1;
 
         regs = task_pt_regs(task);
-        perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 1, regs, 0);
+        perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 1, regs, 0);
 
         if (likely(!ctx || !cpuctx->task_ctx))
                 return;
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 
         rcu_read_lock();
         parent = rcu_dereference(ctx->parent_ctx);
-        next_ctx = next->perf_counter_ctxp;
+        next_ctx = next->perf_event_ctxp;
         if (parent && next_ctx &&
             rcu_dereference(next_ctx->parent_ctx) == parent) {
                 /*
@@ -1185,15 +1185,15 @@ void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
                 if (context_equiv(ctx, next_ctx)) {
                         /*
                          * XXX do we need a memory barrier of sorts
-                         * wrt to rcu_dereference() of perf_counter_ctxp
+                         * wrt to rcu_dereference() of perf_event_ctxp
                          */
-                        task->perf_counter_ctxp = next_ctx;
-                        next->perf_counter_ctxp = ctx;
+                        task->perf_event_ctxp = next_ctx;
+                        next->perf_event_ctxp = ctx;
                         ctx->task = next;
                         next_ctx->task = task;
                         do_switch = 0;
 
-                        perf_counter_sync_stat(ctx, next_ctx);
+                        perf_event_sync_stat(ctx, next_ctx);
                 }
                 spin_unlock(&next_ctx->lock);
                 spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         if (do_switch) {
-                __perf_counter_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx);
+                __perf_event_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx);
                 cpuctx->task_ctx = NULL;
         }
 }
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 /*
  * Called with IRQs disabled
  */
-static void __perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void __perf_event_task_sched_out(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
 
@@ -1219,28 +1219,28 @@ static void __perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx != cpuctx->task_ctx))
                 return;
 
-        __perf_counter_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx);
+        __perf_event_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx);
         cpuctx->task_ctx = NULL;
 }
 
 /*
  * Called with IRQs disabled
  */
-static void perf_counter_cpu_sched_out(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
+static void perf_event_cpu_sched_out(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
-        __perf_counter_sched_out(&cpuctx->ctx, cpuctx);
+        __perf_event_sched_out(&cpuctx->ctx, cpuctx);
 }
 
 static void
-__perf_counter_sched_in(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+__perf_event_sched_in(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, int cpu)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         int can_add_hw = 1;
 
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
         ctx->is_active = 1;
-        if (likely(!ctx->nr_counters))
+        if (likely(!ctx->nr_events))
                 goto out;
 
         ctx->timestamp = perf_clock();
@@ -1251,52 +1251,52 @@ __perf_counter_sched_in(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
          * First go through the list and put on any pinned groups
          * in order to give them the best chance of going on.
          */
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                if (counter->state <= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF ||
-                    !counter->attr.pinned)
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                if (event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF ||
+                    !event->attr.pinned)
                         continue;
-                if (counter->cpu != -1 && counter->cpu != cpu)
+                if (event->cpu != -1 && event->cpu != cpu)
                         continue;
 
-                if (counter != counter->group_leader)
-                        counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
+                if (event != event->group_leader)
+                        event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
                 else {
-                        if (group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, 1))
-                                group_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
+                        if (group_can_go_on(event, cpuctx, 1))
+                                group_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu);
                 }
 
                 /*
                  * If this pinned group hasn't been scheduled,
                  * put it in error state.
                  */
-                if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE) {
-                        update_group_times(counter);
-                        counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR;
+                if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
+                        update_group_times(event);
+                        event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR;
                 }
         }
 
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
                 /*
-                 * Ignore counters in OFF or ERROR state, and
-                 * ignore pinned counters since we did them already.
+                 * Ignore events in OFF or ERROR state, and
+                 * ignore pinned events since we did them already.
                  */
-                if (counter->state <= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF ||
-                    counter->attr.pinned)
+                if (event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF ||
+                    event->attr.pinned)
                         continue;
 
                 /*
                  * Listen to the 'cpu' scheduling filter constraint
-                 * of counters:
+                 * of events:
                  */
-                if (counter->cpu != -1 && counter->cpu != cpu)
+                if (event->cpu != -1 && event->cpu != cpu)
                         continue;
 
-                if (counter != counter->group_leader) {
-                        if (counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
+                if (event != event->group_leader) {
+                        if (event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
                                 can_add_hw = 0;
                 } else {
-                        if (group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, can_add_hw)) {
-                                if (group_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
+                        if (group_can_go_on(event, cpuctx, can_add_hw)) {
+                                if (group_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx, cpu))
                                         can_add_hw = 0;
                         }
                 }
@@ -1307,48 +1307,48 @@ __perf_counter_sched_in(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
 }
 
 /*
- * Called from scheduler to add the counters of the current task
+ * Called from scheduler to add the events of the current task
  * with interrupts disabled.
  *
- * We restore the counter value and then enable it.
+ * We restore the event value and then enable it.
  *
  * This does not protect us against NMI, but enable()
- * sets the enabled bit in the control field of counter _before_
- * accessing the counter control register. If a NMI hits, then it will
- * keep the counter running.
+ * sets the enabled bit in the control field of event _before_
+ * accessing the event control register. If a NMI hits, then it will
+ * keep the event running.
  */
-void perf_counter_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
+void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *task, int cpu)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = task->perf_counter_ctxp;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = task->perf_event_ctxp;
 
         if (likely(!ctx))
                 return;
         if (cpuctx->task_ctx == ctx)
                 return;
-        __perf_counter_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx, cpu);
+        __perf_event_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx, cpu);
         cpuctx->task_ctx = ctx;
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_cpu_sched_in(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, int cpu)
+static void perf_event_cpu_sched_in(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, int cpu)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
 
-        __perf_counter_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx, cpu);
+        __perf_event_sched_in(ctx, cpuctx, cpu);
 }
 
 #define MAX_INTERRUPTS (~0ULL)
 
-static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_counter *counter, int enable);
+static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable);
 
-static void perf_adjust_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 events)
+static void perf_adjust_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 events)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         u64 period, sample_period;
         s64 delta;
 
         events *= hwc->sample_period;
-        period = div64_u64(events, counter->attr.sample_freq);
+        period = div64_u64(events, event->attr.sample_freq);
 
         delta = (s64)(period - hwc->sample_period);
         delta = (delta + 7) / 8; /* low pass filter */
@@ -1361,39 +1361,39 @@ static void perf_adjust_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 events)
         hwc->sample_period = sample_period;
 }
 
-static void perf_ctx_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void perf_ctx_adjust_freq(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        struct perf_event *event;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
         u64 interrupts, freq;
 
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                if (event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                         continue;
 
-                hwc = &counter->hw;
+                hwc = &event->hw;
 
                 interrupts = hwc->interrupts;
                 hwc->interrupts = 0;
 
                 /*
-                 * unthrottle counters on the tick
+                 * unthrottle events on the tick
                  */
                 if (interrupts == MAX_INTERRUPTS) {
-                        perf_log_throttle(counter, 1);
-                        counter->pmu->unthrottle(counter);
-                        interrupts = 2*sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate/HZ;
+                        perf_log_throttle(event, 1);
+                        event->pmu->unthrottle(event);
+                        interrupts = 2*sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate/HZ;
                 }
 
-                if (!counter->attr.freq || !counter->attr.sample_freq)
+                if (!event->attr.freq || !event->attr.sample_freq)
                         continue;
 
                 /*
                  * if the specified freq < HZ then we need to skip ticks
                  */
-                if (counter->attr.sample_freq < HZ) {
-                        freq = counter->attr.sample_freq;
+                if (event->attr.sample_freq < HZ) {
+                        freq = event->attr.sample_freq;
 
                         hwc->freq_count += freq;
                         hwc->freq_interrupts += interrupts;
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ static void perf_ctx_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
                 } else
                         freq = HZ;
 
-                perf_adjust_period(counter, freq * interrupts);
+                perf_adjust_period(event, freq * interrupts);
 
                 /*
                  * In order to avoid being stalled by an (accidental) huge
@@ -1416,9 +1416,9 @@ static void perf_ctx_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
                  */
                 if (!interrupts) {
                         perf_disable();
-                        counter->pmu->disable(counter);
+                        event->pmu->disable(event);
                         atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, 0);
-                        counter->pmu->enable(counter);
+                        event->pmu->enable(event);
                         perf_enable();
                 }
         }
@@ -1426,22 +1426,22 @@ static void perf_ctx_adjust_freq(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
 }
 
 /*
- * Round-robin a context's counters:
+ * Round-robin a context's events:
  */
-static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
+static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        if (!ctx->nr_counters)
+        if (!ctx->nr_events)
                 return;
 
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
         /*
-         * Rotate the first entry last (works just fine for group counters too):
+         * Rotate the first entry last (works just fine for group events too):
          */
         perf_disable();
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                list_move_tail(&counter->group_entry, &ctx->group_list);
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                list_move_tail(&event->group_entry, &ctx->group_list);
                 break;
         }
         perf_enable();
@@ -1449,93 +1449,93 @@ static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx)
         spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
-void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *curr, int cpu)
+void perf_event_task_tick(struct task_struct *curr, int cpu)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&nr_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&nr_events))
                 return;
 
         cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
-        ctx = curr->perf_counter_ctxp;
+        ctx = curr->perf_event_ctxp;
 
         perf_ctx_adjust_freq(&cpuctx->ctx);
         if (ctx)
                 perf_ctx_adjust_freq(ctx);
 
-        perf_counter_cpu_sched_out(cpuctx);
+        perf_event_cpu_sched_out(cpuctx);
         if (ctx)
-                __perf_counter_task_sched_out(ctx);
+                __perf_event_task_sched_out(ctx);
 
         rotate_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx);
         if (ctx)
                 rotate_ctx(ctx);
 
-        perf_counter_cpu_sched_in(cpuctx, cpu);
+        perf_event_cpu_sched_in(cpuctx, cpu);
         if (ctx)
-                perf_counter_task_sched_in(curr, cpu);
+                perf_event_task_sched_in(curr, cpu);
 }
 
 /*
- * Enable all of a task's counters that have been marked enable-on-exec.
+ * Enable all of a task's events that have been marked enable-on-exec.
  * This expects task == current.
  */
-static void perf_counter_enable_on_exec(struct task_struct *task)
+static void perf_event_enable_on_exec(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         unsigned long flags;
         int enabled = 0;
 
         local_irq_save(flags);
-        ctx = task->perf_counter_ctxp;
-        if (!ctx || !ctx->nr_counters)
+        ctx = task->perf_event_ctxp;
+        if (!ctx || !ctx->nr_events)
                 goto out;
 
-        __perf_counter_task_sched_out(ctx);
+        __perf_event_task_sched_out(ctx);
 
         spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                if (!counter->attr.enable_on_exec)
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                if (!event->attr.enable_on_exec)
                         continue;
-                counter->attr.enable_on_exec = 0;
-                if (counter->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+                event->attr.enable_on_exec = 0;
+                if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                         continue;
-                __perf_counter_mark_enabled(counter, ctx);
+                __perf_event_mark_enabled(event, ctx);
                 enabled = 1;
         }
 
         /*
-         * Unclone this context if we enabled any counter.
+         * Unclone this context if we enabled any event.
          */
         if (enabled)
                 unclone_ctx(ctx);
 
         spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
-        perf_counter_task_sched_in(task, smp_processor_id());
+        perf_event_task_sched_in(task, smp_processor_id());
  out:
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /*
- * Cross CPU call to read the hardware counter
+ * Cross CPU call to read the hardware event
  */
-static void __perf_counter_read(void *info)
+static void __perf_event_read(void *info)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter *counter = info;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event = info;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         unsigned long flags;
 
         /*
          * If this is a task context, we need to check whether it is
          * the current task context of this cpu.  If not it has been
          * scheduled out before the smp call arrived.  In that case
-         * counter->count would have been updated to a recent sample
-         * when the counter was scheduled out.
+         * event->count would have been updated to a recent sample
+         * when the event was scheduled out.
          */
         if (ctx->task && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx)
                 return;
@@ -1543,32 +1543,32 @@ static void __perf_counter_read(void *info)
         local_irq_save(flags);
         if (ctx->is_active)
                 update_context_time(ctx);
-        counter->pmu->read(counter);
-        update_counter_times(counter);
+        event->pmu->read(event);
+        update_event_times(event);
         local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static u64 perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static u64 perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         /*
-         * If counter is enabled and currently active on a CPU, update the
-         * value in the counter structure:
+         * If event is enabled and currently active on a CPU, update the
+         * value in the event structure:
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE) {
-                smp_call_function_single(counter->oncpu,
-                                         __perf_counter_read, counter, 1);
-        } else if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE) {
-                update_counter_times(counter);
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+                smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu,
+                                         __perf_event_read, event, 1);
+        } else if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
+                update_event_times(event);
         }
 
-        return atomic64_read(&counter->count);
+        return atomic64_read(&event->count);
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialize the perf_counter context in a task_struct:
+ * Initialize the perf_event context in a task_struct:
  */
 static void
-__perf_counter_init_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+__perf_event_init_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                             struct task_struct *task)
 {
         memset(ctx, 0, sizeof(*ctx));
@@ -1580,19 +1580,19 @@ __perf_counter_init_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
         ctx->task = task;
 }
 
-static struct perf_counter_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
+static struct perf_event_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
         struct task_struct *task;
         unsigned long flags;
         int err;
 
         /*
-         * If cpu is not a wildcard then this is a percpu counter:
+         * If cpu is not a wildcard then this is a percpu event:
          */
         if (cpu != -1) {
-                /* Must be root to operate on a CPU counter: */
+                /* Must be root to operate on a CPU event: */
                 if (perf_paranoid_cpu() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                         return ERR_PTR(-EACCES);
 
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ static struct perf_counter_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
                         return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
                 /*
-                 * We could be clever and allow to attach a counter to an
+                 * We could be clever and allow to attach a event to an
                  * offline CPU and activate it when the CPU comes up, but
                  * that's for later.
                  */
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ static struct perf_counter_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
 
         /*
-         * Can't attach counters to a dying task.
+         * Can't attach events to a dying task.
          */
         err = -ESRCH;
         if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
@@ -1646,13 +1646,13 @@ static struct perf_counter_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
         }
 
         if (!ctx) {
-                ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct perf_counter_context), GFP_KERNEL);
+                ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct perf_event_context), GFP_KERNEL);
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 if (!ctx)
                         goto errout;
-                __perf_counter_init_context(ctx, task);
+                __perf_event_init_context(ctx, task);
                 get_ctx(ctx);
-                if (cmpxchg(&task->perf_counter_ctxp, NULL, ctx)) {
+                if (cmpxchg(&task->perf_event_ctxp, NULL, ctx)) {
                         /*
                          * We raced with some other task; use
                          * the context they set.
@@ -1671,42 +1671,42 @@ static struct perf_counter_context *find_get_context(pid_t pid, int cpu)
         return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-static void free_counter_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+static void free_event_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        counter = container_of(head, struct perf_counter, rcu_head);
-        if (counter->ns)
-                put_pid_ns(counter->ns);
-        kfree(counter);
+        event = container_of(head, struct perf_event, rcu_head);
+        if (event->ns)
+                put_pid_ns(event->ns);
+        kfree(event);
 }
 
-static void perf_pending_sync(struct perf_counter *counter);
+static void perf_pending_sync(struct perf_event *event);
 
-static void free_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        perf_pending_sync(counter);
+        perf_pending_sync(event);
 
-        if (!counter->parent) {
-                atomic_dec(&nr_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.mmap)
-                        atomic_dec(&nr_mmap_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.comm)
-                        atomic_dec(&nr_comm_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.task)
-                        atomic_dec(&nr_task_counters);
+        if (!event->parent) {
+                atomic_dec(&nr_events);
+                if (event->attr.mmap)
+                        atomic_dec(&nr_mmap_events);
+                if (event->attr.comm)
+                        atomic_dec(&nr_comm_events);
+                if (event->attr.task)
+                        atomic_dec(&nr_task_events);
         }
 
-        if (counter->output) {
-                fput(counter->output->filp);
-                counter->output = NULL;
+        if (event->output) {
+                fput(event->output->filp);
+                event->output = NULL;
         }
 
-        if (counter->destroy)
-                counter->destroy(counter);
+        if (event->destroy)
+                event->destroy(event);
 
-        put_ctx(counter->ctx);
-        call_rcu(&counter->rcu_head, free_counter_rcu);
+        put_ctx(event->ctx);
+        call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1714,43 +1714,43 @@ static void free_counter(struct perf_counter *counter)
  */
 static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 
         file->private_data = NULL;
 
         WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
         mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
-        perf_counter_remove_from_context(counter);
+        perf_event_remove_from_context(event);
         mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
-        mutex_lock(&counter->owner->perf_counter_mutex);
-        list_del_init(&counter->owner_entry);
-        mutex_unlock(&counter->owner->perf_counter_mutex);
-        put_task_struct(counter->owner);
+        mutex_lock(&event->owner->perf_event_mutex);
+        list_del_init(&event->owner_entry);
+        mutex_unlock(&event->owner->perf_event_mutex);
+        put_task_struct(event->owner);
 
-        free_counter(counter);
+        free_event(event);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_read_size(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_event_read_size(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         int entry = sizeof(u64); /* value */
         int size = 0;
         int nr = 1;
 
-        if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED)
+        if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED)
                 size += sizeof(u64);
 
-        if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
+        if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
                 size += sizeof(u64);
 
-        if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
+        if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
                 entry += sizeof(u64);
 
-        if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) {
-                nr += counter->group_leader->nr_siblings;
+        if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) {
+                nr += event->group_leader->nr_siblings;
                 size += sizeof(u64);
         }
 
@@ -1759,27 +1759,27 @@ static int perf_counter_read_size(struct perf_counter *counter)
         return size;
 }
 
-static u64 perf_counter_read_value(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static u64 perf_event_read_value(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *child;
+        struct perf_event *child;
         u64 total = 0;
 
-        total += perf_counter_read(counter);
-        list_for_each_entry(child, &counter->child_list, child_list)
-                total += perf_counter_read(child);
+        total += perf_event_read(event);
+        list_for_each_entry(child, &event->child_list, child_list)
+                total += perf_event_read(child);
 
         return total;
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_read_entry(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int perf_event_read_entry(struct perf_event *event,
                                    u64 read_format, char __user *buf)
 {
         int n = 0, count = 0;
         u64 values[2];
 
-        values[n++] = perf_counter_read_value(counter);
+        values[n++] = perf_event_read_value(event);
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
-                values[n++] = primary_counter_id(counter);
+                values[n++] = primary_event_id(event);
 
         count = n * sizeof(u64);
 
@@ -1789,10 +1789,10 @@ static int perf_counter_read_entry(struct perf_counter *counter,
         return count;
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_read_group(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int perf_event_read_group(struct perf_event *event,
                                    u64 read_format, char __user *buf)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *leader = counter->group_leader, *sub;
+        struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader, *sub;
         int n = 0, size = 0, err = -EFAULT;
         u64 values[3];
 
@@ -1811,14 +1811,14 @@ static int perf_counter_read_group(struct perf_counter *counter,
         if (copy_to_user(buf, values, size))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
-        err = perf_counter_read_entry(leader, read_format, buf + size);
+        err = perf_event_read_entry(leader, read_format, buf + size);
         if (err < 0)
                 return err;
 
         size += err;
 
         list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-                err = perf_counter_read_entry(sub, read_format,
+                err = perf_event_read_entry(sub, read_format,
                                 buf + size);
                 if (err < 0)
                         return err;
@@ -1829,23 +1829,23 @@ static int perf_counter_read_group(struct perf_counter *counter,
         return size;
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_read_one(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int perf_event_read_one(struct perf_event *event,
                                  u64 read_format, char __user *buf)
 {
         u64 values[4];
         int n = 0;
 
-        values[n++] = perf_counter_read_value(counter);
+        values[n++] = perf_event_read_value(event);
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED) {
-                values[n++] = counter->total_time_enabled +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_enabled);
+                values[n++] = event->total_time_enabled +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_enabled);
         }
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING) {
-                values[n++] = counter->total_time_running +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_running);
+                values[n++] = event->total_time_running +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_running);
         }
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
-                values[n++] = primary_counter_id(counter);
+                values[n++] = primary_event_id(event);
 
         if (copy_to_user(buf, values, n * sizeof(u64)))
                 return -EFAULT;
@@ -1854,32 +1854,32 @@ static int perf_counter_read_one(struct perf_counter *counter,
 }
 
 /*
- * Read the performance counter - simple non blocking version for now
+ * Read the performance event - simple non blocking version for now
  */
 static ssize_t
-perf_read_hw(struct perf_counter *counter, char __user *buf, size_t count)
+perf_read_hw(struct perf_event *event, char __user *buf, size_t count)
 {
-        u64 read_format = counter->attr.read_format;
+        u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
         int ret;
 
         /*
-         * Return end-of-file for a read on a counter that is in
+         * Return end-of-file for a read on a event that is in
          * error state (i.e. because it was pinned but it couldn't be
          * scheduled on to the CPU at some point).
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ERROR)
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (count < perf_counter_read_size(counter))
+        if (count < perf_event_read_size(event))
                 return -ENOSPC;
 
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        mutex_lock(&counter->child_mutex);
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex);
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
-                ret = perf_counter_read_group(counter, read_format, buf);
+                ret = perf_event_read_group(event, read_format, buf);
         else
-                ret = perf_counter_read_one(counter, read_format, buf);
-        mutex_unlock(&counter->child_mutex);
+                ret = perf_event_read_one(event, read_format, buf);
+        mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -1887,79 +1887,79 @@ perf_read_hw(struct perf_counter *counter, char __user *buf, size_t count)
 static ssize_t
 perf_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
 
-        return perf_read_hw(counter, buf, count);
+        return perf_read_hw(event, buf, count);
 }
 
 static unsigned int perf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
         struct perf_mmap_data *data;
         unsigned int events = POLL_HUP;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        data = rcu_dereference(counter->data);
+        data = rcu_dereference(event->data);
         if (data)
                 events = atomic_xchg(&data->poll, 0);
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
-        poll_wait(file, &counter->waitq, wait);
+        poll_wait(file, &event->waitq, wait);
 
         return events;
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_reset(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_event_reset(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        (void)perf_counter_read(counter);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->count, 0);
-        perf_counter_update_userpage(counter);
+        (void)perf_event_read(event);
+        atomic64_set(&event->count, 0);
+        perf_event_update_userpage(event);
 }
 
 /*
- * Holding the top-level counter's child_mutex means that any
- * descendant process that has inherited this counter will block
- * in sync_child_counter if it goes to exit, thus satisfying the
- * task existence requirements of perf_counter_enable/disable.
+ * Holding the top-level event's child_mutex means that any
+ * descendant process that has inherited this event will block
+ * in sync_child_event if it goes to exit, thus satisfying the
+ * task existence requirements of perf_event_enable/disable.
  */
-static void perf_counter_for_each_child(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                        void (*func)(struct perf_counter *))
+static void perf_event_for_each_child(struct perf_event *event,
+                                        void (*func)(struct perf_event *))
 {
-        struct perf_counter *child;
+        struct perf_event *child;
 
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        mutex_lock(&counter->child_mutex);
-        func(counter);
-        list_for_each_entry(child, &counter->child_list, child_list)
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex);
+        func(event);
+        list_for_each_entry(child, &event->child_list, child_list)
                 func(child);
-        mutex_unlock(&counter->child_mutex);
+        mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_for_each(struct perf_counter *counter,
-                                  void (*func)(struct perf_counter *))
+static void perf_event_for_each(struct perf_event *event,
+                                  void (*func)(struct perf_event *))
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *sibling;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *sibling;
 
         WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
         mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
-        counter = counter->group_leader;
+        event = event->group_leader;
 
-        perf_counter_for_each_child(counter, func);
-        func(counter);
-        list_for_each_entry(sibling, &counter->sibling_list, group_entry)
-                perf_counter_for_each_child(counter, func);
+        perf_event_for_each_child(event, func);
+        func(event);
+        list_for_each_entry(sibling, &event->sibling_list, group_entry)
+                perf_event_for_each_child(event, func);
         mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 __user *arg)
+static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
         unsigned long size;
         int ret = 0;
         u64 value;
 
-        if (!counter->attr.sample_period)
+        if (!event->attr.sample_period)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         size = copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value));
@@ -1970,16 +1970,16 @@ static int perf_counter_period(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 __user *arg)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
-        if (counter->attr.freq) {
-                if (value > sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate) {
+        if (event->attr.freq) {
+                if (value > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate) {
                         ret = -EINVAL;
                         goto unlock;
                 }
 
-                counter->attr.sample_freq = value;
+                event->attr.sample_freq = value;
         } else {
-                counter->attr.sample_period = value;
-                counter->hw.sample_period = value;
+                event->attr.sample_period = value;
+                event->hw.sample_period = value;
         }
 unlock:
         spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
@@ -1987,80 +1987,80 @@ unlock:
         return ret;
 }
 
-int perf_counter_set_output(struct perf_counter *counter, int output_fd);
+int perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, int output_fd);
 
 static long perf_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
-        void (*func)(struct perf_counter *);
+        struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
+        void (*func)(struct perf_event *);
         u32 flags = arg;
 
         switch (cmd) {
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE:
-                func = perf_counter_enable;
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE:
+                func = perf_event_enable;
                 break;
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE:
-                func = perf_counter_disable;
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE:
+                func = perf_event_disable;
                 break;
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_RESET:
-                func = perf_counter_reset;
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET:
+                func = perf_event_reset;
                 break;
 
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH:
-                return perf_counter_refresh(counter, arg);
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH:
+                return perf_event_refresh(event, arg);
 
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_PERIOD:
-                return perf_counter_period(counter, (u64 __user *)arg);
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD:
+                return perf_event_period(event, (u64 __user *)arg);
 
-        case PERF_COUNTER_IOC_SET_OUTPUT:
-                return perf_counter_set_output(counter, arg);
+        case PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT:
+                return perf_event_set_output(event, arg);
 
         default:
                 return -ENOTTY;
         }
 
         if (flags & PERF_IOC_FLAG_GROUP)
-                perf_counter_for_each(counter, func);
+                perf_event_for_each(event, func);
         else
-                perf_counter_for_each_child(counter, func);
+                perf_event_for_each_child(event, func);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_counter_task_enable(void)
+int perf_event_task_enable(void)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        mutex_lock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &current->perf_counter_list, owner_entry)
-                perf_counter_for_each_child(counter, perf_counter_enable);
-        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
+        mutex_lock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &current->perf_event_list, owner_entry)
+                perf_event_for_each_child(event, perf_event_enable);
+        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-int perf_counter_task_disable(void)
+int perf_event_task_disable(void)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
-        mutex_lock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
-        list_for_each_entry(counter, &current->perf_counter_list, owner_entry)
-                perf_counter_for_each_child(counter, perf_counter_disable);
-        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
+        mutex_lock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
+        list_for_each_entry(event, &current->perf_event_list, owner_entry)
+                perf_event_for_each_child(event, perf_event_disable);
+        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-#ifndef PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET
-# define PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET 0
+#ifndef PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET
+# define PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET 0
 #endif
 
-static int perf_counter_index(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_event_index(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        if (event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                 return 0;
 
-        return counter->hw.idx + 1 - PERF_COUNTER_INDEX_OFFSET;
+        return event->hw.idx + 1 - PERF_EVENT_INDEX_OFFSET;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2068,13 +2068,13 @@ static int perf_counter_index(struct perf_counter *counter)
  * the seqlock logic goes bad. We can not serialize this because the arch
  * code calls this from NMI context.
  */
-void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter)
+void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_mmap_page *userpg;
+        struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg;
         struct perf_mmap_data *data;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        data = rcu_dereference(counter->data);
+        data = rcu_dereference(event->data);
         if (!data)
                 goto unlock;
 
@@ -2087,16 +2087,16 @@ void perf_counter_update_userpage(struct perf_counter *counter)
         preempt_disable();
         ++userpg->lock;
         barrier();
-        userpg->index = perf_counter_index(counter);
-        userpg->offset = atomic64_read(&counter->count);
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
-                userpg->offset -= atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);
+        userpg->index = perf_event_index(event);
+        userpg->offset = atomic64_read(&event->count);
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
+                userpg->offset -= atomic64_read(&event->hw.prev_count);
 
-        userpg->time_enabled = counter->total_time_enabled +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_enabled);
+        userpg->time_enabled = event->total_time_enabled +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_enabled);
 
-        userpg->time_running = counter->total_time_running +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_running);
+        userpg->time_running = event->total_time_running +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_running);
 
         barrier();
         ++userpg->lock;
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ unlock:
 
 static int perf_mmap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = vma->vm_file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = vma->vm_file->private_data;
         struct perf_mmap_data *data;
         int ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ static int perf_mmap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
         }
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        data = rcu_dereference(counter->data);
+        data = rcu_dereference(event->data);
         if (!data)
                 goto unlock;
 
@@ -2147,13 +2147,13 @@ unlock:
         return ret;
 }
 
-static int perf_mmap_data_alloc(struct perf_counter *counter, int nr_pages)
+static int perf_mmap_data_alloc(struct perf_event *event, int nr_pages)
 {
         struct perf_mmap_data *data;
         unsigned long size;
         int i;
 
-        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&counter->mmap_count));
+        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&event->mmap_count));
 
         size = sizeof(struct perf_mmap_data);
         size += nr_pages * sizeof(void *);
@@ -2175,14 +2175,14 @@ static int perf_mmap_data_alloc(struct perf_counter *counter, int nr_pages)
         data->nr_pages = nr_pages;
         atomic_set(&data->lock, -1);
 
-        if (counter->attr.watermark) {
+        if (event->attr.watermark) {
                 data->watermark = min_t(long, PAGE_SIZE * nr_pages,
-                                      counter->attr.wakeup_watermark);
+                                      event->attr.wakeup_watermark);
         }
         if (!data->watermark)
                 data->watermark = max(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE * nr_pages / 4);
 
-        rcu_assign_pointer(counter->data, data);
+        rcu_assign_pointer(event->data, data);
 
         return 0;
 
@@ -2221,35 +2221,35 @@ static void __perf_mmap_data_free(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
         kfree(data);
 }
 
-static void perf_mmap_data_free(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_mmap_data_free(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_mmap_data *data = counter->data;
+        struct perf_mmap_data *data = event->data;
 
-        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&counter->mmap_count));
+        WARN_ON(atomic_read(&event->mmap_count));
 
-        rcu_assign_pointer(counter->data, NULL);
+        rcu_assign_pointer(event->data, NULL);
         call_rcu(&data->rcu_head, __perf_mmap_data_free);
 }
 
 static void perf_mmap_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = vma->vm_file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = vma->vm_file->private_data;
 
-        atomic_inc(&counter->mmap_count);
+        atomic_inc(&event->mmap_count);
 }
 
 static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = vma->vm_file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = vma->vm_file->private_data;
 
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&counter->mmap_count, &counter->mmap_mutex)) {
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&event->mmap_count, &event->mmap_mutex)) {
                 struct user_struct *user = current_user();
 
-                atomic_long_sub(counter->data->nr_pages + 1, &user->locked_vm);
-                vma->vm_mm->locked_vm -= counter->data->nr_locked;
-                perf_mmap_data_free(counter);
-                mutex_unlock(&counter->mmap_mutex);
+                atomic_long_sub(event->data->nr_pages + 1, &user->locked_vm);
+                vma->vm_mm->locked_vm -= event->data->nr_locked;
+                perf_mmap_data_free(event);
+                mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
         }
 }
 
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ static struct vm_operations_struct perf_mmap_vmops = {
 
 static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = file->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
         unsigned long user_locked, user_lock_limit;
         struct user_struct *user = current_user();
         unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
@@ -2290,21 +2290,21 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
         if (vma->vm_pgoff != 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        mutex_lock(&counter->mmap_mutex);
-        if (counter->output) {
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
+        if (event->output) {
                 ret = -EINVAL;
                 goto unlock;
         }
 
-        if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&counter->mmap_count)) {
-                if (nr_pages != counter->data->nr_pages)
+        if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&event->mmap_count)) {
+                if (nr_pages != event->data->nr_pages)
                         ret = -EINVAL;
                 goto unlock;
         }
 
         user_extra = nr_pages + 1;
-        user_lock_limit = sysctl_perf_counter_mlock >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
+        user_lock_limit = sysctl_perf_event_mlock >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
 
         /*
          * Increase the limit linearly with more CPUs:
@@ -2327,20 +2327,20 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
                 goto unlock;
         }
 
-        WARN_ON(counter->data);
-        ret = perf_mmap_data_alloc(counter, nr_pages);
+        WARN_ON(event->data);
+        ret = perf_mmap_data_alloc(event, nr_pages);
         if (ret)
                 goto unlock;
 
-        atomic_set(&counter->mmap_count, 1);
+        atomic_set(&event->mmap_count, 1);
         atomic_long_add(user_extra, &user->locked_vm);
         vma->vm_mm->locked_vm += extra;
-        counter->data->nr_locked = extra;
+        event->data->nr_locked = extra;
         if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
-                counter->data->writable = 1;
+                event->data->writable = 1;
 
 unlock:
-        mutex_unlock(&counter->mmap_mutex);
+        mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
 
         vma->vm_flags |= VM_RESERVED;
         vma->vm_ops = &perf_mmap_vmops;
@@ -2351,11 +2351,11 @@ unlock:
 static int perf_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
         struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-        struct perf_counter *counter = filp->private_data;
+        struct perf_event *event = filp->private_data;
         int retval;
 
         mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-        retval = fasync_helper(fd, filp, on, &counter->fasync);
+        retval = fasync_helper(fd, filp, on, &event->fasync);
         mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
         if (retval < 0)
@@ -2375,19 +2375,19 @@ static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
 };
 
 /*
- * Perf counter wakeup
+ * Perf event wakeup
  *
  * If there's data, ensure we set the poll() state and publish everything
  * to user-space before waking everybody up.
  */
 
-void perf_counter_wakeup(struct perf_counter *counter)
+void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        wake_up_all(&counter->waitq);
+        wake_up_all(&event->waitq);
 
-        if (counter->pending_kill) {
-                kill_fasync(&counter->fasync, SIGIO, counter->pending_kill);
-                counter->pending_kill = 0;
+        if (event->pending_kill) {
+                kill_fasync(&event->fasync, SIGIO, event->pending_kill);
+                event->pending_kill = 0;
         }
 }
 
@@ -2400,19 +2400,19 @@ void perf_counter_wakeup(struct perf_counter *counter)
  * single linked list and use cmpxchg() to add entries lockless.
  */
 
-static void perf_pending_counter(struct perf_pending_entry *entry)
+static void perf_pending_event(struct perf_pending_entry *entry)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = container_of(entry,
-                        struct perf_counter, pending);
+        struct perf_event *event = container_of(entry,
+                        struct perf_event, pending);
 
-        if (counter->pending_disable) {
-                counter->pending_disable = 0;
-                __perf_counter_disable(counter);
+        if (event->pending_disable) {
+                event->pending_disable = 0;
+                __perf_event_disable(event);
         }
 
-        if (counter->pending_wakeup) {
-                counter->pending_wakeup = 0;
-                perf_counter_wakeup(counter);
+        if (event->pending_wakeup) {
+                event->pending_wakeup = 0;
+                perf_event_wakeup(event);
         }
 }
 
@@ -2438,7 +2438,7 @@ static void perf_pending_queue(struct perf_pending_entry *entry,
                 entry->next = *head;
         } while (cmpxchg(head, entry->next, entry) != entry->next);
 
-        set_perf_counter_pending();
+        set_perf_event_pending();
 
         put_cpu_var(perf_pending_head);
 }
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ static int __perf_pending_run(void)
         return nr;
 }
 
-static inline int perf_not_pending(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static inline int perf_not_pending(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         /*
          * If we flush on whatever cpu we run, there is a chance we don't
@@ -2486,15 +2486,15 @@ static inline int perf_not_pending(struct perf_counter *counter)
          * so that we do not miss the wakeup. -- see perf_pending_handle()
          */
         smp_rmb();
-        return counter->pending.next == NULL;
+        return event->pending.next == NULL;
 }
 
-static void perf_pending_sync(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_pending_sync(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        wait_event(counter->waitq, perf_not_pending(counter));
+        wait_event(event->waitq, perf_not_pending(event));
 }
 
-void perf_counter_do_pending(void)
+void perf_event_do_pending(void)
 {
         __perf_pending_run();
 }
@@ -2535,25 +2535,25 @@ static void perf_output_wakeup(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
         atomic_set(&handle->data->poll, POLL_IN);
 
         if (handle->nmi) {
-                handle->counter->pending_wakeup = 1;
-                perf_pending_queue(&handle->counter->pending,
-                                   perf_pending_counter);
+                handle->event->pending_wakeup = 1;
+                perf_pending_queue(&handle->event->pending,
+                                   perf_pending_event);
         } else
-                perf_counter_wakeup(handle->counter);
+                perf_event_wakeup(handle->event);
 }
 
 /*
  * Curious locking construct.
  *
- * We need to ensure a later event doesn't publish a head when a former
- * event isn't done writing. However since we need to deal with NMIs we
+ * We need to ensure a later event_id doesn't publish a head when a former
+ * event_id isn't done writing. However since we need to deal with NMIs we
  * cannot fully serialize things.
  *
  * What we do is serialize between CPUs so we only have to deal with NMI
  * nesting on a single CPU.
  *
  * We only publish the head (and generate a wakeup) when the outer-most
- * event completes.
+ * event_id completes.
  */
 static void perf_output_lock(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 {
@@ -2657,10 +2657,10 @@ void perf_output_copy(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 }
 
 int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
-                      struct perf_counter *counter, unsigned int size,
+                      struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size,
                       int nmi, int sample)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *output_counter;
+        struct perf_event *output_event;
         struct perf_mmap_data *data;
         unsigned long tail, offset, head;
         int have_lost;
@@ -2672,21 +2672,21 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 
         rcu_read_lock();
         /*
-         * For inherited counters we send all the output towards the parent.
+         * For inherited events we send all the output towards the parent.
          */
-        if (counter->parent)
-                counter = counter->parent;
+        if (event->parent)
+                event = event->parent;
 
-        output_counter = rcu_dereference(counter->output);
-        if (output_counter)
-                counter = output_counter;
+        output_event = rcu_dereference(event->output);
+        if (output_event)
+                event = output_event;
 
-        data = rcu_dereference(counter->data);
+        data = rcu_dereference(event->data);
         if (!data)
                 goto out;
 
         handle->data    = data;
-        handle->counter = counter;
+        handle->event   = event;
         handle->nmi     = nmi;
         handle->sample  = sample;
 
@@ -2720,10 +2720,10 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                 atomic_set(&data->wakeup, 1);
 
         if (have_lost) {
-                lost_event.header.type = PERF_EVENT_LOST;
+                lost_event.header.type = PERF_RECORD_LOST;
                 lost_event.header.misc = 0;
                 lost_event.header.size = sizeof(lost_event);
-                lost_event.id          = counter->id;
+                lost_event.id          = event->id;
                 lost_event.lost        = atomic_xchg(&data->lost, 0);
 
                 perf_output_put(handle, lost_event);
@@ -2742,10 +2742,10 @@ out:
 
 void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter = handle->counter;
+        struct perf_event *event = handle->event;
         struct perf_mmap_data *data = handle->data;
 
-        int wakeup_events = counter->attr.wakeup_events;
+        int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
 
         if (handle->sample && wakeup_events) {
                 int events = atomic_inc_return(&data->events);
@@ -2759,58 +2759,58 @@ void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static u32 perf_counter_pid(struct perf_counter *counter, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
 {
         /*
-         * only top level counters have the pid namespace they were created in
+         * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
          */
-        if (counter->parent)
-                counter = counter->parent;
+        if (event->parent)
+                event = event->parent;
 
-        return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, counter->ns);
+        return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
 }
 
-static u32 perf_counter_tid(struct perf_counter *counter, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
 {
         /*
-         * only top level counters have the pid namespace they were created in
+         * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
          */
-        if (counter->parent)
-                counter = counter->parent;
+        if (event->parent)
+                event = event->parent;
 
-        return task_pid_nr_ns(p, counter->ns);
+        return task_pid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
 }
 
 static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
-                                 struct perf_counter *counter)
+                                 struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        u64 read_format = counter->attr.read_format;
+        u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
         u64 values[4];
         int n = 0;
 
-        values[n++] = atomic64_read(&counter->count);
+        values[n++] = atomic64_read(&event->count);
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED) {
-                values[n++] = counter->total_time_enabled +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_enabled);
+                values[n++] = event->total_time_enabled +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_enabled);
         }
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING) {
-                values[n++] = counter->total_time_running +
-                        atomic64_read(&counter->child_total_time_running);
+                values[n++] = event->total_time_running +
+                        atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_running);
         }
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
-                values[n++] = primary_counter_id(counter);
+                values[n++] = primary_event_id(event);
 
         perf_output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
 }
 
 /*
- * XXX PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited counters seems difficult.
+ * XXX PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited events seems difficult.
  */
 static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
-                            struct perf_counter *counter)
+                            struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *leader = counter->group_leader, *sub;
-        u64 read_format = counter->attr.read_format;
+        struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader, *sub;
+        u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
         u64 values[5];
         int n = 0;
 
@@ -2822,42 +2822,42 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
                 values[n++] = leader->total_time_running;
 
-        if (leader != counter)
+        if (leader != event)
                 leader->pmu->read(leader);
 
         values[n++] = atomic64_read(&leader->count);
         if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
-                values[n++] = primary_counter_id(leader);
+                values[n++] = primary_event_id(leader);
 
         perf_output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
 
         list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry) {
                 n = 0;
 
-                if (sub != counter)
+                if (sub != event)
                         sub->pmu->read(sub);
 
                 values[n++] = atomic64_read(&sub->count);
                 if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
-                        values[n++] = primary_counter_id(sub);
+                        values[n++] = primary_event_id(sub);
 
                 perf_output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
         }
 }
 
 static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
-                             struct perf_counter *counter)
+                             struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
-                perf_output_read_group(handle, counter);
+        if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
+                perf_output_read_group(handle, event);
         else
-                perf_output_read_one(handle, counter);
+                perf_output_read_one(handle, event);
 }
 
 void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                         struct perf_event_header *header,
                         struct perf_sample_data *data,
-                        struct perf_counter *counter)
+                        struct perf_event *event)
 {
         u64 sample_type = data->type;
 
@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                 perf_output_put(handle, data->period);
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)
-                perf_output_read(handle, counter);
+                perf_output_read(handle, event);
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
                 if (data->callchain) {
@@ -2926,14 +2926,14 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 
 void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
                          struct perf_sample_data *data,
-                         struct perf_counter *counter,
+                         struct perf_event *event,
                          struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        u64 sample_type = counter->attr.sample_type;
+        u64 sample_type = event->attr.sample_type;
 
         data->type = sample_type;
 
-        header->type = PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE;
+        header->type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE;
         header->size = sizeof(*header);
 
         header->misc = 0;
@@ -2947,8 +2947,8 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TID) {
                 /* namespace issues */
-                data->tid_entry.pid = perf_counter_pid(counter, current);
-                data->tid_entry.tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, current);
+                data->tid_entry.pid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
+                data->tid_entry.tid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
 
                 header->size += sizeof(data->tid_entry);
         }
@@ -2963,13 +2963,13 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
                 header->size += sizeof(data->addr);
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_ID) {
-                data->id = primary_counter_id(counter);
+                data->id = primary_event_id(event);
 
                 header->size += sizeof(data->id);
         }
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID) {
-                data->stream_id = counter->id;
+                data->stream_id = event->id;
 
                 header->size += sizeof(data->stream_id);
         }
@@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
                 header->size += sizeof(data->period);
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)
-                header->size += perf_counter_read_size(counter);
+                header->size += perf_event_read_size(event);
 
         if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
                 int size = 1;
@@ -3011,25 +3011,25 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
         }
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
+static void perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
                                 struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
         struct perf_event_header header;
 
-        perf_prepare_sample(&header, data, counter, regs);
+        perf_prepare_sample(&header, data, event, regs);
 
-        if (perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, header.size, nmi, 1))
+        if (perf_output_begin(&handle, event, header.size, nmi, 1))
                 return;
 
-        perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, data, counter);
+        perf_output_sample(&handle, &header, data, event);
 
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
 /*
- * read event
+ * read event_id
  */
 
 struct perf_read_event {
@@ -3040,27 +3040,27 @@ struct perf_read_event {
 };
 
 static void
-perf_counter_read_event(struct perf_counter *counter,
+perf_event_read_event(struct perf_event *event,
                         struct task_struct *task)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
         struct perf_read_event read_event = {
                 .header = {
-                        .type = PERF_EVENT_READ,
+                        .type = PERF_RECORD_READ,
                         .misc = 0,
-                        .size = sizeof(read_event) + perf_counter_read_size(counter),
+                        .size = sizeof(read_event) + perf_event_read_size(event),
                 },
-                .pid = perf_counter_pid(counter, task),
-                .tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, task),
+                .pid = perf_event_pid(event, task),
+                .tid = perf_event_tid(event, task),
         };
         int ret;
 
-        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, read_event.header.size, 0, 0);
+        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, read_event.header.size, 0, 0);
         if (ret)
                 return;
 
         perf_output_put(&handle, read_event);
-        perf_output_read(&handle, counter);
+        perf_output_read(&handle, event);
 
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
@@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ perf_counter_read_event(struct perf_counter *counter,
 
 struct perf_task_event {
         struct task_struct              *task;
-        struct perf_counter_context     *task_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context       *task_ctx;
 
         struct {
                 struct perf_event_header        header;
@@ -3083,10 +3083,10 @@ struct perf_task_event {
                 u32                             tid;
                 u32                             ptid;
                 u64                             time;
-        } event;
+        } event_id;
 };
 
-static void perf_counter_task_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static void perf_event_task_output(struct perf_event *event,
                                      struct perf_task_event *task_event)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
@@ -3094,85 +3094,85 @@ static void perf_counter_task_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
         struct task_struct *task = task_event->task;
         int ret;
 
-        size  = task_event->event.header.size;
-        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, size, 0, 0);
+        size  = task_event->event_id.header.size;
+        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, size, 0, 0);
 
         if (ret)
                 return;
 
-        task_event->event.pid = perf_counter_pid(counter, task);
-        task_event->event.ppid = perf_counter_pid(counter, current);
+        task_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event, task);
+        task_event->event_id.ppid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
 
-        task_event->event.tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, task);
-        task_event->event.ptid = perf_counter_tid(counter, current);
+        task_event->event_id.tid = perf_event_tid(event, task);
+        task_event->event_id.ptid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
 
-        task_event->event.time = perf_clock();
+        task_event->event_id.time = perf_clock();
 
-        perf_output_put(&handle, task_event->event);
+        perf_output_put(&handle, task_event->event_id);
 
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_task_match(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_event_task_match(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->attr.comm || counter->attr.mmap || counter->attr.task)
+        if (event->attr.comm || event->attr.mmap || event->attr.task)
                 return 1;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_task_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+static void perf_event_task_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                                   struct perf_task_event *task_event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
                 return;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-                if (perf_counter_task_match(counter))
-                        perf_counter_task_output(counter, task_event);
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+                if (perf_event_task_match(event))
+                        perf_event_task_output(event, task_event);
         }
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_task_event(struct perf_task_event *task_event)
+static void perf_event_task_event(struct perf_task_event *task_event)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = task_event->task_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = task_event->task_ctx;
 
         cpuctx = &get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        perf_counter_task_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, task_event);
+        perf_event_task_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, task_event);
         put_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
 
         rcu_read_lock();
         if (!ctx)
-                ctx = rcu_dereference(task_event->task->perf_counter_ctxp);
+                ctx = rcu_dereference(task_event->task->perf_event_ctxp);
         if (ctx)
-                perf_counter_task_ctx(ctx, task_event);
+                perf_event_task_ctx(ctx, task_event);
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_task(struct task_struct *task,
-                              struct perf_counter_context *task_ctx,
+static void perf_event_task(struct task_struct *task,
+                              struct perf_event_context *task_ctx,
                               int new)
 {
         struct perf_task_event task_event;
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&nr_comm_counters) &&
-            !atomic_read(&nr_mmap_counters) &&
-            !atomic_read(&nr_task_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&nr_comm_events) &&
+            !atomic_read(&nr_mmap_events) &&
+            !atomic_read(&nr_task_events))
                 return;
 
         task_event = (struct perf_task_event){
                 .task     = task,
                 .task_ctx = task_ctx,
-                .event    = {
+                .event_id    = {
                         .header = {
-                                .type = new ? PERF_EVENT_FORK : PERF_EVENT_EXIT,
+                                .type = new ? PERF_RECORD_FORK : PERF_RECORD_EXIT,
                                 .misc = 0,
-                                .size = sizeof(task_event.event),
+                                .size = sizeof(task_event.event_id),
                         },
                         /* .pid  */
                         /* .ppid */
@@ -3181,12 +3181,12 @@ static void perf_counter_task(struct task_struct *task,
                 },
         };
 
-        perf_counter_task_event(&task_event);
+        perf_event_task_event(&task_event);
 }
 
-void perf_counter_fork(struct task_struct *task)
+void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-        perf_counter_task(task, NULL, 1);
+        perf_event_task(task, NULL, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3203,56 +3203,56 @@ struct perf_comm_event {
 
                 u32                             pid;
                 u32                             tid;
-        } event;
+        } event_id;
 };
 
-static void perf_counter_comm_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static void perf_event_comm_output(struct perf_event *event,
                                      struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
-        int size = comm_event->event.header.size;
-        int ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, size, 0, 0);
+        int size = comm_event->event_id.header.size;
+        int ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, size, 0, 0);
 
         if (ret)
                 return;
 
-        comm_event->event.pid = perf_counter_pid(counter, comm_event->task);
-        comm_event->event.tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, comm_event->task);
+        comm_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event, comm_event->task);
+        comm_event->event_id.tid = perf_event_tid(event, comm_event->task);
 
-        perf_output_put(&handle, comm_event->event);
+        perf_output_put(&handle, comm_event->event_id);
         perf_output_copy(&handle, comm_event->comm,
                                    comm_event->comm_size);
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_comm_match(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_event_comm_match(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->attr.comm)
+        if (event->attr.comm)
                 return 1;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_comm_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+static void perf_event_comm_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                                   struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
                 return;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-                if (perf_counter_comm_match(counter))
-                        perf_counter_comm_output(counter, comm_event);
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+                if (perf_event_comm_match(event))
+                        perf_event_comm_output(event, comm_event);
         }
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
+static void perf_event_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
         unsigned int size;
         char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
@@ -3263,10 +3263,10 @@ static void perf_counter_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
         comm_event->comm = comm;
         comm_event->comm_size = size;
 
-        comm_event->event.header.size = sizeof(comm_event->event) + size;
+        comm_event->event_id.header.size = sizeof(comm_event->event_id) + size;
 
         cpuctx = &get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        perf_counter_comm_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, comm_event);
+        perf_event_comm_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, comm_event);
         put_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
 
         rcu_read_lock();
@@ -3274,29 +3274,29 @@ static void perf_counter_comm_event(struct perf_comm_event *comm_event)
          * doesn't really matter which of the child contexts the
          * events ends up in.
          */
-        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_counter_ctxp);
+        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp);
         if (ctx)
-                perf_counter_comm_ctx(ctx, comm_event);
+                perf_event_comm_ctx(ctx, comm_event);
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *task)
+void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *task)
 {
         struct perf_comm_event comm_event;
 
-        if (task->perf_counter_ctxp)
-                perf_counter_enable_on_exec(task);
+        if (task->perf_event_ctxp)
+                perf_event_enable_on_exec(task);
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&nr_comm_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&nr_comm_events))
                 return;
 
         comm_event = (struct perf_comm_event){
                 .task   = task,
                 /* .comm      */
                 /* .comm_size */
-                .event  = {
+                .event_id  = {
                         .header = {
-                                .type = PERF_EVENT_COMM,
+                                .type = PERF_RECORD_COMM,
                                 .misc = 0,
                                 /* .size */
                         },
@@ -3305,7 +3305,7 @@ void perf_counter_comm(struct task_struct *task)
                 },
         };
 
-        perf_counter_comm_event(&comm_event);
+        perf_event_comm_event(&comm_event);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3326,57 +3326,57 @@ struct perf_mmap_event {
                 u64                             start;
                 u64                             len;
                 u64                             pgoff;
-        } event;
+        } event_id;
 };
 
-static void perf_counter_mmap_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static void perf_event_mmap_output(struct perf_event *event,
                                      struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
-        int size = mmap_event->event.header.size;
-        int ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, size, 0, 0);
+        int size = mmap_event->event_id.header.size;
+        int ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, size, 0, 0);
 
         if (ret)
                 return;
 
-        mmap_event->event.pid = perf_counter_pid(counter, current);
-        mmap_event->event.tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, current);
+        mmap_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
+        mmap_event->event_id.tid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
 
-        perf_output_put(&handle, mmap_event->event);
+        perf_output_put(&handle, mmap_event->event_id);
         perf_output_copy(&handle, mmap_event->file_name,
                                    mmap_event->file_size);
         perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
-static int perf_counter_mmap_match(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int perf_event_mmap_match(struct perf_event *event,
                                    struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 {
-        if (counter->attr.mmap)
+        if (event->attr.mmap)
                 return 1;
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_mmap_ctx(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+static void perf_event_mmap_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                                   struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
                 return;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-                if (perf_counter_mmap_match(counter, mmap_event))
-                        perf_counter_mmap_output(counter, mmap_event);
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+                if (perf_event_mmap_match(event, mmap_event))
+                        perf_event_mmap_output(event, mmap_event);
         }
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void perf_counter_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
+static void perf_event_mmap_event(struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
         struct vm_area_struct *vma = mmap_event->vma;
         struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
         unsigned int size;
@@ -3424,10 +3424,10 @@ got_name:
         mmap_event->file_name = name;
         mmap_event->file_size = size;
 
-        mmap_event->event.header.size = sizeof(mmap_event->event) + size;
+        mmap_event->event_id.header.size = sizeof(mmap_event->event_id) + size;
 
         cpuctx = &get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        perf_counter_mmap_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, mmap_event);
+        perf_event_mmap_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, mmap_event);
         put_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
 
         rcu_read_lock();
@@ -3435,28 +3435,28 @@ got_name:
          * doesn't really matter which of the child contexts the
          * events ends up in.
          */
-        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_counter_ctxp);
+        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp);
         if (ctx)
-                perf_counter_mmap_ctx(ctx, mmap_event);
+                perf_event_mmap_ctx(ctx, mmap_event);
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         kfree(buf);
 }
 
-void __perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+void __perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
         struct perf_mmap_event mmap_event;
 
-        if (!atomic_read(&nr_mmap_counters))
+        if (!atomic_read(&nr_mmap_events))
                 return;
 
         mmap_event = (struct perf_mmap_event){
                 .vma    = vma,
                 /* .file_name */
                 /* .file_size */
-                .event  = {
+                .event_id  = {
                         .header = {
-                                .type = PERF_EVENT_MMAP,
+                                .type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP,
                                 .misc = 0,
                                 /* .size */
                         },
@@ -3468,14 +3468,14 @@ void __perf_counter_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
                 },
         };
 
-        perf_counter_mmap_event(&mmap_event);
+        perf_event_mmap_event(&mmap_event);
 }
 
 /*
  * IRQ throttle logging
  */
 
-static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_counter *counter, int enable)
+static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable)
 {
         struct perf_output_handle handle;
         int ret;
@@ -3487,19 +3487,19 @@ static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_counter *counter, int enable)
                 u64                             stream_id;
         } throttle_event = {
                 .header = {
-                        .type = PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE,
+                        .type = PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE,
                         .misc = 0,
                         .size = sizeof(throttle_event),
                 },
                 .time           = perf_clock(),
-                .id             = primary_counter_id(counter),
-                .stream_id      = counter->id,
+                .id             = primary_event_id(event),
+                .stream_id      = event->id,
         };
 
         if (enable)
-                throttle_event.header.type = PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE;
+                throttle_event.header.type = PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE;
 
-        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, sizeof(throttle_event), 1, 0);
+        ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, sizeof(throttle_event), 1, 0);
         if (ret)
                 return;
 
@@ -3508,18 +3508,18 @@ static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_counter *counter, int enable)
 }
 
 /*
- * Generic counter overflow handling, sampling.
+ * Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
  */
 
-static int __perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
+static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
                                    int throttle, struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                    struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        int events = atomic_read(&counter->event_limit);
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        int events = atomic_read(&event->event_limit);
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        throttle = (throttle && counter->pmu->unthrottle != NULL);
+        throttle = (throttle && event->pmu->unthrottle != NULL);
 
         if (!throttle) {
                 hwc->interrupts++;
@@ -3527,73 +3527,73 @@ static int __perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
                 if (hwc->interrupts != MAX_INTERRUPTS) {
                         hwc->interrupts++;
                         if (HZ * hwc->interrupts >
-                                        (u64)sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate) {
+                                        (u64)sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate) {
                                 hwc->interrupts = MAX_INTERRUPTS;
-                                perf_log_throttle(counter, 0);
+                                perf_log_throttle(event, 0);
                                 ret = 1;
                         }
                 } else {
                         /*
-                         * Keep re-disabling counters even though on the previous
+                         * Keep re-disabling events even though on the previous
                          * pass we disabled it - just in case we raced with a
-                         * sched-in and the counter got enabled again:
+                         * sched-in and the event got enabled again:
                          */
                         ret = 1;
                 }
         }
 
-        if (counter->attr.freq) {
+        if (event->attr.freq) {
                 u64 now = perf_clock();
                 s64 delta = now - hwc->freq_stamp;
 
                 hwc->freq_stamp = now;
 
                 if (delta > 0 && delta < TICK_NSEC)
-                        perf_adjust_period(counter, NSEC_PER_SEC / (int)delta);
+                        perf_adjust_period(event, NSEC_PER_SEC / (int)delta);
         }
 
         /*
          * XXX event_limit might not quite work as expected on inherited
-         * counters
+         * events
          */
 
-        counter->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
-        if (events && atomic_dec_and_test(&counter->event_limit)) {
+        event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
+        if (events && atomic_dec_and_test(&event->event_limit)) {
                 ret = 1;
-                counter->pending_kill = POLL_HUP;
+                event->pending_kill = POLL_HUP;
                 if (nmi) {
-                        counter->pending_disable = 1;
-                        perf_pending_queue(&counter->pending,
-                                           perf_pending_counter);
+                        event->pending_disable = 1;
+                        perf_pending_queue(&event->pending,
+                                           perf_pending_event);
                 } else
-                        perf_counter_disable(counter);
+                        perf_event_disable(event);
         }
 
-        perf_counter_output(counter, nmi, data, regs);
+        perf_event_output(event, nmi, data, regs);
         return ret;
 }
 
-int perf_counter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter, int nmi,
+int perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
                           struct perf_sample_data *data,
                           struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        return __perf_counter_overflow(counter, nmi, 1, data, regs);
+        return __perf_event_overflow(event, nmi, 1, data, regs);
 }
 
 /*
- * Generic software counter infrastructure
+ * Generic software event infrastructure
  */
 
 /*
- * We directly increment counter->count and keep a second value in
- * counter->hw.period_left to count intervals. This period counter
+ * We directly increment event->count and keep a second value in
+ * event->hw.period_left to count intervals. This period event
  * is kept in the range [-sample_period, 0] so that we can use the
  * sign as trigger.
  */
 
-static u64 perf_swcounter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static u64 perf_swevent_set_period(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         u64 period = hwc->last_period;
         u64 nr, offset;
         s64 old, val;
@@ -3614,22 +3614,22 @@ again:
         return nr;
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static void perf_swevent_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
                                     int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                     struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int throttle = 0;
         u64 overflow;
 
-        data->period = counter->hw.last_period;
-        overflow = perf_swcounter_set_period(counter);
+        data->period = event->hw.last_period;
+        overflow = perf_swevent_set_period(event);
 
         if (hwc->interrupts == MAX_INTERRUPTS)
                 return;
 
         for (; overflow; overflow--) {
-                if (__perf_counter_overflow(counter, nmi, throttle,
+                if (__perf_event_overflow(event, nmi, throttle,
                                             data, regs)) {
                         /*
                          * We inhibit the overflow from happening when
@@ -3641,20 +3641,20 @@ static void perf_swcounter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter,
         }
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_unthrottle(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_swevent_unthrottle(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         /*
          * Nothing to do, we already reset hwc->interrupts.
          */
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_add(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 nr,
+static void perf_swevent_add(struct perf_event *event, u64 nr,
                                int nmi, struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
-        atomic64_add(nr, &counter->count);
+        atomic64_add(nr, &event->count);
 
         if (!hwc->sample_period)
                 return;
@@ -3663,29 +3663,29 @@ static void perf_swcounter_add(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 nr,
                 return;
 
         if (!atomic64_add_negative(nr, &hwc->period_left))
-                perf_swcounter_overflow(counter, nmi, data, regs);
+                perf_swevent_overflow(event, nmi, data, regs);
 }
 
-static int perf_swcounter_is_counting(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_swevent_is_counting(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         /*
-         * The counter is active, we're good!
+         * The event is active, we're good!
          */
-        if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
+        if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
                 return 1;
 
         /*
-         * The counter is off/error, not counting.
+         * The event is off/error, not counting.
          */
-        if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
+        if (event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
                 return 0;
 
         /*
-         * The counter is inactive, if the context is active
+         * The event is inactive, if the context is active
          * we're part of a group that didn't make it on the 'pmu',
          * not counting.
          */
-        if (counter->ctx->is_active)
+        if (event->ctx->is_active)
                 return 0;
 
         /*
@@ -3696,49 +3696,49 @@ static int perf_swcounter_is_counting(struct perf_counter *counter)
         return 1;
 }
 
-static int perf_swcounter_match(struct perf_counter *counter,
+static int perf_swevent_match(struct perf_event *event,
                                 enum perf_type_id type,
                                 u32 event_id, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        if (!perf_swcounter_is_counting(counter))
+        if (!perf_swevent_is_counting(event))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (counter->attr.type != type)
+        if (event->attr.type != type)
                 return 0;
-        if (counter->attr.config != event_id)
+        if (event->attr.config != event_id)
                 return 0;
 
         if (regs) {
-                if (counter->attr.exclude_user && user_mode(regs))
+                if (event->attr.exclude_user && user_mode(regs))
                         return 0;
 
-                if (counter->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
+                if (event->attr.exclude_kernel && !user_mode(regs))
                         return 0;
         }
 
         return 1;
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_ctx_event(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
+static void perf_swevent_ctx_event(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
                                      enum perf_type_id type,
                                      u32 event_id, u64 nr, int nmi,
                                      struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                      struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
 
         if (system_state != SYSTEM_RUNNING || list_empty(&ctx->event_list))
                 return;
 
         rcu_read_lock();
-        list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-                if (perf_swcounter_match(counter, type, event_id, regs))
-                        perf_swcounter_add(counter, nr, nmi, data, regs);
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+                if (perf_swevent_match(event, type, event_id, regs))
+                        perf_swevent_add(event, nr, nmi, data, regs);
         }
         rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static int *perf_swcounter_recursion_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
+static int *perf_swevent_recursion_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
         if (in_nmi())
                 return &cpuctx->recursion[3];
@@ -3752,14 +3752,14 @@ static int *perf_swcounter_recursion_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
         return &cpuctx->recursion[0];
 }
 
-static void do_perf_swcounter_event(enum perf_type_id type, u32 event,
+static void do_perf_sw_event(enum perf_type_id type, u32 event_id,
                                     u64 nr, int nmi,
                                     struct perf_sample_data *data,
                                     struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        int *recursion = perf_swcounter_recursion_context(cpuctx);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
+        int *recursion = perf_swevent_recursion_context(cpuctx);
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
 
         if (*recursion)
                 goto out;
@@ -3767,16 +3767,16 @@ static void do_perf_swcounter_event(enum perf_type_id type, u32 event,
         (*recursion)++;
         barrier();
 
-        perf_swcounter_ctx_event(&cpuctx->ctx, type, event,
+        perf_swevent_ctx_event(&cpuctx->ctx, type, event_id,
                                  nr, nmi, data, regs);
         rcu_read_lock();
         /*
          * doesn't really matter which of the child contexts the
          * events ends up in.
          */
-        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_counter_ctxp);
+        ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp);
         if (ctx)
-                perf_swcounter_ctx_event(ctx, type, event, nr, nmi, data, regs);
+                perf_swevent_ctx_event(ctx, type, event_id, nr, nmi, data, regs);
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         barrier();
@@ -3786,57 +3786,57 @@ out:
         put_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
 }
 
-void __perf_swcounter_event(u32 event, u64 nr, int nmi,
+void __perf_sw_event(u32 event_id, u64 nr, int nmi,
                             struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr)
 {
         struct perf_sample_data data = {
                 .addr = addr,
         };
 
-        do_perf_swcounter_event(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, event, nr, nmi,
+        do_perf_sw_event(PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, event_id, nr, nmi,
                                 &data, regs);
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_swevent_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 }
 
-static int perf_swcounter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int perf_swevent_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
 
         if (hwc->sample_period) {
                 hwc->last_period = hwc->sample_period;
-                perf_swcounter_set_period(counter);
+                perf_swevent_set_period(event);
         }
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void perf_swevent_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 }
 
 static const struct pmu perf_ops_generic = {
-        .enable         = perf_swcounter_enable,
-        .disable        = perf_swcounter_disable,
-        .read           = perf_swcounter_read,
-        .unthrottle     = perf_swcounter_unthrottle,
+        .enable         = perf_swevent_enable,
+        .disable        = perf_swevent_disable,
+        .read           = perf_swevent_read,
+        .unthrottle     = perf_swevent_unthrottle,
 };
 
 /*
- * hrtimer based swcounter callback
+ * hrtimer based swevent callback
  */
 
-static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swcounter_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
+static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swevent_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
         enum hrtimer_restart ret = HRTIMER_RESTART;
         struct perf_sample_data data;
         struct pt_regs *regs;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         u64 period;
 
-        counter = container_of(hrtimer, struct perf_counter, hw.hrtimer);
-        counter->pmu->read(counter);
+        event   = container_of(hrtimer, struct perf_event, hw.hrtimer);
+        event->pmu->read(event);
 
         data.addr = 0;
         regs = get_irq_regs();
@@ -3844,45 +3844,45 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swcounter_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
          * In case we exclude kernel IPs or are somehow not in interrupt
          * context, provide the next best thing, the user IP.
          */
-        if ((counter->attr.exclude_kernel || !regs) &&
-                        !counter->attr.exclude_user)
+        if ((event->attr.exclude_kernel || !regs) &&
+                        !event->attr.exclude_user)
                 regs = task_pt_regs(current);
 
         if (regs) {
-                if (perf_counter_overflow(counter, 0, &data, regs))
+                if (perf_event_overflow(event, 0, &data, regs))
                         ret = HRTIMER_NORESTART;
         }
 
-        period = max_t(u64, 10000, counter->hw.sample_period);
+        period = max_t(u64, 10000, event->hw.sample_period);
         hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(period));
 
         return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * Software counter: cpu wall time clock
+ * Software event: cpu wall time clock
  */
 
-static void cpu_clock_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void cpu_clock_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
         s64 prev;
         u64 now;
 
         now = cpu_clock(cpu);
-        prev = atomic64_read(&counter->hw.prev_count);
-        atomic64_set(&counter->hw.prev_count, now);
-        atomic64_add(now - prev, &counter->count);
+        prev = atomic64_read(&event->hw.prev_count);
+        atomic64_set(&event->hw.prev_count, now);
+        atomic64_add(now - prev, &event->count);
 }
 
-static int cpu_clock_perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int cpu_clock_perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 
         atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, cpu_clock(cpu));
         hrtimer_init(&hwc->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
-        hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swcounter_hrtimer;
+        hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swevent_hrtimer;
         if (hwc->sample_period) {
                 u64 period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period);
                 __hrtimer_start_range_ns(&hwc->hrtimer,
@@ -3893,48 +3893,48 @@ static int cpu_clock_perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void cpu_clock_perf_counter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void cpu_clock_perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->hw.sample_period)
-                hrtimer_cancel(&counter->hw.hrtimer);
-        cpu_clock_perf_counter_update(counter);
+        if (event->hw.sample_period)
+                hrtimer_cancel(&event->hw.hrtimer);
+        cpu_clock_perf_event_update(event);
 }
 
-static void cpu_clock_perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void cpu_clock_perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        cpu_clock_perf_counter_update(counter);
+        cpu_clock_perf_event_update(event);
 }
 
 static const struct pmu perf_ops_cpu_clock = {
-        .enable         = cpu_clock_perf_counter_enable,
-        .disable        = cpu_clock_perf_counter_disable,
-        .read           = cpu_clock_perf_counter_read,
+        .enable         = cpu_clock_perf_event_enable,
+        .disable        = cpu_clock_perf_event_disable,
+        .read           = cpu_clock_perf_event_read,
 };
 
 /*
- * Software counter: task time clock
+ * Software event: task time clock
  */
 
-static void task_clock_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 now)
+static void task_clock_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event, u64 now)
 {
         u64 prev;
         s64 delta;
 
-        prev = atomic64_xchg(&counter->hw.prev_count, now);
+        prev = atomic64_xchg(&event->hw.prev_count, now);
         delta = now - prev;
-        atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
+        atomic64_add(delta, &event->count);
 }
 
-static int task_clock_perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static int task_clock_perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
         u64 now;
 
-        now = counter->ctx->time;
+        now = event->ctx->time;
 
         atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, now);
         hrtimer_init(&hwc->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
-        hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swcounter_hrtimer;
+        hwc->hrtimer.function = perf_swevent_hrtimer;
         if (hwc->sample_period) {
                 u64 period = max_t(u64, 10000, hwc->sample_period);
                 __hrtimer_start_range_ns(&hwc->hrtimer,
@@ -3945,38 +3945,38 @@ static int task_clock_perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void task_clock_perf_counter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void task_clock_perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        if (counter->hw.sample_period)
-                hrtimer_cancel(&counter->hw.hrtimer);
-        task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter, counter->ctx->time);
+        if (event->hw.sample_period)
+                hrtimer_cancel(&event->hw.hrtimer);
+        task_clock_perf_event_update(event, event->ctx->time);
 
 }
 
-static void task_clock_perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void task_clock_perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         u64 time;
 
         if (!in_nmi()) {
-                update_context_time(counter->ctx);
-                time = counter->ctx->time;
+                update_context_time(event->ctx);
+                time = event->ctx->time;
         } else {
                 u64 now = perf_clock();
-                u64 delta = now - counter->ctx->timestamp;
-                time = counter->ctx->time + delta;
+                u64 delta = now - event->ctx->timestamp;
+                time = event->ctx->time + delta;
         }
 
-        task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter, time);
+        task_clock_perf_event_update(event, time);
 }
 
 static const struct pmu perf_ops_task_clock = {
-        .enable         = task_clock_perf_counter_enable,
-        .disable        = task_clock_perf_counter_disable,
-        .read           = task_clock_perf_counter_read,
+        .enable         = task_clock_perf_event_enable,
+        .disable        = task_clock_perf_event_disable,
+        .read           = task_clock_perf_event_read,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE
-void perf_tpcounter_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count, void *record,
+void perf_tp_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count, void *record,
                           int entry_size)
 {
         struct perf_raw_record raw = {
@@ -3994,62 +3994,62 @@ void perf_tpcounter_event(int event_id, u64 addr, u64 count, void *record,
         if (!regs)
                 regs = task_pt_regs(current);
 
-        do_perf_swcounter_event(PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, event_id, count, 1,
+        do_perf_sw_event(PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT, event_id, count, 1,
                                 &data, regs);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_tpcounter_event);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_tp_event);
 
 extern int ftrace_profile_enable(int);
 extern void ftrace_profile_disable(int);
 
-static void tp_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void tp_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        ftrace_profile_disable(counter->attr.config);
+        ftrace_profile_disable(event->attr.config);
 }
 
-static const struct pmu *tp_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static const struct pmu *tp_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         /*
          * Raw tracepoint data is a severe data leak, only allow root to
          * have these.
          */
-        if ((counter->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) &&
+        if ((event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) &&
                         perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() &&
                         !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 
-        if (ftrace_profile_enable(counter->attr.config))
+        if (ftrace_profile_enable(event->attr.config))
                 return NULL;
 
-        counter->destroy = tp_perf_counter_destroy;
+        event->destroy = tp_perf_event_destroy;
 
         return &perf_ops_generic;
 }
 #else
-static const struct pmu *tp_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static const struct pmu *tp_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         return NULL;
 }
 #endif
 
-atomic_t perf_swcounter_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
+atomic_t perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];
 
-static void sw_perf_counter_destroy(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static void sw_perf_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        u64 event_id = counter->attr.config;
+        u64 event_id = event->attr.config;
 
-        WARN_ON(counter->parent);
+        WARN_ON(event->parent);
 
-        atomic_dec(&perf_swcounter_enabled[event_id]);
+        atomic_dec(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id]);
 }
 
-static const struct pmu *sw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
+static const struct pmu *sw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 {
         const struct pmu *pmu = NULL;
-        u64 event_id = counter->attr.config;
+        u64 event_id = event->attr.config;
 
         /*
-         * Software counters (currently) can't in general distinguish
+         * Software events (currently) can't in general distinguish
          * between user, kernel and hypervisor events.
          * However, context switches and cpu migrations are considered
          * to be kernel events, and page faults are never hypervisor
@@ -4062,10 +4062,10 @@ static const struct pmu *sw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
                 break;
         case PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK:
                 /*
-                 * If the user instantiates this as a per-cpu counter,
-                 * use the cpu_clock counter instead.
+                 * If the user instantiates this as a per-cpu event,
+                 * use the cpu_clock event instead.
                  */
-                if (counter->ctx->task)
+                if (event->ctx->task)
                         pmu = &perf_ops_task_clock;
                 else
                         pmu = &perf_ops_cpu_clock;
@@ -4076,9 +4076,9 @@ static const struct pmu *sw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
         case PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ:
         case PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES:
         case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS:
-                if (!counter->parent) {
-                        atomic_inc(&perf_swcounter_enabled[event_id]);
-                        counter->destroy = sw_perf_counter_destroy;
+                if (!event->parent) {
+                        atomic_inc(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id]);
+                        event->destroy = sw_perf_event_destroy;
                 }
                 pmu = &perf_ops_generic;
                 break;
@@ -4088,62 +4088,62 @@ static const struct pmu *sw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 }
 
 /*
- * Allocate and initialize a counter structure
+ * Allocate and initialize a event structure
  */
-static struct perf_counter *
-perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
+static struct perf_event *
+perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
                    int cpu,
-                   struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
-                   struct perf_counter *group_leader,
-                   struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
+                   struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+                   struct perf_event *group_leader,
+                   struct perf_event *parent_event,
                    gfp_t gfpflags)
 {
         const struct pmu *pmu;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
-        struct hw_perf_counter *hwc;
+        struct perf_event *event;
+        struct hw_perf_event *hwc;
         long err;
 
-        counter = kzalloc(sizeof(*counter), gfpflags);
-        if (!counter)
+        event = kzalloc(sizeof(*event), gfpflags);
+        if (!event)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         /*
-         * Single counters are their own group leaders, with an
+         * Single events are their own group leaders, with an
          * empty sibling list:
          */
         if (!group_leader)
-                group_leader = counter;
+                group_leader = event;
 
-        mutex_init(&counter->child_mutex);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&counter->child_list);
+        mutex_init(&event->child_mutex);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->child_list);
 
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&counter->group_entry);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&counter->event_entry);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&counter->sibling_list);
-        init_waitqueue_head(&counter->waitq);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->group_entry);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->event_entry);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->sibling_list);
+        init_waitqueue_head(&event->waitq);
 
-        mutex_init(&counter->mmap_mutex);
+        mutex_init(&event->mmap_mutex);
 
-        counter->cpu            = cpu;
-        counter->attr           = *attr;
-        counter->group_leader   = group_leader;
-        counter->pmu            = NULL;
-        counter->ctx            = ctx;
-        counter->oncpu          = -1;
+        event->cpu              = cpu;
+        event->attr             = *attr;
+        event->group_leader     = group_leader;
+        event->pmu              = NULL;
+        event->ctx              = ctx;
+        event->oncpu            = -1;
 
-        counter->parent         = parent_counter;
+        event->parent           = parent_event;
 
-        counter->ns             = get_pid_ns(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
-        counter->id             = atomic64_inc_return(&perf_counter_id);
+        event->ns               = get_pid_ns(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+        event->id               = atomic64_inc_return(&perf_event_id);
 
-        counter->state          = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
+        event->state            = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
 
         if (attr->disabled)
-                counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+                event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 
         pmu = NULL;
 
-        hwc = &counter->hw;
+        hwc = &event->hw;
         hwc->sample_period = attr->sample_period;
         if (attr->freq && attr->sample_freq)
                 hwc->sample_period = 1;
@@ -4152,7 +4152,7 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
         atomic64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
 
         /*
-         * we currently do not support PERF_FORMAT_GROUP on inherited counters
+         * we currently do not support PERF_FORMAT_GROUP on inherited events
          */
         if (attr->inherit && (attr->read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP))
                 goto done;
@@ -4161,15 +4161,15 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
         case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
         case PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE:
         case PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE:
-                pmu = hw_perf_counter_init(counter);
+                pmu = hw_perf_event_init(event);
                 break;
 
         case PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE:
-                pmu = sw_perf_counter_init(counter);
+                pmu = sw_perf_event_init(event);
                 break;
 
         case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
-                pmu = tp_perf_counter_init(counter);
+                pmu = tp_perf_event_init(event);
                 break;
 
         default:
@@ -4183,29 +4183,29 @@ done:
                 err = PTR_ERR(pmu);
 
         if (err) {
-                if (counter->ns)
-                        put_pid_ns(counter->ns);
-                kfree(counter);
+                if (event->ns)
+                        put_pid_ns(event->ns);
+                kfree(event);
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
         }
 
-        counter->pmu = pmu;
+        event->pmu = pmu;
 
-        if (!counter->parent) {
-                atomic_inc(&nr_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.mmap)
-                        atomic_inc(&nr_mmap_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.comm)
-                        atomic_inc(&nr_comm_counters);
-                if (counter->attr.task)
-                        atomic_inc(&nr_task_counters);
+        if (!event->parent) {
+                atomic_inc(&nr_events);
+                if (event->attr.mmap)
+                        atomic_inc(&nr_mmap_events);
+                if (event->attr.comm)
+                        atomic_inc(&nr_comm_events);
+                if (event->attr.task)
+                        atomic_inc(&nr_task_events);
         }
 
-        return counter;
+        return event;
 }
 
-static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_counter_attr __user *uattr,
-                          struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr,
+                          struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         u32 size;
         int ret;
@@ -4284,11 +4284,11 @@ err_size:
         goto out;
 }
 
-int perf_counter_set_output(struct perf_counter *counter, int output_fd)
+int perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, int output_fd)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *output_counter = NULL;
+        struct perf_event *output_event = NULL;
         struct file *output_file = NULL;
-        struct perf_counter *old_output;
+        struct perf_event *old_output;
         int fput_needed = 0;
         int ret = -EINVAL;
 
@@ -4302,28 +4302,28 @@ int perf_counter_set_output(struct perf_counter *counter, int output_fd)
         if (output_file->f_op != &perf_fops)
                 goto out;
 
-        output_counter = output_file->private_data;
+        output_event = output_file->private_data;
 
         /* Don't chain output fds */
-        if (output_counter->output)
+        if (output_event->output)
                 goto out;
 
         /* Don't set an output fd when we already have an output channel */
-        if (counter->data)
+        if (event->data)
                 goto out;
 
         atomic_long_inc(&output_file->f_count);
 
 set:
-        mutex_lock(&counter->mmap_mutex);
-        old_output = counter->output;
-        rcu_assign_pointer(counter->output, output_counter);
-        mutex_unlock(&counter->mmap_mutex);
+        mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
+        old_output = event->output;
+        rcu_assign_pointer(event->output, output_event);
+        mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
 
         if (old_output) {
                 /*
                  * we need to make sure no existing perf_output_*()
-                 * is still referencing this counter.
+                 * is still referencing this event.
                  */
                 synchronize_rcu();
                 fput(old_output->filp);
@@ -4336,21 +4336,21 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * sys_perf_counter_open - open a performance counter, associate it to a task/cpu
+ * sys_perf_event_open - open a performance event, associate it to a task/cpu
  *
- * @attr_uptr:  event type attributes for monitoring/sampling
+ * @attr_uptr:  event_id type attributes for monitoring/sampling
  * @pid:                target pid
  * @cpu:                target cpu
- * @group_fd:           group leader counter fd
+ * @group_fd:           group leader event fd
  */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
-                struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
+SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
+                struct perf_event_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
                 pid_t, pid, int, cpu, int, group_fd, unsigned long, flags)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader;
-        struct perf_counter_attr attr;
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
-        struct file *counter_file = NULL;
+        struct perf_event *event, *group_leader;
+        struct perf_event_attr attr;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+        struct file *event_file = NULL;
         struct file *group_file = NULL;
         int fput_needed = 0;
         int fput_needed2 = 0;
@@ -4370,7 +4370,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
         }
 
         if (attr.freq) {
-                if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate)
+                if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate)
                         return -EINVAL;
         }
 
@@ -4382,7 +4382,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
                 return PTR_ERR(ctx);
 
         /*
-         * Look up the group leader (we will attach this counter to it):
+         * Look up the group leader (we will attach this event to it):
          */
         group_leader = NULL;
         if (group_fd != -1 && !(flags & PERF_FLAG_FD_NO_GROUP)) {
@@ -4413,45 +4413,45 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
                         goto err_put_context;
         }
 
-        counter = perf_counter_alloc(&attr, cpu, ctx, group_leader,
+        event = perf_event_alloc(&attr, cpu, ctx, group_leader,
                                      NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
-        err = PTR_ERR(counter);
-        if (IS_ERR(counter))
+        err = PTR_ERR(event);
+        if (IS_ERR(event))
                 goto err_put_context;
 
-        err = anon_inode_getfd("[perf_counter]", &perf_fops, counter, 0);
+        err = anon_inode_getfd("[perf_event]", &perf_fops, event, 0);
         if (err < 0)
                 goto err_free_put_context;
 
-        counter_file = fget_light(err, &fput_needed2);
-        if (!counter_file)
+        event_file = fget_light(err, &fput_needed2);
+        if (!event_file)
                 goto err_free_put_context;
 
         if (flags & PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT) {
-                err = perf_counter_set_output(counter, group_fd);
+                err = perf_event_set_output(event, group_fd);
                 if (err)
                         goto err_fput_free_put_context;
         }
 
-        counter->filp = counter_file;
+        event->filp = event_file;
         WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
         mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
-        perf_install_in_context(ctx, counter, cpu);
+        perf_install_in_context(ctx, event, cpu);
         ++ctx->generation;
         mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 
-        counter->owner = current;
+        event->owner = current;
         get_task_struct(current);
-        mutex_lock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
-        list_add_tail(&counter->owner_entry, &current->perf_counter_list);
-        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
+        mutex_lock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
+        list_add_tail(&event->owner_entry, &current->perf_event_list);
+        mutex_unlock(&current->perf_event_mutex);
 
 err_fput_free_put_context:
-        fput_light(counter_file, fput_needed2);
+        fput_light(event_file, fput_needed2);
 
 err_free_put_context:
         if (err < 0)
-                kfree(counter);
+                kfree(event);
 
 err_put_context:
         if (err < 0)
@@ -4463,88 +4463,88 @@ err_put_context:
 }
 
 /*
- * inherit a counter from parent task to child task:
+ * inherit a event from parent task to child task:
  */
-static struct perf_counter *
-inherit_counter(struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
+static struct perf_event *
+inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
               struct task_struct *parent,
-              struct perf_counter_context *parent_ctx,
+              struct perf_event_context *parent_ctx,
               struct task_struct *child,
-              struct perf_counter *group_leader,
-              struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx)
+              struct perf_event *group_leader,
+              struct perf_event_context *child_ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *child_counter;
+        struct perf_event *child_event;
 
         /*
-         * Instead of creating recursive hierarchies of counters,
-         * we link inherited counters back to the original parent,
+         * Instead of creating recursive hierarchies of events,
+         * we link inherited events back to the original parent,
          * which has a filp for sure, which we use as the reference
          * count:
          */
-        if (parent_counter->parent)
-                parent_counter = parent_counter->parent;
+        if (parent_event->parent)
+                parent_event = parent_event->parent;
 
-        child_counter = perf_counter_alloc(&parent_counter->attr,
-                                           parent_counter->cpu, child_ctx,
-                                           group_leader, parent_counter,
+        child_event = perf_event_alloc(&parent_event->attr,
+                                           parent_event->cpu, child_ctx,
+                                           group_leader, parent_event,
                                            GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (IS_ERR(child_counter))
-                return child_counter;
+        if (IS_ERR(child_event))
+                return child_event;
         get_ctx(child_ctx);
 
         /*
-         * Make the child state follow the state of the parent counter,
+         * Make the child state follow the state of the parent event,
          * not its attr.disabled bit.  We hold the parent's mutex,
-         * so we won't race with perf_counter_{en, dis}able_family.
+         * so we won't race with perf_event_{en, dis}able_family.
          */
-        if (parent_counter->state >= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
-                child_counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
+        if (parent_event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
+                child_event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
         else
-                child_counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
+                child_event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 
-        if (parent_counter->attr.freq)
-                child_counter->hw.sample_period = parent_counter->hw.sample_period;
+        if (parent_event->attr.freq)
+                child_event->hw.sample_period = parent_event->hw.sample_period;
 
         /*
          * Link it up in the child's context:
          */
-        add_counter_to_ctx(child_counter, child_ctx);
+        add_event_to_ctx(child_event, child_ctx);
 
         /*
          * Get a reference to the parent filp - we will fput it
-         * when the child counter exits. This is safe to do because
+         * when the child event exits. This is safe to do because
          * we are in the parent and we know that the filp still
          * exists and has a nonzero count:
          */
-        atomic_long_inc(&parent_counter->filp->f_count);
+        atomic_long_inc(&parent_event->filp->f_count);
 
         /*
-         * Link this into the parent counter's child list
+         * Link this into the parent event's child list
          */
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(parent_counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        mutex_lock(&parent_counter->child_mutex);
-        list_add_tail(&child_counter->child_list, &parent_counter->child_list);
-        mutex_unlock(&parent_counter->child_mutex);
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(parent_event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        mutex_lock(&parent_event->child_mutex);
+        list_add_tail(&child_event->child_list, &parent_event->child_list);
+        mutex_unlock(&parent_event->child_mutex);
 
-        return child_counter;
+        return child_event;
 }
 
-static int inherit_group(struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
+static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
               struct task_struct *parent,
-              struct perf_counter_context *parent_ctx,
+              struct perf_event_context *parent_ctx,
               struct task_struct *child,
-              struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx)
+              struct perf_event_context *child_ctx)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *leader;
-        struct perf_counter *sub;
-        struct perf_counter *child_ctr;
+        struct perf_event *leader;
+        struct perf_event *sub;
+        struct perf_event *child_ctr;
 
-        leader = inherit_counter(parent_counter, parent, parent_ctx,
+        leader = inherit_event(parent_event, parent, parent_ctx,
                                  child, NULL, child_ctx);
         if (IS_ERR(leader))
                 return PTR_ERR(leader);
-        list_for_each_entry(sub, &parent_counter->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-                child_ctr = inherit_counter(sub, parent, parent_ctx,
+        list_for_each_entry(sub, &parent_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
+                child_ctr = inherit_event(sub, parent, parent_ctx,
                                             child, leader, child_ctx);
                 if (IS_ERR(child_ctr))
                         return PTR_ERR(child_ctr);
@@ -4552,74 +4552,74 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_counter *parent_counter,
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void sync_child_counter(struct perf_counter *child_counter,
+static void sync_child_event(struct perf_event *child_event,
                                struct task_struct *child)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *parent_counter = child_counter->parent;
+        struct perf_event *parent_event = child_event->parent;
         u64 child_val;
 
-        if (child_counter->attr.inherit_stat)
-                perf_counter_read_event(child_counter, child);
+        if (child_event->attr.inherit_stat)
+                perf_event_read_event(child_event, child);
 
-        child_val = atomic64_read(&child_counter->count);
+        child_val = atomic64_read(&child_event->count);
 
         /*
          * Add back the child's count to the parent's count:
          */
-        atomic64_add(child_val, &parent_counter->count);
-        atomic64_add(child_counter->total_time_enabled,
-                     &parent_counter->child_total_time_enabled);
-        atomic64_add(child_counter->total_time_running,
-                     &parent_counter->child_total_time_running);
+        atomic64_add(child_val, &parent_event->count);
+        atomic64_add(child_event->total_time_enabled,
+                     &parent_event->child_total_time_enabled);
+        atomic64_add(child_event->total_time_running,
+                     &parent_event->child_total_time_running);
 
         /*
-         * Remove this counter from the parent's list
+         * Remove this event from the parent's list
          */
-        WARN_ON_ONCE(parent_counter->ctx->parent_ctx);
-        mutex_lock(&parent_counter->child_mutex);
-        list_del_init(&child_counter->child_list);
-        mutex_unlock(&parent_counter->child_mutex);
+        WARN_ON_ONCE(parent_event->ctx->parent_ctx);
+        mutex_lock(&parent_event->child_mutex);
+        list_del_init(&child_event->child_list);
+        mutex_unlock(&parent_event->child_mutex);
 
         /*
-         * Release the parent counter, if this was the last
+         * Release the parent event, if this was the last
          * reference to it.
          */
-        fput(parent_counter->filp);
+        fput(parent_event->filp);
 }
 
 static void
-__perf_counter_exit_task(struct perf_counter *child_counter,
-                         struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx,
+__perf_event_exit_task(struct perf_event *child_event,
+                         struct perf_event_context *child_ctx,
                          struct task_struct *child)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *parent_counter;
+        struct perf_event *parent_event;
 
-        update_counter_times(child_counter);
-        perf_counter_remove_from_context(child_counter);
+        update_event_times(child_event);
+        perf_event_remove_from_context(child_event);
 
-        parent_counter = child_counter->parent;
+        parent_event = child_event->parent;
         /*
-         * It can happen that parent exits first, and has counters
+         * It can happen that parent exits first, and has events
          * that are still around due to the child reference. These
-         * counters need to be zapped - but otherwise linger.
+         * events need to be zapped - but otherwise linger.
          */
-        if (parent_counter) {
-                sync_child_counter(child_counter, child);
-                free_counter(child_counter);
+        if (parent_event) {
+                sync_child_event(child_event, child);
+                free_event(child_event);
         }
 }
 
 /*
- * When a child task exits, feed back counter values to parent counters.
+ * When a child task exits, feed back event values to parent events.
  */
-void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
+void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-        struct perf_counter *child_counter, *tmp;
-        struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx;
+        struct perf_event *child_event, *tmp;
+        struct perf_event_context *child_ctx;
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        if (likely(!child->perf_counter_ctxp)) {
-                perf_counter_task(child, NULL, 0);
+        if (likely(!child->perf_event_ctxp)) {
+                perf_event_task(child, NULL, 0);
                 return;
         }
 
@@ -4630,37 +4630,37 @@ void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
          * scheduled, so we are now safe from rescheduling changing
          * our context.
          */
-        child_ctx = child->perf_counter_ctxp;
-        __perf_counter_task_sched_out(child_ctx);
+        child_ctx = child->perf_event_ctxp;
+        __perf_event_task_sched_out(child_ctx);
 
         /*
          * Take the context lock here so that if find_get_context is
-         * reading child->perf_counter_ctxp, we wait until it has
+         * reading child->perf_event_ctxp, we wait until it has
          * incremented the context's refcount before we do put_ctx below.
          */
         spin_lock(&child_ctx->lock);
-        child->perf_counter_ctxp = NULL;
+        child->perf_event_ctxp = NULL;
         /*
          * If this context is a clone; unclone it so it can't get
          * swapped to another process while we're removing all
-         * the counters from it.
+         * the events from it.
          */
         unclone_ctx(child_ctx);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&child_ctx->lock, flags);
 
         /*
-         * Report the task dead after unscheduling the counters so that we
-         * won't get any samples after PERF_EVENT_EXIT. We can however still
-         * get a few PERF_EVENT_READ events.
+         * Report the task dead after unscheduling the events so that we
+         * won't get any samples after PERF_RECORD_EXIT. We can however still
+         * get a few PERF_RECORD_READ events.
          */
-        perf_counter_task(child, child_ctx, 0);
+        perf_event_task(child, child_ctx, 0);
 
         /*
          * We can recurse on the same lock type through:
          *
-         *   __perf_counter_exit_task()
-         *     sync_child_counter()
-         *       fput(parent_counter->filp)
+         *   __perf_event_exit_task()
+         *     sync_child_event()
+         *       fput(parent_event->filp)
          *         perf_release()
          *           mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex)
          *
@@ -4669,12 +4669,12 @@ void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)
         mutex_lock_nested(&child_ctx->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 
 again:
-        list_for_each_entry_safe(child_counter, tmp, &child_ctx->group_list,
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(child_event, tmp, &child_ctx->group_list,
                                  group_entry)
-                __perf_counter_exit_task(child_counter, child_ctx, child);
+                __perf_event_exit_task(child_event, child_ctx, child);
 
         /*
-         * If the last counter was a group counter, it will have appended all
+         * If the last event was a group event, it will have appended all
          * its siblings to the list, but we obtained 'tmp' before that which
          * will still point to the list head terminating the iteration.
          */
@@ -4690,30 +4690,30 @@ again:
  * free an unexposed, unused context as created by inheritance by
  * init_task below, used by fork() in case of fail.
  */
-void perf_counter_free_task(struct task_struct *task)
+void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = task->perf_counter_ctxp;
-        struct perf_counter *counter, *tmp;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = task->perf_event_ctxp;
+        struct perf_event *event, *tmp;
 
         if (!ctx)
                 return;
 
         mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
 again:
-        list_for_each_entry_safe(counter, tmp, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
-                struct perf_counter *parent = counter->parent;
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->group_list, group_entry) {
+                struct perf_event *parent = event->parent;
 
                 if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!parent))
                         continue;
 
                 mutex_lock(&parent->child_mutex);
-                list_del_init(&counter->child_list);
+                list_del_init(&event->child_list);
                 mutex_unlock(&parent->child_mutex);
 
                 fput(parent->filp);
 
-                list_del_counter(counter, ctx);
-                free_counter(counter);
+                list_del_event(event, ctx);
+                free_event(event);
         }
 
         if (!list_empty(&ctx->group_list))
@@ -4725,37 +4725,37 @@ again:
 }
 
 /*
- * Initialize the perf_counter context in task_struct
+ * Initialize the perf_event context in task_struct
  */
-int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
+int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_context *child_ctx, *parent_ctx;
-        struct perf_counter_context *cloned_ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *counter;
+        struct perf_event_context *child_ctx, *parent_ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *cloned_ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event;
         struct task_struct *parent = current;
         int inherited_all = 1;
         int ret = 0;
 
-        child->perf_counter_ctxp = NULL;
+        child->perf_event_ctxp = NULL;
 
-        mutex_init(&child->perf_counter_mutex);
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_counter_list);
+        mutex_init(&child->perf_event_mutex);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_event_list);
 
-        if (likely(!parent->perf_counter_ctxp))
+        if (likely(!parent->perf_event_ctxp))
                 return 0;
 
         /*
          * This is executed from the parent task context, so inherit
-         * counters that have been marked for cloning.
+         * events that have been marked for cloning.
          * First allocate and initialize a context for the child.
          */
 
-        child_ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct perf_counter_context), GFP_KERNEL);
+        child_ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(struct perf_event_context), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!child_ctx)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        __perf_counter_init_context(child_ctx, child);
-        child->perf_counter_ctxp = child_ctx;
+        __perf_event_init_context(child_ctx, child);
+        child->perf_event_ctxp = child_ctx;
         get_task_struct(child);
 
         /*
@@ -4781,16 +4781,16 @@ int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
          * We dont have to disable NMIs - we are only looking at
          * the list, not manipulating it:
          */
-        list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &parent_ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-                if (counter != counter->group_leader)
+        list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &parent_ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+                if (event != event->group_leader)
                         continue;
 
-                if (!counter->attr.inherit) {
+                if (!event->attr.inherit) {
                         inherited_all = 0;
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                ret = inherit_group(counter, parent, parent_ctx,
+                ret = inherit_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
                                              child, child_ctx);
                 if (ret) {
                         inherited_all = 0;
@@ -4804,7 +4804,7 @@ int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
                  * context, or of whatever the parent is a clone of.
                  * Note that if the parent is a clone, it could get
                  * uncloned at any point, but that doesn't matter
-                 * because the list of counters and the generation
+                 * because the list of events and the generation
                  * count can't have changed since we took the mutex.
                  */
                 cloned_ctx = rcu_dereference(parent_ctx->parent_ctx);
@@ -4825,41 +4825,41 @@ int perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
         return ret;
 }
 
-static void __cpuinit perf_counter_init_cpu(int cpu)
+static void __cpuinit perf_event_init_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
 
         cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
-        __perf_counter_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx, NULL);
+        __perf_event_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx, NULL);
 
         spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
-        cpuctx->max_pertask = perf_max_counters - perf_reserved_percpu;
+        cpuctx->max_pertask = perf_max_events - perf_reserved_percpu;
         spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
-        hw_perf_counter_setup(cpu);
+        hw_perf_event_setup(cpu);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-static void __perf_counter_exit_cpu(void *info)
+static void __perf_event_exit_cpu(void *info)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
-        struct perf_counter *counter, *tmp;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
+        struct perf_event *event, *tmp;
 
-        list_for_each_entry_safe(counter, tmp, &ctx->group_list, group_entry)
-                __perf_counter_remove_from_context(counter);
+        list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->group_list, group_entry)
+                __perf_event_remove_from_context(event);
 }
-static void perf_counter_exit_cpu(int cpu)
+static void perf_event_exit_cpu(int cpu)
 {
         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
-        struct perf_counter_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
+        struct perf_event_context *ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
 
         mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
-        smp_call_function_single(cpu, __perf_counter_exit_cpu, NULL, 1);
+        smp_call_function_single(cpu, __perf_event_exit_cpu, NULL, 1);
         mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 }
 #else
-static inline void perf_counter_exit_cpu(int cpu) { }
+static inline void perf_event_exit_cpu(int cpu) { }
 #endif
 
 static int __cpuinit
@@ -4871,17 +4871,17 @@ perf_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 
         case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
         case CPU_UP_PREPARE_FROZEN:
-                perf_counter_init_cpu(cpu);
+                perf_event_init_cpu(cpu);
                 break;
 
         case CPU_ONLINE:
         case CPU_ONLINE_FROZEN:
-                hw_perf_counter_setup_online(cpu);
+                hw_perf_event_setup_online(cpu);
                 break;
 
         case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
         case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE_FROZEN:
-                perf_counter_exit_cpu(cpu);
+                perf_event_exit_cpu(cpu);
                 break;
 
         default:
@@ -4899,7 +4899,7 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata perf_cpu_nb = {
         .priority               = 20,
 };
 
-void __init perf_counter_init(void)
+void __init perf_event_init(void)
 {
         perf_cpu_notify(&perf_cpu_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
                         (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
@@ -4925,7 +4925,7 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
         err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
         if (err)
                 return err;
-        if (val > perf_max_counters)
+        if (val > perf_max_events)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
@@ -4933,8 +4933,8 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
         for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                 cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
                 spin_lock_irq(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
-                mpt = min(perf_max_counters - cpuctx->ctx.nr_counters,
-                          perf_max_counters - perf_reserved_percpu);
+                mpt = min(perf_max_events - cpuctx->ctx.nr_events,
+                          perf_max_events - perf_reserved_percpu);
                 cpuctx->max_pertask = mpt;
                 spin_unlock_irq(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
         }
@@ -4989,12 +4989,12 @@ static struct attribute *perfclass_attrs[] = {
 
 static struct attribute_group perfclass_attr_group = {
         .attrs                  = perfclass_attrs,
-        .name                   = "perf_counters",
+        .name                   = "perf_events",
 };
 
-static int __init perf_counter_sysfs_init(void)
+static int __init perf_event_sysfs_init(void)
 {
         return sysfs_create_group(&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj,
                                   &perfclass_attr_group);
 }
-device_initcall(perf_counter_sysfs_init);
+device_initcall(perf_event_sysfs_init);
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index faf4d463bbff..291c8d213d13 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/profile.h>
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int new_cpu)
                 if (task_hot(p, old_rq->clock, NULL))
                         schedstat_inc(p, se.nr_forced2_migrations);
 #endif
-                perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS,
+                perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS,
                                      1, 1, NULL, 0);
         }
         p->se.vruntime -= old_cfsrq->min_vruntime -
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ static void finish_task_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
          */
         prev_state = prev->state;
         finish_arch_switch(prev);
-        perf_counter_task_sched_in(current, cpu_of(rq));
+        perf_event_task_sched_in(current, cpu_of(rq));
         finish_lock_switch(rq, prev);
 
         fire_sched_in_preempt_notifiers(current);
@@ -5199,7 +5199,7 @@ void scheduler_tick(void)
         curr->sched_class->task_tick(rq, curr, 0);
         spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
 
-        perf_counter_task_tick(curr, cpu);
+        perf_event_task_tick(curr, cpu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
         rq->idle_at_tick = idle_cpu(cpu);
@@ -5415,7 +5415,7 @@ need_resched_nonpreemptible:
 
         if (likely(prev != next)) {
                 sched_info_switch(prev, next);
-                perf_counter_task_sched_out(prev, next, cpu);
+                perf_event_task_sched_out(prev, next, cpu);
 
                 rq->nr_switches++;
                 rq->curr = next;
@@ -7692,7 +7692,7 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 /*
  * Register at high priority so that task migration (migrate_all_tasks)
  * happens before everything else.  This has to be lower priority than
- * the notifier in the perf_counter subsystem, though.
+ * the notifier in the perf_event subsystem, though.
  */
 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata migration_notifier = {
         .notifier_call = migration_call,
@@ -9549,7 +9549,7 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
         alloc_cpumask_var(&cpu_isolated_map, GFP_NOWAIT);
 #endif /* SMP */
 
-        perf_counter_init();
+        perf_event_init();
 
         scheduler_running = 1;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index b3f1097c76fa..ea5c3bcac881 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
 #include <linux/highuid.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/resource.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
@@ -1511,11 +1511,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
                 case PR_SET_TSC:
                         error = SET_TSC_CTL(arg2);
                         break;
-                case PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE:
-                        error = perf_counter_task_disable();
+                case PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE:
+                        error = perf_event_task_disable();
                         break;
-                case PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE:
-                        error = perf_counter_task_enable();
+                case PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE:
+                        error = perf_event_task_enable();
                         break;
                 case PR_GET_TIMERSLACK:
                         error = current->timer_slack_ns;
diff --git a/kernel/sys_ni.c b/kernel/sys_ni.c
index 68320f6b07b5..515bc230ac2a 100644
--- a/kernel/sys_ni.c
+++ b/kernel/sys_ni.c
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@ cond_syscall(sys_eventfd);
 cond_syscall(sys_eventfd2);
 
 /* performance counters: */
-cond_syscall(sys_perf_counter_open);
+cond_syscall(sys_perf_event_open);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 1a631ba684a4..6ba49c7cb128 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/slow-work.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -964,28 +964,28 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
                 .child          = slow_work_sysctls,
         },
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
+#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
         {
                 .ctl_name       = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
-                .procname       = "perf_counter_paranoid",
-                .data           = &sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid,
-                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_counter_paranoid),
+                .procname       = "perf_event_paranoid",
+                .data           = &sysctl_perf_event_paranoid,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_event_paranoid),
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
         },
         {
                 .ctl_name       = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
-                .procname       = "perf_counter_mlock_kb",
-                .data           = &sysctl_perf_counter_mlock,
-                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_counter_mlock),
+                .procname       = "perf_event_mlock_kb",
+                .data           = &sysctl_perf_event_mlock,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_event_mlock),
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
         },
         {
                 .ctl_name       = CTL_UNNUMBERED,
-                .procname       = "perf_counter_max_sample_rate",
-                .data           = &sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate,
-                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_counter_sample_rate),
+                .procname       = "perf_event_max_sample_rate",
+                .data           = &sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate,
+                .maxlen         = sizeof(sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate),
                 .mode           = 0644,
                 .proc_handler   = &proc_dointvec,
         },
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index bbb51074680e..811e5c391456 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ static void run_timer_softirq(struct softirq_action *h)
 {
         struct tvec_base *base = __get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
 
-        perf_counter_do_pending();
+        perf_event_do_pending();
 
         hrtimer_run_pending();
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 8712ce3c6a0e..233f3483ac83 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <trace/events/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/syscall.h>
 
 #include "trace_output.h"
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ static void prof_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long id)
                 rec->nr = syscall_nr;
                 syscall_get_arguments(current, regs, 0, sys_data->nb_args,
                                        (unsigned long *)&rec->args);
-                perf_tpcounter_event(sys_data->enter_id, 0, 1, rec, size);
+                perf_tp_event(sys_data->enter_id, 0, 1, rec, size);
         } while(0);
 }
 
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ static void prof_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)
         rec.nr = syscall_nr;
         rec.ret = syscall_get_return_value(current, regs);
 
-        perf_tpcounter_event(sys_data->exit_id, 0, 1, &rec, sizeof(rec));
+        perf_tp_event(sys_data->exit_id, 0, 1, &rec, sizeof(rec));
 }
 
 int reg_prof_syscall_exit(char *name)
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 26892e346d8f..376492ed08f4 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ munmap_back:
         if (correct_wcount)
                 atomic_inc(&inode->i_writecount);
 out:
-        perf_counter_mmap(vma);
+        perf_event_mmap(vma);
 
         mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
         vm_stat_account(mm, vm_flags, file, len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ int install_special_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm,
 
         mm->total_vm += len >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
-        perf_counter_mmap(vma);
+        perf_event_mmap(vma);
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index d80311baeb2d..8bc969d8112d 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/swapops.h>
 #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
 #include <linux/migrate.h>
-#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(mprotect, unsigned long, start, size_t, len,
                 error = mprotect_fixup(vma, &prev, nstart, tmp, newflags);
                 if (error)
                         goto out;
-                perf_counter_mmap(vma);
+                perf_event_mmap(vma);
                 nstart = tmp;
 
                 if (nstart < prev->vm_end)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 0aba8b6e9c54..b5f1953b6144 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export PERL_PATH
 
 LIB_FILE=libperf.a
 
-LIB_H += ../../include/linux/perf_counter.h
+LIB_H += ../../include/linux/perf_event.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/rbtree.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/list.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/list.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index 043d85b7e254..1ec741615814 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        if (event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL) {
+        if (event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
                 show = SHOW_KERNEL;
                 level = 'k';
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
                 dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n", dso->name);
 
-        } else if (event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER) {
+        } else if (event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER) {
 
                 show = SHOW_USER;
                 level = '.';
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ process_mmap_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->mmap.pid, &threads, &last_match);
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_MMAP %d: [%p(%p) @ %p]: %s\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP %d: [%p(%p) @ %p]: %s\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->mmap.pid,
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ process_mmap_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 event->mmap.filename);
 
         if (thread == NULL || map == NULL) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
                 return 0;
         }
 
@@ -591,14 +591,14 @@ process_comm_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         struct thread *thread;
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->comm.pid, &threads, &last_match);
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_COMM: %s:%d\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: %s:%d\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->comm.comm, event->comm.pid);
 
         if (thread == NULL ||
             thread__set_comm(thread, event->comm.comm)) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_COMM, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_COMM, skipping event.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         total_comm++;
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ process_fork_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->fork.pid, &threads, &last_match);
         parent = threads__findnew(event->fork.ppid, &threads, &last_match);
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_FORK: %d:%d\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_FORK: %d:%d\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->fork.pid, event->fork.ppid);
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ process_fork_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 return 0;
 
         if (!thread || !parent || thread__fork(thread, parent)) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_FORK, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_FORK, skipping event.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         total_fork++;
@@ -639,23 +639,23 @@ static int
 process_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 {
         switch (event->header.type) {
-        case PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
                 return process_sample_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_MMAP:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
                 return process_mmap_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_COMM:
+        case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
                 return process_comm_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_FORK:
+        case PERF_RECORD_FORK:
                 return process_fork_event(event, offset, head);
         /*
          * We dont process them right now but they are fine:
          */
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE:
-        case PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE:
                 return 0;
 
         default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 2459e5a22ed8..a5a050af8e7d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static struct mmap_data		mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 static unsigned long mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
+        struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
         long head;
 
         head = pc->data_head;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static unsigned long mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
 
 static void mmap_write_tail(struct mmap_data *md, unsigned long tail)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
+        struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
 
         /*
          * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static pid_t pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid_t pid, int full)
                 }
         }
 
-        comm_ev.header.type = PERF_EVENT_COMM;
+        comm_ev.header.type = PERF_RECORD_COMM;
         size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
         comm_ev.header.size = sizeof(comm_ev) - (sizeof(comm_ev.comm) - size);
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static void pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid_t pid, pid_t tgid)
         while (1) {
                 char bf[BUFSIZ], *pbf = bf;
                 struct mmap_event mmap_ev = {
-                        .header = { .type = PERF_EVENT_MMAP },
+                        .header = { .type = PERF_RECORD_MMAP },
                 };
                 int n;
                 size_t size;
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void synthesize_all(void)
 
 static int group_fd;
 
-static struct perf_header_attr *get_header_attr(struct perf_counter_attr *a, int nr)
+static struct perf_header_attr *get_header_attr(struct perf_event_attr *a, int nr)
 {
         struct perf_header_attr *h_attr;
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ static struct perf_header_attr *get_header_attr(struct perf_counter_attr *a, int
 
 static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
         struct perf_header_attr *h_attr;
         int track = !counter; /* only the first counter needs these */
         struct {
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
         attr->disabled          = 1;
 
 try_again:
-        fd[nr_cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
+        fd[nr_cpu][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
 
         if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
                 int err = errno;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ try_again:
                 printf("\n");
                 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
                         fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
-                die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
+                die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
                 exit(-1);
         }
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ try_again:
         if (multiplex && fd[nr_cpu][counter] != multiplex_fd) {
                 int ret;
 
-                ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_COUNTER_IOC_SET_OUTPUT, multiplex_fd);
+                ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT, multiplex_fd);
                 assert(ret != -1);
         } else {
                 event_array[nr_poll].fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ try_again:
                 }
         }
 
-        ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE);
+        ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE);
 }
 
 static void open_counters(int cpu, pid_t pid)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
                 if (done) {
                         for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
                                 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
-                                        ioctl(fd[i][counter], PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE);
+                                        ioctl(fd[i][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
                         }
                 }
         }
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index cdf9a8d27bb9..19669c20088e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 more_data += sizeof(u64);
         }
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->header.misc,
@@ -1158,9 +1158,9 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         if (comm_list && !strlist__has_entry(comm_list, thread->comm))
                 return 0;
 
-        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
-        if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL) {
+        if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
                 show = SHOW_KERNEL;
                 level = 'k';
 
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
                 dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n", dso->name);
 
-        } else if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER) {
+        } else if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER) {
 
                 show = SHOW_USER;
                 level = '.';
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ process_mmap_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->mmap.pid, &threads, &last_match);
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_MMAP %d/%d: [%p(%p) @ %p]: %s\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP %d/%d: [%p(%p) @ %p]: %s\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->mmap.pid,
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ process_mmap_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 event->mmap.filename);
 
         if (thread == NULL || map == NULL) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_MMAP, skipping event.\n");
                 return 0;
         }
 
@@ -1238,14 +1238,14 @@ process_comm_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->comm.pid, &threads, &last_match);
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_COMM: %s:%d\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: %s:%d\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->comm.comm, event->comm.pid);
 
         if (thread == NULL ||
             thread__set_comm_adjust(thread, event->comm.comm)) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_COMM, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_COMM, skipping event.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         total_comm++;
@@ -1262,10 +1262,10 @@ process_task_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         thread = threads__findnew(event->fork.pid, &threads, &last_match);
         parent = threads__findnew(event->fork.ppid, &threads, &last_match);
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_%s: (%d:%d):(%d:%d)\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_%s: (%d:%d):(%d:%d)\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
-                event->header.type == PERF_EVENT_FORK ? "FORK" : "EXIT",
+                event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_FORK ? "FORK" : "EXIT",
                 event->fork.pid, event->fork.tid,
                 event->fork.ppid, event->fork.ptid);
 
@@ -1276,11 +1276,11 @@ process_task_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         if (thread == parent)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (event->header.type == PERF_EVENT_EXIT)
+        if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT)
                 return 0;
 
         if (!thread || !parent || thread__fork(thread, parent)) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_FORK, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_FORK, skipping event.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         total_fork++;
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ process_task_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 static int
 process_lost_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 {
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_LOST: id:%Ld: lost:%Ld\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_LOST: id:%Ld: lost:%Ld\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->lost.id,
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ process_lost_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 static int
 process_read_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr;
 
         attr = perf_header__find_attr(event->read.id, header);
 
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ process_read_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                                            event->read.value);
         }
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_READ: %d %d %s %Lu\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_READ: %d %d %s %Lu\n",
                         (void *)(offset + head),
                         (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                         event->read.pid,
@@ -1337,31 +1337,31 @@ process_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         trace_event(event);
 
         switch (event->header.type) {
-        case PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
                 return process_sample_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_MMAP:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
                 return process_mmap_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_COMM:
+        case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
                 return process_comm_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_FORK:
-        case PERF_EVENT_EXIT:
+        case PERF_RECORD_FORK:
+        case PERF_RECORD_EXIT:
                 return process_task_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_LOST:
+        case PERF_RECORD_LOST:
                 return process_lost_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_READ:
+        case PERF_RECORD_READ:
                 return process_read_event(event, offset, head);
 
         /*
          * We dont process them right now but they are fine:
          */
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE:
-        case PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE:
                 return 0;
 
         default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 275d79c6627a..ea9c15c0cdfe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 more_data += sizeof(u64);
         }
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->header.misc,
@@ -1589,9 +1589,9 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
-        if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL) {
+        if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
                 show = SHOW_KERNEL;
                 level = 'k';
 
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
                 dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n", dso->name);
 
-        } else if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER) {
+        } else if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER) {
 
                 show = SHOW_USER;
                 level = '.';
@@ -1626,23 +1626,23 @@ process_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         nr_events++;
         switch (event->header.type) {
-        case PERF_EVENT_MMAP:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
                 return 0;
-        case PERF_EVENT_LOST:
+        case PERF_RECORD_LOST:
                 nr_lost_chunks++;
                 nr_lost_events += event->lost.lost;
                 return 0;
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_COMM:
+        case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
                 return process_comm_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_EXIT ... PERF_EVENT_READ:
+        case PERF_RECORD_EXIT ... PERF_RECORD_READ:
                 return 0;
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
                 return process_sample_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_MAX:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MAX:
         default:
                 return -1;
         }
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 61b828236c11..16af2d82e858 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <sys/prctl.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
-static struct perf_counter_attr default_attrs[] = {
+static struct perf_event_attr default_attrs[] = {
 
   { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK      },
   { .type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, .config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES},
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ struct stats			runtime_cycles_stats;
          attrs[counter].config == PERF_COUNT_##c)
 
 #define ERR_PERF_OPEN \
-"Error: counter %d, sys_perf_counter_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n"
+"Error: counter %d, sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s)\n"
 
 static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter, int pid)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
 
         if (scale)
                 attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter, int pid)
                 unsigned int cpu;
 
                 for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++) {
-                        fd[cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
+                        fd[cpu][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
                         if (fd[cpu][counter] < 0 && verbose)
                                 fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
                                         fd[cpu][counter], strerror(errno));
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter, int pid)
                 attr->disabled       = 1;
                 attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
 
-                fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, pid, -1, -1, 0);
+                fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, pid, -1, -1, 0);
                 if (fd[0][counter] < 0 && verbose)
                         fprintf(stderr, ERR_PERF_OPEN, counter,
                                 fd[0][counter], strerror(errno));
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 600406396274..4405681b3134 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -937,21 +937,21 @@ process_event(event_t *event)
 
         switch (event->header.type) {
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_COMM:
+        case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
                 return process_comm_event(event);
-        case PERF_EVENT_FORK:
+        case PERF_RECORD_FORK:
                 return process_fork_event(event);
-        case PERF_EVENT_EXIT:
+        case PERF_RECORD_EXIT:
                 return process_exit_event(event);
-        case PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
                 return queue_sample_event(event);
 
         /*
          * We dont process them right now but they are fine:
          */
-        case PERF_EVENT_MMAP:
-        case PERF_EVENT_THROTTLE:
-        case PERF_EVENT_UNTHROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
+        case PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE:
                 return 0;
 
         default:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 4002ccb36750..1ca88896eee4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ struct mmap_data {
 
 static unsigned int mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
+        struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
         int head;
 
         head = pc->data_head;
@@ -977,9 +977,9 @@ static void mmap_read_counter(struct mmap_data *md)
 
                 old += size;
 
-                if (event->header.type == PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE) {
+                if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
                         int user =
-        (event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK) == PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER;
+        (event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK) == PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
                         process_event(event->ip.ip, md->counter, user);
                 }
         }
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ int group_fd;
 
 static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr *attr;
+        struct perf_event_attr *attr;
         int cpu;
 
         cpu = profile_cpu;
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
         attr->inherit           = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
 
 try_again:
-        fd[i][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, target_pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
+        fd[i][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, target_pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
 
         if (fd[i][counter] < 0) {
                 int err = errno;
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ try_again:
                 printf("\n");
                 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
                         fd[i][counter], strerror(err));
-                die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
+                die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
                 exit(-1);
         }
         assert(fd[i][counter] >= 0);
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 914ab366e369..e9d256e2f47d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ process_comm_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
         thread = threads__findnew(event->comm.pid, &threads, &last_match);
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_COMM: %s:%d\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: %s:%d\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->comm.comm, event->comm.pid);
 
         if (thread == NULL ||
             thread__set_comm(thread, event->comm.comm)) {
-                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_EVENT_COMM, skipping event.\n");
+                dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_COMM, skipping event.\n");
                 return -1;
         }
         total_comm++;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 more_data += sizeof(u64);
         }
 
-        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
+        dump_printf("%p [%p]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE (IP, %d): %d/%d: %p period: %Ld\n",
                 (void *)(offset + head),
                 (void *)(long)(event->header.size),
                 event->header.misc,
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
                 return -1;
         }
 
-        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
+        cpumode = event->header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK;
 
-        if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL) {
+        if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL) {
                 show = SHOW_KERNEL;
                 level = 'k';
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ process_sample_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
 
                 dump_printf(" ...... dso: %s\n", dso->name);
 
-        } else if (cpumode == PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER) {
+        } else if (cpumode == PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER) {
 
                 show = SHOW_USER;
                 level = '.';
@@ -146,19 +146,19 @@ process_event(event_t *event, unsigned long offset, unsigned long head)
         trace_event(event);
 
         switch (event->header.type) {
-        case PERF_EVENT_MMAP ... PERF_EVENT_LOST:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MMAP ... PERF_RECORD_LOST:
                 return 0;
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_COMM:
+        case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
                 return process_comm_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_EXIT ... PERF_EVENT_READ:
+        case PERF_RECORD_EXIT ... PERF_RECORD_READ:
                 return 0;
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE:
+        case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
                 return process_sample_event(event, offset, head);
 
-        case PERF_EVENT_MAX:
+        case PERF_RECORD_MAX:
         default:
                 return -1;
         }
diff --git a/tools/perf/design.txt b/tools/perf/design.txt
index f71e0d245cba..f1946d107b10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/design.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/design.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ underlying hardware counters.
 Performance counters are accessed via special file descriptors.
 There's one file descriptor per virtual counter used.
 
-The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_counter_open()
+The special file descriptor is opened via the perf_event_open()
 system call:
 
-   int sys_perf_counter_open(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event_uptr,
+   int sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_hw_event *hw_event_uptr,
                              pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
                              unsigned long flags);
 
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ can be used to set the blocking mode, etc.
 Multiple counters can be kept open at a time, and the counters
 can be poll()ed.
 
-When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_counter_hw_event' is:
+When creating a new counter fd, 'perf_event_hw_event' is:
 
-struct perf_counter_hw_event {
+struct perf_event_hw_event {
         /*
          * The MSB of the config word signifies if the rest contains cpu
          * specific (raw) counter configuration data, if unset, the next
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ specified by 'event_id':
 
 /*
  * Generalized performance counter event types, used by the hw_event.event_id
- * parameter of the sys_perf_counter_open() syscall:
+ * parameter of the sys_perf_event_open() syscall:
  */
 enum hw_event_ids {
         /*
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ in size.
  * reads on the counter should return the indicated quantities,
  * in increasing order of bit value, after the counter value.
  */
-enum perf_counter_read_format {
+enum perf_event_read_format {
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED  =  1,
         PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING  =  2,
 };
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ interrupt:
  * Bits that can be set in hw_event.record_type to request information
  * in the overflow packets.
  */
-enum perf_counter_record_format {
+enum perf_event_record_format {
         PERF_RECORD_IP          = 1U << 0,
         PERF_RECORD_TID         = 1U << 1,
         PERF_RECORD_TIME        = 1U << 2,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ these events are recorded in the ring-buffer (see below).
 The 'comm' bit allows tracking of process comm data on process creation.
 This too is recorded in the ring-buffer (see below).
 
-The 'pid' parameter to the perf_counter_open() system call allows the
+The 'pid' parameter to the perf_event_open() system call allows the
 counter to be specific to a task:
 
  pid == 0: if the pid parameter is zero, the counter is attached to the
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ The 'flags' parameter is currently unused and must be zero.
 
 The 'group_fd' parameter allows counter "groups" to be set up.  A
 counter group has one counter which is the group "leader".  The leader
-is created first, with group_fd = -1 in the perf_counter_open call
+is created first, with group_fd = -1 in the perf_event_open call
 that creates it.  The rest of the group members are created
 subsequently, with group_fd giving the fd of the group leader.
 (A single counter on its own is created with group_fd = -1 and is
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ tracking are logged into a ring-buffer. This ring-buffer is created and
 accessed through mmap().
 
 The mmap size should be 1+2^n pages, where the first page is a meta-data page
-(struct perf_counter_mmap_page) that contains various bits of information such
+(struct perf_event_mmap_page) that contains various bits of information such
 as where the ring-buffer head is.
 
 /*
  * Structure of the page that can be mapped via mmap
  */
-struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
+struct perf_event_mmap_page {
         __u32   version;                /* version number of this structure */
         __u32   compat_version;         /* lowest version this is compat with */
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
          * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
          *
          * User-space reading this value should issue an rmb(), on SMP capable
-         * platforms, after reading this value -- see perf_counter_wakeup().
+         * platforms, after reading this value -- see perf_event_wakeup().
          */
         __u32   data_head;              /* head in the data section */
 };
@@ -327,9 +327,9 @@ NOTE: the hw-counter userspace bits are arch specific and are currently only
 
 The following 2^n pages are the ring-buffer which contains events of the form:
 
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_KERNEL          (1 << 0)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_USER            (1 << 1)
-#define PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW        (1 << 2)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL          (1 << 0)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER            (1 << 1)
+#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_OVERFLOW        (1 << 2)
 
 struct perf_event_header {
         __u32   type;
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      char                            filename[];
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_MMAP                 = 1,
-        PERF_EVENT_MUNMAP               = 2,
+        PERF_RECORD_MMAP                 = 1,
+        PERF_RECORD_MUNMAP               = 2,
 
         /*
          * struct {
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ enum perf_event_type {
          *      char                            comm[];
          * };
          */
-        PERF_EVENT_COMM                 = 3,
+        PERF_RECORD_COMM                 = 3,
 
         /*
-         * When header.misc & PERF_EVENT_MISC_OVERFLOW the event_type field
+         * When header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_OVERFLOW the event_type field
          * will be PERF_RECORD_*
          *
          * struct {
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Notification of new events is possible through poll()/select()/epoll() and
 fcntl() managing signals.
 
 Normally a notification is generated for every page filled, however one can
-additionally set perf_counter_hw_event.wakeup_events to generate one every
+additionally set perf_event_hw_event.wakeup_events to generate one every
 so many counter overflow events.
 
 Future work will include a splice() interface to the ring-buffer.
@@ -409,11 +409,11 @@ events but does continue to exist and maintain its count value.
 
 An individual counter or counter group can be enabled with
 
-        ioctl(fd, PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE);
+        ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE);
 
 or disabled with
 
-        ioctl(fd, PERF_COUNTER_IOC_DISABLE);
+        ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
 
 Enabling or disabling the leader of a group enables or disables the
 whole group; that is, while the group leader is disabled, none of the
@@ -424,16 +424,16 @@ other counter.
 
 Additionally, non-inherited overflow counters can use
 
-        ioctl(fd, PERF_COUNTER_IOC_REFRESH, nr);
+        ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH, nr);
 
 to enable a counter for 'nr' events, after which it gets disabled again.
 
 A process can enable or disable all the counter groups that are
 attached to it, using prctl:
 
-        prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE);
+        prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE);
 
-        prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE);
+        prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE);
 
 This applies to all counters on the current process, whether created
 by this process or by another, and doesn't affect any counters that
@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ Arch requirements
 If your architecture does not have hardware performance metrics, you can
 still use the generic software counters based on hrtimers for sampling.
 
-So to start with, in order to add HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS to your Kconfig, you
+So to start with, in order to add HAVE_PERF_EVENTS to your Kconfig, you
 will need at least this:
-        - asm/perf_counter.h - a basic stub will suffice at first
+        - asm/perf_event.h - a basic stub will suffice at first
         - support for atomic64 types (and associated helper functions)
-        - set_perf_counter_pending() implemented
+        - set_perf_event_pending() implemented
 
 If your architecture does have hardware capabilities, you can override the
-weak stub hw_perf_counter_init() to register hardware counters.
+weak stub hw_perf_event_init() to register hardware counters.
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 2abeb20d0bf3..8cc4623afd6f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-#include "../../include/linux/perf_counter.h"
+#include "../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include "util/types.h"
 
 /*
- * prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE) will (cheaply) disable all
+ * prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE) will (cheaply) disable all
  * counters in the current task.
  */
-#define PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_DISABLE   31
-#define PR_TASK_PERF_COUNTERS_ENABLE    32
+#define PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE   31
+#define PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_ENABLE    32
 
 #ifndef NSEC_PER_SEC
 # define NSEC_PER_SEC                   1000000000ULL
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
         _min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
 
 static inline int
-sys_perf_counter_open(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
+sys_perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
                       pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
                       unsigned long flags)
 {
         attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
-        return syscall(__NR_perf_counter_open, attr, pid, cpu,
+        return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, attr, pid, cpu,
                        group_fd, flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 018d414a09d1..2c9c26d6ded0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#ifndef __PERF_EVENT_H
-#define __PERF_EVENT_H
+#ifndef __PERF_RECORD_H
+#define __PERF_RECORD_H
 #include "../perf.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include <linux/list.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index bb4fca3efcc3..e306857b2c2b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 /*
  * Create new perf.data header attribute:
  */
-struct perf_header_attr *perf_header_attr__new(struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+struct perf_header_attr *perf_header_attr__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         struct perf_header_attr *self = malloc(sizeof(*self));
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ struct perf_file_section {
 };
 
 struct perf_file_attr {
-        struct perf_counter_attr        attr;
+        struct perf_event_attr  attr;
         struct perf_file_section        ids;
 };
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ u64 perf_header__sample_type(struct perf_header *header)
         return type;
 }
 
-struct perf_counter_attr *
+struct perf_event_attr *
 perf_header__find_attr(u64 id, struct perf_header *header)
 {
         int i;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.h b/tools/perf/util/header.h
index 7b0e84a87179..a0761bc7863c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.h
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef _PERF_HEADER_H
 #define _PERF_HEADER_H
 
-#include "../../../include/linux/perf_counter.h"
+#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include "types.h"
 
 struct perf_header_attr {
-        struct perf_counter_attr attr;
+        struct perf_event_attr attr;
         int ids, size;
         u64 *id;
         off_t id_offset;
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ char *perf_header__find_event(u64 id);
 
 
 struct perf_header_attr *
-perf_header_attr__new(struct perf_counter_attr *attr);
+perf_header_attr__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr);
 void perf_header_attr__add_id(struct perf_header_attr *self, u64 id);
 
 u64 perf_header__sample_type(struct perf_header *header);
-struct perf_counter_attr *
+struct perf_event_attr *
 perf_header__find_attr(u64 id, struct perf_header *header);
 
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 89172fd0038b..13ab4b842d49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 int                                     nr_counters;
 
-struct perf_counter_attr                attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
+struct perf_event_attr          attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 struct event_symbol {
         u8              type;
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ static struct event_symbol event_symbols[] = {
   { CSW(CPU_MIGRATIONS),        "cpu-migrations",       "migrations"    },
 };
 
-#define __PERF_COUNTER_FIELD(config, name) \
-        ((config & PERF_COUNTER_##name##_MASK) >> PERF_COUNTER_##name##_SHIFT)
+#define __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, name) \
+        ((config & PERF_EVENT_##name##_MASK) >> PERF_EVENT_##name##_SHIFT)
 
-#define PERF_COUNTER_RAW(config)        __PERF_COUNTER_FIELD(config, RAW)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_CONFIG(config)     __PERF_COUNTER_FIELD(config, CONFIG)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_TYPE(config)       __PERF_COUNTER_FIELD(config, TYPE)
-#define PERF_COUNTER_ID(config)         __PERF_COUNTER_FIELD(config, EVENT)
+#define PERF_EVENT_RAW(config)  __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, RAW)
+#define PERF_EVENT_CONFIG(config)       __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, CONFIG)
+#define PERF_EVENT_TYPE(config) __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, TYPE)
+#define PERF_EVENT_ID(config)           __PERF_EVENT_FIELD(config, EVENT)
 
 static const char *hw_event_names[] = {
         "cycles",
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int parse_aliases(const char **str, const char *names[][MAX_ALIASES], int
 }
 
 static enum event_result
-parse_generic_hw_event(const char **str, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_generic_hw_event(const char **str, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *s = *str;
         int cache_type = -1, cache_op = -1, cache_result = -1;
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ parse_single_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name,
                               const char *evt_name,
                               unsigned int evt_length,
                               char *flags,
-                              struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
+                              struct perf_event_attr *attr,
                               const char **strp)
 {
         char evt_path[MAXPATHLEN];
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ parse_subsystem_tracepoint_event(char *sys_name, char *flags)
 
 
 static enum event_result parse_tracepoint_event(const char **strp,
-                                    struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+                                    struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *evt_name;
         char *flags;
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int check_events(const char *str, unsigned int i)
 }
 
 static enum event_result
-parse_symbolic_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_symbolic_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *str = *strp;
         unsigned int i;
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ parse_symbolic_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
 }
 
 static enum event_result
-parse_raw_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_raw_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *str = *strp;
         u64 config;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ parse_raw_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
 }
 
 static enum event_result
-parse_numeric_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_numeric_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *str = *strp;
         char *endp;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ parse_numeric_event(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
 }
 
 static enum event_result
-parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         const char *str = *strp;
         int eu = 1, ek = 1, eh = 1;
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
  * Symbolic names are (almost) exactly matched.
  */
 static enum event_result
-parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 {
         enum event_result ret;
 
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static void store_event_type(const char *orgname)
 
 int parse_events(const struct option *opt __used, const char *str, int unset __used)
 {
-        struct perf_counter_attr attr;
+        struct perf_event_attr attr;
         enum event_result ret;
 
         if (strchr(str, ':'))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index 60704c15961f..30c608112845 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern struct tracepoint_path *tracepoint_id_to_path(u64 config);
 
 extern int                      nr_counters;
 
-extern struct perf_counter_attr attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
+extern struct perf_event_attr attrs[MAX_COUNTERS];
 
 extern const char *event_name(int ctr);
 extern const char *__event_name(int type, u64 config);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index 1fd824c1f1c4..af4b0573b37f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -480,12 +480,12 @@ out:
 }
 
 static struct tracepoint_path *
-get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_counter_attr *pattrs, int nb_counters)
+get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 {
         struct tracepoint_path path, *ppath = &path;
         int i;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < nb_counters; i++) {
+        for (i = 0; i < nb_events; i++) {
                 if (pattrs[i].type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
                         continue;
                 ppath->next = tracepoint_id_to_path(pattrs[i].config);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct perf_counter_attr *pattrs, int nb_counters)
 
         return path.next;
 }
-void read_tracing_data(struct perf_counter_attr *pattrs, int nb_counters)
+void read_tracing_data(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events)
 {
         char buf[BUFSIZ];
         struct tracepoint_path *tps;
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void read_tracing_data(struct perf_counter_attr *pattrs, int nb_counters)
         page_size = getpagesize();
         write_or_die(&page_size, 4);
 
-        tps = get_tracepoints_path(pattrs, nb_counters);
+        tps = get_tracepoints_path(pattrs, nb_events);
 
         read_header_files();
         read_ftrace_files(tps);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index d35ebf1e29ff..693f815c9429 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -240,6 +240,6 @@ unsigned long long
 raw_field_value(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
 void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data);
 
-void read_tracing_data(struct perf_counter_attr *pattrs, int nb_counters);
+void read_tracing_data(struct perf_event_attr *pattrs, int nb_events);
 
 #endif /* _TRACE_EVENTS_H */