16 files changed, 339 insertions, 327 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Build b/tools/lib/api/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3653965cf481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libapi-y += fd/
+libapi-y += fs/
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Makefile b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
index 36c08b1f4afb..d8fe29fc19a4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,43 @@
 include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
 include ../../perf/config/utilities.mak		# QUIET_CLEAN
 
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
+endif
+
 CC = $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 AR = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
 
-# guard against environment variables
-LIB_H=
-LIB_OBJS=
-
-LIB_H += fs/debugfs.h
-LIB_H += fs/fs.h
-# See comment below about piggybacking...
-LIB_H += fd/array.h
-
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)fs/debugfs.o
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)fs/fs.o
-# XXX piggybacking here, need to introduce libapikfd, or rename this
-# to plain libapik.a and make it have it all api goodies
-LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)fd/array.o
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 
-LIBFILE = libapikfs.a
+LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libapi.a
 
-CFLAGS = -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -fPIC
-EXTLIBS = -lelf -lpthread -lrt -lm
-ALL_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) $(BASIC_CFLAGS) -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
+CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -Werror -O6 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
+CFLAGS += -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
 RM = rm -f
 
-$(LIBFILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
-	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $(OUTPUT)$@ $(LIB_OBJS)
+build  := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
+API_IN := $(OUTPUT)libapi-in.o
 
-$(LIB_OBJS): $(LIB_H)
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
 
-libapi_dirs:
-	$(QUIET_MKDIR)mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)fd $(OUTPUT)fs
+all: $(LIBFILE)
 
-$(OUTPUT)%.o: %.c libapi_dirs
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
-$(OUTPUT)%.s: %.c libapi_dirs
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -S $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
-$(OUTPUT)%.o: %.S libapi_dirs
-	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -o $@ -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) $<
+$(API_IN): FORCE
+	@$(MAKE) $(build)=libapi
+
+$(LIBFILE): $(API_IN)
+	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) rcs $@ $(API_IN)
 
 clean:
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libapi) $(RM) $(LIB_OBJS) $(LIBFILE)
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, libapi) $(RM) $(LIBFILE); \
+	find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name \*.o | xargs $(RM)
+
+FORCE:
 
-.PHONY: clean
+.PHONY: clean FORCE
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fd/Build b/tools/lib/api/fd/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..605d99f6d71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fd/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libapi-y += array.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/Build b/tools/lib/api/fs/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6de5a4f0b501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libapi-y += fs.o
+libapi-y += debugfs.o
+libapi-y += findfs.o
+libapi-y += tracefs.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
index d2b18e887071..8305b3e9d48e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.c
@@ -3,75 +3,50 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 #include "debugfs.h"
 
-char debugfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX + 1] = "/sys/kernel/debug";
+#ifndef DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_PATH
+#define DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_PATH		"/sys/kernel/debug"
+#endif
+
+char debugfs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX + 1] = DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_PATH;
 
 static const char * const debugfs_known_mountpoints[] = {
-	"/sys/kernel/debug",
+	DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_PATH,
 	"/debug",
 	0,
 };
 
 static bool debugfs_found;
 
+bool debugfs_configured(void)
+{
+	return debugfs_find_mountpoint() != NULL;
+}
+
 /* find the path to the mounted debugfs */
 const char *debugfs_find_mountpoint(void)
 {
-	const char * const *ptr;
-	char type[100];
-	FILE *fp;
+	const char *ret;
 
 	if (debugfs_found)
 		return (const char *)debugfs_mountpoint;
 
-	ptr = debugfs_known_mountpoints;
-	while (*ptr) {
-		if (debugfs_valid_mountpoint(*ptr) == 0) {
-			debugfs_found = true;
-			strcpy(debugfs_mountpoint, *ptr);
-			return debugfs_mountpoint;
-		}
-		ptr++;
-	}
-
-	/* give up and parse /proc/mounts */
-	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
-	if (fp == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	while (fscanf(fp, "%*s %" STR(PATH_MAX) "s %99s %*s %*d %*d\n",
-		      debugfs_mountpoint, type) == 2) {
-		if (strcmp(type, "debugfs") == 0)
-			break;
-	}
-	fclose(fp);
+	ret = find_mountpoint("debugfs", (long) DEBUGFS_MAGIC,
+			      debugfs_mountpoint, PATH_MAX + 1,
+			      debugfs_known_mountpoints);
+	if (ret)
+		debugfs_found = true;
 
-	if (strcmp(type, "debugfs") != 0)
-		return NULL;
-
-	debugfs_found = true;
-
-	return debugfs_mountpoint;
-}
-
-/* verify that a mountpoint is actually a debugfs instance */
-
-int debugfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs)
-{
-	struct statfs st_fs;
-
-	if (statfs(debugfs, &st_fs) < 0)
-		return -ENOENT;
-	else if ((long)st_fs.f_type != (long)DEBUGFS_MAGIC)
-		return -ENOENT;
-
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* mount the debugfs somewhere if it's not mounted */
@@ -87,7 +62,7 @@ char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint)
 		mountpoint = getenv(PERF_DEBUGFS_ENVIRONMENT);
 		/* if no environment variable, use default */
 		if (mountpoint == NULL)
-			mountpoint = "/sys/kernel/debug";
+			mountpoint = DEBUGFS_DEFAULT_PATH;
 	}
 
 	if (mount(NULL, mountpoint, "debugfs", 0, NULL) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
index 0739881a9897..455023698d2b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/debugfs.h
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __API_DEBUGFS_H__
 #define __API_DEBUGFS_H__
 
-#define _STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) _STR(x)
-
-/*
- * On most systems <limits.h> would have given us this, but  not on some systems
- * (e.g. GNU/Hurd).
- */
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-#define PATH_MAX 4096
-#endif
+#include "findfs.h"
 
 #ifndef DEBUGFS_MAGIC
 #define DEBUGFS_MAGIC          0x64626720
@@ -20,8 +11,8 @@
 #define PERF_DEBUGFS_ENVIRONMENT "PERF_DEBUGFS_DIR"
 #endif
 
+bool debugfs_configured(void);
 const char *debugfs_find_mountpoint(void);
-int debugfs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs);
 char *debugfs_mount(const char *mountpoint);
 
 extern char debugfs_mountpoint[];
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49946cb6d7af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+
+#include "findfs.h"
+
+/* verify that a mountpoint is actually the type we want */
+
+int valid_mountpoint(const char *mount, long magic)
+{
+	struct statfs st_fs;
+
+	if (statfs(mount, &st_fs) < 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+	else if ((long)st_fs.f_type != magic)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* find the path to a mounted file system */
+const char *find_mountpoint(const char *fstype, long magic,
+			    char *mountpoint, int len,
+			    const char * const *known_mountpoints)
+{
+	const char * const *ptr;
+	char format[128];
+	char type[100];
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	if (known_mountpoints) {
+		ptr = known_mountpoints;
+		while (*ptr) {
+			if (valid_mountpoint(*ptr, magic) == 0) {
+				strncpy(mountpoint, *ptr, len - 1);
+				mountpoint[len-1] = 0;
+				return mountpoint;
+			}
+			ptr++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* give up and parse /proc/mounts */
+	fp = fopen("/proc/mounts", "r");
+	if (fp == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	snprintf(format, 128, "%%*s %%%ds %%99s %%*s %%*d %%*d\n", len);
+
+	while (fscanf(fp, format, mountpoint, type) == 2) {
+		if (strcmp(type, fstype) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	if (strcmp(type, fstype) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return mountpoint;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6f5d05acc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/findfs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef __API_FINDFS_H__
+#define __API_FINDFS_H__
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#define _STR(x) #x
+#define STR(x) _STR(x)
+
+/*
+ * On most systems <limits.h> would have given us this, but  not on some systems
+ * (e.g. GNU/Hurd).
+ */
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define PATH_MAX 4096
+#endif
+
+const char *find_mountpoint(const char *fstype, long magic,
+			    char *mountpoint, int len,
+			    const char * const *known_mountpoints);
+
+int valid_mountpoint(const char *mount, long magic);
+
+#endif /* __API_FINDFS_H__ */
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.c b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4aa9688b71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
+#include "tracefs.h"
+
+#ifndef TRACEFS_DEFAULT_PATH
+#define TRACEFS_DEFAULT_PATH		"/sys/kernel/tracing"
+#endif
+
+char tracefs_mountpoint[PATH_MAX + 1] = TRACEFS_DEFAULT_PATH;
+
+static const char * const tracefs_known_mountpoints[] = {
+	TRACEFS_DEFAULT_PATH,
+	"/sys/kernel/debug/tracing",
+	"/tracing",
+	"/trace",
+	0,
+};
+
+static bool tracefs_found;
+
+bool tracefs_configured(void)
+{
+	return tracefs_find_mountpoint() != NULL;
+}
+
+/* find the path to the mounted tracefs */
+const char *tracefs_find_mountpoint(void)
+{
+	const char *ret;
+
+	if (tracefs_found)
+		return (const char *)tracefs_mountpoint;
+
+	ret = find_mountpoint("tracefs", (long) TRACEFS_MAGIC,
+			      tracefs_mountpoint, PATH_MAX + 1,
+			      tracefs_known_mountpoints);
+
+	if (ret)
+		tracefs_found = true;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* mount the tracefs somewhere if it's not mounted */
+char *tracefs_mount(const char *mountpoint)
+{
+	/* see if it's already mounted */
+	if (tracefs_find_mountpoint())
+		goto out;
+
+	/* if not mounted and no argument */
+	if (mountpoint == NULL) {
+		/* see if environment variable set */
+		mountpoint = getenv(PERF_TRACEFS_ENVIRONMENT);
+		/* if no environment variable, use default */
+		if (mountpoint == NULL)
+			mountpoint = TRACEFS_DEFAULT_PATH;
+	}
+
+	if (mount(NULL, mountpoint, "tracefs", 0, NULL) < 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* save the mountpoint */
+	tracefs_found = true;
+	strncpy(tracefs_mountpoint, mountpoint, sizeof(tracefs_mountpoint));
+out:
+	return tracefs_mountpoint;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.h b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da780ac49acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/api/fs/tracefs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef __API_TRACEFS_H__
+#define __API_TRACEFS_H__
+
+#include "findfs.h"
+
+#ifndef TRACEFS_MAGIC
+#define TRACEFS_MAGIC          0x74726163
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PERF_TRACEFS_ENVIRONMENT
+#define PERF_TRACEFS_ENVIRONMENT "PERF_TRACEFS_DIR"
+#endif
+
+bool tracefs_configured(void);
+const char *tracefs_find_mountpoint(void);
+int tracefs_valid_mountpoint(const char *debugfs);
+char *tracefs_mount(const char *mountpoint);
+
+extern char tracefs_mountpoint[];
+
+#endif /* __API_DEBUGFS_H__ */
diff --git a/tools/lib/lockdep/Build b/tools/lib/lockdep/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f667355b068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/lockdep/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+liblockdep-y += common.o lockdep.o preload.o rbtree.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile b/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
index 4b866c54f624..0c356fb65022 100644
--- a/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/lockdep/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ bindir = $(prefix)/$(bindir_relative)
 
 export DESTDIR DESTDIR_SQ INSTALL
 
+MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
+
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
+
 # copy a bit from Linux kbuild
 
 ifeq ("$(origin V)", "command line")
@@ -44,56 +48,21 @@ ifndef VERBOSE
   VERBOSE = 0
 endif
 
-ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
-  BUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_SRC),)
-ifneq ($(BUILD_OUTPUT),)
-
-define build_output
-	$(if $(VERBOSE:1=),@)$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_OUTPUT)	\
-	BUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $1
-endef
-
-saved-output := $(BUILD_OUTPUT)
-BUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell cd $(BUILD_OUTPUT) && /bin/pwd)
-$(if $(BUILD_OUTPUT),, \
-     $(error output directory "$(saved-output)" does not exist))
-
-all: sub-make
-
-gui: force
-	$(call build_output, all_cmd)
-
-$(filter-out gui,$(MAKECMDGOALS)): sub-make
-
-sub-make: force
-	$(call build_output, $(MAKECMDGOALS))
-
-
-# Leave processing to above invocation of make
-skip-makefile := 1
-
-endif # BUILD_OUTPUT
-endif # BUILD_SRC
-
-# We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
-ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
-
-srctree		:= $(realpath $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR)))
-objtree		:= $(realpath $(CURDIR))
-src		:= $(srctree)
-obj		:= $(objtree)
-
-export prefix libdir bindir src obj
-
 # Shell quotes
 libdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(libdir))
 bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))
 
-LIB_FILE = liblockdep.a liblockdep.so.$(LIBLOCKDEP_VERSION)
+LIB_IN := $(OUTPUT)liblockdep-in.o
+
 BIN_FILE = lockdep
+LIB_FILE = $(OUTPUT)liblockdep.a $(OUTPUT)liblockdep.so.$(LIBLOCKDEP_VERSION)
 
 CONFIG_INCLUDES =
 CONFIG_LIBS	=
@@ -108,33 +77,23 @@ INCLUDES = -I. -I./uinclude -I./include -I../../include $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
 
 # Set compile option CFLAGS if not set elsewhere
 CFLAGS ?= -g -DCONFIG_LOCKDEP -DCONFIG_STACKTRACE -DCONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING -DBITS_PER_LONG=__WORDSIZE -DLIBLOCKDEP_VERSION='"$(LIBLOCKDEP_VERSION)"' -rdynamic -O0 -g
+CFLAGS += -fPIC
 
 override CFLAGS += $(CONFIG_FLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(PLUGIN_DIR_SQ)
 
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
   Q =
-  print_compile =
-  print_app_build =
-  print_fpic_compile =
   print_shared_lib_compile =
   print_install =
 else
   Q = @
-  print_compile =		echo '  CC                 '$(OBJ);
-  print_app_build =		echo '  BUILD              '$(OBJ);
-  print_fpic_compile =		echo '  CC FPIC            '$(OBJ);
-  print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  BUILD SHARED LIB   '$(OBJ);
-  print_static_lib_build =	echo '  BUILD STATIC LIB   '$(OBJ);
-  print_install =		echo '  INSTALL     '$1'	to	$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';
+  print_shared_lib_compile =	echo '  LD       '$(OBJ);
+  print_static_lib_build =	echo '  LD       '$(OBJ);
+  print_install =		echo '  INSTALL  '$1'	to	$(DESTDIR_SQ)$2';
 endif
 
-do_fpic_compile =					\
-	($(print_fpic_compile)				\
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) -fPIC $< -o $@)
-
-do_app_build =						\
-	($(print_app_build)				\
-	$(CC) $^ -rdynamic -o $@ $(CONFIG_LIBS) $(LIBS))
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
+build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 
 do_compile_shared_library =			\
 	($(print_shared_lib_compile)		\
@@ -144,22 +103,6 @@ do_build_static_lib =				\
 	($(print_static_lib_build)		\
 	$(RM) $@;  $(AR) rcs $@ $^)
 
-
-define do_compile
-	$(print_compile)						\
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) $< -o $(obj)/$@;
-endef
-
-$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
-
-%.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call do_compile)
-
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS = common.o lockdep.o preload.o rbtree.o
-
-ALL_OBJS = $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
-
 CMD_TARGETS = $(LIB_FILE)
 
 TARGETS = $(CMD_TARGETS)
@@ -169,42 +112,15 @@ all: all_cmd
 
 all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS)
 
-liblockdep.so.$(LIBLOCKDEP_VERSION): $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+$(LIB_IN): force
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=liblockdep
+
+liblockdep.so.$(LIBLOCKDEP_VERSION): $(LIB_IN)
 	$(Q)$(do_compile_shared_library)
 
-liblockdep.a: $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+liblockdep.a: $(LIB_IN)
 	$(Q)$(do_build_static_lib)
 
-$(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS): %.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(do_fpic_compile)
-
-## make deps
-
-all_objs := $(sort $(ALL_OBJS))
-all_deps := $(all_objs:%.o=.%.d)
-
-# let .d file also depends on the source and header files
-define check_deps
-		@set -e; $(RM) $@; \
-		$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $< > $@.$$$$; \
-		sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g' < $@.$$$$ > $@; \
-		$(RM) $@.$$$$
-endef
-
-$(all_deps): .%.d: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call check_deps)
-
-$(all_objs) : %.o : .%.d
-
-dep_includes := $(wildcard $(all_deps))
-
-ifneq ($(dep_includes),)
- include $(dep_includes)
-endif
-
-### Detect environment changes
-TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(CFLAGS)):$(ARCH):$(CROSS_COMPILE)
-
 tags:	force
 	$(RM) tags
 	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs ctags --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px \
@@ -233,8 +149,6 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *liblockdep*.so* $(VERSION_FILES) .*.d
 	$(RM) tags TAGS
 
-endif # skip-makefile
-
 PHONY += force
 force:
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Build b/tools/lib/traceevent/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c681d0575d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+libtraceevent-y += event-parse.o
+libtraceevent-y += event-plugin.o
+libtraceevent-y += trace-seq.o
+libtraceevent-y += parse-filter.o
+libtraceevent-y += parse-utils.o
+libtraceevent-y += kbuffer-parse.o
+
+plugin_jbd2-y         += plugin_jbd2.o
+plugin_hrtimer-y      += plugin_hrtimer.o
+plugin_kmem-y         += plugin_kmem.o
+plugin_kvm-y          += plugin_kvm.o
+plugin_mac80211-y     += plugin_mac80211.o
+plugin_sched_switch-y += plugin_sched_switch.o
+plugin_function-y     += plugin_function.o
+plugin_xen-y          += plugin_xen.o
+plugin_scsi-y         += plugin_scsi.o
+plugin_cfg80211-y     += plugin_cfg80211.o
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
index 005c9cc06935..d410da335e3d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/Makefile
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ PLUGIN_DIR = -DPLUGIN_DIR="$(plugin_dir)"
 PLUGIN_DIR_SQ = '$(subst ','\'',$(PLUGIN_DIR))'
 endif
 
-include $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC)/)../../scripts/Makefile.include
+include ../../scripts/Makefile.include
 
 # copy a bit from Linux kbuild
 
@@ -78,40 +78,13 @@ ifndef VERBOSE
   VERBOSE = 0
 endif
 
-ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
-  BUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+#$(info Determined 'srctree' to be $(srctree))
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BUILD_SRC),)
-ifneq ($(OUTPUT),)
-
-define build_output
-  $(if $(VERBOSE:1=),@)+$(MAKE) -C $(OUTPUT) \
-  BUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR)/ -f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $1
-endef
-
-all: sub-make
-
-$(MAKECMDGOALS): sub-make
-
-sub-make: force
-	$(call build_output, $(MAKECMDGOALS))
-
-
-# Leave processing to above invocation of make
-skip-makefile := 1
-
-endif # OUTPUT
-endif # BUILD_SRC
-
-# We process the rest of the Makefile if this is the final invocation of make
-ifeq ($(skip-makefile),)
-
-srctree		:= $(if $(BUILD_SRC),$(BUILD_SRC),$(CURDIR))
-objtree		:= $(CURDIR)
-src		:= $(srctree)
-obj		:= $(objtree)
-
 export prefix bindir src obj
 
 # Shell quotes
@@ -132,16 +105,19 @@ EXTRAVERSION	= $(EP_EXTRAVERSION)
 OBJ		= $@
 N		=
 
-export Q VERBOSE
-
 EVENT_PARSE_VERSION = $(EP_VERSION).$(EP_PATCHLEVEL).$(EP_EXTRAVERSION)
 
-INCLUDES = -I. -I $(srctree)/../../include $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
+INCLUDES = -I. -I $(srctree)/tools/include $(CONFIG_INCLUDES)
 
-# Set compile option CFLAGS if not set elsewhere
-CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall
+# Set compile option CFLAGS
+ifdef EXTRA_CFLAGS
+  CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
+else
+  CFLAGS := -g -Wall
+endif
 
 # Append required CFLAGS
+override CFLAGS += -fPIC
 override CFLAGS += $(CONFIG_FLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(PLUGIN_DIR_SQ)
 override CFLAGS += $(udis86-flags) -D_GNU_SOURCE
 
@@ -151,74 +127,58 @@ else
   Q = @
 endif
 
-do_compile_shared_library =			\
-	($(print_shared_lib_compile)		\
-	$(CC) --shared $^ -o $@)
-
-do_plugin_build =				\
-	($(print_plugin_build)			\
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -nostartfiles -o $@ $<)
-
-do_build_static_lib =				\
-	($(print_static_lib_build)		\
-	$(RM) $@;  $(AR) rcs $@ $^)
-
-
-do_compile = $(QUIET_CC)$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) $< -o $(obj)/$@;
+# Disable command line variables (CFLAGS) overide from top
+# level Makefile (perf), otherwise build Makefile will get
+# the same command line setup.
+MAKEOVERRIDES=
 
-$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(call do_compile)
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS V
+build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 
-%.o: $(src)/%.c
-	$(call do_compile)
+PLUGINS  = plugin_jbd2.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_hrtimer.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_kmem.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_kvm.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_mac80211.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_sched_switch.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_function.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_xen.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_scsi.so
+PLUGINS += plugin_cfg80211.so
 
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS  = event-parse.o
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += event-plugin.o
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += trace-seq.o
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += parse-filter.o
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += parse-utils.o
-PEVENT_LIB_OBJS += kbuffer-parse.o
+PLUGINS    := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(PLUGINS))
+PLUGINS_IN := $(PLUGINS:.so=-in.o)
 
-PLUGIN_OBJS  = plugin_jbd2.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_hrtimer.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_kmem.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_kvm.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_mac80211.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_sched_switch.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_function.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_xen.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_scsi.o
-PLUGIN_OBJS += plugin_cfg80211.o
-
-PLUGINS := $(PLUGIN_OBJS:.o=.so)
-
-ALL_OBJS = $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS) $(PLUGIN_OBJS)
+TE_IN    := $(OUTPUT)libtraceevent-in.o
+LIB_FILE := $(addprefix $(OUTPUT),$(LIB_FILE))
 
 CMD_TARGETS = $(LIB_FILE) $(PLUGINS)
 
 TARGETS = $(CMD_TARGETS)
 
-
 all: all_cmd
 
 all_cmd: $(CMD_TARGETS)
 
-libtraceevent.so: $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+$(TE_IN): force
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=libtraceevent
+
+$(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.so: $(TE_IN)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) --shared $^ -o $@
 
-libtraceevent.a: $(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS)
+$(OUTPUT)libtraceevent.a: $(TE_IN)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(RM) $@; $(AR) rcs $@ $^
 
 plugins: $(PLUGINS)
 
-$(PEVENT_LIB_OBJS): %.o: $(src)/%.c TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS
-	$(QUIET_CC_FPIC)$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(EXT) -fPIC $< -o $@
+__plugin_obj = $(notdir $@)
+  plugin_obj = $(__plugin_obj:-in.o=)
 
-$(PLUGIN_OBJS): %.o : $(src)/%.c
-	$(QUIET_CC_FPIC)$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ $<
+$(PLUGINS_IN): force
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(plugin_obj)
 
-$(PLUGINS): %.so: %.o
-	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -nostartfiles -o $@ $<
+$(OUTPUT)%.so: $(OUTPUT)%-in.o
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -nostartfiles -o $@ $^
 
 define make_version.h
   (echo '/* This file is automatically generated. Do not modify. */';		\
@@ -255,40 +215,6 @@ define update_dir
    fi);
 endef
 
-## make deps
-
-all_objs := $(sort $(ALL_OBJS))
-all_deps := $(all_objs:%.o=.%.d)
-
-# let .d file also depends on the source and header files
-define check_deps
-  @set -e; $(RM) $@; \
-  $(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $< > $@.$$$$; \
-  sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g' < $@.$$$$ > $@; \
-  $(RM) $@.$$$$
-endef
-
-$(all_deps): .%.d: $(src)/%.c
-	$(Q)$(call check_deps)
-
-$(all_objs) : %.o : .%.d
-
-dep_includes := $(wildcard $(all_deps))
-
-ifneq ($(dep_includes),)
- include $(dep_includes)
-endif
-
-### Detect environment changes
-TRACK_CFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(CFLAGS)):$(ARCH):$(CROSS_COMPILE)
-
-TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS: force
-	@FLAGS='$(TRACK_CFLAGS)'; \
-	    if test x"$$FLAGS" != x"`cat TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`" ; then \
-		echo 1>&2 "  FLAGS:   * new build flags or cross compiler"; \
-		echo "$$FLAGS" >TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS; \
-            fi
-
 tags:	force
 	$(RM) tags
 	find . -name '*.[ch]' | xargs ctags --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px \
@@ -327,14 +253,9 @@ clean:
 		$(RM) *.o *~ $(TARGETS) *.a *.so $(VERSION_FILES) .*.d \
 		$(RM) TRACEEVENT-CFLAGS tags TAGS
 
-endif # skip-makefile
-
 PHONY += force plugins
 force:
 
-plugins:
-	@echo > /dev/null
-
 # Declare the contents of the .PHONY variable as phony.  We keep that
 # information in a variable so we can use it in if_changed and friends.
 .PHONY: $(PHONY)
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
index 7a3873ff9a4f..5b4efc062320 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ extern int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c);
 
 extern void trace_seq_terminate(struct trace_seq *s);
 
+extern int trace_seq_do_fprintf(struct trace_seq *s, FILE *fp);
 extern int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s);
 
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
index ec3bd16a5488..292dc9f1d233 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/trace-seq.c
@@ -231,19 +231,24 @@ void trace_seq_terminate(struct trace_seq *s)
 	s->buffer[s->len] = 0;
 }
 
-int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s)
+int trace_seq_do_fprintf(struct trace_seq *s, FILE *fp)
 {
 	TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
 
 	switch (s->state) {
 	case TRACE_SEQ__GOOD:
-		return printf("%.*s", s->len, s->buffer);
+		return fprintf(fp, "%.*s", s->len, s->buffer);
 	case TRACE_SEQ__BUFFER_POISONED:
-		puts("Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed");
+		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", "Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed");
 		break;
 	case TRACE_SEQ__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED:
-		puts("Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory");
+		fprintf(fp, "%s\n", "Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory");
 		break;
 	}
 	return -1;
 }
+
+int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s)
+{
+	return trace_seq_do_fprintf(s, stdout);
+}