5 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h
index 417b78835ea0..a01c2fd68c03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct machine;
 union perf_event;
 struct perf_env;
 struct perf_sample;
+struct perf_session;
 struct record_opts;
 struct evlist;
 struct target;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index 45b9ed49e2b1..b042ceef4114 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "map_symbol.h"
 #include "branch.h"
 
+struct evsel;
 struct map;
 
 #define HELP_PAD "\t\t\t\t"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index eb5308c41ed1..7ebf9e31ae22 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "util/event.h"  /* proc_map_timeout */
 #include "util/hist.h"  /* perf_hist_config */
 #include "util/llvm-utils.h"   /* perf_llvm_config */
+#include "build-id.h"
+#include "debug.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 522887ee4c02..143d379d4608 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <api/debug.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/time64.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
 #include <execinfo.h>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index f56d268f06e3..006aa432be19 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 #ifndef __PERF_RECORD_H
 #define __PERF_RECORD_H
-
-#include <limits.h>
+/*
+ * The linux/stddef.h isn't need here, but is needed for __always_inline used
+ * in files included from uapi/linux/perf_event.h such as
+ * /usr/include/linux/swab.h and /usr/include/linux/byteorder/little_endian.h,
+ * detected in at least musl libc, used in Alpine Linux. -acme
+ */
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/bpf.h>
-#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <perf/event.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
 
-#include "build-id.h"
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 
+struct dso;
+struct machine;
+struct perf_event_attr;
+
 #ifdef __LP64__
 /*
  * /usr/include/inttypes.h uses just 'lu' for PRIu64, but we end up defining