diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 896f27047ed6..6aa6fb6f7bd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 # define MADV_UNMERGEABLE	13
 #endif
 
+#ifndef EFD_SEMAPHORE
+# define EFD_SEMAPHORE		1
+#endif
+
 struct tp_field {
 	int offset;
 	union {
@@ -279,6 +283,11 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_strarray(char *bf, size_t size,
 
 #define SCA_STRARRAY syscall_arg__scnprintf_strarray
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+/*
+ * FIXME: Make this available to all arches as soon as the ioctl beautifier
+ * 	  gets rewritten to support all arches.
+ */
 static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_strhexarray(char *bf, size_t size,
 						 struct syscall_arg *arg)
 {
@@ -286,6 +295,7 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_strhexarray(char *bf, size_t size,
 }
 
 #define SCA_STRHEXARRAY syscall_arg__scnprintf_strhexarray
+#endif /* defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) */
 
 static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_fd(char *bf, size_t size,
 					struct syscall_arg *arg);
@@ -839,6 +849,10 @@ static size_t syscall_arg__scnprintf_signum(char *bf, size_t size, struct syscal
 
 #define SCA_SIGNUM syscall_arg__scnprintf_signum
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+/*
+ * FIXME: Make this available to all arches.
+ */
 #define TCGETS		0x5401
 
 static const char *tioctls[] = {
@@ -860,6 +874,7 @@ static const char *tioctls[] = {
 };
 
 static DEFINE_STRARRAY_OFFSET(tioctls, 0x5401);
+#endif /* defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) */
 
 #define STRARRAY(arg, name, array) \
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [arg] = SCA_STRARRAY, }, \
@@ -941,9 +956,16 @@ static struct syscall_fmt {
 	{ .name	    = "getrlimit",  .errmsg = true, STRARRAY(0, resource, rlimit_resources), },
 	{ .name	    = "ioctl",	    .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [0] = SCA_FD, /* fd */ 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+/*
+ * FIXME: Make this available to all arches.
+ */
 			     [1] = SCA_STRHEXARRAY, /* cmd */
 			     [2] = SCA_HEX, /* arg */ },
 	  .arg_parm	 = { [1] = &strarray__tioctls, /* cmd */ }, },
+#else
+			     [2] = SCA_HEX, /* arg */ }, },
+#endif
 	{ .name	    = "kill",	    .errmsg = true,
 	  .arg_scnprintf = { [1] = SCA_SIGNUM, /* sig */ }, },
 	{ .name	    = "linkat",	    .errmsg = true,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index d248fca6d7ed..1e15df10a88c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 {
 	bool ret = true;
+	int open_return;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
 		.type = type,
 		.config = config,
 		.disabled = 1,
-		.exclude_kernel = 1,
 	};
 	struct {
 		struct thread_map map;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,20 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
 	if (evsel) {
-		ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+		open_return = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map);
+		ret = open_return >= 0;
+
+		if (open_return == -EACCES) {
+			/*
+			 * This happens if the paranoid value
+			 * /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2
+			 * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that
+			 * by default as some ARM machines do not support it.
+			 *
+			 */
+			evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+			ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+		}
 		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index a8a9b6cd93a8..d8b048c20cde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ static int add_exec_to_probe_trace_events(struct probe_trace_event *tevs,
 		return ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ntevs && ret >= 0; i++) {
+		/* point.address is the addres of point.symbol + point.offset */
 		offset = tevs[i].point.address - stext;
-		offset += tevs[i].point.offset;
 		tevs[i].point.offset = 0;
 		zfree(&tevs[i].point.symbol);
 		ret = e_snprintf(buf, 32, "0x%lx", offset);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 0b39a48e5110..5da6ce74c676 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,12 @@ static int perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session, union
 		if (err == 0)
 			perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
 		return err;
+	case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE:
+		/*
+		 * Depreceated, but we need to handle it for sake
+		 * of old data files create in pipe mode.
+		 */
+		return 0;
 	case PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA:
 		/* setup for reading amidst mmap */
 		lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET);