diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index bd39b2090ad1..3723b9f8f964 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@
 #define __must_be_array(a)	BUILD_BUG_ON_ZERO(__same_type((a), &(a)[0]))
 
 #define  noinline	__attribute__((noinline))
-
+#ifndef __packed
 #define __packed	__attribute__((packed))
-
+#endif
+#ifndef __noreturn
 #define __noreturn	__attribute__((noreturn))
-
+#endif
+#ifndef __aligned
 #define __aligned(x)	__attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#endif
 #define __printf(a, b)	__attribute__((format(printf, a, b)))
 #define __scanf(a, b)	__attribute__((format(scanf, a, b)))
diff --git a/tools/lib/api/Makefile b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
index 4563ba7ede6f..1e83e3c07448 100644
--- a/tools/lib/api/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lib/api/Makefile
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-print-directory
 LIBFILE = $(OUTPUT)libapi.a
 
 CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_WARNINGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
-CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC
+CFLAGS += -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -fPIC
 
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
 ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 0)
   CFLAGS += -O3
 else
   CFLAGS += -O6
 endif
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),0)
+  CFLAGS += -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+endif
 
 # Treat warnings as errors unless directed not to
 ifneq ($(WERROR),0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
index 3ddcc6e2abeb..a1d82e33282c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int set_config(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name,
 		fprintf(fp, "[%s]\n", section->name);
 
 		perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&section->items, item) {
-			if (!use_system_config && section->from_system_config)
+			if (!use_system_config && item->from_system_config)
 				continue;
 			if (item->value)
 				fprintf(fp, "\t%s = %s\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 85e992d9215b..69523ed55894 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ try_again:
 				process_interval();
 			}
 		}
-		wait(&status);
+		waitpid(child_pid, &status, 0);
 
 		if (workload_exec_errno) {
 			const char *emsg = str_error_r(workload_exec_errno, msg, sizeof(msg));
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index e0279babe0c0..2f19e03c5c40 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -467,15 +467,21 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	 *  - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
 	 *    the same thing over again)
 	 *
-	 * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
-	 * die if that one cannot handle it.
+	 * So we just directly call the internal command handler. If that one
+	 * fails to handle this, then maybe we just run a renamed perf binary
+	 * that contains a dash in its name. To handle this scenario, we just
+	 * fall through and ignore the "xxxx" part of the command string.
 	 */
 	if (strstarts(cmd, "perf-")) {
 		cmd += 5;
 		argv[0] = cmd;
 		handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
-		fprintf(stderr, "cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
-		goto out;
+		/*
+		 * If the command is handled, the above function does not
+		 * return undo changes and fall through in such a case.
+		 */
+		cmd -= 5;
+		argv[0] = cmd;
 	}
 	if (strstarts(cmd, "trace")) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c b/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
index 2a7b9b47bbcb..9ba1d216a89f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "machine.h"
 #include "event.h"
-#include "unwind.h"
+#include "../util/unwind.h"
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "map.h"
 #include "thread.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
index a0f24c7115c5..ae91c8148edf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "../cache.h"
 #include "progress.h"
 
@@ -14,10 +15,14 @@ struct ui_progress_ops *ui_progress__ops = &null_progress__ops;
 
 void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p, u64 adv)
 {
+	u64 last = p->curr;
+
 	p->curr += adv;
 
 	if (p->curr >= p->next) {
-		p->next += p->step;
+		u64 nr = DIV_ROUND_UP(p->curr - last, p->step);
+
+		p->next += nr * p->step;
 		ui_progress__ops->update(p);
 	}
 }
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p, u64 adv)
 void ui_progress__init(struct ui_progress *p, u64 total, const char *title)
 {
 	p->curr = 0;
-	p->next = p->step = total / 16;
+	p->next = p->step = total / 16 ?: 1;
 	p->total = total;
 	p->title = title;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
index e84bbc8ec058..263f5a906ba5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 
+#ifndef O_CLOEXEC
+#ifdef __sparc__
+#define O_CLOEXEC	0x400000
+#elif defined(__alpha__) || defined(__hppa__)
+#define O_CLOEXEC	010000000
+#else
+#define O_CLOEXEC	02000000
+#endif
+#endif
+
 static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data_file *file)
 {
 	struct stat st;
@@ -96,7 +106,8 @@ static int open_file_write(struct perf_data_file *file)
 	if (check_backup(file))
 		return -1;
 
-	fd = open(file->path, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
+	fd = open(file->path, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC|O_CLOEXEC,
+		  S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
 
 	if (fd < 0)
 		pr_err("failed to open %s : %s\n", file->path,