diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 56d62d3fb16715525446a8ce900a2021e06aa9b3..3b8f7b80376b25f31a25eff483393f8248981dd3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ strip-libs = $(filter-out -l%,$(1))
 
 $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYRF_OBJS)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)CFLAGS='$(BASIC_CFLAGS)' $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
-	  --quiet build_ext \
-	  --build-lib='$(OUTPUT)python' \
-	  --build-temp='$(OUTPUT)python/temp'
+	  --quiet build_ext; \
+	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \
+	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf.so $(OUTPUT)python/
 #
 # No Perl scripts right now:
 #
@@ -509,9 +509,13 @@ else
 
   PYTHON_WORD := $(call shell-wordify,$(PYTHON))
 
-  python-clean := $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py clean \
-    --build-lib='$(OUTPUT)python' \
-    --build-temp='$(OUTPUT)python/temp'
+  # python extension build directories
+  PYTHON_EXTBUILD     := $(OUTPUT)python_ext_build/
+  PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
+  PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)tmp/
+  export PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP
+
+  python-clean := rm -rf $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so
 
   ifdef NO_LIBPYTHON
     $(call disable-python)
@@ -868,6 +872,9 @@ install: all
 	$(INSTALL) scripts/python/*.py -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/scripts/python'
 	$(INSTALL) scripts/python/bin/* -t '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(perfexec_instdir_SQ)/scripts/python/bin'
 
+install-python_ext:
+	$(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py --quiet install --root='/$(DESTDIR_SQ)'
+
 install-doc:
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation install
 
@@ -895,7 +902,7 @@ quick-install-html:
 ### Cleaning rules
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(OUTPUT){*.o,*/*.o,*/*/*.o,*/*/*/*.o,$(LIB_FILE),perf-archive}
+	$(RM) $(LIB_OBJS) $(BUILTIN_OBJS) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf.o $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf
 	$(RM) *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope*
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 9ac05aafd9b2563e9625945e5dfa93dc98dfabad..899080ace26761c497935e1ad0480faa628bf7c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -942,10 +942,10 @@ static const char *record_args[] = {
 	"-f",
 	"-m", "1024",
 	"-c", "1",
-	"-e", "lock:lock_acquire:r",
-	"-e", "lock:lock_acquired:r",
-	"-e", "lock:lock_contended:r",
-	"-e", "lock:lock_release:r",
+	"-e", "lock:lock_acquire",
+	"-e", "lock:lock_acquired",
+	"-e", "lock:lock_contended",
+	"-e", "lock:lock_release",
 };
 
 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index e02d78cae70f688fc0fc32957d078cf45796ed75..6c86eca8b1b7afc745433b9284e95c4ab94f86e8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -399,7 +399,6 @@ static int perf_config_global(void)
 int perf_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 {
 	int ret = 0, found = 0;
-	char *repo_config = NULL;
 	const char *home = NULL;
 
 	/* Setting $PERF_CONFIG makes perf read _only_ the given config file. */
@@ -421,12 +420,6 @@ int perf_config(config_fn_t fn, void *data)
 		free(user_config);
 	}
 
-	repo_config = perf_pathdup("config");
-	if (!access(repo_config, R_OK)) {
-		ret += perf_config_from_file(fn, repo_config, data);
-		found += 1;
-	}
-	free(repo_config);
 	if (found == 0)
 		return -1;
 	return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index b82d54fa2c566d420a32e2e675c873a6ce7c7720..1c7bfa5fe0a81052fa1718cf996ef80c21d2e96e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -1820,11 +1820,15 @@ static int convert_to_probe_trace_events(struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto error;
 	}
-	tev->point.module = strdup(module);
-	if (tev->point.module == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error;
+
+	if (module) {
+		tev->point.module = strdup(module);
+		if (tev->point.module == NULL) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
 	}
+
 	tev->point.offset = pev->point.offset;
 	tev->point.retprobe = pev->point.retprobe;
 	tev->nargs = pev->nargs;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
index bbc982f5dd8b9ced999577ced4822a21c9a28779..95d370074928841b096a37076040834b8c45cdc9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
@@ -3,9 +3,27 @@
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from os import getenv
 
+from distutils.command.build_ext   import build_ext   as _build_ext
+from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib as _install_lib
+
+class build_ext(_build_ext):
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        _build_ext.finalize_options(self)
+        self.build_lib  = build_lib
+        self.build_temp = build_tmp
+
+class install_lib(_install_lib):
+    def finalize_options(self):
+        _install_lib.finalize_options(self)
+        self.build_dir = build_lib
+
+
 cflags = ['-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wno-write-strings']
 cflags += getenv('CFLAGS', '').split()
 
+build_lib = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB')
+build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
+
 perf = Extension('perf',
 		  sources = ['util/python.c', 'util/ctype.c', 'util/evlist.c',
 			     'util/evsel.c', 'util/cpumap.c', 'util/thread_map.c',
@@ -21,4 +39,5 @@ setup(name='perf',
       author_email='acme@redhat.com',
       license='GPLv2',
       url='http://perf.wiki.kernel.org',
-      ext_modules=[perf])
+      ext_modules=[perf],
+      cmdclass={'build_ext': build_ext, 'install_lib': install_lib})