diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/sh/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/sh/util/dwarf-regs.c
index 0d0897f57a1027eeb88a8c34a3acd2a9974014cf..f8dfa89696f42e536042c7150b2f970b2502f4cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/sh/util/dwarf-regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/sh/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ const char *sh_regs_table[SH_MAX_REGS] = {
 /* Return architecture dependent register string (for kprobe-tracer) */
 const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
 {
-	return (n <= SH_MAX_REGS) ? sh_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+	return (n < SH_MAX_REGS) ? sh_regs_table[n] : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/dwarf-regs.c
index 92eda412fed34348c09b8471085cc8d88e8d4c2d..b704fdb9237a95263810b07a041f9c45a7daba17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/dwarf-regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/sparc/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ const char *sparc_regs_table[SPARC_MAX_REGS] = {
  */
 const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
 {
-	return (n <= SPARC_MAX_REGS) ? sparc_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+	return (n < SPARC_MAX_REGS) ? sparc_regs_table[n] : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c
index be22dd463232ed734e7a880838035db5e8f86574..a08de0a35b8384ffd4cad3d6c8e08522c0276f59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/dwarf-regs.c
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@ const char *x86_64_regs_table[X86_64_MAX_REGS] = {
 /* Return architecture dependent register string (for kprobe-tracer) */
 const char *get_arch_regstr(unsigned int n)
 {
-	return (n <= ARCH_MAX_REGS) ? arch_regs_table[n] : NULL;
+	return (n < ARCH_MAX_REGS) ? arch_regs_table[n] : NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/perf_regs.c
index 087c84ef52341f68f91bffeffe8aba7fbc7ef4ea..c5db14f36cc7a145257385b61cf9c39a02a592ce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/perf_regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/perf_regs.c
@@ -1,30 +1,28 @@
 #include "../../perf.h"
 #include "../../util/perf_regs.h"
 
-#define REG(n, b) { .name = #n, .mask = 1ULL << (b) }
-#define REG_END { .name = NULL }
 const struct sample_reg sample_reg_masks[] = {
-	REG(AX, PERF_REG_X86_AX),
-	REG(BX, PERF_REG_X86_BX),
-	REG(CX, PERF_REG_X86_CX),
-	REG(DX, PERF_REG_X86_DX),
-	REG(SI, PERF_REG_X86_SI),
-	REG(DI, PERF_REG_X86_DI),
-	REG(BP, PERF_REG_X86_BP),
-	REG(SP, PERF_REG_X86_SP),
-	REG(IP, PERF_REG_X86_IP),
-	REG(FLAGS, PERF_REG_X86_FLAGS),
-	REG(CS, PERF_REG_X86_CS),
-	REG(SS, PERF_REG_X86_SS),
+	SMPL_REG(AX, PERF_REG_X86_AX),
+	SMPL_REG(BX, PERF_REG_X86_BX),
+	SMPL_REG(CX, PERF_REG_X86_CX),
+	SMPL_REG(DX, PERF_REG_X86_DX),
+	SMPL_REG(SI, PERF_REG_X86_SI),
+	SMPL_REG(DI, PERF_REG_X86_DI),
+	SMPL_REG(BP, PERF_REG_X86_BP),
+	SMPL_REG(SP, PERF_REG_X86_SP),
+	SMPL_REG(IP, PERF_REG_X86_IP),
+	SMPL_REG(FLAGS, PERF_REG_X86_FLAGS),
+	SMPL_REG(CS, PERF_REG_X86_CS),
+	SMPL_REG(SS, PERF_REG_X86_SS),
 #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_X86_64_SUPPORT
-	REG(R8, PERF_REG_X86_R8),
-	REG(R9, PERF_REG_X86_R9),
-	REG(R10, PERF_REG_X86_R10),
-	REG(R11, PERF_REG_X86_R11),
-	REG(R12, PERF_REG_X86_R12),
-	REG(R13, PERF_REG_X86_R13),
-	REG(R14, PERF_REG_X86_R14),
-	REG(R15, PERF_REG_X86_R15),
+	SMPL_REG(R8, PERF_REG_X86_R8),
+	SMPL_REG(R9, PERF_REG_X86_R9),
+	SMPL_REG(R10, PERF_REG_X86_R10),
+	SMPL_REG(R11, PERF_REG_X86_R11),
+	SMPL_REG(R12, PERF_REG_X86_R12),
+	SMPL_REG(R13, PERF_REG_X86_R13),
+	SMPL_REG(R14, PERF_REG_X86_R14),
+	SMPL_REG(R15, PERF_REG_X86_R15),
 #endif
-	REG_END
+	SMPL_REG_END
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
index 240730d682c1b67e54cfedf6b81cdb9591c8ae47..2386322ece4fc8af0851fd2768cc20d1bf454fd4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ inat_tables_script = util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 inat_tables_maps = util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c: $(inat_tables_script) $(inat_tables_maps)
+	$(call rule_mkdir)
 	@$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(AWK) -f $(inat_tables_script) $(inat_tables_maps) > $@ || rm -f $@
 
 $(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.o: util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c $(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
index 43168fb0d9a28a1151721cd3379b1d3234fef0ab..885e8ac83997905db7baa0d334015b5cf46e37d9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #include "perf_regs.h"
 #include "event.h"
 
+const struct sample_reg __weak sample_reg_masks[] = {
+	SMPL_REG_END
+};
+
 int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id)
 {
 	int i, idx = 0;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
index 92c1fff2153eb4bd324b1620b62b431c111a3f50..2984dcc54d67cd7acb9d02975c4fb1b7b55fdb7c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ struct sample_reg {
 	const char *name;
 	uint64_t mask;
 };
+#define SMPL_REG(n, b) { .name = #n, .mask = 1ULL << (b) }
+#define SMPL_REG_END { .name = NULL }
 
 extern const struct sample_reg sample_reg_masks[];