diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/rapl.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/rapl.c
index 99c4bab123cdae71b14ab92241d81dbf15616fe1..e30eef4f29a6f6034e46beab4a559f9994311c34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/rapl.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/rapl.c
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static void cleanup_rapl_pmus(void)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rapl_pmus->maxpkg; i++)
-		kfree(rapl_pmus->pmus + i);
+		kfree(rapl_pmus->pmus[i]);
 	kfree(rapl_pmus);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
index b2625867ebd17543401cf6dbc5bf9e76fcd6ee6c..874e8bd64d1d54cdf662c5ba348f8872a0265e24 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c
@@ -2868,27 +2868,10 @@ static struct intel_uncore_type bdx_uncore_cbox = {
 	.format_group		= &hswep_uncore_cbox_format_group,
 };
 
-static struct intel_uncore_type bdx_uncore_sbox = {
-	.name			= "sbox",
-	.num_counters		= 4,
-	.num_boxes		= 4,
-	.perf_ctr_bits		= 48,
-	.event_ctl		= HSWEP_S0_MSR_PMON_CTL0,
-	.perf_ctr		= HSWEP_S0_MSR_PMON_CTR0,
-	.event_mask		= HSWEP_S_MSR_PMON_RAW_EVENT_MASK,
-	.box_ctl		= HSWEP_S0_MSR_PMON_BOX_CTL,
-	.msr_offset		= HSWEP_SBOX_MSR_OFFSET,
-	.ops			= &hswep_uncore_sbox_msr_ops,
-	.format_group		= &hswep_uncore_sbox_format_group,
-};
-
-#define BDX_MSR_UNCORE_SBOX	3
-
 static struct intel_uncore_type *bdx_msr_uncores[] = {
 	&bdx_uncore_ubox,
 	&bdx_uncore_cbox,
 	&hswep_uncore_pcu,
-	&bdx_uncore_sbox,
 	NULL,
 };
 
@@ -2897,10 +2880,6 @@ void bdx_uncore_cpu_init(void)
 	if (bdx_uncore_cbox.num_boxes > boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores)
 		bdx_uncore_cbox.num_boxes = boot_cpu_data.x86_max_cores;
 	uncore_msr_uncores = bdx_msr_uncores;
-
-	/* BDX-DE doesn't have SBOX */
-	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model == 86)
-		uncore_msr_uncores[BDX_MSR_UNCORE_SBOX] = NULL;
 }
 
 static struct intel_uncore_type bdx_uncore_ha = {
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 274450efea90eebeb5f3fa4ddb777c2ea2e6ef73..9c51ec3f0f440f35dda1bf9e9b3e02e421388df3 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3862,10 +3862,8 @@ static void _free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->ctx)
 		put_ctx(event->ctx);
 
-	if (event->pmu) {
-		exclusive_event_destroy(event);
-		module_put(event->pmu->module);
-	}
+	exclusive_event_destroy(event);
+	module_put(event->pmu->module);
 
 	call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index bbf69d248ec56ad187f68969367b15c282fbb7fe..9f53020c32697e0aeb52de6ab8fa8d24a0ac24fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -204,6 +204,44 @@ static unsigned long long adjust_signedness(unsigned long long value_int, int si
 	return (value_int & value_mask) | ~value_mask;
 }
 
+static int string_set_value(struct bt_ctf_field *field, const char *string)
+{
+	char *buffer = NULL;
+	size_t len = strlen(string), i, p;
+	int err;
+
+	for (i = p = 0; i < len; i++, p++) {
+		if (isprint(string[i])) {
+			if (!buffer)
+				continue;
+			buffer[p] = string[i];
+		} else {
+			char numstr[5];
+
+			snprintf(numstr, sizeof(numstr), "\\x%02x",
+				 (unsigned int)(string[i]) & 0xff);
+
+			if (!buffer) {
+				buffer = zalloc(i + (len - i) * 4 + 2);
+				if (!buffer) {
+					pr_err("failed to set unprintable string '%s'\n", string);
+					return bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(field, "UNPRINTABLE-STRING");
+				}
+				if (i > 0)
+					strncpy(buffer, string, i);
+			}
+			strncat(buffer + p, numstr, 4);
+			p += 3;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!buffer)
+		return bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(field, string);
+	err = bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(field, buffer);
+	free(buffer);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int add_tracepoint_field_value(struct ctf_writer *cw,
 				      struct bt_ctf_event_class *event_class,
 				      struct bt_ctf_event *event,
@@ -270,8 +308,7 @@ static int add_tracepoint_field_value(struct ctf_writer *cw,
 		}
 
 		if (flags & FIELD_IS_STRING)
-			ret = bt_ctf_field_string_set_value(field,
-					data + offset + i * len);
+			ret = string_set_value(field, data + offset + i * len);
 		else {
 			unsigned long long value_int;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index f6fcc68329499f255ddc1a5012dd36fdc04d8024..9b141f12329edc750de5eefd47c3c7f2cb46e503 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -673,6 +673,8 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_kernel_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	int err;
 	union perf_event *event;
 
+	if (symbol_conf.kptr_restrict)
+		return -1;
 	if (map == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 20f9cb32b703cd10330fa80ed328a16126a59a04..54c4ff2b1cee298335a9cdecfd3d07a43f51d241 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1933,17 +1933,17 @@ int setup_intlist(struct intlist **list, const char *list_str,
 static bool symbol__read_kptr_restrict(void)
 {
 	bool value = false;
+	FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
 
-	if (geteuid() != 0) {
-		FILE *fp = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/kptr_restrict", "r");
-		if (fp != NULL) {
-			char line[8];
+	if (fp != NULL) {
+		char line[8];
 
-			if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
-				value = atoi(line) != 0;
+		if (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp) != NULL)
+			value = (geteuid() != 0) ?
+					(atoi(line) != 0) :
+					(atoi(line) == 2);
 
-			fclose(fp);
-		}
+		fclose(fp);
 	}
 
 	return value;