diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
index be8fa1a0a97e4294454cbef60440118dec21245d..f0796a47dfa30ee6523381e069340b3eeeeeb3ef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ OPTIONS for 'convert'
 --verbose::
         Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
 
+--all::
+	Convert all events, including non-sample events (comm, fork, ...), to output.
+	Default is off, only convert samples.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/common.c b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
index fa090a9eaa38882c3687725fe52dfe8c464c44f3..ee6966812a5a4bfb7d0eb0ffe169b5935f23f308 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/common.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/common.c
@@ -9,34 +9,44 @@ const char *const arm_triplets[] = {
 	"arm-unknown-linux-",
 	"arm-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-",
+	"arm-linux-gnu-",
+	"arm-linux-gnueabihf-",
+	"arm-none-eabi-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const arm64_triplets[] = {
 	"aarch64-linux-android-",
+	"aarch64-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const powerpc_triplets[] = {
 	"powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu-",
+	"powerpc64-linux-gnu-",
+	"powerpc64le-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const s390_triplets[] = {
 	"s390-ibm-linux-",
+	"s390x-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const sh_triplets[] = {
 	"sh-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"sh64-unknown-linux-gnu-",
+	"sh-linux-gnu-",
+	"sh64-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const sparc_triplets[] = {
 	"sparc-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu-",
+	"sparc64-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -49,12 +59,19 @@ const char *const x86_triplets[] = {
 	"i386-pc-linux-gnu-",
 	"i686-linux-android-",
 	"i686-android-linux-",
+	"x86_64-linux-gnu-",
+	"i586-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
 const char *const mips_triplets[] = {
 	"mips-unknown-linux-gnu-",
 	"mipsel-linux-android-",
+	"mips-linux-gnu-",
+	"mips64-linux-gnu-",
+	"mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-",
+	"mips64-linux-gnuabi64-",
+	"mipsel-linux-gnu-",
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
index b97bc1518b44a5f7ffb85eeefa7f6ffae95e74f1..7ad6e17ac6b362cadb02e453d36ce5bb288ff2e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "perf.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
+#include "data-convert.h"
 #include "data-convert-bt.h"
 
 typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
@@ -53,14 +54,18 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 			    const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char *to_ctf     = NULL;
-	bool force = false;
+	struct perf_data_convert_opts opts = {
+		.force = false,
+		.all = false,
+	};
 	const struct option options[] = {
 		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
 		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 		OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
 #endif
-		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &opts.force, "don't complain, do it"),
+		OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "all", &opts.all, "Convert all events"),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
 
 	if (to_ctf) {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
-		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, force);
+		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf, &opts);
 #else
 		pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
 		return -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 81411b14df4ca69164ee0204c879bf64b68a6613..b2b3b600adf536a9b94551c6e68e402e858dfd20 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ rb_find_range(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return backward_rb_find_range(data, mask, head, start, end);
 }
 
-static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
+static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx)
 {
-	struct perf_mmap *md = &rec->evlist->mmap[idx];
+	struct perf_mmap *md = &evlist->mmap[idx];
 	u64 head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
 	u64 old = md->prev;
 	u64 end = head, start = old;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 	void *buf;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	if (rb_find_range(rec->evlist, data, md->mask, head,
+	if (rb_find_range(evlist, data, md->mask, head,
 			  old, &start, &end))
 		return -1;
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "failed to keep up with mmap data. (warn only once)\n");
 
 		md->prev = head;
-		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(rec->evlist, idx);
+		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, idx);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int record__mmap_read(struct record *rec, int idx)
 	}
 
 	md->prev = head;
-	perf_evlist__mmap_consume(rec->evlist, idx);
+	perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, idx);
 out:
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -342,6 +342,40 @@ int auxtrace_record__snapshot_start(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused)
 
 #endif
 
+static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
+			       struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct record_opts *opts = &rec->opts;
+	char msg[512];
+
+	if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false,
+				 opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
+				 opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode) < 0) {
+		if (errno == EPERM) {
+			pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
+			       "Consider increasing "
+			       "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
+			       "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
+			       "(current value: %u,%u)\n",
+			       opts->mmap_pages, opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages);
+			return -errno;
+		} else {
+			pr_err("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno,
+				strerror_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
+			if (errno)
+				return -errno;
+			else
+				return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int record__mmap(struct record *rec)
+{
+	return record__mmap_evlist(rec, rec->evlist);
+}
+
 static int record__open(struct record *rec)
 {
 	char msg[512];
@@ -378,27 +412,9 @@ static int record__open(struct record *rec)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false,
-				 opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
-				 opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode) < 0) {
-		if (errno == EPERM) {
-			pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
-			       "Consider increasing "
-			       "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
-			       "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
-			       "(current value: %u,%u)\n",
-			       opts->mmap_pages, opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages);
-			rc = -errno;
-		} else {
-			pr_err("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno,
-				strerror_r(errno, msg, sizeof(msg)));
-			if (errno)
-				rc = -errno;
-			else
-				rc = -EINVAL;
-		}
+	rc = record__mmap(rec);
+	if (rc)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	session->evlist = evlist;
 	perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session);
@@ -482,17 +498,20 @@ static struct perf_event_header finished_round_event = {
 	.type = PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_ROUND,
 };
 
-static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
+static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	u64 bytes_written = rec->bytes_written;
 	int i;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < rec->evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
-		struct auxtrace_mmap *mm = &rec->evlist->mmap[i].auxtrace_mmap;
+	if (!evlist)
+		return 0;
 
-		if (rec->evlist->mmap[i].base) {
-			if (record__mmap_read(rec, i) != 0) {
+	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+		struct auxtrace_mmap *mm = &evlist->mmap[i].auxtrace_mmap;
+
+		if (evlist->mmap[i].base) {
+			if (record__mmap_read(rec, evlist, i) != 0) {
 				rc = -1;
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -516,6 +535,17 @@ static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static void record__init_features(struct record *rec)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
@@ -656,10 +686,21 @@ perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc __maybe_unused
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const struct perf_event_mmap_page *
+perf_evlist__pick_pc(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	if (evlist && evlist->mmap && evlist->mmap[0].base)
+		return evlist->mmap[0].base;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static const struct perf_event_mmap_page *record__pick_pc(struct record *rec)
 {
-	if (rec->evlist && rec->evlist->mmap && rec->evlist->mmap[0].base)
-		return rec->evlist->mmap[0].base;
+	const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc;
+
+	pc = perf_evlist__pick_pc(rec->evlist);
+	if (pc)
+		return pc;
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 534c81176f6cdf4156a563ec4f478b06f39b2ffe..bf1a0a0dd0ada0491cc059e3629bac5fb26e1b45 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ endif
 
 ifndef NO_SLANG
   ifneq ($(feature-libslang), 1)
-    msg := $(warning slang not found, disables TUI support. Please install slang-devel or libslang-dev);
+    msg := $(warning slang not found, disables TUI support. Please install slang-devel, libslang-dev or libslang2-dev);
     NO_SLANG := 1
   else
     # Fedora has /usr/include/slang/slang.h, but ubuntu /usr/include/slang.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index cac15d93aea656f96ad449cba1f9529e42afcbec..51966d92fc829db0de6d601faa29dc20005e95e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ make_no_libbionic   := NO_LIBBIONIC=1
 make_no_auxtrace    := NO_AUXTRACE=1
 make_no_libbpf	    := NO_LIBBPF=1
 make_no_libcrypto   := NO_LIBCRYPTO=1
+make_with_babeltrace:= LIBBABELTRACE=1
 make_tags           := tags
 make_cscope         := cscope
 make_help           := help
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ run += make_no_libaudit
 run += make_no_libbionic
 run += make_no_auxtrace
 run += make_no_libbpf
+run += make_with_babeltrace
 run += make_help
 run += make_doc
 run += make_perf_o
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
index 0e106bb9752519473df77ab6c0189dda8254ed0d..29dc6d20364e8420d148e3006d50fabeffd13e24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c
@@ -223,16 +223,14 @@ static void annotate_browser__write(struct ui_browser *browser, void *entry, int
 			} else if (ins__is_call(dl->ins)) {
 				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_RARROW_CHAR);
 				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
+			} else if (ins__is_ret(dl->ins)) {
+				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_LARROW_CHAR);
+				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
 			} else {
 				ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
 			}
 		} else {
-			if (strcmp(dl->name, "retq")) {
-				ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
-			} else {
-				ui_browser__write_graph(browser, SLSMG_LARROW_CHAR);
-				SLsmg_write_char(' ');
-			}
+			ui_browser__write_nstring(browser, " ", 2);
 		}
 
 		disasm_line__scnprintf(dl, bf, sizeof(bf), !annotate_browser__opts.use_offset);
@@ -843,14 +841,14 @@ static int annotate_browser__run(struct annotate_browser *browser,
 				ui_helpline__puts("Huh? No selection. Report to linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org");
 			else if (browser->selection->offset == -1)
 				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for assembly lines.");
-			else if (!browser->selection->ins) {
-				if (strcmp(browser->selection->name, "retq"))
-					goto show_sup_ins;
+			else if (!browser->selection->ins)
+				goto show_sup_ins;
+			else if (ins__is_ret(browser->selection->ins))
 				goto out;
-			} else if (!(annotate_browser__jump(browser) ||
+			else if (!(annotate_browser__jump(browser) ||
 				     annotate_browser__callq(browser, evsel, hbt))) {
 show_sup_ins:
-				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for 'callq', 'retq' & jump instructions.");
+				ui_helpline__puts("Actions are only available for function call/return & jump/branch instructions.");
 			}
 			continue;
 		case 't':
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 7e5a1e8874cee4a263d2577f55fd3ddf7dde3a95..c385fecb9d324f81d8bd1a4f9e7687a724172a72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -354,6 +354,15 @@ static struct ins_ops nop_ops = {
 	.scnprintf = nop__scnprintf,
 };
 
+static struct ins_ops ret_ops = {
+	.scnprintf = ins__raw_scnprintf,
+};
+
+bool ins__is_ret(const struct ins *ins)
+{
+	return ins->ops == &ret_ops;
+}
+
 static struct ins instructions[] = {
 	{ .name = "add",   .ops  = &mov_ops, },
 	{ .name = "addl",  .ops  = &mov_ops, },
@@ -444,6 +453,7 @@ static struct ins instructions[] = {
 	{ .name = "xadd",  .ops  = &mov_ops, },
 	{ .name = "xbeginl", .ops  = &jump_ops, },
 	{ .name = "xbeginq", .ops  = &jump_ops, },
+	{ .name = "retq",  .ops  = &ret_ops, },
 };
 
 static int ins__key_cmp(const void *name, const void *insp)
@@ -1676,11 +1686,6 @@ int symbol__tty_annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int hist_entry__annotate(struct hist_entry *he, size_t privsize)
-{
-	return symbol__annotate(he->ms.sym, he->ms.map, privsize);
-}
-
 bool ui__has_annotation(void)
 {
 	return use_browser == 1 && perf_hpp_list.sym;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index 9241f8c2b7e16e10f222e5d5fc0be5032ba7f4f1..a23084f54128ee10b55d959bff99c66c3e0fecba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct ins {
 
 bool ins__is_jump(const struct ins *ins);
 bool ins__is_call(const struct ins *ins);
+bool ins__is_ret(const struct ins *ins);
 int ins__scnprintf(struct ins *ins, char *bf, size_t size, struct ins_operands *ops);
 
 struct annotation;
@@ -156,8 +157,6 @@ void symbol__annotate_zero_histograms(struct symbol *sym);
 
 int symbol__annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map, size_t privsize);
 
-int hist_entry__annotate(struct hist_entry *he, size_t privsize);
-
 int symbol__annotate_init(struct map *map, struct symbol *sym);
 int symbol__annotate_printf(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,
 			    struct perf_evsel *evsel, bool full_paths,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 4b59879391c077cda0e4f794d6a0ff381424eb28..4f979bb27b6ce535c1a1c9c19c1683ed52fcbf1c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "machine.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define pr_N(n, fmt, ...) \
 	eprintf(n, debug_data_convert, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ struct ctf_writer {
 		};
 		struct bt_ctf_field_type *array[6];
 	} data;
+	struct bt_ctf_event_class	*comm_class;
+	struct bt_ctf_event_class	*exit_class;
+	struct bt_ctf_event_class	*fork_class;
 };
 
 struct convert {
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ struct convert {
 
 	u64			events_size;
 	u64			events_count;
+	u64			non_sample_count;
 
 	/* Ordered events configured queue size. */
 	u64			queue_size;
@@ -140,6 +145,36 @@ FUNC_VALUE_SET(s64)
 FUNC_VALUE_SET(u64)
 __FUNC_VALUE_SET(u64_hex, u64)
 
+static int string_set_value(struct bt_ctf_field *field, const char *string);
+static __maybe_unused int
+value_set_string(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct bt_ctf_event *event,
+		 const char *name, const char *string)
+{
+	struct bt_ctf_field_type *type = cw->data.string;
+	struct bt_ctf_field *field;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	field = bt_ctf_field_create(type);
+	if (!field) {
+		pr_err("failed to create a field %s\n", name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = string_set_value(field, string);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("failed to set value %s\n", name);
+		goto err_put_field;
+	}
+
+	ret = bt_ctf_event_set_payload(event, name, field);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("failed to set payload %s\n", name);
+
+err_put_field:
+	bt_ctf_field_put(field);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct bt_ctf_field_type*
 get_tracepoint_field_type(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct format_field *field)
 {
@@ -731,6 +766,72 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return cs ? 0 : -1;
 }
 
+#define __NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(_name, _type, _field) 	\
+do {							\
+	ret = value_set_##_type(cw, event, #_field, _event->_name._field);\
+	if (ret)					\
+		return -1;				\
+} while(0)
+
+#define __FUNC_PROCESS_NON_SAMPLE(_name, body) 	\
+static int process_##_name##_event(struct perf_tool *tool,	\
+				   union perf_event *_event,	\
+				   struct perf_sample *sample,	\
+				   struct machine *machine)	\
+{								\
+	struct convert *c = container_of(tool, struct convert, tool);\
+	struct ctf_writer *cw = &c->writer;			\
+	struct bt_ctf_event_class *event_class = cw->_name##_class;\
+	struct bt_ctf_event *event;				\
+	struct ctf_stream *cs;					\
+	int ret;						\
+								\
+	c->non_sample_count++;					\
+	c->events_size += _event->header.size;			\
+	event = bt_ctf_event_create(event_class);		\
+	if (!event) {						\
+		pr_err("Failed to create an CTF event\n");	\
+		return -1;					\
+	}							\
+								\
+	bt_ctf_clock_set_time(cw->clock, sample->time);		\
+	body							\
+	cs = ctf_stream(cw, 0);					\
+	if (cs) {						\
+		if (is_flush_needed(cs))			\
+			ctf_stream__flush(cs);			\
+								\
+		cs->count++;					\
+		bt_ctf_stream_append_event(cs->stream, event);	\
+	}							\
+	bt_ctf_event_put(event);				\
+								\
+	return perf_event__process_##_name(tool, _event, sample, machine);\
+}
+
+__FUNC_PROCESS_NON_SAMPLE(comm,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(comm, u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(comm, u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(comm, string, comm);
+)
+__FUNC_PROCESS_NON_SAMPLE(fork,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, ppid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, ptid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u64, time);
+)
+
+__FUNC_PROCESS_NON_SAMPLE(exit,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, ppid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u32, ptid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD(fork, u64, time);
+)
+#undef __NON_SAMPLE_SET_FIELD
+#undef __FUNC_PROCESS_NON_SAMPLE
+
 /* If dup < 0, add a prefix. Else, add _dupl_X suffix. */
 static char *change_name(char *name, char *orig_name, int dup)
 {
@@ -1005,6 +1106,80 @@ static int setup_events(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct perf_session *session)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define __NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(t, n)						\
+	do {							\
+		pr2("  field '%s'\n", #n);			\
+		if (bt_ctf_event_class_add_field(event_class, cw->data.t, #n)) {\
+			pr_err("Failed to add field '%s';\n", #n);\
+			return -1;				\
+		}						\
+	} while(0)
+
+#define __FUNC_ADD_NON_SAMPLE_EVENT_CLASS(_name, body) 		\
+static int add_##_name##_event(struct ctf_writer *cw)		\
+{								\
+	struct bt_ctf_event_class *event_class;			\
+	int ret;						\
+								\
+	pr("Adding "#_name" event\n");				\
+	event_class = bt_ctf_event_class_create("perf_" #_name);\
+	if (!event_class)					\
+		return -1;					\
+	body							\
+								\
+	ret = bt_ctf_stream_class_add_event_class(cw->stream_class, event_class);\
+	if (ret) {						\
+		pr("Failed to add event class '"#_name"' into stream.\n");\
+		return ret;					\
+	}							\
+								\
+	cw->_name##_class = event_class;			\
+	bt_ctf_event_class_put(event_class);			\
+	return 0;						\
+}
+
+__FUNC_ADD_NON_SAMPLE_EVENT_CLASS(comm,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(string, comm);
+)
+
+__FUNC_ADD_NON_SAMPLE_EVENT_CLASS(fork,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, ppid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, ptid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u64, time);
+)
+
+__FUNC_ADD_NON_SAMPLE_EVENT_CLASS(exit,
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, pid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, ppid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, tid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u32, ptid);
+	__NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD(u64, time);
+)
+
+#undef __NON_SAMPLE_ADD_FIELD
+#undef __FUNC_ADD_NON_SAMPLE_EVENT_CLASS
+
+static int setup_non_sample_events(struct ctf_writer *cw,
+				   struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = add_comm_event(cw);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = add_exit_event(cw);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	ret = add_fork_event(cw);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void cleanup_events(struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
@@ -1273,13 +1448,14 @@ static int convert__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path,
+			 struct perf_data_convert_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session;
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
 		.path = input,
 		.mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
-		.force = force,
+		.force = opts->force,
 	};
 	struct convert c = {
 		.tool = {
@@ -1299,6 +1475,12 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
 	struct ctf_writer *cw = &c.writer;
 	int err = -1;
 
+	if (opts->all) {
+		c.tool.comm = process_comm_event;
+		c.tool.exit = process_exit_event;
+		c.tool.fork = process_fork_event;
+	}
+
 	perf_config(convert__config, &c);
 
 	/* CTF writer */
@@ -1323,6 +1505,9 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
 	if (setup_events(cw, session))
 		goto free_session;
 
+	if (opts->all && setup_non_sample_events(cw, session))
+		goto free_session;
+
 	if (setup_streams(cw, session))
 		goto free_session;
 
@@ -1337,10 +1522,15 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path, bool force)
 		file.path, path);
 
 	fprintf(stderr,
-		"[ perf data convert: Converted and wrote %.3f MB (%" PRIu64 " samples) ]\n",
+		"[ perf data convert: Converted and wrote %.3f MB (%" PRIu64 " samples",
 		(double) c.events_size / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
 		c.events_count);
 
+	if (!c.non_sample_count)
+		fprintf(stderr, ") ]\n");
+	else
+		fprintf(stderr, ", %" PRIu64 " non-samples) ]\n", c.non_sample_count);
+
 	cleanup_events(session);
 	perf_session__delete(session);
 	ctf_writer__cleanup(cw);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
index 4c204342a9d838aa32dce4c69688bdc8b8f85bbc..9a3b587f76c196af463030349a0373b98c3d07f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.h
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
 #define __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H
+#include "data-convert.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
 
-int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf, bool force);
+int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input_name, const char *to_ctf,
+			 struct perf_data_convert_opts *opts);
 
 #endif /* HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT */
 #endif /* __DATA_CONVERT_BT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5314962fe95bbf89b29f6d61eb4bcbac8808b2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __DATA_CONVERT_H
+#define __DATA_CONVERT_H
+
+struct perf_data_convert_opts {
+	bool force;
+	bool all;
+};
+
+#endif /* __DATA_CONVERT_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index b044f1a32d163df2c36c198edfdf697e6906411b..37e8d20ae03e29ef2a9fbc48e048858a4f820785 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ int dso__load(struct dso *dso, struct map *map, symbol_filter_t filter)
 	 * Read the build id if possible. This is required for
 	 * DSO_BINARY_TYPE__BUILDID_DEBUGINFO to work
 	 */
-	if (is_regular_file(name) &&
+	if (is_regular_file(dso->long_name) &&
 	    filename__read_build_id(dso->long_name, build_id, BUILD_ID_SIZE) > 0)
 		dso__set_build_id(dso, build_id);