rcar-gen3: linux-renesas: Fix Perf build failure with 4.14 kernel

OE-Core started using Python3 for perf module. But older
kernel such as 4.14 does not have support for python3.

This causes build failure as follows:

| Makefile.config:391: DWARF support is off, BPF prologue is disabled
| Makefile.config:588: Missing perl devel files. Disabling perl scripting support, please install perl-ExtUtils-Embed/libperl-dev
| Makefile.config:626: Python 3 is not yet supported; please set
| Makefile.config:627: PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG appropriately.
| Makefile.config:628: If you also have Python 2 installed, then
| Makefile.config:629: try something like:

Backported python3 support, as a suggestion here:
https://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/meta/recipes-kernel/perf?id=92469aad50b623afa423c19d82ed2e3c667c5e6a

This fix was backported from:
https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/meta-intel/2019-September/006191.html

Signed-off-by: Khang Nguyen <khang.nguyen.xw@renesas.com>
Signed-off-by: Takamitsu Honda <takamitsu.honda.pv@renesas.com>
Change-Id: Ieaad61fb9bd4888e6226c8e00d4807f738cc0b55

4 files changed, 1844 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74ce61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,917 @@
+From 8804547988bb772a00cd4bb832fe4e1a79f552b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaroslav=20=C5=A0karvada?= <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:56:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Add Python 3 support
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Added Python 3 support while keeping Python 2.7 compatibility.
+
+Committer notes:
+
+This doesn't make it to auto detect python 3, one has to explicitely ask
+it to build with python 3 devel files, here are the instructions
+provided by Jaroslav:
+
+ ---
+  $ cp -a tools/perf tools/python3-perf
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 all
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/python3-perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 all
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/python3-perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
+ ---
+
+We need to make this automatic, just like the existing tests for checking if
+the python2 devel files are in place, allowing the build with python3 if
+available, fallbacking to python2 and then just disabling it if none are
+available.
+
+So, using the PYTHON variable to build it using O= we get:
+
+Before this patch:
+
+  $ rpm -q python3 python3-devel
+  python3-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  python3-devel-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  $ rm -rf /tmp/build/perf/ ; mkdir -p /tmp/build/perf ; make O=/tmp/build/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -C tools/perf install-bin
+  make: Entering directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
+  <SNIP>
+  Makefile.config:670: Python 3 is not yet supported; please set
+  Makefile.config:671: PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG appropriately.
+  Makefile.config:672: If you also have Python 2 installed, then
+  Makefile.config:673: try something like:
+  Makefile.config:674:
+  Makefile.config:675:   make PYTHON=python2
+  Makefile.config:676:
+  Makefile.config:677: Otherwise, disable Python support entirely:
+  Makefile.config:678:
+  Makefile.config:679:   make NO_LIBPYTHON=1
+  Makefile.config:680:
+  Makefile.config:681: *** .  Stop.
+  make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:212: sub-make] Error 2
+  make: *** [Makefile:110: install-bin] Error 2
+  make: Leaving directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
+  $
+
+After:
+
+  $ make O=/tmp/build/perf PYTHON=python3 -C tools/perf install-bin
+  $ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
+	libpython3.6m.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0 (0x00007f58a31e8000)
+  $ rpm -qf /lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  python3-libs-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  $
+
+Now verify that when using the binding the right ELF file is loaded,
+using perf trace:
+
+  $ perf trace -e open* perf test python
+     0.051 ( 0.016 ms): perf/3927 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /etc/ld.so.cache, flags: CLOEXEC           ) = 3
+<SNIP>
+  18: 'import perf' in python                               :
+     8.849 ( 0.013 ms): sh/3929 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /etc/ld.so.cache, flags: CLOEXEC           ) = 3
+<SNIP>
+    25.572 ( 0.008 ms): python3/3931 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so, flags: CLOEXEC) = 3
+<SNIP>
+ Ok
+<SNIP>
+  $
+
+And using tools/perf/python/twatch.py, to show PERF_RECORD_ metaevents:
+
+  $ python3 tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  cpu: 3, pid: 16060, tid: 16060 { type: fork, pid: 5207, ppid: 16060, tid: 5207, ptid: 16060, time: 10798513015459}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 16060, tid: 16060 { type: fork, pid: 5208, ppid: 16060, tid: 5208, ptid: 16060, time: 10798513562503}
+  cpu: 0, pid: 5208, tid: 5208 { type: comm, pid: 5208, tid: 5208, comm: grep }
+  cpu: 2, pid: 5207, tid: 5207 { type: comm, pid: 5207, tid: 5207, comm: ps }
+  cpu: 2, pid: 5207, tid: 5207 { type: exit, pid: 5207, ppid: 5207, tid: 5207, ptid: 5207, time: 10798551337484}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 5208, tid: 5208 { type: exit, pid: 5208, ppid: 5208, tid: 5208, ptid: 5208, time: 10798551292153}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 601, tid: 601 { type: fork, pid: 5209, ppid: 601, tid: 5209, ptid: 601, time: 10801779977324}
+  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
+    File "tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 68, in <module>
+      main()
+    File "tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 40, in main
+      evlist.poll(timeout = -1)
+  KeyboardInterrupt
+  $
+
+  # ps ax|grep twatch
+ 5197 pts/8    S+     0:00 python3 tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  # ls -la /proc/5197/smaps
+  -r--r--r--. 1 acme acme 0 Feb 19 13:14 /proc/5197/smaps
+  # grep python /proc/5197/smaps
+  558111307000-558111309000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  558111508000-558111509000 r--p 00001000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  558111509000-55811150a000 rw-p 00002000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  7ffad6fc1000-7ffad7008000 r-xp 00000000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7008000-7ffad7207000 ---p 00047000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7207000-7ffad7208000 r--p 00046000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7208000-7ffad7215000 rw-p 00047000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffadea77000-7ffaded3d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffaded3d000-7ffadef3c000 ---p 002c6000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffadef3c000-7ffadef42000 r--p 002c5000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffadef42000-7ffadefa5000 rw-p 002cb000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  #
+
+And with this patch, but building normally, without specifying the
+PYTHON=python3 part, which will make it use python2 if its devel files are
+available, like in this test:
+
+  $ make O=/tmp/build/perf -C tools/perf install-bin
+  $ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
+	libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007f6a44410000)
+  $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/python_ext_build/lib/perf.so  | grep python
+	libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007fed28a2c000)
+  $
+
+  [acme@jouet perf]$ tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  cpu: 0, pid: 2817, tid: 2817 { type: fork, pid: 2817, ppid: 2817, tid: 8910, ptid: 2817, time: 11126454335306}
+  cpu: 0, pid: 2817, tid: 2817 { type: comm, pid: 2817, tid: 8910, comm: worker }
+  $ ps ax | grep twatch.py
+   8909 pts/8    S+     0:00 /usr/bin/python tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  $ grep python /proc/8909/smaps
+  5579de658000-5579de659000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  5579de858000-5579de859000 r--p 00000000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  5579de859000-5579de85a000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  7f0de01f7000-7f0de023e000 r-xp 00000000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de023e000-7f0de043d000 ---p 00047000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de043d000-7f0de043e000 r--p 00046000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de043e000-7f0de044b000 rw-p 00047000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de6f0f000-7f0de6f13000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de6f13000-7f0de7113000 ---p 00004000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7113000-7f0de7114000 r--p 00004000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7114000-7f0de7115000 rw-p 00005000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7e73000-7f0de8052000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8052000-7f0de8251000 ---p 001df000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8251000-7f0de8255000 r--p 001de000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8255000-7f0de8291000 rw-p 001e2000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  $
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
+Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
+Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
+Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
+Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
+LPU-Reference: 20180119205641.24242-1-jskarvad@redhat.com
+Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8d7dt9kqp83vsz25hagug8fu@git.kernel.org
+[ Removed explicit check for python version, allowing it to really build with python3 ]
+Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+
+Upstream status: Backport [https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/66dfdff03d196e51322c6a85c0d8db8bb2bdd655]
+Signed-off-by: Naveen Saini <naveen.kumar.saini@intel.com>
+---
+ tools/perf/Makefile.config                    |  23 +--
+ tools/perf/Makefile.perf                      |   4 +-
+ .../scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c  |  34 +++-
+ tools/perf/util/python.c                      |  95 ++++++++---
+ .../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c    | 147 +++++++++++++-----
+ tools/perf/util/setup.py                      |   6 +-
+ 6 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+index f362ee46506a..ecdc3770d899 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
++++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+@@ -622,25 +622,10 @@ else
+       ifneq ($(feature-libpython), 1)
+         $(call disable-python,No 'Python.h' (for Python 2.x support) was found: disables Python support - please install python-devel/python-dev)
+       else
+-        ifneq ($(feature-libpython-version), 1)
+-          $(warning Python 3 is not yet supported; please set)
+-          $(warning PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG appropriately.)
+-          $(warning If you also have Python 2 installed, then)
+-          $(warning try something like:)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning $(and ,)  make PYTHON=python2)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning Otherwise, disable Python support entirely:)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning $(and ,)  make NO_LIBPYTHON=1)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(error   $(and ,))
+-        else
+-          LDFLAGS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
+-          EXTLIBS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD)
+-          LANG_BINDINGS += $(obj-perf)python/perf.so
+-          $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBPYTHON)
+-        endif
++         LDFLAGS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
++         EXTLIBS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD)
++         LANG_BINDINGS += $(obj-perf)python/perf.so
++         $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBPYTHON)
+       endif
+     endif
+   endif
+diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+index 349ea5133d83..6879321c612d 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
++++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
+ PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)tmp/
+ export PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP
+ 
+-python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so
++python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf*.so
+ 
+ PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
+ PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBAPI)
+@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_D
+ 	  $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
+ 	  --quiet build_ext; \
+ 	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \
+-	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf.so $(OUTPUT)python/
++	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf*.so $(OUTPUT)python/
+ 
+ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
+ 	$(Q)$$(:)
+diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+index fcd1dd667906..1a0d27757eec 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
++++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@
+ #include "../../../perf.h"
+ #include "../../../util/trace-event.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(arg1)
++
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
++#else
++#define _PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyCapsule_GetPointer((arg1), (arg2))
++
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_pc(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
+ {
+@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_pc(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_pc(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_flags(PyObject *obj,
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_flags(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_lock_depth(PyObject *obj,
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_lock_depth(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -82,7 +92,25 @@ static PyMethodDef ContextMethods[] = {
+ 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+ };
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void)
+ {
+ 	(void) Py_InitModule("perf_trace_context", ContextMethods);
+ }
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void)
++{
++	static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {
++		PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
++		"perf_trace_context",	/* m_name */
++		"",			/* m_doc */
++		-1,			/* m_size */
++		ContextMethods,		/* m_methods */
++		NULL,			/* m_reload */
++		NULL,			/* m_traverse */
++		NULL,			/* m_clear */
++		NULL,			/* m_free */
++	};
++	return PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
++}
++#endif
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
+index 8e49d9cafcfc..16620c37fd8c 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
++++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
+@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@
+ #include "print_binary.h"
+ #include "thread_map.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyString_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_AsString(arg) \
++  PyString_AsString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromFormat(...) \
++  PyString_FromFormat(__VA_ARGS__)
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_FromLong(arg)
++
++#else
++
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyUnicode_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromFormat(...) \
++  PyUnicode_FromFormat(__VA_ARGS__)
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_FromLong(arg)
++#endif
++
++#ifndef Py_TYPE
++#define Py_TYPE(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
++#endif
++
+ /*
+  * Provide these two so that we don't have to link against callchain.c and
+  * start dragging hist.c, etc.
+@@ -49,7 +73,11 @@ int eprintf(int level, int var, const char *fmt, ...)
+ # define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
+ #endif
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void);
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ #define member_def(type, member, ptype, help) \
+ 	{ #member, ptype, \
+@@ -107,7 +135,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_mmap_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     pevent->event.mmap.pgoff, pevent->event.mmap.filename) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -138,7 +166,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_task_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_task_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: %s, pid: %u, ppid: %u, tid: %u, "
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %s, pid: %u, ppid: %u, tid: %u, "
+ 				   "ptid: %u, time: %" PRIu64 "}",
+ 				   pevent->event.header.type == PERF_RECORD_FORK ? "fork" : "exit",
+ 				   pevent->event.fork.pid,
+@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_comm_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_comm_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: comm, pid: %u, tid: %u, comm: %s }",
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: comm, pid: %u, tid: %u, comm: %s }",
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.pid,
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.tid,
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.comm);
+@@ -202,7 +230,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_throttle_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+ 	struct throttle_event *te = (struct throttle_event *)(&pevent->event.header + 1);
+ 
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRIu64 ", id: %" PRIu64
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRIu64 ", id: %" PRIu64
+ 				   ", stream_id: %" PRIu64 " }",
+ 				   pevent->event.header.type == PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE ? "" : "un",
+ 				   te->time, te->id, te->stream_id);
+@@ -237,7 +265,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_lost_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     pevent->event.lost.id, pevent->event.lost.lost) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -264,7 +292,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_read_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_read_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: read, pid: %u, tid: %u }",
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: read, pid: %u, tid: %u }",
+ 				   pevent->event.read.pid,
+ 				   pevent->event.read.tid);
+ 	/*
+@@ -299,7 +327,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_sample_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 	if (asprintf(&s, "{ type: sample }") < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -330,7 +358,7 @@ tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pe, struct format_field *field)
+ 		}
+ 		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING &&
+ 		    is_printable_array(data + offset, len)) {
+-			ret = PyString_FromString((char *)data + offset);
++			ret = _PyUnicode_FromString((char *)data + offset);
+ 		} else {
+ 			ret = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) data + offset, len);
+ 			field->flags &= ~FIELD_IS_STRING;
+@@ -352,7 +380,7 @@ tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pe, struct format_field *field)
+ static PyObject*
+ get_tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pevent, PyObject *attr_name)
+ {
+-	const char *str = PyString_AsString(PyObject_Str(attr_name));
++	const char *str = _PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject_Str(attr_name));
+ 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = pevent->evsel;
+ 	struct format_field *field;
+ 
+@@ -416,7 +444,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_context_switch_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     !!(pevent->event.header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT)) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -528,7 +556,7 @@ static int pyrf_cpu_map__init(struct pyrf_cpu_map *pcpus,
+ static void pyrf_cpu_map__delete(struct pyrf_cpu_map *pcpus)
+ {
+ 	cpu_map__put(pcpus->cpus);
+-	pcpus->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pcpus);
++	Py_TYPE(pcpus)->tp_free((PyObject*)pcpus);
+ }
+ 
+ static Py_ssize_t pyrf_cpu_map__length(PyObject *obj)
+@@ -597,7 +625,7 @@ static int pyrf_thread_map__init(struct pyrf_thread_map *pthreads,
+ static void pyrf_thread_map__delete(struct pyrf_thread_map *pthreads)
+ {
+ 	thread_map__put(pthreads->threads);
+-	pthreads->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pthreads);
++	Py_TYPE(pthreads)->tp_free((PyObject*)pthreads);
+ }
+ 
+ static Py_ssize_t pyrf_thread_map__length(PyObject *obj)
+@@ -759,7 +787,7 @@ static int pyrf_evsel__init(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+ static void pyrf_evsel__delete(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel)
+ {
+ 	perf_evsel__exit(&pevsel->evsel);
+-	pevsel->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pevsel);
++	Py_TYPE(pevsel)->tp_free((PyObject*)pevsel);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_evsel__open(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+@@ -850,7 +878,7 @@ static int pyrf_evlist__init(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+ static void pyrf_evlist__delete(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist)
+ {
+ 	perf_evlist__exit(&pevlist->evlist);
+-	pevlist->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pevlist);
++	Py_TYPE(pevlist)->tp_free((PyObject*)pevlist);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__mmap(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+@@ -902,12 +930,16 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__get_pollfd(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->pollfd.nr; ++i) {
+ 		PyObject *file;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 		FILE *fp = fdopen(evlist->pollfd.entries[i].fd, "r");
+ 
+ 		if (fp == NULL)
+ 			goto free_list;
+ 
+ 		file = PyFile_FromFile(fp, "perf", "r", NULL);
++#else
++		file = PyFile_FromFd(evlist->pollfd.entries[i].fd, "perf", "r", -1, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1);
++#endif
+ 		if (file == NULL)
+ 			goto free_list;
+ 
+@@ -1194,9 +1226,9 @@ static PyObject *pyrf__tracepoint(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+ 
+ 	tp_format = trace_event__tp_format(sys, name);
+ 	if (IS_ERR(tp_format))
+-		return PyInt_FromLong(-1);
++		return _PyLong_FromLong(-1);
+ 
+-	return PyInt_FromLong(tp_format->id);
++	return _PyLong_FromLong(tp_format->id);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyMethodDef perf__methods[] = {
+@@ -1209,11 +1241,31 @@ static PyMethodDef perf__methods[] = {
+ 	{ .ml_name = NULL, }
+ };
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf(void)
++#endif
+ {
+ 	PyObject *obj;
+ 	int i;
+-	PyObject *dict, *module = Py_InitModule("perf", perf__methods);
++	PyObject *dict;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++	PyObject *module = Py_InitModule("perf", perf__methods);
++#else
++	static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {
++		PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
++		"perf",			/* m_name */
++		"",			/* m_doc */
++		-1,			/* m_size */
++		perf__methods,		/* m_methods */
++		NULL,			/* m_reload */
++		NULL,			/* m_traverse */
++		NULL,			/* m_clear */
++		NULL,			/* m_free */
++	};
++	PyObject *module = PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	if (module == NULL ||
+ 	    pyrf_event__setup_types() < 0 ||
+@@ -1221,7 +1273,11 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ 	    pyrf_evsel__setup_types() < 0 ||
+ 	    pyrf_thread_map__setup_types() < 0 ||
+ 	    pyrf_cpu_map__setup_types() < 0)
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 		return;
++#else
++		return module;
++#endif
+ 
+ 	/* The page_size is placed in util object. */
+ 	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
+@@ -1270,7 +1326,7 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ 		goto error;
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; perf__constants[i].name != NULL; i++) {
+-		obj = PyInt_FromLong(perf__constants[i].value);
++		obj = _PyLong_FromLong(perf__constants[i].value);
+ 		if (obj == NULL)
+ 			goto error;
+ 		PyDict_SetItemString(dict, perf__constants[i].name, obj);
+@@ -1280,6 +1336,9 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ error:
+ 	if (PyErr_Occurred())
+ 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "perf: Init failed!");
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
++	return module;
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+index f03fa7a835a1..8db28d4ff4b6 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
++++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+@@ -50,7 +50,37 @@
+ #include "print_binary.h"
+ #include "stat.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyString_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyString_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyString_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_FromLong(arg)
++#define _PyLong_AsLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_AsLong(arg)
++#define _PyCapsule_New(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
++  PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((arg1), (arg2))
++
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
++#else
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyUnicode_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_FromLong(arg)
++#define _PyLong_AsLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_AsLong(arg)
++#define _PyCapsule_New(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
++  PyCapsule_New((arg1), (arg2), (arg3))
++
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ #define TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX				\
+ 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
+@@ -136,7 +166,7 @@ static int get_argument_count(PyObject *handler)
+ 		PyObject *arg_count_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(code_obj,
+ 			"co_argcount");
+ 		if (arg_count_obj) {
+-			arg_count = (int) PyInt_AsLong(arg_count_obj);
++			arg_count = (int) _PyLong_AsLong(arg_count_obj);
+ 			Py_DECREF(arg_count_obj);
+ 		}
+ 		Py_DECREF(code_obj);
+@@ -183,10 +213,10 @@ static void define_value(enum print_arg_type field_type,
+ 
+ 	value = eval_flag(field_value);
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(ev_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(value));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_str));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(ev_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(value));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_str));
+ 
+ 	try_call_object(handler_name, t);
+ 
+@@ -224,10 +254,10 @@ static void define_field(enum print_arg_type field_type,
+ 	if (!t)
+ 		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python tuple");
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(ev_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(ev_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_name));
+ 	if (field_type == PRINT_FLAGS)
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(delim));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(delim));
+ 
+ 	try_call_object(handler_name, t);
+ 
+@@ -326,12 +356,12 @@ static PyObject *get_field_numeric_entry(struct event_format *event,
+ 		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_SIGNED) {
+ 			if ((long long)val >= LONG_MIN &&
+ 					(long long)val <= LONG_MAX)
+-				obj = PyInt_FromLong(val);
++				obj = _PyLong_FromLong(val);
+ 			else
+ 				obj = PyLong_FromLongLong(val);
+ 		} else {
+ 			if (val <= LONG_MAX)
+-				obj = PyInt_FromLong(val);
++				obj = _PyLong_FromLong(val);
+ 			else
+ 				obj = PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(val);
+ 		}
+@@ -390,9 +420,9 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "end",
+ 					PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(node->sym->end));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "binding",
+-					PyInt_FromLong(node->sym->binding));
++					_PyLong_FromLong(node->sym->binding));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "name",
+-					PyString_FromStringAndSize(node->sym->name,
++					_PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(node->sym->name,
+ 							node->sym->namelen));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pyelem, "sym", pysym);
+ 		}
+@@ -407,7 +437,7 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 					dsoname = map->dso->name;
+ 			}
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pyelem, "dso",
+-					PyString_FromString(dsoname));
++					_PyUnicode_FromString(dsoname));
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		callchain_cursor_advance(&callchain_cursor);
+@@ -484,16 +514,16 @@ static PyObject *get_perf_sample_dict(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	if (!dict_sample)
+ 		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python dictionary");
+ 
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", PyString_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", _PyUnicode_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(
+ 			(const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
+ 
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "pid",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->pid));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->pid));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "tid",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->tid));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->tid));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "cpu",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->cpu));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->cpu));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "ip",
+ 			PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->ip));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "time",
+@@ -503,17 +533,17 @@ static PyObject *get_perf_sample_dict(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	set_sample_read_in_dict(dict_sample, sample, evsel);
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "sample", dict_sample);
+ 
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
+ 			(const char *)sample->raw_data, sample->raw_size));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "comm",
+-			PyString_FromString(thread__comm_str(al->thread)));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(thread__comm_str(al->thread)));
+ 	if (al->map) {
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "dso",
+-			PyString_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
+ 	}
+ 	if (al->sym) {
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "symbol",
+-			PyString_FromString(al->sym->name));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(al->sym->name));
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "callchain", callchain);
+@@ -573,9 +603,9 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	scripting_context->event_data = data;
+ 	scripting_context->pevent = evsel->tp_format->pevent;
+ 
+-	context = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(scripting_context, NULL);
++	context = _PyCapsule_New(scripting_context, NULL, NULL);
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(handler_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(handler_name));
+ 	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, context);
+ 
+ 	/* ip unwinding */
+@@ -584,18 +614,18 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	Py_INCREF(callchain);
+ 
+ 	if (!dict) {
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(s));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(ns));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(pid));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(comm));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(s));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(ns));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(pid));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(comm));
+ 		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, callchain);
+ 	} else {
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_cpu", PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_s", PyInt_FromLong(s));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_ns", PyInt_FromLong(ns));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_pid", PyInt_FromLong(pid));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_comm", PyString_FromString(comm));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_cpu", _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_s", _PyLong_FromLong(s));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_ns", _PyLong_FromLong(ns));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_pid", _PyLong_FromLong(pid));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_comm", _PyUnicode_FromString(comm));
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_callchain", callchain);
+ 	}
+ 	for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
+@@ -614,7 +644,7 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 			}
+ 			if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING &&
+ 			    is_printable_array(data + offset, len)) {
+-				obj = PyString_FromString((char *) data + offset);
++				obj = _PyUnicode_FromString((char *) data + offset);
+ 			} else {
+ 				obj = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) data + offset, len);
+ 				field->flags &= ~FIELD_IS_STRING;
+@@ -664,7 +694,7 @@ static PyObject *tuple_new(unsigned int sz)
+ static int tuple_set_u64(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, u64 val)
+ {
+ #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyInt_FromLong(val));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyLong_FromLong(val));
+ #endif
+ #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+ 	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyLong_FromLongLong(val));
+@@ -673,12 +703,12 @@ static int tuple_set_u64(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, u64 val)
+ 
+ static int tuple_set_s32(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, s32 val)
+ {
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyInt_FromLong(val));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyLong_FromLong(val));
+ }
+ 
+ static int tuple_set_string(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, const char *s)
+ {
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyString_FromString(s));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyUnicode_FromString(s));
+ }
+ 
+ static int python_export_evsel(struct db_export *dbe, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+@@ -1024,8 +1054,8 @@ process_stat(struct perf_evsel *counter, int cpu, int thread, u64 tstamp,
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(thread));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(thread));
+ 
+ 	tuple_set_u64(t, n++, tstamp);
+ 	tuple_set_u64(t, n++, count->val);
+@@ -1207,27 +1237,58 @@ static void set_table_handlers(struct tables *tables)
+ 	SET_TABLE_HANDLER(call_return);
+ }
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++static void _free_command_line(const char **command_line, int num)
++{
++	free(command_line);
++}
++#else
++static void _free_command_line(wchar_t **command_line, int num)
++{
++	int i;
++	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
++		PyMem_RawFree(command_line[i]);
++	free(command_line);
++}
++#endif
++
++
+ /*
+  * Start trace script
+  */
+ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
+ {
+ 	struct tables *tables = &tables_global;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	const char **command_line;
++#else
++	wchar_t **command_line;
++#endif
+ 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
+ 	int i, err = 0;
+ 	FILE *fp;
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(const char *));
+ 	command_line[0] = script;
+ 	for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++)
+ 		command_line[i] = argv[i - 1];
++#else
++	command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t *));
++	command_line[0] = Py_DecodeLocale(script, NULL);
++	for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++)
++		command_line[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i - 1], NULL);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	Py_Initialize();
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	initperf_trace_context();
+-
+ 	PySys_SetArgv(argc + 1, (char **)command_line);
++#else
++	PyInit_perf_trace_context();
++	PySys_SetArgv(argc + 1, command_line);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	fp = fopen(script, "r");
+ 	if (!fp) {
+@@ -1257,12 +1318,12 @@ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
+ 			goto error;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	free(command_line);
++	_free_command_line(command_line, argc + 1);
+ 
+ 	return err;
+ error:
+ 	Py_Finalize();
+-	free(command_line);
++	_free_command_line(command_line, argc + 1);
+ 
+ 	return err;
+ }
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+index 23f1bf175179..a5f9e236cc71 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
++++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/python2
++#!/usr/bin/python
+ 
+ from os import getenv
+ 
+@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
+ libtraceevent = getenv('LIBTRACEEVENT')
+ libapikfs = getenv('LIBAPI')
+ 
+-ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in file('util/python-ext-sources')
++ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in open('util/python-ext-sources')
+ 				if len(f.strip()) > 0 and f[0] != '#']
+ 
+ # use full paths with source files
+-ext_sources = map(lambda x: '%s/%s' % (src_perf, x) , ext_sources)
++ext_sources = list(map(lambda x: '%s/%s' % (src_perf, x) , ext_sources))
+ 
+ perf = Extension('perf',
+ 		  sources = ext_sources,
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers_4.14.bb b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers_4.14.bb
index 78f0ef1..2887f2f 100644
--- a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers_4.14.bb
+++ b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux-libc-headers/linux-libc-headers_4.14.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ SRC_URI = "${RENESAS_BSP_URL};branch=${BRANCH}"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d7810fab7487fb0aad327b76f1be7cd7"
 
+# Add python3 support to fix Perf build failure
+SRC_URI_append = " \
+    file://0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch \
+"
+
 # Enable RPMSG_VIRTIO depend on ICCOM
 SRC_URI_append = " \
     ${@oe.utils.conditional("USE_ICCOM", "1", " file://0001-rpmsg-Add-message-to-be-able-to-configure-RPMSG_VIRT.patch", "", d)} \
diff --git a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74ce61e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas/0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,917 @@
+From 8804547988bb772a00cd4bb832fe4e1a79f552b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jaroslav=20=C5=A0karvada?= <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 21:56:41 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] perf tools: Add Python 3 support
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Added Python 3 support while keeping Python 2.7 compatibility.
+
+Committer notes:
+
+This doesn't make it to auto detect python 3, one has to explicitely ask
+it to build with python 3 devel files, here are the instructions
+provided by Jaroslav:
+
+ ---
+  $ cp -a tools/perf tools/python3-perf
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 all
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/python3-perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 all
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/python3-perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
+  $ make V=1 prefix=/usr -C tools/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install-python_ext
+ ---
+
+We need to make this automatic, just like the existing tests for checking if
+the python2 devel files are in place, allowing the build with python3 if
+available, fallbacking to python2 and then just disabling it if none are
+available.
+
+So, using the PYTHON variable to build it using O= we get:
+
+Before this patch:
+
+  $ rpm -q python3 python3-devel
+  python3-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  python3-devel-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  $ rm -rf /tmp/build/perf/ ; mkdir -p /tmp/build/perf ; make O=/tmp/build/perf PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 -C tools/perf install-bin
+  make: Entering directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
+  <SNIP>
+  Makefile.config:670: Python 3 is not yet supported; please set
+  Makefile.config:671: PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG appropriately.
+  Makefile.config:672: If you also have Python 2 installed, then
+  Makefile.config:673: try something like:
+  Makefile.config:674:
+  Makefile.config:675:   make PYTHON=python2
+  Makefile.config:676:
+  Makefile.config:677: Otherwise, disable Python support entirely:
+  Makefile.config:678:
+  Makefile.config:679:   make NO_LIBPYTHON=1
+  Makefile.config:680:
+  Makefile.config:681: *** .  Stop.
+  make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:212: sub-make] Error 2
+  make: *** [Makefile:110: install-bin] Error 2
+  make: Leaving directory '/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf'
+  $
+
+After:
+
+  $ make O=/tmp/build/perf PYTHON=python3 -C tools/perf install-bin
+  $ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
+	libpython3.6m.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0 (0x00007f58a31e8000)
+  $ rpm -qf /lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  python3-libs-3.6.4-7.fc27.x86_64
+  $
+
+Now verify that when using the binding the right ELF file is loaded,
+using perf trace:
+
+  $ perf trace -e open* perf test python
+     0.051 ( 0.016 ms): perf/3927 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /etc/ld.so.cache, flags: CLOEXEC           ) = 3
+<SNIP>
+  18: 'import perf' in python                               :
+     8.849 ( 0.013 ms): sh/3929 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /etc/ld.so.cache, flags: CLOEXEC           ) = 3
+<SNIP>
+    25.572 ( 0.008 ms): python3/3931 openat(dfd: CWD, filename: /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so, flags: CLOEXEC) = 3
+<SNIP>
+ Ok
+<SNIP>
+  $
+
+And using tools/perf/python/twatch.py, to show PERF_RECORD_ metaevents:
+
+  $ python3 tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  cpu: 3, pid: 16060, tid: 16060 { type: fork, pid: 5207, ppid: 16060, tid: 5207, ptid: 16060, time: 10798513015459}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 16060, tid: 16060 { type: fork, pid: 5208, ppid: 16060, tid: 5208, ptid: 16060, time: 10798513562503}
+  cpu: 0, pid: 5208, tid: 5208 { type: comm, pid: 5208, tid: 5208, comm: grep }
+  cpu: 2, pid: 5207, tid: 5207 { type: comm, pid: 5207, tid: 5207, comm: ps }
+  cpu: 2, pid: 5207, tid: 5207 { type: exit, pid: 5207, ppid: 5207, tid: 5207, ptid: 5207, time: 10798551337484}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 5208, tid: 5208 { type: exit, pid: 5208, ppid: 5208, tid: 5208, ptid: 5208, time: 10798551292153}
+  cpu: 3, pid: 601, tid: 601 { type: fork, pid: 5209, ppid: 601, tid: 5209, ptid: 601, time: 10801779977324}
+  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
+    File "tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 68, in <module>
+      main()
+    File "tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 40, in main
+      evlist.poll(timeout = -1)
+  KeyboardInterrupt
+  $
+
+  # ps ax|grep twatch
+ 5197 pts/8    S+     0:00 python3 tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  # ls -la /proc/5197/smaps
+  -r--r--r--. 1 acme acme 0 Feb 19 13:14 /proc/5197/smaps
+  # grep python /proc/5197/smaps
+  558111307000-558111309000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  558111508000-558111509000 r--p 00001000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  558111509000-55811150a000 rw-p 00002000 fd:00 3151710  /usr/bin/python3.6
+  7ffad6fc1000-7ffad7008000 r-xp 00000000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7008000-7ffad7207000 ---p 00047000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7207000-7ffad7208000 r--p 00046000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffad7208000-7ffad7215000 rw-p 00047000 00:2d 220196   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
+  7ffadea77000-7ffaded3d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffaded3d000-7ffadef3c000 ---p 002c6000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffadef3c000-7ffadef42000 r--p 002c5000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  7ffadef42000-7ffadefa5000 rw-p 002cb000 fd:00 3151795  /usr/lib64/libpython3.6m.so.1.0
+  #
+
+And with this patch, but building normally, without specifying the
+PYTHON=python3 part, which will make it use python2 if its devel files are
+available, like in this test:
+
+  $ make O=/tmp/build/perf -C tools/perf install-bin
+  $ ldd ~/bin/perf | grep python
+	libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007f6a44410000)
+  $ ldd /tmp/build/perf/python_ext_build/lib/perf.so  | grep python
+	libpython2.7.so.1.0 => /lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007fed28a2c000)
+  $
+
+  [acme@jouet perf]$ tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  cpu: 0, pid: 2817, tid: 2817 { type: fork, pid: 2817, ppid: 2817, tid: 8910, ptid: 2817, time: 11126454335306}
+  cpu: 0, pid: 2817, tid: 2817 { type: comm, pid: 2817, tid: 8910, comm: worker }
+  $ ps ax | grep twatch.py
+   8909 pts/8    S+     0:00 /usr/bin/python tools/perf/python/twatch.py
+  $ grep python /proc/8909/smaps
+  5579de658000-5579de659000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  5579de858000-5579de859000 r--p 00000000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  5579de859000-5579de85a000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 3156044  /usr/bin/python2.7
+  7f0de01f7000-7f0de023e000 r-xp 00000000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de023e000-7f0de043d000 ---p 00047000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de043d000-7f0de043e000 r--p 00046000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de043e000-7f0de044b000 rw-p 00047000 00:2d 230695   /tmp/build/perf/python/perf.so
+  7f0de6f0f000-7f0de6f13000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de6f13000-7f0de7113000 ---p 00004000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7113000-7f0de7114000 r--p 00004000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7114000-7f0de7115000 rw-p 00005000 fd:00 134975   /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_localemodule.so
+  7f0de7e73000-7f0de8052000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8052000-7f0de8251000 ---p 001df000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8251000-7f0de8255000 r--p 001de000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  7f0de8255000-7f0de8291000 rw-p 001e2000 fd:00 3173292  /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0
+  $
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad@redhat.com>
+Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
+Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
+Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
+Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
+Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
+LPU-Reference: 20180119205641.24242-1-jskarvad@redhat.com
+Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8d7dt9kqp83vsz25hagug8fu@git.kernel.org
+[ Removed explicit check for python version, allowing it to really build with python3 ]
+Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+
+Upstream status: Backport [https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/66dfdff03d196e51322c6a85c0d8db8bb2bdd655]
+Signed-off-by: Naveen Saini <naveen.kumar.saini@intel.com>
+---
+ tools/perf/Makefile.config                    |  23 +--
+ tools/perf/Makefile.perf                      |   4 +-
+ .../scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c  |  34 +++-
+ tools/perf/util/python.c                      |  95 ++++++++---
+ .../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c    | 147 +++++++++++++-----
+ tools/perf/util/setup.py                      |   6 +-
+ 6 files changed, 221 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+index f362ee46506a..ecdc3770d899 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
++++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
+@@ -622,25 +622,10 @@ else
+       ifneq ($(feature-libpython), 1)
+         $(call disable-python,No 'Python.h' (for Python 2.x support) was found: disables Python support - please install python-devel/python-dev)
+       else
+-        ifneq ($(feature-libpython-version), 1)
+-          $(warning Python 3 is not yet supported; please set)
+-          $(warning PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG appropriately.)
+-          $(warning If you also have Python 2 installed, then)
+-          $(warning try something like:)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning $(and ,)  make PYTHON=python2)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning Otherwise, disable Python support entirely:)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(warning $(and ,)  make NO_LIBPYTHON=1)
+-          $(warning $(and ,))
+-          $(error   $(and ,))
+-        else
+-          LDFLAGS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
+-          EXTLIBS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD)
+-          LANG_BINDINGS += $(obj-perf)python/perf.so
+-          $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBPYTHON)
+-        endif
++         LDFLAGS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LDFLAGS)
++         EXTLIBS += $(PYTHON_EMBED_LIBADD)
++         LANG_BINDINGS += $(obj-perf)python/perf.so
++         $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBPYTHON)
+       endif
+     endif
+   endif
+diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+index 349ea5133d83..6879321c612d 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
++++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)lib/
+ PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP := $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD)tmp/
+ export PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP
+ 
+-python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so
++python-clean := $(call QUIET_CLEAN, python) $(RM) -r $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD) $(OUTPUT)python/perf*.so
+ 
+ PYTHON_EXT_SRCS := $(shell grep -v ^\# util/python-ext-sources)
+ PYTHON_EXT_DEPS := util/python-ext-sources util/setup.py $(LIBTRACEEVENT) $(LIBAPI)
+@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ $(OUTPUT)python/perf.so: $(PYTHON_EXT_SRCS) $(PYTHON_EXT_DEPS) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_D
+ 	  $(PYTHON_WORD) util/setup.py \
+ 	  --quiet build_ext; \
+ 	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)python && \
+-	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf.so $(OUTPUT)python/
++	cp $(PYTHON_EXTBUILD_LIB)perf*.so $(OUTPUT)python/
+ 
+ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
+ 	$(Q)$$(:)
+diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+index fcd1dd667906..1a0d27757eec 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
++++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/Context.c
+@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@
+ #include "../../../perf.h"
+ #include "../../../util/trace-event.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(arg1)
++
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
++#else
++#define _PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyCapsule_GetPointer((arg1), (arg2))
++
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_pc(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
+ {
+@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_pc(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_pc(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -50,7 +60,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_flags(PyObject *obj,
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_flags(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@ static PyObject *perf_trace_context_common_lock_depth(PyObject *obj,
+ 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &context))
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+-	scripting_context = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(context);
++	scripting_context = _PyCapsule_GetPointer(context, NULL);
+ 	retval = common_lock_depth(scripting_context);
+ 
+ 	return Py_BuildValue("i", retval);
+@@ -82,7 +92,25 @@ static PyMethodDef ContextMethods[] = {
+ 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+ };
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void)
+ {
+ 	(void) Py_InitModule("perf_trace_context", ContextMethods);
+ }
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void)
++{
++	static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {
++		PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
++		"perf_trace_context",	/* m_name */
++		"",			/* m_doc */
++		-1,			/* m_size */
++		ContextMethods,		/* m_methods */
++		NULL,			/* m_reload */
++		NULL,			/* m_traverse */
++		NULL,			/* m_clear */
++		NULL,			/* m_free */
++	};
++	return PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
++}
++#endif
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/python.c b/tools/perf/util/python.c
+index 8e49d9cafcfc..16620c37fd8c 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/python.c
++++ b/tools/perf/util/python.c
+@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@
+ #include "print_binary.h"
+ #include "thread_map.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyString_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_AsString(arg) \
++  PyString_AsString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromFormat(...) \
++  PyString_FromFormat(__VA_ARGS__)
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_FromLong(arg)
++
++#else
++
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyUnicode_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromFormat(...) \
++  PyUnicode_FromFormat(__VA_ARGS__)
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_FromLong(arg)
++#endif
++
++#ifndef Py_TYPE
++#define Py_TYPE(ob) (((PyObject*)(ob))->ob_type)
++#endif
++
+ /*
+  * Provide these two so that we don't have to link against callchain.c and
+  * start dragging hist.c, etc.
+@@ -49,7 +73,11 @@ int eprintf(int level, int var, const char *fmt, ...)
+ # define PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(type, size) PyObject_HEAD_INIT(type) size,
+ #endif
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void);
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ #define member_def(type, member, ptype, help) \
+ 	{ #member, ptype, \
+@@ -107,7 +135,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_mmap_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     pevent->event.mmap.pgoff, pevent->event.mmap.filename) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -138,7 +166,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_task_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_task_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: %s, pid: %u, ppid: %u, tid: %u, "
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %s, pid: %u, ppid: %u, tid: %u, "
+ 				   "ptid: %u, time: %" PRIu64 "}",
+ 				   pevent->event.header.type == PERF_RECORD_FORK ? "fork" : "exit",
+ 				   pevent->event.fork.pid,
+@@ -171,7 +199,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_comm_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_comm_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: comm, pid: %u, tid: %u, comm: %s }",
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: comm, pid: %u, tid: %u, comm: %s }",
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.pid,
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.tid,
+ 				   pevent->event.comm.comm);
+@@ -202,7 +230,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_throttle_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+ 	struct throttle_event *te = (struct throttle_event *)(&pevent->event.header + 1);
+ 
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRIu64 ", id: %" PRIu64
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: %sthrottle, time: %" PRIu64 ", id: %" PRIu64
+ 				   ", stream_id: %" PRIu64 " }",
+ 				   pevent->event.header.type == PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE ? "" : "un",
+ 				   te->time, te->id, te->stream_id);
+@@ -237,7 +265,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_lost_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     pevent->event.lost.id, pevent->event.lost.lost) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -264,7 +292,7 @@ static PyMemberDef pyrf_read_event__members[] = {
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_read_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ {
+-	return PyString_FromFormat("{ type: read, pid: %u, tid: %u }",
++	return _PyUnicode_FromFormat("{ type: read, pid: %u, tid: %u }",
+ 				   pevent->event.read.pid,
+ 				   pevent->event.read.tid);
+ 	/*
+@@ -299,7 +327,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_sample_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 	if (asprintf(&s, "{ type: sample }") < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -330,7 +358,7 @@ tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pe, struct format_field *field)
+ 		}
+ 		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING &&
+ 		    is_printable_array(data + offset, len)) {
+-			ret = PyString_FromString((char *)data + offset);
++			ret = _PyUnicode_FromString((char *)data + offset);
+ 		} else {
+ 			ret = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) data + offset, len);
+ 			field->flags &= ~FIELD_IS_STRING;
+@@ -352,7 +380,7 @@ tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pe, struct format_field *field)
+ static PyObject*
+ get_tracepoint_field(struct pyrf_event *pevent, PyObject *attr_name)
+ {
+-	const char *str = PyString_AsString(PyObject_Str(attr_name));
++	const char *str = _PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject_Str(attr_name));
+ 	struct perf_evsel *evsel = pevent->evsel;
+ 	struct format_field *field;
+ 
+@@ -416,7 +444,7 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_context_switch_event__repr(struct pyrf_event *pevent)
+ 		     !!(pevent->event.header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT)) < 0) {
+ 		ret = PyErr_NoMemory();
+ 	} else {
+-		ret = PyString_FromString(s);
++		ret = _PyUnicode_FromString(s);
+ 		free(s);
+ 	}
+ 	return ret;
+@@ -528,7 +556,7 @@ static int pyrf_cpu_map__init(struct pyrf_cpu_map *pcpus,
+ static void pyrf_cpu_map__delete(struct pyrf_cpu_map *pcpus)
+ {
+ 	cpu_map__put(pcpus->cpus);
+-	pcpus->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pcpus);
++	Py_TYPE(pcpus)->tp_free((PyObject*)pcpus);
+ }
+ 
+ static Py_ssize_t pyrf_cpu_map__length(PyObject *obj)
+@@ -597,7 +625,7 @@ static int pyrf_thread_map__init(struct pyrf_thread_map *pthreads,
+ static void pyrf_thread_map__delete(struct pyrf_thread_map *pthreads)
+ {
+ 	thread_map__put(pthreads->threads);
+-	pthreads->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pthreads);
++	Py_TYPE(pthreads)->tp_free((PyObject*)pthreads);
+ }
+ 
+ static Py_ssize_t pyrf_thread_map__length(PyObject *obj)
+@@ -759,7 +787,7 @@ static int pyrf_evsel__init(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+ static void pyrf_evsel__delete(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel)
+ {
+ 	perf_evsel__exit(&pevsel->evsel);
+-	pevsel->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pevsel);
++	Py_TYPE(pevsel)->tp_free((PyObject*)pevsel);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_evsel__open(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+@@ -850,7 +878,7 @@ static int pyrf_evlist__init(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+ static void pyrf_evlist__delete(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist)
+ {
+ 	perf_evlist__exit(&pevlist->evlist);
+-	pevlist->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*)pevlist);
++	Py_TYPE(pevlist)->tp_free((PyObject*)pevlist);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__mmap(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+@@ -902,12 +930,16 @@ static PyObject *pyrf_evlist__get_pollfd(struct pyrf_evlist *pevlist,
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; i < evlist->pollfd.nr; ++i) {
+ 		PyObject *file;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 		FILE *fp = fdopen(evlist->pollfd.entries[i].fd, "r");
+ 
+ 		if (fp == NULL)
+ 			goto free_list;
+ 
+ 		file = PyFile_FromFile(fp, "perf", "r", NULL);
++#else
++		file = PyFile_FromFd(evlist->pollfd.entries[i].fd, "perf", "r", -1, NULL, NULL, NULL, 1);
++#endif
+ 		if (file == NULL)
+ 			goto free_list;
+ 
+@@ -1194,9 +1226,9 @@ static PyObject *pyrf__tracepoint(struct pyrf_evsel *pevsel,
+ 
+ 	tp_format = trace_event__tp_format(sys, name);
+ 	if (IS_ERR(tp_format))
+-		return PyInt_FromLong(-1);
++		return _PyLong_FromLong(-1);
+ 
+-	return PyInt_FromLong(tp_format->id);
++	return _PyLong_FromLong(tp_format->id);
+ }
+ 
+ static PyMethodDef perf__methods[] = {
+@@ -1209,11 +1241,31 @@ static PyMethodDef perf__methods[] = {
+ 	{ .ml_name = NULL, }
+ };
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
++#else
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf(void)
++#endif
+ {
+ 	PyObject *obj;
+ 	int i;
+-	PyObject *dict, *module = Py_InitModule("perf", perf__methods);
++	PyObject *dict;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++	PyObject *module = Py_InitModule("perf", perf__methods);
++#else
++	static struct PyModuleDef moduledef = {
++		PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
++		"perf",			/* m_name */
++		"",			/* m_doc */
++		-1,			/* m_size */
++		perf__methods,		/* m_methods */
++		NULL,			/* m_reload */
++		NULL,			/* m_traverse */
++		NULL,			/* m_clear */
++		NULL,			/* m_free */
++	};
++	PyObject *module = PyModule_Create(&moduledef);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	if (module == NULL ||
+ 	    pyrf_event__setup_types() < 0 ||
+@@ -1221,7 +1273,11 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ 	    pyrf_evsel__setup_types() < 0 ||
+ 	    pyrf_thread_map__setup_types() < 0 ||
+ 	    pyrf_cpu_map__setup_types() < 0)
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 		return;
++#else
++		return module;
++#endif
+ 
+ 	/* The page_size is placed in util object. */
+ 	page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
+@@ -1270,7 +1326,7 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ 		goto error;
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; perf__constants[i].name != NULL; i++) {
+-		obj = PyInt_FromLong(perf__constants[i].value);
++		obj = _PyLong_FromLong(perf__constants[i].value);
+ 		if (obj == NULL)
+ 			goto error;
+ 		PyDict_SetItemString(dict, perf__constants[i].name, obj);
+@@ -1280,6 +1336,9 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf(void)
+ error:
+ 	if (PyErr_Occurred())
+ 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "perf: Init failed!");
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
++	return module;
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+index f03fa7a835a1..8db28d4ff4b6 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
++++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+@@ -50,7 +50,37 @@
+ #include "print_binary.h"
+ #include "stat.h"
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyString_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyString_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyString_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_FromLong(arg)
++#define _PyLong_AsLong(arg) \
++  PyInt_AsLong(arg)
++#define _PyCapsule_New(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
++  PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((arg1), (arg2))
++
+ PyMODINIT_FUNC initperf_trace_context(void);
++#else
++#define _PyUnicode_FromString(arg) \
++  PyUnicode_FromString(arg)
++#define _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(arg1, arg2) \
++  PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((arg1), (arg2))
++#define _PyLong_FromLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_FromLong(arg)
++#define _PyLong_AsLong(arg) \
++  PyLong_AsLong(arg)
++#define _PyCapsule_New(arg1, arg2, arg3) \
++  PyCapsule_New((arg1), (arg2), (arg3))
++
++PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_perf_trace_context(void);
++#endif
+ 
+ #define TRACE_EVENT_TYPE_MAX				\
+ 	((1 << (sizeof(unsigned short) * 8)) - 1)
+@@ -136,7 +166,7 @@ static int get_argument_count(PyObject *handler)
+ 		PyObject *arg_count_obj = PyObject_GetAttrString(code_obj,
+ 			"co_argcount");
+ 		if (arg_count_obj) {
+-			arg_count = (int) PyInt_AsLong(arg_count_obj);
++			arg_count = (int) _PyLong_AsLong(arg_count_obj);
+ 			Py_DECREF(arg_count_obj);
+ 		}
+ 		Py_DECREF(code_obj);
+@@ -183,10 +213,10 @@ static void define_value(enum print_arg_type field_type,
+ 
+ 	value = eval_flag(field_value);
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(ev_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(value));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_str));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(ev_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(value));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_str));
+ 
+ 	try_call_object(handler_name, t);
+ 
+@@ -224,10 +254,10 @@ static void define_field(enum print_arg_type field_type,
+ 	if (!t)
+ 		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python tuple");
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(ev_name));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(field_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(ev_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(field_name));
+ 	if (field_type == PRINT_FLAGS)
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(delim));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(delim));
+ 
+ 	try_call_object(handler_name, t);
+ 
+@@ -326,12 +356,12 @@ static PyObject *get_field_numeric_entry(struct event_format *event,
+ 		if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_SIGNED) {
+ 			if ((long long)val >= LONG_MIN &&
+ 					(long long)val <= LONG_MAX)
+-				obj = PyInt_FromLong(val);
++				obj = _PyLong_FromLong(val);
+ 			else
+ 				obj = PyLong_FromLongLong(val);
+ 		} else {
+ 			if (val <= LONG_MAX)
+-				obj = PyInt_FromLong(val);
++				obj = _PyLong_FromLong(val);
+ 			else
+ 				obj = PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(val);
+ 		}
+@@ -390,9 +420,9 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "end",
+ 					PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(node->sym->end));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "binding",
+-					PyInt_FromLong(node->sym->binding));
++					_PyLong_FromLong(node->sym->binding));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pysym, "name",
+-					PyString_FromStringAndSize(node->sym->name,
++					_PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(node->sym->name,
+ 							node->sym->namelen));
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pyelem, "sym", pysym);
+ 		}
+@@ -407,7 +437,7 @@ static PyObject *python_process_callchain(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 					dsoname = map->dso->name;
+ 			}
+ 			pydict_set_item_string_decref(pyelem, "dso",
+-					PyString_FromString(dsoname));
++					_PyUnicode_FromString(dsoname));
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		callchain_cursor_advance(&callchain_cursor);
+@@ -484,16 +514,16 @@ static PyObject *get_perf_sample_dict(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	if (!dict_sample)
+ 		Py_FatalError("couldn't create Python dictionary");
+ 
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", PyString_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "ev_name", _PyUnicode_FromString(perf_evsel__name(evsel)));
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "attr", _PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(
+ 			(const char *)&evsel->attr, sizeof(evsel->attr)));
+ 
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "pid",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->pid));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->pid));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "tid",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->tid));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->tid));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "cpu",
+-			PyInt_FromLong(sample->cpu));
++			_PyLong_FromLong(sample->cpu));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "ip",
+ 			PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->ip));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict_sample, "time",
+@@ -503,17 +533,17 @@ static PyObject *get_perf_sample_dict(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	set_sample_read_in_dict(dict_sample, sample, evsel);
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "sample", dict_sample);
+ 
+-	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", PyString_FromStringAndSize(
++	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "raw_buf", _PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(
+ 			(const char *)sample->raw_data, sample->raw_size));
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "comm",
+-			PyString_FromString(thread__comm_str(al->thread)));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(thread__comm_str(al->thread)));
+ 	if (al->map) {
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "dso",
+-			PyString_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(al->map->dso->name));
+ 	}
+ 	if (al->sym) {
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "symbol",
+-			PyString_FromString(al->sym->name));
++			_PyUnicode_FromString(al->sym->name));
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "callchain", callchain);
+@@ -573,9 +603,9 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	scripting_context->event_data = data;
+ 	scripting_context->pevent = evsel->tp_format->pevent;
+ 
+-	context = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr(scripting_context, NULL);
++	context = _PyCapsule_New(scripting_context, NULL, NULL);
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(handler_name));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(handler_name));
+ 	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, context);
+ 
+ 	/* ip unwinding */
+@@ -584,18 +614,18 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 	Py_INCREF(callchain);
+ 
+ 	if (!dict) {
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(s));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(ns));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(pid));
+-		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyString_FromString(comm));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(s));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(ns));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(pid));
++		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyUnicode_FromString(comm));
+ 		PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, callchain);
+ 	} else {
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_cpu", PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_s", PyInt_FromLong(s));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_ns", PyInt_FromLong(ns));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_pid", PyInt_FromLong(pid));
+-		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_comm", PyString_FromString(comm));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_cpu", _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_s", _PyLong_FromLong(s));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_ns", _PyLong_FromLong(ns));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_pid", _PyLong_FromLong(pid));
++		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_comm", _PyUnicode_FromString(comm));
+ 		pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "common_callchain", callchain);
+ 	}
+ 	for (field = event->format.fields; field; field = field->next) {
+@@ -614,7 +644,7 @@ static void python_process_tracepoint(struct perf_sample *sample,
+ 			}
+ 			if (field->flags & FIELD_IS_STRING &&
+ 			    is_printable_array(data + offset, len)) {
+-				obj = PyString_FromString((char *) data + offset);
++				obj = _PyUnicode_FromString((char *) data + offset);
+ 			} else {
+ 				obj = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) data + offset, len);
+ 				field->flags &= ~FIELD_IS_STRING;
+@@ -664,7 +694,7 @@ static PyObject *tuple_new(unsigned int sz)
+ static int tuple_set_u64(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, u64 val)
+ {
+ #if BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyInt_FromLong(val));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyLong_FromLong(val));
+ #endif
+ #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+ 	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyLong_FromLongLong(val));
+@@ -673,12 +703,12 @@ static int tuple_set_u64(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, u64 val)
+ 
+ static int tuple_set_s32(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, s32 val)
+ {
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyInt_FromLong(val));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyLong_FromLong(val));
+ }
+ 
+ static int tuple_set_string(PyObject *t, unsigned int pos, const char *s)
+ {
+-	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, PyString_FromString(s));
++	return PyTuple_SetItem(t, pos, _PyUnicode_FromString(s));
+ }
+ 
+ static int python_export_evsel(struct db_export *dbe, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+@@ -1024,8 +1054,8 @@ process_stat(struct perf_evsel *counter, int cpu, int thread, u64 tstamp,
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(cpu));
+-	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, PyInt_FromLong(thread));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(cpu));
++	PyTuple_SetItem(t, n++, _PyLong_FromLong(thread));
+ 
+ 	tuple_set_u64(t, n++, tstamp);
+ 	tuple_set_u64(t, n++, count->val);
+@@ -1207,27 +1237,58 @@ static void set_table_handlers(struct tables *tables)
+ 	SET_TABLE_HANDLER(call_return);
+ }
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
++static void _free_command_line(const char **command_line, int num)
++{
++	free(command_line);
++}
++#else
++static void _free_command_line(wchar_t **command_line, int num)
++{
++	int i;
++	for (i = 0; i < num; i++)
++		PyMem_RawFree(command_line[i]);
++	free(command_line);
++}
++#endif
++
++
+ /*
+  * Start trace script
+  */
+ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
+ {
+ 	struct tables *tables = &tables_global;
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	const char **command_line;
++#else
++	wchar_t **command_line;
++#endif
+ 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
+ 	int i, err = 0;
+ 	FILE *fp;
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(const char *));
+ 	command_line[0] = script;
+ 	for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++)
+ 		command_line[i] = argv[i - 1];
++#else
++	command_line = malloc((argc + 1) * sizeof(wchar_t *));
++	command_line[0] = Py_DecodeLocale(script, NULL);
++	for (i = 1; i < argc + 1; i++)
++		command_line[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i - 1], NULL);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	Py_Initialize();
+ 
++#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+ 	initperf_trace_context();
+-
+ 	PySys_SetArgv(argc + 1, (char **)command_line);
++#else
++	PyInit_perf_trace_context();
++	PySys_SetArgv(argc + 1, command_line);
++#endif
+ 
+ 	fp = fopen(script, "r");
+ 	if (!fp) {
+@@ -1257,12 +1318,12 @@ static int python_start_script(const char *script, int argc, const char **argv)
+ 			goto error;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	free(command_line);
++	_free_command_line(command_line, argc + 1);
+ 
+ 	return err;
+ error:
+ 	Py_Finalize();
+-	free(command_line);
++	_free_command_line(command_line, argc + 1);
+ 
+ 	return err;
+ }
+diff --git a/tools/perf/util/setup.py b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+index 23f1bf175179..a5f9e236cc71 100644
+--- a/tools/perf/util/setup.py
++++ b/tools/perf/util/setup.py
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/python2
++#!/usr/bin/python
+ 
+ from os import getenv
+ 
+@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ build_tmp = getenv('PYTHON_EXTBUILD_TMP')
+ libtraceevent = getenv('LIBTRACEEVENT')
+ libapikfs = getenv('LIBAPI')
+ 
+-ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in file('util/python-ext-sources')
++ext_sources = [f.strip() for f in open('util/python-ext-sources')
+ 				if len(f.strip()) > 0 and f[0] != '#']
+ 
+ # use full paths with source files
+-ext_sources = map(lambda x: '%s/%s' % (src_perf, x) , ext_sources)
++ext_sources = list(map(lambda x: '%s/%s' % (src_perf, x) , ext_sources))
+ 
+ perf = Extension('perf',
+ 		  sources = ext_sources,
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas_4.14.bb b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas_4.14.bb
index 27705e3..b2a2f66 100644
--- a/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas_4.14.bb
+++ b/meta-rcar-gen3/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-renesas_4.14.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ SRC_URI_append = " \
     ${@oe.utils.conditional("USE_AVB", "1", " file://usb-video-class.cfg", "", d)} \
 "
 
+# Add python3 support to fix Perf build failure
+SRC_URI_append = " \
+    file://0001-perf-tools-Add-Python-3-support.patch \
+"
+
 # Enable RPMSG_VIRTIO depend on ICCOM
 SUPPORT_ICCOM = " \
     file://0001-rpmsg-Add-message-to-be-able-to-configure-RPMSG_VIRT.patch \