diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 6d4c22aee384..cf65763af0cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ struct swevent_hlist {
 #define PERF_ATTACH_ITRACE	0x10
 
 struct perf_cgroup;
-struct ring_buffer;
+struct perf_buffer;
 
 struct pmu_event_list {
 	raw_spinlock_t		lock;
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ struct perf_event {
 	struct mutex			mmap_mutex;
 	atomic_t			mmap_count;
 
-	struct ring_buffer		*rb;
+	struct perf_buffer		*rb;
 	struct list_head		rb_entry;
 	unsigned long			rcu_batches;
 	int				rcu_pending;
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {
 
 struct perf_output_handle {
 	struct perf_event		*event;
-	struct ring_buffer		*rb;
+	struct perf_buffer		*rb;
 	unsigned long			wakeup;
 	unsigned long			size;
 	u64				aux_flags;
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a1f8bde19b56..455451d24b4a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4373,7 +4373,7 @@ static void free_event_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 }
 
 static void ring_buffer_attach(struct perf_event *event,
-			       struct ring_buffer *rb);
+			       struct perf_buffer *rb);
 
 static void detach_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
@@ -5054,7 +5054,7 @@ perf_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 static __poll_t perf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	__poll_t events = EPOLLHUP;
 
 	poll_wait(file, &event->waitq, wait);
@@ -5296,7 +5296,7 @@ static long _perf_ioctl(struct perf_event *event, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
 		return perf_event_set_bpf_prog(event, arg);
 
 	case PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT: {
-		struct ring_buffer *rb;
+		struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
@@ -5432,7 +5432,7 @@ static void calc_timer_values(struct perf_event *event,
 static void perf_event_init_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
@@ -5464,7 +5464,7 @@ void __weak arch_perf_update_userpage(
 void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	u64 enabled, running, now;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -5515,7 +5515,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_update_userpage);
 static vm_fault_t perf_mmap_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = vmf->vma->vm_file->private_data;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 
 	if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE) {
@@ -5548,9 +5548,9 @@ unlock:
 }
 
 static void ring_buffer_attach(struct perf_event *event,
-			       struct ring_buffer *rb)
+			       struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *old_rb = NULL;
+	struct perf_buffer *old_rb = NULL;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (event->rb) {
@@ -5608,7 +5608,7 @@ static void ring_buffer_attach(struct perf_event *event,
 
 static void ring_buffer_wakeup(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
@@ -5619,9 +5619,9 @@ static void ring_buffer_wakeup(struct perf_event *event)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event)
+struct perf_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
@@ -5634,7 +5634,7 @@ struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event)
 	return rb;
 }
 
-void ring_buffer_put(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+void ring_buffer_put(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&rb->refcount))
 		return;
@@ -5672,7 +5672,7 @@ static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = vma->vm_file->private_data;
 
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = ring_buffer_get(event);
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = ring_buffer_get(event);
 	struct user_struct *mmap_user = rb->mmap_user;
 	int mmap_locked = rb->mmap_locked;
 	unsigned long size = perf_data_size(rb);
@@ -5790,8 +5790,8 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	struct perf_event *event = file->private_data;
 	unsigned long user_locked, user_lock_limit;
 	struct user_struct *user = current_user();
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = NULL;
 	unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = NULL;
 	unsigned long vma_size;
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
 	long user_extra = 0, extra = 0;
@@ -6266,7 +6266,7 @@ static unsigned long perf_prepare_sample_aux(struct perf_event *event,
 					  size_t size)
 {
 	struct perf_event *sampler = event->aux_event;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
 	data->aux_size = 0;
 
@@ -6299,7 +6299,7 @@ out:
 	return data->aux_size;
 }
 
-long perf_pmu_snapshot_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb,
+long perf_pmu_snapshot_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb,
 			   struct perf_event *event,
 			   struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			   unsigned long size)
@@ -6338,8 +6338,8 @@ static void perf_aux_sample_output(struct perf_event *event,
 				   struct perf_sample_data *data)
 {
 	struct perf_event *sampler = event->aux_event;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	unsigned long pad;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
 	long size;
 
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sampler || !data->aux_size))
@@ -6707,7 +6707,7 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 		int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
 
 		if (wakeup_events) {
-			struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+			struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 			int events = local_inc_return(&rb->events);
 
 			if (events >= wakeup_events) {
@@ -7150,7 +7150,7 @@ void perf_event_exec(void)
 }
 
 struct remote_output {
-	struct ring_buffer	*rb;
+	struct perf_buffer	*rb;
 	int			err;
 };
 
@@ -7158,7 +7158,7 @@ static void __perf_event_output_stop(struct perf_event *event, void *data)
 {
 	struct perf_event *parent = event->parent;
 	struct remote_output *ro = data;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = ro->rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = ro->rb;
 	struct stop_event_data sd = {
 		.event	= event,
 	};
@@ -10998,7 +10998,7 @@ err_size:
 static int
 perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event *output_event)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = NULL;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = NULL;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!output_event)
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
index 747d67f130cb..f16f66b6b655 100644
--- a/kernel/events/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #define RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE		0x01
 
-struct ring_buffer {
+struct perf_buffer {
 	refcount_t			refcount;
 	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC
@@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ struct ring_buffer {
 	void				*data_pages[0];
 };
 
-extern void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb);
+extern void rb_free(struct perf_buffer *rb);
 
 static inline void rb_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 
-	rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct ring_buffer, rcu_head);
+	rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct perf_buffer, rcu_head);
 	rb_free(rb);
 }
 
-static inline void rb_toggle_paused(struct ring_buffer *rb, bool pause)
+static inline void rb_toggle_paused(struct perf_buffer *rb, bool pause)
 {
 	if (!pause && rb->nr_pages)
 		rb->paused = 0;
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ static inline void rb_toggle_paused(struct ring_buffer *rb, bool pause)
 		rb->paused = 1;
 }
 
-extern struct ring_buffer *
+extern struct perf_buffer *
 rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags);
 extern void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event);
-extern int rb_alloc_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
+extern int rb_alloc_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
 			pgoff_t pgoff, int nr_pages, long watermark, int flags);
-extern void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb);
-extern struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event);
-extern void ring_buffer_put(struct ring_buffer *rb);
+extern void rb_free_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb);
+extern struct perf_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event);
+extern void ring_buffer_put(struct perf_buffer *rb);
 
-static inline bool rb_has_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static inline bool rb_has_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return !!rb->aux_nr_pages;
 }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void perf_event_aux_event(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long head,
 			  unsigned long size, u64 flags);
 
 extern struct page *
-perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff);
+perf_mmap_to_page(struct perf_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 /*
@@ -103,25 +103,25 @@ perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff);
  * Required for architectures that have d-cache aliasing issues.
  */
 
-static inline int page_order(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static inline int page_order(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return rb->page_order;
 }
 
 #else
 
-static inline int page_order(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static inline int page_order(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline unsigned long perf_data_size(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static inline unsigned long perf_data_size(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return rb->nr_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT + page_order(rb));
 }
 
-static inline unsigned long perf_aux_size(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static inline unsigned long perf_aux_size(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return rb->aux_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static inline unsigned long perf_aux_size(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 			buf += written;					\
 		handle->size -= written;				\
 		if (!handle->size) {					\
-			struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;		\
+			struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;	\
 									\
 			handle->page++;					\
 			handle->page &= rb->nr_pages - 1;		\
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 7ffd5c763f93..192b8abc6330 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static void perf_output_wakeup(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
  */
 static void perf_output_get_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void perf_output_get_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 
 static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 	unsigned long head;
 	unsigned int nest;
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 		    struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size,
 		    bool backward)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	unsigned long tail, offset, head;
 	int have_lost, page_shift;
 	struct {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 }
 
 static void
-ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
+ring_buffer_init(struct perf_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
 {
 	long max_size = perf_data_size(rb);
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 {
 	struct perf_event *output_event = event;
 	unsigned long aux_head, aux_tail;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	unsigned int nest;
 
 	if (output_event->parent)
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ err:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_aux_output_begin);
 
-static __always_inline bool rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static __always_inline bool rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (rb->aux_overwrite)
 		return false;
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static __always_inline bool rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
 {
 	bool wakeup = !!(handle->aux_flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED);
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 	unsigned long aux_head;
 
 	/* in overwrite mode, driver provides aux_head via handle */
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_aux_output_end);
  */
 int perf_aux_output_skip(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 
 	if (size > handle->size)
 		return -ENOSPC;
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ long perf_output_copy_aux(struct perf_output_handle *aux_handle,
 			  struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			  unsigned long from, unsigned long to)
 {
+	struct perf_buffer *rb = aux_handle->rb;
 	unsigned long tocopy, remainder, len = 0;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb = aux_handle->rb;
 	void *addr;
 
 	from &= (rb->aux_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static struct page *rb_alloc_aux_page(int node, int order)
 	return page;
 }
 
-static void rb_free_aux_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, int idx)
+static void rb_free_aux_page(struct perf_buffer *rb, int idx)
 {
 	struct page *page = virt_to_page(rb->aux_pages[idx]);
 
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static void rb_free_aux_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, int idx)
 	__free_page(page);
 }
 
-static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static void __rb_free_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	int pg;
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 	}
 }
 
-int rb_alloc_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
+int rb_alloc_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
 		 pgoff_t pgoff, int nr_pages, long watermark, int flags)
 {
 	bool overwrite = !(flags & RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE);
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+void rb_free_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&rb->aux_refcount))
 		__rb_free_aux(rb);
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
  */
 
 static struct page *
-__perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+__perf_mmap_to_page(struct perf_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	if (pgoff > rb->nr_pages)
 		return NULL;
@@ -798,13 +798,13 @@ static void perf_mmap_free_page(void *addr)
 	__free_page(page);
 }
 
-struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
+struct perf_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	unsigned long size;
 	int i;
 
-	size = sizeof(struct ring_buffer);
+	size = sizeof(struct perf_buffer);
 	size += nr_pages * sizeof(void *);
 
 	if (order_base_2(size) >= PAGE_SHIFT+MAX_ORDER)
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ fail:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+void rb_free(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -854,13 +854,13 @@ void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 }
 
 #else
-static int data_page_nr(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+static int data_page_nr(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	return rb->nr_pages << page_order(rb);
 }
 
 static struct page *
-__perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+__perf_mmap_to_page(struct perf_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	/* The '>' counts in the user page. */
 	if (pgoff > data_page_nr(rb))
@@ -878,11 +878,11 @@ static void perf_mmap_unmark_page(void *addr)
 
 static void rb_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	void *base;
 	int i, nr;
 
-	rb = container_of(work, struct ring_buffer, work);
+	rb = container_of(work, struct perf_buffer, work);
 	nr = data_page_nr(rb);
 
 	base = rb->user_page;
@@ -894,18 +894,18 @@ static void rb_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	kfree(rb);
 }
 
-void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+void rb_free(struct perf_buffer *rb)
 {
 	schedule_work(&rb->work);
 }
 
-struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
+struct perf_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
 {
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct perf_buffer *rb;
 	unsigned long size;
 	void *all_buf;
 
-	size = sizeof(struct ring_buffer);
+	size = sizeof(struct perf_buffer);
 	size += sizeof(void *);
 
 	rb = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ fail:
 #endif
 
 struct page *
-perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+perf_mmap_to_page(struct perf_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	if (rb->aux_nr_pages) {
 		/* above AUX space */