#include "util/util.h"
 #include "util/parse-options.h"
 #include "util/parse-events.h"
+#include "util/string.h"
 
 #include <sched.h>
 
 {
        struct comm_event comm_ev;
        char filename[PATH_MAX];
-       pid_t spid, ppid;
        char bf[BUFSIZ];
-       int fd, nr, ret;
-       char comm[18];
+       int fd, ret;
        size_t size;
-       char state;
+       char *field, *sep;
 
        snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
 
        }
        close(fd);
 
+       /* 9027 (cat) R 6747 9027 6747 34816 9027 ... */
        memset(&comm_ev, 0, sizeof(comm_ev));
-        nr = sscanf(bf, "%d %s %c %d %d ",
-                       &spid, comm, &state, &ppid, &comm_ev.pid);
-       if (nr != 5) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "couldn't get COMM and pgid, malformed %s\n",
-                       filename);
-               exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-       }
+       field = strchr(bf, '(');
+       if (field == NULL)
+               goto out_failure;
+       sep = strchr(++field, ')');
+       if (sep == NULL)
+               goto out_failure;
+       size = sep - field;
+       memcpy(comm_ev.comm, field, size++);
+       field = strchr(sep + 4, ' ');
+       if (field == NULL)
+               goto out_failure;
+       comm_ev.pid = atoi(++field);
        comm_ev.header.type = PERF_EVENT_COMM;
        comm_ev.tid = pid;
-       size = strlen(comm);
-       comm[--size] = '\0'; /* Remove the ')' at the end */
-       --size; /* Remove the '(' at the begin */
-       memcpy(comm_ev.comm, comm + 1, size);
        size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(uint64_t));
        comm_ev.header.size = sizeof(comm_ev) - (sizeof(comm_ev.comm) - size);
 
                exit(-1);
        }
        return comm_ev.pid;
+out_failure:
+       fprintf(stderr, "couldn't get COMM and pgid, malformed %s\n",
+               filename);
+       exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+       return -1;
 }
 
 static void pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid, pid_t pgid)
                exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
        while (1) {
-               char bf[BUFSIZ];
-               unsigned char vm_read, vm_write, vm_exec, vm_mayshare;
+               char bf[BUFSIZ], *pbf = bf;
                struct mmap_event mmap_ev = {
                        .header.type = PERF_EVENT_MMAP,
                };
-               unsigned long ino;
-               int major, minor;
+               int n;
                size_t size;
                if (fgets(bf, sizeof(bf), fp) == NULL)
                        break;
 
                /* 00400000-0040c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 41038  /bin/cat */
-               sscanf(bf, "%llx-%llx %c%c%c%c %llx %x:%x %lu",
-                       &mmap_ev.start, &mmap_ev.len,
-                        &vm_read, &vm_write, &vm_exec, &vm_mayshare,
-                        &mmap_ev.pgoff, &major, &minor, &ino);
-               if (vm_exec == 'x') {
+               n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.start);
+               if (n < 0)
+                       continue;
+               pbf += n + 1;
+               n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.len);
+               if (n < 0)
+                       continue;
+               pbf += n + 3;
+               if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
                        char *execname = strrchr(bf, ' ');
 
                        if (execname == NULL || execname[1] != '/')
 
 #include "parse-options.h"
 #include "parse-events.h"
 #include "exec_cmd.h"
+#include "string.h"
 
 int nr_counters;
 
        __u64 config, id;
        int type;
        unsigned int i;
-       char mask_str[4];
+       const char *sep, *pstr;
 
-       if (sscanf(str, "r%llx", &config) == 1)
+       if (str[0] == 'r' && hex2u64(str + 1, &config) > 0)
                return config | PERF_COUNTER_RAW_MASK;
 
-       switch (sscanf(str, "%d:%llu:%2s", &type, &id, mask_str)) {
-               case 3:
-                       if (strchr(mask_str, 'k'))
+       pstr = str;
+       sep = strchr(pstr, ':');
+       if (sep) {
+               type = atoi(pstr);
+               pstr = sep + 1;
+               id = atoi(pstr);
+               sep = strchr(pstr, ':');
+               if (sep) {
+                       pstr = sep + 1;
+                       if (strchr(pstr, 'k'))
                                event_mask[nr_counters] |= EVENT_MASK_USER;
-                       if (strchr(mask_str, 'u'))
+                       if (strchr(pstr, 'u'))
                                event_mask[nr_counters] |= EVENT_MASK_KERNEL;
-               case 2:
-                       return EID(type, id);
-
-               default:
-                       break;
+               }
+               return EID(type, id);
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(event_symbols); i++) {
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "../perf.h"
+#include "string.h"
 #include "symbol.h"
 
 #include <libelf.h>
        return ret;
 }
 
-static int hex(char ch)
-{
-       if ((ch >= '0') && (ch <= '9'))
-               return ch - '0';
-       if ((ch >= 'a') && (ch <= 'f'))
-               return ch - 'a' + 10;
-       if ((ch >= 'A') && (ch <= 'F'))
-               return ch - 'A' + 10;
-       return -1;
-}
-
-/*
- * While we find nice hex chars, build a long_val.
- * Return number of chars processed.
- */
-static int hex2long(char *ptr, unsigned long *long_val)
-{
-       const char *p = ptr;
-       *long_val = 0;
-
-       while (*p) {
-               const int hex_val = hex(*p);
-
-               if (hex_val < 0)
-                       break;
-
-               *long_val = (*long_val << 4) | hex_val;
-               p++;
-       }
-
-       return p - ptr;
-}
-
 static int dso__load_kallsyms(struct dso *self, symbol_filter_t filter)
 {
        struct rb_node *nd, *prevnd;
                goto out_failure;
 
        while (!feof(file)) {
-               unsigned long start;
+               __u64 start;
                struct symbol *sym;
                int line_len, len;
                char symbol_type;
 
                line[--line_len] = '\0'; /* \n */
 
-               len = hex2long(line, &start);
+               len = hex2u64(line, &start);
 
                len++;
                if (len + 2 >= line_len)