struct stats                   runtime_branches_stats[MAX_NR_CPUS];
 struct stats                   walltime_nsecs_stats;
 
-#define MATCH_EVENT(t, c, evsel)                       \
-       (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_##t &&   \
-        evsel->attr.config == PERF_COUNT_##c)
-
 #define ERR_PERF_OPEN \
 "counter %d, sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s).  /bin/dmesg may provide additional information."
 
 /*
  * Does the counter have nsecs as a unit?
  */
-static inline int nsec_counter(struct perf_evsel *counter)
+static inline int nsec_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_CPU_CLOCK, counter) ||
-           MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter))
+       if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, SOFTWARE, SW_CPU_CLOCK) ||
+           perf_evsel__match(evsel, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK))
                return 1;
 
        return 0;
        /*
         * Save the full runtime - to allow normalization during printout:
         */
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter))
+       if (perf_evsel__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK))
                update_stats(&runtime_nsecs_stats[0], count[0]);
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES, counter))
+       if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
                update_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[0], count[0]);
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS, counter))
+       if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS))
                update_stats(&runtime_branches_stats[0], count[0]);
 }
 
                cpu_counts[cpu].ena = count[1];
                cpu_counts[cpu].run = count[2];
 
-               if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter))
+               if (perf_evsel__match(counter, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK))
                        update_stats(&runtime_nsecs_stats[cpu], count[0]);
-               if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES, counter))
+               if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
                        update_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[cpu], count[0]);
-               if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS, counter))
+               if (perf_evsel__match(counter, HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS))
                        update_stats(&runtime_branches_stats[cpu], count[0]);
        }
 }
                        100 * stddev_stats(&ps->res_stats[0]) / avg);
 }
 
-static void nsec_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *counter, double avg)
+static void nsec_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 {
        double msecs = avg / 1e6;
        char cpustr[16] = { '\0', };
                        csv_output ? 0 : -4,
                        cpumap[cpu], csv_sep);
 
-       fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, msecs, csv_sep, event_name(counter));
+       fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, msecs, csv_sep, event_name(evsel));
 
        if (csv_output)
                return;
 
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK, counter)) {
+       if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, SOFTWARE, SW_TASK_CLOCK))
                fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f CPUs ",
                                avg / avg_stats(&walltime_nsecs_stats));
-       }
 }
 
-static void abs_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *counter, double avg)
+static void abs_printout(int cpu, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
 {
        double total, ratio = 0.0;
        char cpustr[16] = { '\0', };
        else
                cpu = 0;
 
-       fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, avg, csv_sep, event_name(counter));
+       fprintf(stderr, fmt, cpustr, avg, csv_sep, event_name(evsel));
 
        if (csv_output)
                return;
 
-       if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_INSTRUCTIONS, counter)) {
+       if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_INSTRUCTIONS)) {
                total = avg_stats(&runtime_cycles_stats[cpu]);
 
                if (total)
                        ratio = avg / total;
 
                fprintf(stderr, " # %10.3f IPC  ", ratio);
-       } else if (MATCH_EVENT(HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_MISSES, counter) &&
+       } else if (perf_evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_BRANCH_MISSES) &&
                        runtime_branches_stats[cpu].n != 0) {
                total = avg_stats(&runtime_branches_stats[cpu]);