diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index 716d8c5..ce27675 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -316,8 +316,6 @@
 
 static char			const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static int			profile_cpu = -1;
-
 struct raw_event_sample {
 	u32			size;
 	char			data[0];
@@ -697,8 +695,7 @@
 }
 
 static void
-process_raw_event(void *data, int cpu __used,
-		  u64 timestamp __used, struct thread *thread __used)
+process_raw_event(void *data, int cpu, u64 timestamp, struct thread *thread)
 {
 	struct event *event;
 	int type;
@@ -716,176 +713,6 @@
 		process_lock_release_event(data, event, cpu, timestamp, thread);
 }
 
-struct raw_event_queue {
-	u64			timestamp;
-	int			cpu;
-	void			*data;
-	struct thread		*thread;
-	struct list_head	list;
-};
-
-static LIST_HEAD(raw_event_head);
-
-#define FLUSH_PERIOD	(5 * NSEC_PER_SEC)
-
-static u64 flush_limit = ULLONG_MAX;
-static u64 last_flush = 0;
-struct raw_event_queue *last_inserted;
-
-static void flush_raw_event_queue(u64 limit)
-{
-	struct raw_event_queue *tmp, *iter;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, &raw_event_head, list) {
-		if (iter->timestamp > limit)
-			return;
-
-		if (iter == last_inserted)
-			last_inserted = NULL;
-
-		process_raw_event(iter->data, iter->cpu, iter->timestamp,
-				  iter->thread);
-
-		last_flush = iter->timestamp;
-		list_del(&iter->list);
-		free(iter->data);
-		free(iter);
-	}
-}
-
-static void __queue_raw_event_end(struct raw_event_queue *new)
-{
-	struct raw_event_queue *iter;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_reverse(iter, &raw_event_head, list) {
-		if (iter->timestamp < new->timestamp) {
-			list_add(&new->list, &iter->list);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	list_add(&new->list, &raw_event_head);
-}
-
-static void __queue_raw_event_before(struct raw_event_queue *new,
-				     struct raw_event_queue *iter)
-{
-	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(iter, &raw_event_head, list) {
-		if (iter->timestamp < new->timestamp) {
-			list_add(&new->list, &iter->list);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	list_add(&new->list, &raw_event_head);
-}
-
-static void __queue_raw_event_after(struct raw_event_queue *new,
-				     struct raw_event_queue *iter)
-{
-	list_for_each_entry_continue(iter, &raw_event_head, list) {
-		if (iter->timestamp > new->timestamp) {
-			list_add_tail(&new->list, &iter->list);
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-	list_add_tail(&new->list, &raw_event_head);
-}
-
-/* The queue is ordered by time */
-static void __queue_raw_event(struct raw_event_queue *new)
-{
-	if (!last_inserted) {
-		__queue_raw_event_end(new);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Most of the time the current event has a timestamp
-	 * very close to the last event inserted, unless we just switched
-	 * to another event buffer. Having a sorting based on a list and
-	 * on the last inserted event that is close to the current one is
-	 * probably more efficient than an rbtree based sorting.
-	 */
-	if (last_inserted->timestamp >= new->timestamp)
-		__queue_raw_event_before(new, last_inserted);
-	else
-		__queue_raw_event_after(new, last_inserted);
-}
-
-static void queue_raw_event(void *data, int raw_size, int cpu,
-			    u64 timestamp, struct thread *thread)
-{
-	struct raw_event_queue *new;
-
-	if (flush_limit == ULLONG_MAX)
-		flush_limit = timestamp + FLUSH_PERIOD;
-
-	if (timestamp < last_flush) {
-		printf("Warning: Timestamp below last timeslice flush\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
-	if (!new)
-		die("Not enough memory\n");
-
-	new->timestamp = timestamp;
-	new->cpu = cpu;
-	new->thread = thread;
-
-	new->data = malloc(raw_size);
-	if (!new->data)
-		die("Not enough memory\n");
-
-	memcpy(new->data, data, raw_size);
-
-	__queue_raw_event(new);
-	last_inserted = new;
-
-	/*
-	 * We want to have a slice of events covering 2 * FLUSH_PERIOD
-	 * If FLUSH_PERIOD is big enough, it ensures every events that occured
-	 * in the first half of the timeslice have all been buffered and there
-	 * are none remaining (we need that because of the weakly ordered
-	 * event recording we have). Then once we reach the 2 * FLUSH_PERIOD
-	 * timeslice, we flush the first half to be gentle with the memory
-	 * (the second half can still get new events in the middle, so wait
-	 * another period to flush it)
-	 */
-	if (new->timestamp > flush_limit &&
-		new->timestamp - flush_limit > FLUSH_PERIOD) {
-		flush_limit += FLUSH_PERIOD;
-		flush_raw_event_queue(flush_limit);
-	}
-}
-
-static int process_sample_event(event_t *event, struct perf_session *s)
-{
-	struct thread *thread;
-	struct sample_data data;
-
-	bzero(&data, sizeof(struct sample_data));
-	event__parse_sample(event, s->sample_type, &data);
-	/* CAUTION: using tid as thread.pid */
-	thread = perf_session__findnew(s, data.tid);
-
-	if (thread == NULL) {
-		pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
-			 event->header.type);
-		return -1;
-	}
-
-	dump_printf(" ... thread: %s:%d\n", thread->comm, thread->pid);
-
-	if (profile_cpu != -1 && profile_cpu != (int) data.cpu)
-		return 0;
-
-	queue_raw_event(data.raw_data, data.raw_size, data.cpu, data.time, thread);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* TODO: various way to print, coloring, nano or milli sec */
 static void print_result(void)
 {
@@ -963,9 +790,30 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static int process_sample_event(event_t *self, struct perf_session *s)
+{
+	struct sample_data data;
+	struct thread *thread;
+
+	bzero(&data, sizeof(data));
+	event__parse_sample(self, s->sample_type, &data);
+
+	thread = perf_session__findnew(s, data.tid);
+	if (thread == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
+			self->header.type);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	process_raw_event(data.raw_data, data.cpu, data.time, thread);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct perf_event_ops eops = {
 	.sample			= process_sample_event,
 	.comm			= event__process_comm,
+	.ordered_samples	= true,
 };
 
 static int read_events(void)
@@ -994,7 +842,6 @@
 	setup_pager();
 	select_key();
 	read_events();
-	flush_raw_event_queue(ULLONG_MAX);
 	sort_result();
 	print_result();
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7d88ae5..b7aade2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
 	self->cwdlen = 0;
 	self->unknown_events = 0;
 	self->kerninfo_root = RB_ROOT;
+	self->ordered_samples.flush_limit = ULLONG_MAX;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&self->ordered_samples.samples_head);
 
 	if (mode == O_RDONLY) {
 		if (perf_session__open(self, force) < 0)
@@ -351,6 +353,178 @@
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX]    = NULL,
 };
 
+struct sample_queue {
+	u64			timestamp;
+	struct sample_event	*event;
+	struct list_head	list;
+};
+
+#define FLUSH_PERIOD	(2 * NSEC_PER_SEC)
+
+static void flush_sample_queue(struct perf_session *s,
+			       struct perf_event_ops *ops)
+{
+	struct list_head *head = &s->ordered_samples.samples_head;
+	u64 limit = s->ordered_samples.flush_limit;
+	struct sample_queue *tmp, *iter;
+
+	if (!ops->ordered_samples)
+		return;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, head, list) {
+		if (iter->timestamp > limit)
+			return;
+
+		if (iter == s->ordered_samples.last_inserted)
+			s->ordered_samples.last_inserted = NULL;
+
+		ops->sample((event_t *)iter->event, s);
+
+		s->ordered_samples.last_flush = iter->timestamp;
+		list_del(&iter->list);
+		free(iter->event);
+		free(iter);
+	}
+}
+
+static void __queue_sample_end(struct sample_queue *new, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	struct sample_queue *iter;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_reverse(iter, head, list) {
+		if (iter->timestamp < new->timestamp) {
+			list_add(&new->list, &iter->list);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	list_add(&new->list, head);
+}
+
+static void __queue_sample_before(struct sample_queue *new,
+				  struct sample_queue *iter,
+				  struct list_head *head)
+{
+	list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(iter, head, list) {
+		if (iter->timestamp < new->timestamp) {
+			list_add(&new->list, &iter->list);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	list_add(&new->list, head);
+}
+
+static void __queue_sample_after(struct sample_queue *new,
+				 struct sample_queue *iter,
+				 struct list_head *head)
+{
+	list_for_each_entry_continue(iter, head, list) {
+		if (iter->timestamp > new->timestamp) {
+			list_add_tail(&new->list, &iter->list);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&new->list, head);
+}
+
+/* The queue is ordered by time */
+static void __queue_sample_event(struct sample_queue *new,
+				 struct perf_session *s)
+{
+	struct sample_queue *last_inserted = s->ordered_samples.last_inserted;
+	struct list_head *head = &s->ordered_samples.samples_head;
+
+
+	if (!last_inserted) {
+		__queue_sample_end(new, head);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Most of the time the current event has a timestamp
+	 * very close to the last event inserted, unless we just switched
+	 * to another event buffer. Having a sorting based on a list and
+	 * on the last inserted event that is close to the current one is
+	 * probably more efficient than an rbtree based sorting.
+	 */
+	if (last_inserted->timestamp >= new->timestamp)
+		__queue_sample_before(new, last_inserted, head);
+	else
+		__queue_sample_after(new, last_inserted, head);
+}
+
+static int queue_sample_event(event_t *event, struct sample_data *data,
+			      struct perf_session *s,
+			      struct perf_event_ops *ops)
+{
+	u64 timestamp = data->time;
+	struct sample_queue *new;
+	u64 flush_limit;
+
+
+	if (s->ordered_samples.flush_limit == ULLONG_MAX)
+		s->ordered_samples.flush_limit = timestamp + FLUSH_PERIOD;
+
+	if (timestamp < s->ordered_samples.last_flush) {
+		printf("Warning: Timestamp below last timeslice flush\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	new = malloc(sizeof(*new));
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	new->timestamp = timestamp;
+
+	new->event = malloc(event->header.size);
+	if (!new->event) {
+		free(new);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(new->event, event, event->header.size);
+
+	__queue_sample_event(new, s);
+	s->ordered_samples.last_inserted = new;
+
+	/*
+	 * We want to have a slice of events covering 2 * FLUSH_PERIOD
+	 * If FLUSH_PERIOD is big enough, it ensures every events that occured
+	 * in the first half of the timeslice have all been buffered and there
+	 * are none remaining (we need that because of the weakly ordered
+	 * event recording we have). Then once we reach the 2 * FLUSH_PERIOD
+	 * timeslice, we flush the first half to be gentle with the memory
+	 * (the second half can still get new events in the middle, so wait
+	 * another period to flush it)
+	 */
+	flush_limit = s->ordered_samples.flush_limit;
+
+	if (new->timestamp > flush_limit &&
+		new->timestamp - flush_limit > FLUSH_PERIOD) {
+		s->ordered_samples.flush_limit += FLUSH_PERIOD;
+		flush_sample_queue(s, ops);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_session__process_sample(event_t *event, struct perf_session *s,
+					struct perf_event_ops *ops)
+{
+	struct sample_data data;
+
+	if (!ops->ordered_samples)
+		return ops->sample(event, s);
+
+	bzero(&data, sizeof(struct sample_data));
+	event__parse_sample(event, s->sample_type, &data);
+
+	queue_sample_event(event, &data, s, ops);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_session__process_event(struct perf_session *self,
 				       event_t *event,
 				       struct perf_event_ops *ops,
@@ -371,7 +545,7 @@
 
 	switch (event->header.type) {
 	case PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE:
-		return ops->sample(event, self);
+		return perf_session__process_sample(event, self, ops);
 	case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
 		return ops->mmap(event, self);
 	case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
@@ -611,6 +785,9 @@
 		goto more;
 done:
 	err = 0;
+	/* do the final flush for ordered samples */
+	self->ordered_samples.flush_limit = ULLONG_MAX;
+	flush_sample_queue(self, ops);
 out_err:
 	ui_progress__delete(progress);
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
index 5e47c87..796e229 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
@@ -8,9 +8,17 @@
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
 
+struct sample_queue;
 struct ip_callchain;
 struct thread;
 
+struct ordered_samples {
+	u64			last_flush;
+	u64			flush_limit;
+	struct list_head	samples_head;
+	struct sample_queue	*last_inserted;
+};
+
 struct perf_session {
 	struct perf_header	header;
 	unsigned long		size;
@@ -28,6 +36,7 @@
 	bool			fd_pipe;
 	int			cwdlen;
 	char			*cwd;
+	struct ordered_samples	ordered_samples;
 	char filename[0];
 };
 
@@ -47,6 +56,7 @@
 		 event_type,
 		 tracing_data,
 		 build_id;
+	bool	ordered_samples;
 };
 
 struct perf_session *perf_session__new(const char *filename, int mode, bool force);