diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.pm b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.pm
index f869c48dc9b..d94b40c8ac8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.pm
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.pm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );
 
 our @EXPORT = qw(
 avg nsecs nsecs_secs nsecs_nsecs nsecs_usecs print_nsecs
+clear_term
 );
 
 our $VERSION = '0.01';
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ sub nsecs_str {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub clear_term
+{
+    print "\x1b[H\x1b[2J";
+}
+
 1;
 __END__
 =head1 NAME
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-record b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-record
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63976bf11e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-record
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e syscalls:sys_enter_read -e syscalls:sys_exit_read -e syscalls:sys_enter_write -e syscalls:sys_exit_write $@
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93e698cd3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/rwtop-report
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# description: system-wide r/w top
+# args: [interval]
+n_args=0
+for i in "$@"
+do
+    if expr match "$i" "-" > /dev/null ; then
+	break
+    fi
+    n_args=$(( $n_args + 1 ))
+done
+if [ "$n_args" -gt 1 ] ; then
+    echo "usage: rwtop-report [interval]"
+    exit
+fi
+if [ "$n_args" -gt 0 ] ; then
+    interval=$1
+    shift
+fi
+perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl $interval
+
+
+
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec2ab49a6f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/rwtop.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+# (c) 2010, Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+
+# read/write top
+#
+# Periodically displays system-wide r/w call activity, broken down by
+# pid.  If an [interval] arg is specified, the display will be
+# refreshed every [interval] seconds.  The default interval is 3
+# seconds.
+
+use 5.010000;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use lib "$ENV{'PERF_EXEC_PATH'}/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
+use lib "./Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
+use Perf::Trace::Core;
+use Perf::Trace::Util;
+
+my $default_interval = 3;
+my $nlines = 20;
+my $print_thread;
+
+my %reads;
+my %writes;
+
+my $interval = shift;
+if (!$interval) {
+    $interval = $default_interval;
+}
+
+sub syscalls::sys_exit_read
+{
+    my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	$common_pid, $common_comm,
+	$nr, $ret) = @_;
+
+    if ($ret > 0) {
+	$reads{$common_pid}{bytes_read} += $ret;
+    } else {
+	if (!defined ($reads{$common_pid}{bytes_read})) {
+	    $reads{$common_pid}{bytes_read} = 0;
+	}
+	$reads{$common_pid}{errors}{$ret}++;
+    }
+}
+
+sub syscalls::sys_enter_read
+{
+    my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	$common_pid, $common_comm,
+	$nr, $fd, $buf, $count) = @_;
+
+    $reads{$common_pid}{bytes_requested} += $count;
+    $reads{$common_pid}{total_reads}++;
+    $reads{$common_pid}{comm} = $common_comm;
+}
+
+sub syscalls::sys_exit_write
+{
+    my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	$common_pid, $common_comm,
+	$nr, $ret) = @_;
+
+    if ($ret <= 0) {
+	$writes{$common_pid}{errors}{$ret}++;
+    }
+}
+
+sub syscalls::sys_enter_write
+{
+    my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	$common_pid, $common_comm,
+	$nr, $fd, $buf, $count) = @_;
+
+    $writes{$common_pid}{bytes_written} += $count;
+    $writes{$common_pid}{total_writes}++;
+    $writes{$common_pid}{comm} = $common_comm;
+}
+
+sub trace_begin
+{
+    $SIG{ALRM} = \&print_totals;
+    alarm 1;
+}
+
+sub trace_end
+{
+    print_unhandled();
+    print_totals();
+}
+
+sub print_totals
+{
+    my $count;
+
+    $count = 0;
+
+    clear_term();
+
+    printf("\nread counts by pid:\n\n");
+
+    printf("%6s  %20s  %10s  %10s  %10s\n", "pid", "comm",
+	   "# reads", "bytes_req", "bytes_read");
+    printf("%6s  %-20s  %10s  %10s  %10s\n", "------", "--------------------",
+	   "----------", "----------", "----------");
+
+    foreach my $pid (sort {$reads{$b}{bytes_read} <=>
+			       $reads{$a}{bytes_read}} keys %reads) {
+	my $comm = $reads{$pid}{comm};
+	my $total_reads = $reads{$pid}{total_reads};
+	my $bytes_requested = $reads{$pid}{bytes_requested};
+	my $bytes_read = $reads{$pid}{bytes_read};
+
+	printf("%6s  %-20s  %10s  %10s  %10s\n", $pid, $comm,
+	       $total_reads, $bytes_requested, $bytes_read);
+
+	if (++$count == $nlines) {
+	    last;
+	}
+    }
+
+    $count = 0;
+
+    printf("\nwrite counts by pid:\n\n");
+
+    printf("%6s  %20s  %10s  %13s\n", "pid", "comm",
+	   "# writes", "bytes_written");
+    printf("%6s  %-20s  %10s  %13s\n", "------", "--------------------",
+	   "----------", "-------------");
+
+    foreach my $pid (sort {$writes{$b}{bytes_written} <=>
+			       $writes{$a}{bytes_written}} keys %writes) {
+	my $comm = $writes{$pid}{comm};
+	my $total_writes = $writes{$pid}{total_writes};
+	my $bytes_written = $writes{$pid}{bytes_written};
+
+	printf("%6s  %-20s  %10s  %13s\n", $pid, $comm,
+	       $total_writes, $bytes_written);
+
+	if (++$count == $nlines) {
+	    last;
+	}
+    }
+
+    %reads = ();
+    %writes = ();
+    alarm $interval;
+}
+
+my %unhandled;
+
+sub print_unhandled
+{
+    if ((scalar keys %unhandled) == 0) {
+	return;
+    }
+
+    print "\nunhandled events:\n\n";
+
+    printf("%-40s  %10s\n", "event", "count");
+    printf("%-40s  %10s\n", "----------------------------------------",
+	   "-----------");
+
+    foreach my $event_name (keys %unhandled) {
+	printf("%-40s  %10d\n", $event_name, $unhandled{$event_name});
+    }
+}
+
+sub trace_unhandled
+{
+    my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	$common_pid, $common_comm) = @_;
+
+    $unhandled{$event_name}++;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
index 83e91435ed0..9689bc0acd9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace/Util.py
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ def nsecs_nsecs(nsecs):
 def nsecs_str(nsecs):
     str = "%5u.%09u" % (nsecs_secs(nsecs), nsecs_nsecs(nsecs)),
     return str
+
+def clear_term():
+    print("\x1b[H\x1b[2J")
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-record b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-record
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27ccffa26ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-record
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter $@
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b01c842ae7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/bin/sctop-report
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# description: syscall top
+# args: [comm] [interval]
+n_args=0
+for i in "$@"
+do
+    if expr match "$i" "-" > /dev/null ; then
+	break
+    fi
+    n_args=$(( $n_args + 1 ))
+done
+if [ "$n_args" -gt 2 ] ; then
+    echo "usage: sctop-report [comm] [interval]"
+    exit
+fi
+if [ "$n_args" -gt 1 ] ; then
+    comm=$1
+    interval=$2
+    shift 2
+elif [ "$n_args" -gt 0 ] ; then
+    interval=$1
+    shift
+fi
+perf trace $@ -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/sctop.py $comm $interval
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/sctop.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/sctop.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cafad40c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/sctop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# system call top
+# (c) 2010, Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+#
+# Periodically displays system-wide system call totals, broken down by
+# syscall.  If a [comm] arg is specified, only syscalls called by
+# [comm] are displayed. If an [interval] arg is specified, the display
+# will be refreshed every [interval] seconds.  The default interval is
+# 3 seconds.
+
+import thread
+import time
+import os
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(os.environ['PERF_EXEC_PATH'] + \
+	'/scripts/python/Perf-Trace-Util/lib/Perf/Trace')
+
+from perf_trace_context import *
+from Core import *
+from Util import *
+
+usage = "perf trace -s syscall-counts.py [comm] [interval]\n";
+
+for_comm = None
+default_interval = 3
+interval = default_interval
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 3:
+	sys.exit(usage)
+
+if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+	for_comm = sys.argv[1]
+	interval = int(sys.argv[2])
+elif len(sys.argv) > 1:
+	try:
+		interval = int(sys.argv[1])
+	except ValueError:
+		for_comm = sys.argv[1]
+		interval = default_interval
+
+syscalls = autodict()
+
+def trace_begin():
+	thread.start_new_thread(print_syscall_totals, (interval,))
+	pass
+
+def raw_syscalls__sys_enter(event_name, context, common_cpu,
+	common_secs, common_nsecs, common_pid, common_comm,
+	id, args):
+	if for_comm is not None:
+		if common_comm != for_comm:
+			return
+	try:
+		syscalls[id] += 1
+	except TypeError:
+		syscalls[id] = 1
+
+def print_syscall_totals(interval):
+	while 1:
+		clear_term()
+		if for_comm is not None:
+			print "\nsyscall events for %s:\n\n" % (for_comm),
+		else:
+			print "\nsyscall events:\n\n",
+
+		print "%-40s  %10s\n" % ("event", "count"),
+		print "%-40s  %10s\n" % ("----------------------------------------", \
+						 "----------"),
+
+		for id, val in sorted(syscalls.iteritems(), key = lambda(k, v): (v, k), \
+					      reverse = True):
+			try:
+				print "%-40d  %10d\n" % (id, val),
+			except TypeError:
+				pass
+		syscalls.clear()
+		time.sleep(interval)