diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
index 3c15744..e6cb147 100644
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/check-perf-trace-record
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e kmem:kmalloc -e irq:softirq_entry
+perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e kmem:kmalloc -e irq:softirq_entry -e kmem:kfree
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-record b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-record
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8885d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-record
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+perf record -c 1 -f -a -M -R -e raw_syscalls:sys_exit
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bfc660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/bin/failed-syscalls-report
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# description: system-wide failed syscalls
+# args: [comm]
+perf trace -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl $1
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18e7e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perl/failed-syscalls.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# failed system call counts
+# (c) 2010, Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+#
+# Displays system-wide failed system call totals
+# If a [comm] arg is specified, only syscalls called by [comm] are displayed.
+
+use lib "$ENV{'PERF_EXEC_PATH'}/scripts/perl/Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
+use lib "./Perf-Trace-Util/lib";
+use Perf::Trace::Core;
+use Perf::Trace::Context;
+use Perf::Trace::Util;
+
+my %failed_syscalls;
+
+sub raw_syscalls::sys_exit
+{
+	my ($event_name, $context, $common_cpu, $common_secs, $common_nsecs,
+	    $common_pid, $common_comm,
+	    $id, $ret) = @_;
+
+	if ($ret < 0) {
+	    $failed_syscalls{$common_comm}++;
+	}
+}
+
+sub trace_end
+{
+    printf("\nfailed syscalls by comm:\n\n");
+
+    printf("%-20s  %10s\n", "comm", "# errors");
+    printf("%-20s  %6s  %10s\n", "--------------------", "----------");
+
+    foreach my $comm (sort {$failed_syscalls{$b} <=> $failed_syscalls{$a}}
+		      keys %failed_syscalls) {
+	    printf("%-20s  %10s\n", $comm, $failed_syscalls{$comm});
+    }
+}