diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
index 52e646e3e873..38dae7465142 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/mem-memcpy.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 static const char	*length_str	= "1MB";
 static const char	*routine	= "default";
-static int		use_clock	= 0;
+static bool		use_clock	= false;
 static int		clock_fd;
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
index 81cee78181fa..da1b2e9f01ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/sched-messaging.c
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@
 
 #define DATASIZE 100
 
-static int use_pipes = 0;
+static bool use_pipes = false;
 static unsigned int loops = 100;
-static unsigned int thread_mode = 0;
+static bool thread_mode = false;
 static unsigned int num_groups = 10;
 
 struct sender_context {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index ee0d91726991..06eaebe10d04 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 
 static char		const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static int		force;
+static bool		force;
 
-static int		full_paths;
+static bool		full_paths;
 
-static int		print_line;
+static bool		print_line;
 
 struct sym_hist {
 	u64		sum;
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('s', "symbol", &sym_hist_filter, "symbol",
 		    "symbol to annotate"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
index 30a05f552c96..f8e3d1852029 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-cache.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const struct option buildid_cache_options[] = {
 		   "file list", "file(s) to add"),
 	OPT_STRING('r', "remove", &remove_name_list_str, "file list",
 		    "file(s) to remove"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index d0675c02f81e..af2ad8b92f76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "util/symbol.h"
 
 static char const *input_name = "perf.data";
-static int force;
+static bool force;
 static bool with_hits;
 
 static const char * const buildid_list_usage[] = {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
 		    "input file name"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 1ea15d8aeed1..3a1d94d75dce 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 static char const *input_old = "perf.data.old",
 		  *input_new = "perf.data";
 static char	  diff__default_sort_order[] = "dso,symbol";
-static int  force;
+static bool  force;
 static bool show_displacement;
 
 static int perf_session__add_hist_entry(struct perf_session *self,
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static const char * const diff_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('m', "displacement", &show_displacement,
 		    "Show position displacement relative to baseline"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
index 215b584007b1..81e3ecc40fc7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-help.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ enum help_format {
 	HELP_FORMAT_WEB,
 };
 
-static int show_all = 0;
+static bool show_all = false;
 static enum help_format help_format = HELP_FORMAT_MAN;
 static struct option builtin_help_options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all", &show_all, "print all available commands"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index e12c844df1e2..6c38e4febf9f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static const char * const lock_usage[] = {
 
 static const struct option lock_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace, "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index b3ba25a910fa..bfc47fff9c59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static const char * const probe_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show parsed arguments, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('l', "list", &params.list_events,
 		    "list up current probe events"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index dc61f1b68b40..9a9513687235 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ static int			output;
 static const char		*output_name			= "perf.data";
 static int			group				=      0;
 static unsigned int		realtime_prio			=      0;
-static int			raw_samples			=      0;
-static int			system_wide			=      0;
+static bool			raw_samples			=  false;
+static bool			system_wide			=  false;
 static int			profile_cpu			=     -1;
 static pid_t			target_pid			=     -1;
 static pid_t			target_tid			=     -1;
 static pid_t			*all_tids			=      NULL;
 static int			thread_num			=      0;
 static pid_t			child_pid			=     -1;
-static int			inherit				=      1;
-static int			force				=      0;
-static int			append_file			=      0;
-static int			call_graph			=      0;
-static int			inherit_stat			=      0;
-static int			no_samples			=      0;
-static int			sample_address			=      0;
-static int			multiplex			=      0;
+static bool			inherit				=   true;
+static bool			force				=  false;
+static bool			append_file			=  false;
+static bool			call_graph			=  false;
+static bool			inherit_stat			=  false;
+static bool			no_samples			=  false;
+static bool			sample_address			=  false;
+static bool			multiplex			=  false;
 static int			multiplex_fd			=     -1;
 
 static long			samples				=      0;
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 			rename(output_name, oldname);
 		}
 	} else {
-		append_file = 0;
+		append_file = false;
 	}
 
 	flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "number of mmap data pages"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph,
 		    "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &inherit_stat,
 		    "per thread counts"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index e93c69a8e720..daee082ab42b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
 static char		const *input_name = "perf.data";
 
-static int		force;
+static bool		force;
 static bool		hide_unresolved;
 static bool		dont_use_callchains;
 
-static int		show_threads;
+static bool		show_threads;
 static struct perf_read_values	show_threads_values;
 
 static char		default_pretty_printing_style[] = "normal";
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static const char * const report_usage[] = {
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
 		    "input file name"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 5e59c0c40c40..09ddc8e6d8e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ static const char * const sched_usage[] = {
 static const struct option sched_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file",
 		    "input file name"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ static const char * const latency_usage[] = {
 static const struct option latency_options[] = {
 	OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
 		   "sort by key(s): runtime, switch, avg, max"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('C', "CPU", &profile_cpu,
 		    "CPU to profile on"),
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ static const char * const replay_usage[] = {
 static const struct option replay_options[] = {
 	OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &replay_repeat,
 		    "repeat the workload replay N times (-1: infinite)"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 1036ca739e6f..e619ac89dff5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ static struct perf_event_attr default_attrs[] = {
 
 };
 
-static int			system_wide			=  0;
+static bool			system_wide			=  false;
 static unsigned int		nr_cpus				=  0;
 static int			run_idx				=  0;
 
 static int			run_count			=  1;
-static int			inherit				=  1;
-static int			scale				=  1;
+static bool			inherit				=  true;
+static bool			scale				=  true;
 static pid_t			target_pid			= -1;
 static pid_t			target_tid			= -1;
 static pid_t			*all_tids			=  NULL;
 static int			thread_num			=  0;
 static pid_t			child_pid			= -1;
-static int			null_run			=  0;
+static bool			null_run			=  false;
 
 static int			*fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('c', "scale", &scale,
 		    "scale/normalize counters"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
 	OPT_INTEGER('r', "repeat", &run_count,
 		    "repeat command and print average + stddev (max: 100)"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 369c1b490a9e..96f4a092df37 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static u64		turbo_frequency;
 
 static u64		first_time, last_time;
 
-static int		power_only;
+static bool		power_only;
 
 
 struct per_pid;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 4abdd9b646b3..40f24dd46ef4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 static int			*fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 
-static int			system_wide			=      0;
+static bool			system_wide			=  false;
 
 static int			default_interval		=      0;
 
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ static int			target_pid			=     -1;
 static int			target_tid			=     -1;
 static pid_t			*all_tids			=      NULL;
 static int			thread_num			=      0;
-static int			inherit				=      0;
+static bool			inherit				=  false;
 static int			profile_cpu			=     -1;
 static int			nr_cpus				=      0;
 static unsigned int		realtime_prio			=      0;
-static int			group				=      0;
+static bool			group				=  false;
 static unsigned int		page_size;
 static unsigned int		mmap_pages			=     16;
 static int			freq				=   1000; /* 1 KHz */
 
 static int			delay_secs			=      2;
-static int			zero                            =      0;
-static int			dump_symtab                     =      0;
+static bool			zero                            =  false;
+static bool			dump_symtab                     =  false;
 
 static bool			hide_kernel_symbols		=  false;
 static bool			hide_user_symbols		=  false;
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ static void handle_keypress(int c)
 			display_weighted = ~display_weighted;
 			break;
 		case 'z':
-			zero = ~zero;
+			zero = !zero;
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
 		    "display this many functions"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('U', "hide_user_symbols", &hide_user_symbols,
 		    "hide user symbols"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 407041d20de0..8fc50d831540 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static const char * const trace_usage[] = {
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
 		    "dump raw trace in ASCII"),
-	OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
+	OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
 		    "be more verbose (show symbol address, etc)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('L', "Latency", &latency_format,
 		    "show latency attributes (irqs/preemption disabled, etc)"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.c b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
index 033d66db863a..dd824cf3b628 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 int verbose = 0;
-int dump_trace = 0;
+bool dump_trace = false;
 
 int eprintf(int level, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/debug.h b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
index 5cb0a1b1401a..047ac3324ebe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/debug.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/debug.h
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_DEBUG_H
 #define __PERF_DEBUG_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "event.h"
 
 extern int verbose;
-extern int dump_trace;
+extern bool dump_trace;
 
 int dump_printf(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf, 1, 2)));
 void trace_event(event_t *event);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
index 79dfa0c34b3c..ed887642460c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
 				break;
 			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
 		case OPTION_BIT:
 		case OPTION_SET_INT:
 		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ static int get_value(struct parse_opt_ctx_t *p,
 		return 0;
 
 	case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		*(bool *)opt->value = unset ? false : true;
+		return 0;
+
+	case OPTION_INCR:
 		*(int *)opt->value = unset ? 0 : *(int *)opt->value + 1;
 		return 0;
 
@@ -478,6 +483,7 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
 		case OPTION_GROUP:
 		case OPTION_BIT:
 		case OPTION_BOOLEAN:
+		case OPTION_INCR:
 		case OPTION_SET_INT:
 		case OPTION_SET_PTR:
 		case OPTION_LONG:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
index 948805af43c2..b2da725f102a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-options.h
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ enum parse_opt_type {
 	OPTION_GROUP,
 	/* options with no arguments */
 	OPTION_BIT,
-	OPTION_BOOLEAN, /* _INCR would have been a better name */
+	OPTION_BOOLEAN,
+	OPTION_INCR,
 	OPTION_SET_INT,
 	OPTION_SET_PTR,
 	/* options with arguments (usually) */
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ struct option {
 #define OPT_GROUP(h)                { .type = OPTION_GROUP, .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_BIT(s, l, v, h, b)      { .type = OPTION_BIT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (b) }
 #define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_BOOLEAN, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h) }
+#define OPT_INCR(s, l, v, h)        { .type = OPTION_INCR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h) }
 #define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { .type = OPTION_SET_INT, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (i) }
 #define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { .type = OPTION_SET_PTR, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h), .defval = (p) }
 #define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { .type = OPTION_INTEGER, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .help = (h) }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
index 3b81250ffedb..17d6d66ed766 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int header_page_overwrite_size;
 int header_page_data_offset;
 int header_page_data_size;
 
-int latency_format;
+bool latency_format;
 
 static char *input_buf;
 static unsigned long long input_buf_ptr;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index c3269b937db4..81f2fd20a0ea 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef __PERF_TRACE_EVENTS_H
 #define __PERF_TRACE_EVENTS_H
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
 #include "parse-events.h"
 
 #define __unused __attribute__((unused))
@@ -241,7 +242,7 @@ extern int header_page_size_size;
 extern int header_page_data_offset;
 extern int header_page_data_size;
 
-extern int latency_format;
+extern bool latency_format;
 
 int parse_header_page(char *buf, unsigned long size);
 int trace_parse_common_type(void *data);