diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 536b0ca..e097c2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
 u64 ring_buffer_time_stamp(int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(int cpu, u64 *ts);
 
+void tracing_on(void);
+void tracing_off(void);
+
 enum ring_buffer_flags {
 	RB_FL_OVERWRITE		= 1 << 0,
 };
diff --git a/kernel/profile.c b/kernel/profile.c
index 9830a03..5b7d1ac 100644
--- a/kernel/profile.c
+++ b/kernel/profile.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-static void __init profile_nop(void *unused)
+static inline void profile_nop(void *unused)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4a39d24..e602057 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@
 };
 
 static int ftrace_filtered;
-static int tracing_on;
 
 static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_new_addrs);
 
@@ -506,13 +505,10 @@
 {
 	int *command = data;
 
-	if (*command & FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS) {
+	if (*command & FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS)
 		ftrace_replace_code(1);
-		tracing_on = 1;
-	} else if (*command & FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS) {
+	else if (*command & FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS)
 		ftrace_replace_code(0);
-		tracing_on = 0;
-	}
 
 	if (*command & FTRACE_UPDATE_TRACE_FUNC)
 		ftrace_update_ftrace_func(ftrace_trace_function);
@@ -677,7 +673,7 @@
 
 	cnt = num_to_init / ENTRIES_PER_PAGE;
 	pr_info("ftrace: allocating %ld entries in %d pages\n",
-		num_to_init, cnt);
+		num_to_init, cnt + 1);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
 		pg->next = (void *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -757,13 +753,11 @@
 	void *p = NULL;
 	loff_t l = -1;
 
-	if (*pos != iter->pos) {
-		for (p = t_next(m, p, &l); p && l < *pos; p = t_next(m, p, &l))
-			;
-	} else {
-		l = *pos;
-		p = t_next(m, p, &l);
-	}
+	if (*pos > iter->pos)
+		*pos = iter->pos;
+
+	l = *pos;
+	p = t_next(m, p, &l);
 
 	return p;
 }
@@ -774,15 +768,21 @@
 
 static int t_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 {
+	struct ftrace_iterator *iter = m->private;
 	struct dyn_ftrace *rec = v;
 	char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!rec)
 		return 0;
 
 	kallsyms_lookup(rec->ip, NULL, NULL, NULL, str);
 
-	seq_printf(m, "%s\n", str);
+	ret = seq_printf(m, "%s\n", str);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		iter->pos--;
+		iter->idx--;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
-	iter->pos = -1;
+	iter->pos = 0;
 
 	ret = seq_open(file, &show_ftrace_seq_ops);
 	if (!ret) {
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
 		iter->pg = ftrace_pages_start;
-		iter->pos = -1;
+		iter->pos = 0;
 		iter->flags = enable ? FTRACE_ITER_FILTER :
 			FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 2f76193..036456c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -16,14 +16,49 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/* Global flag to disable all recording to ring buffers */
+static int ring_buffers_off __read_mostly;
+
+/**
+ * tracing_on - enable all tracing buffers
+ *
+ * This function enables all tracing buffers that may have been
+ * disabled with tracing_off.
+ */
+void tracing_on(void)
+{
+	ring_buffers_off = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracing_off - turn off all tracing buffers
+ *
+ * This function stops all tracing buffers from recording data.
+ * It does not disable any overhead the tracers themselves may
+ * be causing. This function simply causes all recording to
+ * the ring buffers to fail.
+ */
+void tracing_off(void)
+{
+	ring_buffers_off = 1;
+}
+
 /* Up this if you want to test the TIME_EXTENTS and normalization */
 #define DEBUG_SHIFT 0
 
 /* FIXME!!! */
 u64 ring_buffer_time_stamp(int cpu)
 {
+	u64 time;
+
+	preempt_disable_notrace();
 	/* shift to debug/test normalization and TIME_EXTENTS */
-	return sched_clock() << DEBUG_SHIFT;
+	time = sched_clock() << DEBUG_SHIFT;
+	preempt_enable_notrace();
+
+	return time;
 }
 
 void ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(int cpu, u64 *ts)
@@ -503,6 +538,12 @@
 	LIST_HEAD(pages);
 	int i, cpu;
 
+	/*
+	 * Always succeed at resizing a non-existent buffer:
+	 */
+	if (!buffer)
+		return size;
+
 	size = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, BUF_PAGE_SIZE);
 	size *= BUF_PAGE_SIZE;
 	buffer_size = buffer->pages * BUF_PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -1133,6 +1174,9 @@
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	int cpu, resched;
 
+	if (ring_buffers_off)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1249,6 +1293,9 @@
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
 	int cpu, resched;
 
+	if (ring_buffers_off)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
@@ -2070,3 +2117,69 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+rb_simple_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
+	       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int *p = filp->private_data;
+	char buf[64];
+	int r;
+
+	/* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */
+	r = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !*p);
+
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
+		size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int *p = filp->private_data;
+	char buf[64];
+	long val;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buf[cnt] = 0;
+
+	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */
+	*p = !val;
+
+	(*ppos)++;
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static struct file_operations rb_simple_fops = {
+	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
+	.read		= rb_simple_read,
+	.write		= rb_simple_write,
+};
+
+
+static __init int rb_init_debugfs(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	struct dentry *entry;
+
+	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
+
+	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer,
+				    &ring_buffers_off, &rb_simple_fops);
+	if (!entry)
+		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_on' entry\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+fs_initcall(rb_init_debugfs);