diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1d09eb3..ae41f11 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3500,6 +3500,24 @@
 			See also Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt "trace options"
 			section.
 
+	tp_printk[FTRACE]
+			Have the tracepoints sent to printk as well as the
+			tracing ring buffer. This is useful for early boot up
+			where the system hangs or reboots and does not give the
+			option for reading the tracing buffer or performing a
+			ftrace_dump_on_oops.
+
+			To turn off having tracepoints sent to printk,
+			 echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/tracepoint_printk
+			Note, echoing 1 into this file without the
+			tracepoint_printk kernel cmdline option has no effect.
+
+			** CAUTION **
+
+			Having tracepoints sent to printk() and activating high
+			frequency tracepoints such as irq or sched, can cause
+			the system to live lock.
+
 	traceoff_on_warning
 			[FTRACE] enable this option to disable tracing when a
 			warning is hit. This turns off "tracing_on". Tracing can
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index f4bc14b..1da6029 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@
 enum ftrace_dump_mode;
 
 extern enum ftrace_dump_mode ftrace_dump_on_oops;
+extern int tracepoint_printk;
 
 extern void disable_trace_on_warning(void);
 extern int __disable_trace_on_warning;
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4aada6d..bb50c21 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -622,6 +622,13 @@
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "tracepoint_printk",
+		.data		= &tracepoint_printk,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(tracepoint_printk),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
 	{
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ec3ca69..e890d2d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
  */
 bool __read_mostly tracing_selftest_disabled;
 
+/* Pipe tracepoints to printk */
+struct trace_iterator *tracepoint_print_iter;
+int tracepoint_printk;
+
 /* For tracers that don't implement custom flags */
 static struct tracer_opt dummy_tracer_opt[] = {
 	{ }
@@ -193,6 +197,13 @@
 }
 __setup("trace_clock=", set_trace_boot_clock);
 
+static int __init set_tracepoint_printk(char *str)
+{
+	if ((strcmp(str, "=0") != 0 && strcmp(str, "=off") != 0))
+		tracepoint_printk = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("tp_printk", set_tracepoint_printk);
 
 unsigned long long ns2usecs(cycle_t nsec)
 {
@@ -6878,6 +6889,12 @@
 
 void __init trace_init(void)
 {
+	if (tracepoint_printk) {
+		tracepoint_print_iter =
+			kmalloc(sizeof(*tracepoint_print_iter), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (WARN_ON(!tracepoint_print_iter))
+			tracepoint_printk = 0;
+	}
 	tracer_alloc_buffers();
 	init_ftrace_syscalls();
 	trace_event_init();	
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index c138c14..8de48ba 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1313,5 +1313,6 @@
 static inline void __init trace_event_init(void) { }
 #endif
 
+extern struct trace_iterator *tracepoint_print_iter;
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index fd9deb0..9f7175a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -212,8 +212,40 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ftrace_event_buffer_reserve);
 
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tracepoint_iter_lock);
+
+static void output_printk(struct ftrace_event_buffer *fbuffer)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_call *event_call;
+	struct trace_event *event;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct trace_iterator *iter = tracepoint_print_iter;
+
+	if (!iter)
+		return;
+
+	event_call = fbuffer->ftrace_file->event_call;
+	if (!event_call || !event_call->event.funcs ||
+	    !event_call->event.funcs->trace)
+		return;
+
+	event = &fbuffer->ftrace_file->event_call->event;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tracepoint_iter_lock, flags);
+	trace_seq_init(&iter->seq);
+	iter->ent = fbuffer->entry;
+	event_call->event.funcs->trace(iter, 0, event);
+	trace_seq_putc(&iter->seq, 0);
+	printk("%s", iter->seq.buffer);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tracepoint_iter_lock, flags);
+}
+
 void ftrace_event_buffer_commit(struct ftrace_event_buffer *fbuffer)
 {
+	if (tracepoint_printk)
+		output_printk(fbuffer);
+
 	event_trigger_unlock_commit(fbuffer->ftrace_file, fbuffer->buffer,
 				    fbuffer->event, fbuffer->entry,
 				    fbuffer->flags, fbuffer->pc);