diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index c86c074..196fd1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@
 			parameter will force ia64_sal_cache_flush to call
 			ia64_pal_cache_flush instead of SAL_CACHE_FLUSH.
 
+	ftrace=[tracer]
+			[ftrace] will set and start the specified tracer
+			as early as possible in order to facilitate early
+			boot debugging.
+
+	ftrace_dump_on_oops
+			[ftrace] will dump the trace buffers on oops.
+
 	gamecon.map[2|3]=
 			[HW,JOY] Multisystem joystick and NES/SNES/PSX pad
 			support via parallel port (up to 5 devices per port)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 4cf0ab1..27b8a3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
+	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 	select HAVE_KVM if ((X86_32 && !X86_VOYAGER && !X86_VISWS && !X86_NUMAQ) || X86_64)
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB if !X86_VOYAGER
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 2a3dfbd..fa013f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -186,14 +186,10 @@
 	  Add a simple leak tracer to the IOMMU code. This is useful when you
 	  are debugging a buggy device driver that leaks IOMMU mappings.
 
-config MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
-	bool
-
 config MMIOTRACE
 	bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
 	select TRACING
-	select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
 	help
 	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
 	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
index 9e8bc29..f8173ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ftrace.h
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 	 */
 	return addr - 1;
 }
-#endif
-
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_FTRACE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index 28b597e..9134de8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -1157,6 +1157,9 @@
 END(mcount)
 
 ENTRY(ftrace_caller)
+	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
+	jne  ftrace_stub
+
 	pushl %eax
 	pushl %ecx
 	pushl %edx
@@ -1180,6 +1183,9 @@
 #else /* ! CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 
 ENTRY(mcount)
+	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
+	jne  ftrace_stub
+
 	cmpl $ftrace_stub, ftrace_trace_function
 	jnz trace
 .globl ftrace_stub
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index b86f332..08aa6b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 END(mcount)
 
 ENTRY(ftrace_caller)
+	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
+	jne  ftrace_stub
 
 	/* taken from glibc */
 	subq $0x38, %rsp
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@
 
 #else /* ! CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 ENTRY(mcount)
+	cmpl $0, function_trace_stop
+	jne  ftrace_stub
+
 	cmpq $ftrace_stub, ftrace_trace_function
 	jnz trace
 .globl ftrace_stub
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
index 50ea0ac..6914933 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -56,6 +56,133 @@
 	return calc.code;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Modifying code must take extra care. On an SMP machine, if
+ * the code being modified is also being executed on another CPU
+ * that CPU will have undefined results and possibly take a GPF.
+ * We use kstop_machine to stop other CPUS from exectuing code.
+ * But this does not stop NMIs from happening. We still need
+ * to protect against that. We separate out the modification of
+ * the code to take care of this.
+ *
+ * Two buffers are added: An IP buffer and a "code" buffer.
+ *
+ * 1) Put the instruction pointer into the IP buffer
+ *    and the new code into the "code" buffer.
+ * 2) Set a flag that says we are modifying code
+ * 3) Wait for any running NMIs to finish.
+ * 4) Write the code
+ * 5) clear the flag.
+ * 6) Wait for any running NMIs to finish.
+ *
+ * If an NMI is executed, the first thing it does is to call
+ * "ftrace_nmi_enter". This will check if the flag is set to write
+ * and if it is, it will write what is in the IP and "code" buffers.
+ *
+ * The trick is, it does not matter if everyone is writing the same
+ * content to the code location. Also, if a CPU is executing code
+ * it is OK to write to that code location if the contents being written
+ * are the same as what exists.
+ */
+
+static atomic_t in_nmi = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+static int mod_code_status;		/* holds return value of text write */
+static int mod_code_write;		/* set when NMI should do the write */
+static void *mod_code_ip;		/* holds the IP to write to */
+static void *mod_code_newcode;		/* holds the text to write to the IP */
+
+static unsigned nmi_wait_count;
+static atomic_t nmi_update_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+int ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(char *buf, int size)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = snprintf(buf, size, "%u %u",
+		     nmi_wait_count,
+		     atomic_read(&nmi_update_count));
+	return r;
+}
+
+static void ftrace_mod_code(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Yes, more than one CPU process can be writing to mod_code_status.
+	 *    (and the code itself)
+	 * But if one were to fail, then they all should, and if one were
+	 * to succeed, then they all should.
+	 */
+	mod_code_status = probe_kernel_write(mod_code_ip, mod_code_newcode,
+					     MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
+
+}
+
+void ftrace_nmi_enter(void)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&in_nmi);
+	/* Must have in_nmi seen before reading write flag */
+	smp_mb();
+	if (mod_code_write) {
+		ftrace_mod_code();
+		atomic_inc(&nmi_update_count);
+	}
+}
+
+void ftrace_nmi_exit(void)
+{
+	/* Finish all executions before clearing in_nmi */
+	smp_wmb();
+	atomic_dec(&in_nmi);
+}
+
+static void wait_for_nmi(void)
+{
+	int waited = 0;
+
+	while (atomic_read(&in_nmi)) {
+		waited = 1;
+		cpu_relax();
+	}
+
+	if (waited)
+		nmi_wait_count++;
+}
+
+static int
+do_ftrace_mod_code(unsigned long ip, void *new_code)
+{
+	mod_code_ip = (void *)ip;
+	mod_code_newcode = new_code;
+
+	/* The buffers need to be visible before we let NMIs write them */
+	smp_wmb();
+
+	mod_code_write = 1;
+
+	/* Make sure write bit is visible before we wait on NMIs */
+	smp_mb();
+
+	wait_for_nmi();
+
+	/* Make sure all running NMIs have finished before we write the code */
+	smp_mb();
+
+	ftrace_mod_code();
+
+	/* Make sure the write happens before clearing the bit */
+	smp_wmb();
+
+	mod_code_write = 0;
+
+	/* make sure NMIs see the cleared bit */
+	smp_mb();
+
+	wait_for_nmi();
+
+	return mod_code_status;
+}
+
+
 int
 ftrace_modify_code(unsigned long ip, unsigned char *old_code,
 		   unsigned char *new_code)
@@ -81,7 +208,7 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* replace the text with the new text */
-	if (probe_kernel_write((void *)ip, new_code, MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
+	if (do_ftrace_mod_code(ip, new_code))
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	sync_core();
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
index fea4565..d8cc96a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/Makefile
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_HIGHMEM)		+= highmem_32.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_MMIOTRACE_HOOKS)	+= kmmio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMIOTRACE)		+= mmiotrace.o
-mmiotrace-y			:= pf_in.o mmio-mod.o
+mmiotrace-y			:= kmmio.o pf_in.o mmio-mod.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMIOTRACE_TEST)	+= testmmiotrace.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)		+= numa_$(BITS).o
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
index 31e8730..4152d3c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/fault.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 static inline int kmmio_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long addr)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMIOTRACE
 	if (unlikely(is_kmmio_active()))
 		if (kmmio_handler(regs, addr) == 1)
 			return -1;
diff --git a/drivers/char/sysrq.c b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
index ce0d9da..94966ed 100644
--- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c
+++ b/drivers/char/sysrq.c
@@ -274,6 +274,22 @@
 	.enable_mask	= SYSRQ_ENABLE_DUMP,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+
+static void sysrq_ftrace_dump(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	ftrace_dump();
+}
+static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_ftrace_dump_op = {
+	.handler	= sysrq_ftrace_dump,
+	.help_msg	= "dumpZ-ftrace-buffer",
+	.action_msg	= "Dump ftrace buffer",
+	.enable_mask	= SYSRQ_ENABLE_DUMP,
+};
+#else
+#define sysrq_ftrace_dump_op (*(struct sysrq_key_op *)0)
+#endif
 
 static void sysrq_handle_showmem(int key, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
@@ -406,7 +422,7 @@
 	NULL,				/* x */
 	/* y: May be registered on sparc64 for global register dump */
 	NULL,				/* y */
-	NULL				/* z */
+	&sysrq_ftrace_dump_op,		/* z */
 };
 
 /* key2index calculation, -1 on invalid index */
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index 703eb53..1f5608c 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -23,6 +23,34 @@
 	struct ftrace_ops *next;
 };
 
+extern int function_trace_stop;
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_stop - stop function tracer.
+ *
+ * A quick way to stop the function tracer. Note this an on off switch,
+ * it is not something that is recursive like preempt_disable.
+ * This does not disable the calling of mcount, it only stops the
+ * calling of functions from mcount.
+ */
+static inline void ftrace_stop(void)
+{
+	function_trace_stop = 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_start - start the function tracer.
+ *
+ * This function is the inverse of ftrace_stop. This does not enable
+ * the function tracing if the function tracer is disabled. This only
+ * sets the function tracer flag to continue calling the functions
+ * from mcount.
+ */
+static inline void ftrace_start(void)
+{
+	function_trace_stop = 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * The ftrace_ops must be a static and should also
  * be read_mostly.  These functions do modify read_mostly variables
@@ -41,10 +69,11 @@
 # define unregister_ftrace_function(ops) do { } while (0)
 # define clear_ftrace_function(ops) do { } while (0)
 static inline void ftrace_kill(void) { }
+static inline void ftrace_stop(void) { }
+static inline void ftrace_start(void) { }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-
 enum {
 	FTRACE_FL_FREE		= (1 << 0),
 	FTRACE_FL_FAILED	= (1 << 1),
@@ -74,6 +103,9 @@
 extern void ftrace_call(void);
 extern void mcount_call(void);
 
+/* May be defined in arch */
+extern int ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(char *buf, int size);
+
 /**
  * ftrace_modify_code - modify code segment
  * @ip: the address of the code segment
@@ -102,7 +134,6 @@
 
 extern void ftrace_disable_daemon(void);
 extern void ftrace_enable_daemon(void);
-
 #else
 # define skip_trace(ip)				({ 0; })
 # define ftrace_force_update()			({ 0; })
@@ -181,6 +212,11 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
+extern int ftrace_dump_on_oops;
+
+extern void tracing_start(void);
+extern void tracing_stop(void);
+
 extern void
 ftrace_special(unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2, unsigned long arg3);
 
@@ -211,6 +247,8 @@
 static inline int
 ftrace_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 0)));
 
+static inline void tracing_start(void) { }
+static inline void tracing_stop(void) { }
 static inline int
 ftrace_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
@@ -229,6 +267,11 @@
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+ * Structure which defines the trace of an initcall.
+ * You don't have to fill the func field since it is
+ * only used internally by the tracer.
+ */
 struct boot_trace {
 	pid_t			caller;
 	char			func[KSYM_NAME_LEN];
@@ -239,13 +282,28 @@
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_TRACER
+/* Append the trace on the ring-buffer */
 extern void trace_boot(struct boot_trace *it, initcall_t fn);
+
+/* Tells the tracer that smp_pre_initcall is finished.
+ * So we can start the tracing
+ */
 extern void start_boot_trace(void);
-extern void stop_boot_trace(void);
+
+/* Resume the tracing of other necessary events
+ * such as sched switches
+ */
+extern void enable_boot_trace(void);
+
+/* Suspend this tracing. Actually, only sched_switches tracing have
+ * to be suspended. Initcalls doesn't need it.)
+ */
+extern void disable_boot_trace(void);
 #else
 static inline void trace_boot(struct boot_trace *it, initcall_t fn) { }
 static inline void start_boot_trace(void) { }
-static inline void stop_boot_trace(void) { }
+static inline void enable_boot_trace(void) { }
+static inline void disable_boot_trace(void) { }
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_irq.h b/include/linux/ftrace_irq.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1299d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_irq.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_FTRACE_IRQ_H
+#define _LINUX_FTRACE_IRQ_H
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
+extern void ftrace_nmi_enter(void);
+extern void ftrace_nmi_exit(void);
+#else
+static inline void ftrace_nmi_enter(void) { }
+static inline void ftrace_nmi_exit(void) { }
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_FTRACE_IRQ_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/hardirq.h b/include/linux/hardirq.h
index 181006c..89a56d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/hardirq.h
+++ b/include/linux/hardirq.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/preempt.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/lockdep.h>
+#include <linux/ftrace_irq.h>
 #include <asm/hardirq.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
@@ -161,7 +162,17 @@
  */
 extern void irq_exit(void);
 
-#define nmi_enter()		do { lockdep_off(); __irq_enter(); } while (0)
-#define nmi_exit()		do { __irq_exit(); lockdep_on(); } while (0)
+#define nmi_enter()				\
+	do {					\
+		ftrace_nmi_enter();		\
+		lockdep_off();			\
+		__irq_enter();			\
+	} while (0)
+#define nmi_exit()				\
+	do {					\
+		__irq_exit();			\
+		lockdep_on();			\
+		ftrace_nmi_exit();		\
+	} while (0)
 
 #endif /* LINUX_HARDIRQ_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/marker.h b/include/linux/marker.h
index 889196c..4cf4547 100644
--- a/include/linux/marker.h
+++ b/include/linux/marker.h
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
 
 extern void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata,
 	void *call_private, ...);
-extern void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata,
-	void *call_private, ...);
 
 /*
  * Connect a probe to a marker.
diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index c5bb39c..63064e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@
  */
 extern int tracepoint_probe_unregister(const char *name, void *probe);
 
+extern int tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate(const char *name, void *probe);
+extern int tracepoint_probe_unregister_noupdate(const char *name, void *probe);
+extern void tracepoint_probe_update_all(void);
+
 struct tracepoint_iter {
 	struct module *module;
 	struct tracepoint *tracepoint;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 7e117a2..4b03cd5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@
 		it.caller = task_pid_nr(current);
 		printk("calling  %pF @ %i\n", fn, it.caller);
 		it.calltime = ktime_get();
+		enable_boot_trace();
 	}
 
 	it.result = fn();
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@
 		printk("initcall %pF returned %d after %Ld usecs\n", fn,
 			it.result, it.duration);
 		trace_boot(&it, fn);
+		disable_boot_trace();
 	}
 
 	msgbuf[0] = 0;
@@ -882,7 +884,7 @@
 	 * we're essentially up and running. Get rid of the
 	 * initmem segments and start the user-mode stuff..
 	 */
-	stop_boot_trace();
+
 	init_post();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/marker.c b/kernel/marker.c
index e9c6b2b..2898b64 100644
--- a/kernel/marker.c
+++ b/kernel/marker.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
  */
 #define MARKER_HASH_BITS 6
 #define MARKER_TABLE_SIZE (1 << MARKER_HASH_BITS)
+static struct hlist_head marker_table[MARKER_TABLE_SIZE];
 
 /*
  * Note about RCU :
@@ -64,11 +65,10 @@
 	void *oldptr;
 	int rcu_pending;
 	unsigned char ptype:1;
+	unsigned char format_allocated:1;
 	char name[0];	/* Contains name'\0'format'\0' */
 };
 
-static struct hlist_head marker_table[MARKER_TABLE_SIZE];
-
 /**
  * __mark_empty_function - Empty probe callback
  * @probe_private: probe private data
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
  *
  * Should be connected to markers "MARK_NOARGS".
  */
-void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...)
+static void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;	/* not initialized */
 	char ptype;
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(marker_probe_cb_noarg);
 
 static void free_old_closure(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
@@ -416,6 +415,7 @@
 	e->single.probe_private = NULL;
 	e->multi = NULL;
 	e->ptype = 0;
+	e->format_allocated = 0;
 	e->refcount = 0;
 	e->rcu_pending = 0;
 	hlist_add_head(&e->hlist, head);
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@
 	if (e->single.func != __mark_empty_function)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	hlist_del(&e->hlist);
+	if (e->format_allocated)
+		kfree(e->format);
 	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
 	if (e->rcu_pending)
 		rcu_barrier_sched();
@@ -457,57 +459,34 @@
 /*
  * Set the mark_entry format to the format found in the element.
  */
-static int marker_set_format(struct marker_entry **entry, const char *format)
+static int marker_set_format(struct marker_entry *entry, const char *format)
 {
-	struct marker_entry *e;
-	size_t name_len = strlen((*entry)->name) + 1;
-	size_t format_len = strlen(format) + 1;
-
-
-	e = kmalloc(sizeof(struct marker_entry) + name_len + format_len,
-			GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!e)
+	entry->format = kstrdup(format, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!entry->format)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	memcpy(&e->name[0], (*entry)->name, name_len);
-	e->format = &e->name[name_len];
-	memcpy(e->format, format, format_len);
-	if (strcmp(e->format, MARK_NOARGS) == 0)
-		e->call = marker_probe_cb_noarg;
-	else
-		e->call = marker_probe_cb;
-	e->single = (*entry)->single;
-	e->multi = (*entry)->multi;
-	e->ptype = (*entry)->ptype;
-	e->refcount = (*entry)->refcount;
-	e->rcu_pending = 0;
-	hlist_add_before(&e->hlist, &(*entry)->hlist);
-	hlist_del(&(*entry)->hlist);
-	/* Make sure the call_rcu has been executed */
-	if ((*entry)->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-	kfree(*entry);
-	*entry = e;
+	entry->format_allocated = 1;
+
 	trace_mark(core_marker_format, "name %s format %s",
-			e->name, e->format);
+			entry->name, entry->format);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * Sets the probe callback corresponding to one marker.
  */
-static int set_marker(struct marker_entry **entry, struct marker *elem,
+static int set_marker(struct marker_entry *entry, struct marker *elem,
 		int active)
 {
 	int ret;
-	WARN_ON(strcmp((*entry)->name, elem->name) != 0);
+	WARN_ON(strcmp(entry->name, elem->name) != 0);
 
-	if ((*entry)->format) {
-		if (strcmp((*entry)->format, elem->format) != 0) {
+	if (entry->format) {
+		if (strcmp(entry->format, elem->format) != 0) {
 			printk(KERN_NOTICE
 				"Format mismatch for probe %s "
 				"(%s), marker (%s)\n",
-				(*entry)->name,
-				(*entry)->format,
+				entry->name,
+				entry->format,
 				elem->format);
 			return -EPERM;
 		}
@@ -523,34 +502,33 @@
 	 * pass from a "safe" callback (with argument) to an "unsafe"
 	 * callback (does not set arguments).
 	 */
-	elem->call = (*entry)->call;
+	elem->call = entry->call;
 	/*
 	 * Sanity check :
 	 * We only update the single probe private data when the ptr is
 	 * set to a _non_ single probe! (0 -> 1 and N -> 1, N != 1)
 	 */
 	WARN_ON(elem->single.func != __mark_empty_function
-		&& elem->single.probe_private
-		!= (*entry)->single.probe_private &&
-		!elem->ptype);
-	elem->single.probe_private = (*entry)->single.probe_private;
+		&& elem->single.probe_private != entry->single.probe_private
+		&& !elem->ptype);
+	elem->single.probe_private = entry->single.probe_private;
 	/*
 	 * Make sure the private data is valid when we update the
 	 * single probe ptr.
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
-	elem->single.func = (*entry)->single.func;
+	elem->single.func = entry->single.func;
 	/*
 	 * We also make sure that the new probe callbacks array is consistent
 	 * before setting a pointer to it.
 	 */
-	rcu_assign_pointer(elem->multi, (*entry)->multi);
+	rcu_assign_pointer(elem->multi, entry->multi);
 	/*
 	 * Update the function or multi probe array pointer before setting the
 	 * ptype.
 	 */
 	smp_wmb();
-	elem->ptype = (*entry)->ptype;
+	elem->ptype = entry->ptype;
 	elem->state = active;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -594,8 +572,7 @@
 	for (iter = begin; iter < end; iter++) {
 		mark_entry = get_marker(iter->name);
 		if (mark_entry) {
-			set_marker(&mark_entry, iter,
-					!!mark_entry->refcount);
+			set_marker(mark_entry, iter, !!mark_entry->refcount);
 			/*
 			 * ignore error, continue
 			 */
@@ -657,7 +634,7 @@
 			ret = PTR_ERR(entry);
 	} else if (format) {
 		if (!entry->format)
-			ret = marker_set_format(&entry, format);
+			ret = marker_set_format(entry, format);
 		else if (strcmp(entry->format, format))
 			ret = -EPERM;
 	}
@@ -848,8 +825,6 @@
 			if (!e->ptype) {
 				if (num == 0 && e->single.func == probe)
 					return e->single.probe_private;
-				else
-					break;
 			} else {
 				struct marker_probe_closure *closure;
 				int match = 0;
@@ -861,6 +836,7 @@
 						return closure[i].probe_private;
 				}
 			}
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 9d048fa..65d4a9b 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -484,6 +484,16 @@
 		.proc_handler	= &ftrace_enable_sysctl,
 	},
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= CTL_UNNUMBERED,
+		.procname	= "ftrace_dump_on_oops",
+		.data		= &ftrace_dump_on_oops,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
+	},
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= KERN_MODPROBE,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 33dbefd..fc4febc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	bool
 
+config HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
+	bool
+	help
+	 This gets selected when the arch tests the function_trace_stop
+	 variable at the mcount call site. Otherwise, this variable
+	 is tested by the called function.
+
 config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4a39d24..4d2e751 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 int ftrace_enabled __read_mostly;
 static int last_ftrace_enabled;
 
+/* Quick disabling of function tracer. */
+int function_trace_stop;
+
 /*
  * ftrace_disabled is set when an anomaly is discovered.
  * ftrace_disabled is much stronger than ftrace_enabled.
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@
 
 static struct ftrace_ops *ftrace_list __read_mostly = &ftrace_list_end;
 ftrace_func_t ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
+ftrace_func_t __ftrace_trace_function __read_mostly = ftrace_stub;
 
 static void ftrace_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
@@ -88,8 +92,23 @@
 void clear_ftrace_function(void)
 {
 	ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
+	__ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_stub;
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
+/*
+ * For those archs that do not test ftrace_trace_stop in their
+ * mcount call site, we need to do it from C.
+ */
+static void ftrace_test_stop_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
+{
+	if (function_trace_stop)
+		return;
+
+	__ftrace_trace_function(ip, parent_ip);
+}
+#endif
+
 static int __register_ftrace_function(struct ftrace_ops *ops)
 {
 	/* should not be called from interrupt context */
@@ -110,10 +129,18 @@
 		 * For one func, simply call it directly.
 		 * For more than one func, call the chain.
 		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST
 		if (ops->next == &ftrace_list_end)
 			ftrace_trace_function = ops->func;
 		else
 			ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_list_func;
+#else
+		if (ops->next == &ftrace_list_end)
+			__ftrace_trace_function = ops->func;
+		else
+			__ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_list_func;
+		ftrace_trace_function = ftrace_test_stop_func;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
@@ -526,7 +553,7 @@
 }
 
 static ftrace_func_t saved_ftrace_func;
-static int ftrace_start;
+static int ftrace_start_up;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(ftrace_start_lock);
 
 static void ftrace_startup(void)
@@ -537,8 +564,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_start_lock);
-	ftrace_start++;
-	if (ftrace_start == 1)
+	ftrace_start_up++;
+	if (ftrace_start_up == 1)
 		command |= FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS;
 
 	if (saved_ftrace_func != ftrace_trace_function) {
@@ -562,8 +589,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_start_lock);
-	ftrace_start--;
-	if (!ftrace_start)
+	ftrace_start_up--;
+	if (!ftrace_start_up)
 		command |= FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS;
 
 	if (saved_ftrace_func != ftrace_trace_function) {
@@ -589,8 +616,8 @@
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_start_lock);
 	/* Force update next time */
 	saved_ftrace_func = NULL;
-	/* ftrace_start is true if we want ftrace running */
-	if (ftrace_start)
+	/* ftrace_start_up is true if we want ftrace running */
+	if (ftrace_start_up)
 		command |= FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS;
 
 	ftrace_run_update_code(command);
@@ -605,8 +632,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_start_lock);
-	/* ftrace_start is true if ftrace is running */
-	if (ftrace_start)
+	/* ftrace_start_up is true if ftrace is running */
+	if (ftrace_start_up)
 		command |= FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS;
 
 	ftrace_run_update_code(command);
@@ -738,6 +765,9 @@
 		    ((iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_FAILURES) &&
 		     !(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FAILED)) ||
 
+		    ((iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_FILTER) &&
+		     !(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_FILTER)) ||
+
 		    ((iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE) &&
 		     !(rec->flags & FTRACE_FL_NOTRACE))) {
 			rec = NULL;
@@ -1186,7 +1216,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_sysctl_lock);
 	mutex_lock(&ftrace_start_lock);
-	if (iter->filtered && ftrace_start && ftrace_enabled)
+	if (iter->filtered && ftrace_start_up && ftrace_enabled)
 		ftrace_run_update_code(FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS);
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_start_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_sysctl_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 2f76193..ee9b93d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
+#include "trace.h"
+
 /* Up this if you want to test the TIME_EXTENTS and normalization */
 #define DEBUG_SHIFT 0
 
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@
 struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
 	int				cpu;
 	struct ring_buffer		*buffer;
-	spinlock_t			lock;
+	raw_spinlock_t			lock;
 	struct lock_class_key		lock_key;
 	struct list_head		pages;
 	struct buffer_page		*head_page;	/* read from head */
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@
 
 	cpu_buffer->cpu = cpu;
 	cpu_buffer->buffer = buffer;
-	spin_lock_init(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+	cpu_buffer->lock = (raw_spinlock_t)__RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpu_buffer->pages);
 
 	page = kzalloc_node(ALIGN(sizeof(*page), cache_line_size()),
@@ -852,7 +854,8 @@
 	if (write > BUF_PAGE_SIZE) {
 		struct buffer_page *next_page = tail_page;
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 
 		rb_inc_page(cpu_buffer, &next_page);
 
@@ -928,7 +931,8 @@
 			rb_set_commit_to_write(cpu_buffer);
 		}
 
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+		__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 		/* fail and let the caller try again */
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
@@ -951,7 +955,8 @@
 	return event;
 
  out_unlock:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1137,8 +1142,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* If we are tracing schedule, we don't want to recurse */
-	resched = need_resched();
-	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	resched = ftrace_preempt_disable();
 
 	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 
@@ -1169,10 +1173,7 @@
 	return event;
 
  out:
-	if (resched)
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
-	else
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
+	ftrace_preempt_enable(resched);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -1214,12 +1215,9 @@
 	/*
 	 * Only the last preempt count needs to restore preemption.
 	 */
-	if (preempt_count() == 1) {
-		if (per_cpu(rb_need_resched, cpu))
-			preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
-		else
-			preempt_enable_notrace();
-	} else
+	if (preempt_count() == 1)
+		ftrace_preempt_enable(per_cpu(rb_need_resched, cpu));
+	else
 		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1252,8 +1250,7 @@
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	resched = need_resched();
-	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	resched = ftrace_preempt_disable();
 
 	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 
@@ -1279,10 +1276,7 @@
 
 	ret = 0;
  out:
-	if (resched)
-		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
-	else
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
+	ftrace_preempt_enable(resched);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1549,7 +1543,8 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int nr_loops = 0;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 
  again:
 	/*
@@ -1611,7 +1606,8 @@
 	goto again;
 
  out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	return reader;
 }
@@ -1880,9 +1876,11 @@
 	atomic_inc(&cpu_buffer->record_disabled);
 	synchronize_sched();
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 	ring_buffer_iter_reset(iter);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	return iter;
 }
@@ -1968,11 +1966,13 @@
 	if (!cpu_isset(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__raw_spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
 
 	rb_reset_cpu(cpu_buffer);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->lock, flags);
+	__raw_spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->lock);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 697eda3..0c22fe2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@
 unsigned long __read_mostly	tracing_max_latency = (cycle_t)ULONG_MAX;
 unsigned long __read_mostly	tracing_thresh;
 
+
+/*
+ * Kill all tracing for good (never come back).
+ * It is initialized to 1 but will turn to zero if the initialization
+ * of the tracer is successful. But that is the only place that sets
+ * this back to zero.
+ */
+int tracing_disabled = 1;
+
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(local_t, ftrace_cpu_disabled);
 
 static inline void ftrace_disable_cpu(void)
@@ -62,7 +71,36 @@
 #define for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)	\
 	for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, tracing_buffer_mask)
 
-static int tracing_disabled = 1;
+/*
+ * ftrace_dump_on_oops - variable to dump ftrace buffer on oops
+ *
+ * If there is an oops (or kernel panic) and the ftrace_dump_on_oops
+ * is set, then ftrace_dump is called. This will output the contents
+ * of the ftrace buffers to the console.  This is very useful for
+ * capturing traces that lead to crashes and outputing it to a
+ * serial console.
+ *
+ * It is default off, but you can enable it with either specifying
+ * "ftrace_dump_on_oops" in the kernel command line, or setting
+ * /proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_dump_on_oops to true.
+ */
+int ftrace_dump_on_oops;
+
+static int tracing_set_tracer(char *buf);
+
+static int __init set_ftrace(char *str)
+{
+	tracing_set_tracer(str);
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("ftrace", set_ftrace);
+
+static int __init set_ftrace_dump_on_oops(char *str)
+{
+	ftrace_dump_on_oops = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("ftrace_dump_on_oops", set_ftrace_dump_on_oops);
 
 long
 ns2usecs(cycle_t nsec)
@@ -112,6 +150,19 @@
 /* tracer_enabled is used to toggle activation of a tracer */
 static int			tracer_enabled = 1;
 
+/**
+ * tracing_is_enabled - return tracer_enabled status
+ *
+ * This function is used by other tracers to know the status
+ * of the tracer_enabled flag.  Tracers may use this function
+ * to know if it should enable their features when starting
+ * up. See irqsoff tracer for an example (start_irqsoff_tracer).
+ */
+int tracing_is_enabled(void)
+{
+	return tracer_enabled;
+}
+
 /* function tracing enabled */
 int				ftrace_function_enabled;
 
@@ -154,7 +205,7 @@
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(trace_wait);
 
 /* trace_flags holds iter_ctrl options */
-unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT;
+unsigned long trace_flags = TRACE_ITER_PRINT_PARENT | TRACE_ITER_PRINTK;
 
 /**
  * trace_wake_up - wake up tasks waiting for trace input
@@ -213,6 +264,7 @@
 	"stacktrace",
 	"sched-tree",
 	"ftrace_printk",
+	"ftrace_preempt",
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -485,7 +537,6 @@
 	if (type->selftest) {
 		struct tracer *saved_tracer = current_trace;
 		struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
-		int saved_ctrl = tr->ctrl;
 		int i;
 		/*
 		 * Run a selftest on this tracer.
@@ -498,13 +549,11 @@
 			tracing_reset(tr, i);
 		}
 		current_trace = type;
-		tr->ctrl = 0;
 		/* the test is responsible for initializing and enabling */
 		pr_info("Testing tracer %s: ", type->name);
 		ret = type->selftest(type, tr);
 		/* the test is responsible for resetting too */
 		current_trace = saved_tracer;
-		tr->ctrl = saved_ctrl;
 		if (ret) {
 			printk(KERN_CONT "FAILED!\n");
 			goto out;
@@ -581,6 +630,76 @@
 	cmdline_idx = 0;
 }
 
+static int trace_stop_count;
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tracing_start_lock);
+
+/**
+ * tracing_start - quick start of the tracer
+ *
+ * If tracing is enabled but was stopped by tracing_stop,
+ * this will start the tracer back up.
+ */
+void tracing_start(void)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer *buffer;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (tracing_disabled)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
+	if (--trace_stop_count)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (trace_stop_count < 0) {
+		/* Someone screwed up their debugging */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+		trace_stop_count = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+
+	buffer = global_trace.buffer;
+	if (buffer)
+		ring_buffer_record_enable(buffer);
+
+	buffer = max_tr.buffer;
+	if (buffer)
+		ring_buffer_record_enable(buffer);
+
+	ftrace_start();
+ out:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracing_stop - quick stop of the tracer
+ *
+ * Light weight way to stop tracing. Use in conjunction with
+ * tracing_start.
+ */
+void tracing_stop(void)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer *buffer;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	ftrace_stop();
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
+	if (trace_stop_count++)
+		goto out;
+
+	buffer = global_trace.buffer;
+	if (buffer)
+		ring_buffer_record_disable(buffer);
+
+	buffer = max_tr.buffer;
+	if (buffer)
+		ring_buffer_record_disable(buffer);
+
+ out:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tracing_start_lock, flags);
+}
+
 void trace_stop_cmdline_recording(void);
 
 static void trace_save_cmdline(struct task_struct *tsk)
@@ -844,7 +963,7 @@
 	int cpu;
 	int pc;
 
-	if (tracing_disabled || !tr->ctrl)
+	if (tracing_disabled)
 		return;
 
 	pc = preempt_count();
@@ -860,7 +979,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
 static void
-function_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
+function_trace_call_preempt_only(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 	struct trace_array_cpu *data;
@@ -873,8 +992,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	pc = preempt_count();
-	resched = need_resched();
-	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	resched = ftrace_preempt_disable();
 	local_save_flags(flags);
 	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 	data = tr->data[cpu];
@@ -884,10 +1002,38 @@
 		trace_function(tr, data, ip, parent_ip, flags, pc);
 
 	atomic_dec(&data->disabled);
-	if (resched)
-		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
-	else
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
+	ftrace_preempt_enable(resched);
+}
+
+static void
+function_trace_call(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
+	struct trace_array_cpu *data;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	long disabled;
+	int cpu;
+	int pc;
+
+	if (unlikely(!ftrace_function_enabled))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Need to use raw, since this must be called before the
+	 * recursive protection is performed.
+	 */
+	raw_local_irq_save(flags);
+	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
+	data = tr->data[cpu];
+	disabled = atomic_inc_return(&data->disabled);
+
+	if (likely(disabled == 1)) {
+		pc = preempt_count();
+		trace_function(tr, data, ip, parent_ip, flags, pc);
+	}
+
+	atomic_dec(&data->disabled);
+	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static struct ftrace_ops trace_ops __read_mostly =
@@ -898,9 +1044,14 @@
 void tracing_start_function_trace(void)
 {
 	ftrace_function_enabled = 0;
+
+	if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_PREEMPTONLY)
+		trace_ops.func = function_trace_call_preempt_only;
+	else
+		trace_ops.func = function_trace_call;
+
 	register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
-	if (tracer_enabled)
-		ftrace_function_enabled = 1;
+	ftrace_function_enabled = 1;
 }
 
 void tracing_stop_function_trace(void)
@@ -1047,10 +1198,6 @@
 
 	atomic_inc(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
 
-	/* let the tracer grab locks here if needed */
-	if (current_trace->start)
-		current_trace->start(iter);
-
 	if (*pos != iter->pos) {
 		iter->ent = NULL;
 		iter->cpu = 0;
@@ -1077,14 +1224,7 @@
 
 static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 {
-	struct trace_iterator *iter = m->private;
-
 	atomic_dec(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
-
-	/* let the tracer release locks here if needed */
-	if (current_trace && current_trace == iter->trace && iter->trace->stop)
-		iter->trace->stop(iter);
-
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1338,6 +1478,17 @@
 		trace_seq_putc(s, '\n');
 }
 
+static void test_cpu_buff_start(struct trace_iterator *iter)
+{
+	struct trace_seq *s = &iter->seq;
+
+	if (cpu_isset(iter->cpu, iter->started))
+		return;
+
+	cpu_set(iter->cpu, iter->started);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "##### CPU %u buffer started ####\n", iter->cpu);
+}
+
 static enum print_line_t
 print_lat_fmt(struct trace_iterator *iter, unsigned int trace_idx, int cpu)
 {
@@ -1357,6 +1508,8 @@
 	if (entry->type == TRACE_CONT)
 		return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
 
+	test_cpu_buff_start(iter);
+
 	next_entry = find_next_entry(iter, NULL, &next_ts);
 	if (!next_entry)
 		next_ts = iter->ts;
@@ -1472,6 +1625,8 @@
 	if (entry->type == TRACE_CONT)
 		return TRACE_TYPE_HANDLED;
 
+	test_cpu_buff_start(iter);
+
 	comm = trace_find_cmdline(iter->ent->pid);
 
 	t = ns2usecs(iter->ts);
@@ -1917,10 +2072,7 @@
 	m->private = iter;
 
 	/* stop the trace while dumping */
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl) {
-		tracer_enabled = 0;
-		ftrace_function_enabled = 0;
-	}
+	tracing_stop();
 
 	if (iter->trace && iter->trace->open)
 			iter->trace->open(iter);
@@ -1965,14 +2117,7 @@
 		iter->trace->close(iter);
 
 	/* reenable tracing if it was previously enabled */
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl) {
-		tracer_enabled = 1;
-		/*
-		 * It is safe to enable function tracing even if it
-		 * isn't used
-		 */
-		ftrace_function_enabled = 1;
-	}
+	tracing_start();
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	seq_release(inode, file);
@@ -2310,11 +2455,10 @@
 tracing_ctrl_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data;
 	char buf[64];
 	int r;
 
-	r = sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", tr->ctrl);
+	r = sprintf(buf, "%u\n", tracer_enabled);
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
 }
 
@@ -2342,16 +2486,18 @@
 	val = !!val;
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
-	if (tr->ctrl ^ val) {
-		if (val)
+	if (tracer_enabled ^ val) {
+		if (val) {
 			tracer_enabled = 1;
-		else
+			if (current_trace->start)
+				current_trace->start(tr);
+			tracing_start();
+		} else {
 			tracer_enabled = 0;
-
-		tr->ctrl = val;
-
-		if (current_trace && current_trace->ctrl_update)
-			current_trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+			tracing_stop();
+			if (current_trace->stop)
+				current_trace->stop(tr);
+		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
@@ -2377,29 +2523,11 @@
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-tracing_set_trace_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
-			size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+static int tracing_set_tracer(char *buf)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 	struct tracer *t;
-	char buf[max_tracer_type_len+1];
-	int i;
-	size_t ret;
-
-	ret = cnt;
-
-	if (cnt > max_tracer_type_len)
-		cnt = max_tracer_type_len;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	buf[cnt] = 0;
-
-	/* strip ending whitespace. */
-	for (i = cnt - 1; i > 0 && isspace(buf[i]); i--)
-		buf[i] = 0;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	for (t = trace_types; t; t = t->next) {
@@ -2423,6 +2551,33 @@
  out:
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+tracing_set_trace_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
+			size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	char buf[max_tracer_type_len+1];
+	int i;
+	size_t ret;
+
+	if (cnt > max_tracer_type_len)
+		cnt = max_tracer_type_len;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buf[cnt] = 0;
+
+	/* strip ending whitespace. */
+	for (i = cnt - 1; i > 0 && isspace(buf[i]); i--)
+		buf[i] = 0;
+
+	ret = tracing_set_tracer(buf);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = cnt;
+
 	if (ret > 0)
 		filp->f_pos += ret;
 
@@ -2491,6 +2646,10 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	/* trace pipe does not show start of buffer */
+	cpus_setall(iter->started);
+
 	iter->tr = &global_trace;
 	iter->trace = current_trace;
 	filp->private_data = iter;
@@ -2677,7 +2836,6 @@
 	unsigned long val;
 	char buf[64];
 	int ret, cpu;
-	struct trace_array *tr = filp->private_data;
 
 	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2697,12 +2855,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-	if (tr->ctrl) {
-		cnt = -EBUSY;
-		pr_info("ftrace: please disable tracing"
-			" before modifying buffer size\n");
-		goto out;
-	}
+	tracing_stop();
 
 	/* disable all cpu buffers */
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -2750,6 +2903,7 @@
 			atomic_dec(&max_tr.data[cpu]->disabled);
 	}
 
+	tracing_start();
 	max_tr.entries = global_trace.entries;
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
@@ -2772,9 +2926,8 @@
 {
 	char *buf;
 	char *end;
-	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 
-	if (!tr->ctrl || tracing_disabled)
+	if (tracing_disabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cnt > TRACE_BUF_SIZE)
@@ -2840,22 +2993,38 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
-static ssize_t
-tracing_read_long(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
-		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+int __weak ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(char *buf, int size)
 {
-	unsigned long *p = filp->private_data;
-	char buf[64];
-	int r;
-
-	r = sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", *p);
-
-	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
+	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations tracing_read_long_fops = {
+static ssize_t
+tracing_read_dyn_info(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
+		  size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	static char ftrace_dyn_info_buffer[1024];
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(dyn_info_mutex);
+	unsigned long *p = filp->private_data;
+	char *buf = ftrace_dyn_info_buffer;
+	int size = ARRAY_SIZE(ftrace_dyn_info_buffer);
+	int r;
+
+	mutex_lock(&dyn_info_mutex);
+	r = sprintf(buf, "%ld ", *p);
+
+	r += ftrace_arch_read_dyn_info(buf+r, (size-1)-r);
+	buf[r++] = '\n';
+
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&dyn_info_mutex);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static struct file_operations tracing_dyn_info_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
-	.read		= tracing_read_long,
+	.read		= tracing_read_dyn_info,
 };
 #endif
 
@@ -2964,7 +3133,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	entry = debugfs_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer,
 				    &ftrace_update_tot_cnt,
-				    &tracing_read_long_fops);
+				    &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
 	if (!entry)
 		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
 			   "'dyn_ftrace_total_info' entry\n");
@@ -2987,7 +3156,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags, irq_flags;
 	int cpu, len = 0, size, pc;
 
-	if (!tr->ctrl || tracing_disabled)
+	if (tracing_disabled)
 		return 0;
 
 	pc = preempt_count();
@@ -3045,7 +3214,8 @@
 static int trace_panic_handler(struct notifier_block *this,
 			       unsigned long event, void *unused)
 {
-	ftrace_dump();
+	if (ftrace_dump_on_oops)
+		ftrace_dump();
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
@@ -3061,7 +3231,8 @@
 {
 	switch (val) {
 	case DIE_OOPS:
-		ftrace_dump();
+		if (ftrace_dump_on_oops)
+			ftrace_dump();
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -3102,7 +3273,6 @@
 	trace_seq_reset(s);
 }
 
-
 void ftrace_dump(void)
 {
 	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ftrace_dump_lock);
@@ -3220,7 +3390,6 @@
 #endif
 
 	/* All seems OK, enable tracing */
-	global_trace.ctrl = tracer_enabled;
 	tracing_disabled = 0;
 
 	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8465ad0..9781450 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@
 struct trace_array {
 	struct ring_buffer	*buffer;
 	unsigned long		entries;
-	long			ctrl;
 	int			cpu;
 	cycle_t			time_start;
 	struct task_struct	*waiter;
@@ -236,15 +235,14 @@
 	const char		*name;
 	void			(*init)(struct trace_array *tr);
 	void			(*reset)(struct trace_array *tr);
+	void			(*start)(struct trace_array *tr);
+	void			(*stop)(struct trace_array *tr);
 	void			(*open)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 	void			(*pipe_open)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 	void			(*close)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
-	void			(*start)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
-	void			(*stop)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 	ssize_t			(*read)(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 					struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 					size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
-	void			(*ctrl_update)(struct trace_array *tr);
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 	int			(*selftest)(struct tracer *trace,
 					    struct trace_array *tr);
@@ -279,8 +277,11 @@
 	unsigned long		iter_flags;
 	loff_t			pos;
 	long			idx;
+
+	cpumask_t		started;
 };
 
+int tracing_is_enabled(void);
 void trace_wake_up(void);
 void tracing_reset(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu);
 int tracing_open_generic(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
@@ -323,6 +324,9 @@
 
 void tracing_start_cmdline_record(void);
 void tracing_stop_cmdline_record(void);
+void tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace(struct trace_array *tr);
+void tracing_stop_sched_switch_record(void);
+void tracing_start_sched_switch_record(void);
 int register_tracer(struct tracer *type);
 void unregister_tracer(struct tracer *type);
 
@@ -415,8 +419,57 @@
 	TRACE_ITER_STACKTRACE		= 0x100,
 	TRACE_ITER_SCHED_TREE		= 0x200,
 	TRACE_ITER_PRINTK		= 0x400,
+	TRACE_ITER_PREEMPTONLY		= 0x800,
 };
 
 extern struct tracer nop_trace;
 
+/**
+ * ftrace_preempt_disable - disable preemption scheduler safe
+ *
+ * When tracing can happen inside the scheduler, there exists
+ * cases that the tracing might happen before the need_resched
+ * flag is checked. If this happens and the tracer calls
+ * preempt_enable (after a disable), a schedule might take place
+ * causing an infinite recursion.
+ *
+ * To prevent this, we read the need_recshed flag before
+ * disabling preemption. When we want to enable preemption we
+ * check the flag, if it is set, then we call preempt_enable_no_resched.
+ * Otherwise, we call preempt_enable.
+ *
+ * The rational for doing the above is that if need resched is set
+ * and we have yet to reschedule, we are either in an atomic location
+ * (where we do not need to check for scheduling) or we are inside
+ * the scheduler and do not want to resched.
+ */
+static inline int ftrace_preempt_disable(void)
+{
+	int resched;
+
+	resched = need_resched();
+	preempt_disable_notrace();
+
+	return resched;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ftrace_preempt_enable - enable preemption scheduler safe
+ * @resched: the return value from ftrace_preempt_disable
+ *
+ * This is a scheduler safe way to enable preemption and not miss
+ * any preemption checks. The disabled saved the state of preemption.
+ * If resched is set, then we were either inside an atomic or
+ * are inside the scheduler (we would have already scheduled
+ * otherwise). In this case, we do not want to call normal
+ * preempt_enable, but preempt_enable_no_resched instead.
+ */
+static inline void ftrace_preempt_enable(int resched)
+{
+	if (resched)
+		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
+	else
+		preempt_enable_notrace();
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_KERNEL_TRACE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
index d0a5e50..8f71915 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_boot.c
@@ -13,23 +13,38 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 
 static struct trace_array *boot_trace;
-static int trace_boot_enabled;
+static bool pre_initcalls_finished;
 
-
-/* Should be started after do_pre_smp_initcalls() in init/main.c */
+/* Tells the boot tracer that the pre_smp_initcalls are finished.
+ * So we are ready .
+ * It doesn't enable sched events tracing however.
+ * You have to call enable_boot_trace to do so.
+ */
 void start_boot_trace(void)
 {
-	trace_boot_enabled = 1;
+	pre_initcalls_finished = true;
 }
 
-void stop_boot_trace(void)
+void enable_boot_trace(void)
 {
-	trace_boot_enabled = 0;
+	if (pre_initcalls_finished)
+		tracing_start_sched_switch_record();
 }
 
-void reset_boot_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
+void disable_boot_trace(void)
 {
-	stop_boot_trace();
+	if (pre_initcalls_finished)
+		tracing_stop_sched_switch_record();
+}
+
+static void reset_boot_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	int cpu;
+
+	tr->time_start = ftrace_now(tr->cpu);
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		tracing_reset(tr, cpu);
 }
 
 static void boot_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
@@ -37,18 +52,10 @@
 	int cpu;
 	boot_trace = tr;
 
-	trace_boot_enabled = 0;
-
 	for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, cpu_possible_map)
 		tracing_reset(tr, cpu);
-}
 
-static void boot_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
-{
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_boot_trace();
-	else
-		stop_boot_trace();
+	tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static enum print_line_t initcall_print_line(struct trace_iterator *iter)
@@ -87,7 +94,6 @@
 	.name		= "initcall",
 	.init		= boot_trace_init,
 	.reset		= reset_boot_trace,
-	.ctrl_update	= boot_trace_ctrl_update,
 	.print_line	= initcall_print_line,
 };
 
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@
 	unsigned long irq_flags;
 	struct trace_array *tr = boot_trace;
 
-	if (!trace_boot_enabled)
+	if (!pre_initcalls_finished)
 		return;
 
 	/* Get its name now since this function could
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
index 0f85a64..8693b7a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
@@ -44,22 +44,17 @@
 
 static void function_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_function_trace(tr);
+	start_function_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static void function_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		stop_function_trace(tr);
+	stop_function_trace(tr);
 }
 
-static void function_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void function_trace_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_function_trace(tr);
-	else
-		stop_function_trace(tr);
+	function_reset(tr);
 }
 
 static struct tracer function_trace __read_mostly =
@@ -67,7 +62,7 @@
 	.name	     = "function",
 	.init	     = function_trace_init,
 	.reset	     = function_trace_reset,
-	.ctrl_update = function_trace_ctrl_update,
+	.start	     = function_trace_start,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_function,
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
index 9c74071..d919d4e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c
@@ -353,15 +353,28 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PREEMPT_TRACER */
 
+/*
+ * save_tracer_enabled is used to save the state of the tracer_enabled
+ * variable when we disable it when we open a trace output file.
+ */
+static int save_tracer_enabled;
+
 static void start_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
-	tracer_enabled = 1;
+	if (tracing_is_enabled()) {
+		tracer_enabled = 1;
+		save_tracer_enabled = 1;
+	} else {
+		tracer_enabled = 0;
+		save_tracer_enabled = 0;
+	}
 }
 
 static void stop_irqsoff_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	tracer_enabled = 0;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 0;
 	unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
 }
 
@@ -370,36 +383,36 @@
 	irqsoff_trace = tr;
 	/* make sure that the tracer is visible */
 	smp_wmb();
-
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
+	start_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
 }
 
 static void irqsoff_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
+	stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
 }
 
-static void irqsoff_tracer_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void irqsoff_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
-	else
-		stop_irqsoff_tracer(tr);
+	tracer_enabled = 1;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 1;
+}
+
+static void irqsoff_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	tracer_enabled = 0;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 0;
 }
 
 static void irqsoff_tracer_open(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	/* stop the trace while dumping */
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl)
-		stop_irqsoff_tracer(iter->tr);
+	tracer_enabled = 0;
 }
 
 static void irqsoff_tracer_close(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl)
-		start_irqsoff_tracer(iter->tr);
+	/* restart tracing */
+	tracer_enabled = save_tracer_enabled;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER
@@ -414,9 +427,10 @@
 	.name		= "irqsoff",
 	.init		= irqsoff_tracer_init,
 	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
+	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
+	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
 	.open		= irqsoff_tracer_open,
 	.close		= irqsoff_tracer_close,
-	.ctrl_update	= irqsoff_tracer_ctrl_update,
 	.print_max	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_irqsoff,
@@ -440,9 +454,10 @@
 	.name		= "preemptoff",
 	.init		= preemptoff_tracer_init,
 	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
+	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
+	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
 	.open		= irqsoff_tracer_open,
 	.close		= irqsoff_tracer_close,
-	.ctrl_update	= irqsoff_tracer_ctrl_update,
 	.print_max	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptoff,
@@ -468,9 +483,10 @@
 	.name		= "preemptirqsoff",
 	.init		= preemptirqsoff_tracer_init,
 	.reset		= irqsoff_tracer_reset,
+	.start		= irqsoff_tracer_start,
+	.stop		= irqsoff_tracer_stop,
 	.open		= irqsoff_tracer_open,
 	.close		= irqsoff_tracer_close,
-	.ctrl_update	= irqsoff_tracer_ctrl_update,
 	.print_max	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_preemptirqsoff,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
index f284846..51bcf37 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_mmiotrace.c
@@ -34,30 +34,24 @@
 {
 	pr_debug("in %s\n", __func__);
 	mmio_trace_array = tr;
-	if (tr->ctrl) {
-		mmio_reset_data(tr);
-		enable_mmiotrace();
-	}
+
+	mmio_reset_data(tr);
+	enable_mmiotrace();
 }
 
 static void mmio_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	pr_debug("in %s\n", __func__);
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		disable_mmiotrace();
+
+	disable_mmiotrace();
 	mmio_reset_data(tr);
 	mmio_trace_array = NULL;
 }
 
-static void mmio_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void mmio_trace_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	pr_debug("in %s\n", __func__);
-	if (tr->ctrl) {
-		mmio_reset_data(tr);
-		enable_mmiotrace();
-	} else {
-		disable_mmiotrace();
-	}
+	mmio_reset_data(tr);
 }
 
 static int mmio_print_pcidev(struct trace_seq *s, const struct pci_dev *dev)
@@ -298,10 +292,10 @@
 	.name		= "mmiotrace",
 	.init		= mmio_trace_init,
 	.reset		= mmio_trace_reset,
+	.start		= mmio_trace_start,
 	.pipe_open	= mmio_pipe_open,
 	.close		= mmio_close,
 	.read		= mmio_read,
-	.ctrl_update	= mmio_trace_ctrl_update,
 	.print_line	= mmio_print_line,
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c b/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c
index 4592b48..2ef1d22 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_nop.c
@@ -32,23 +32,12 @@
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 		tracing_reset(tr, cpu);
 
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_nop_trace(tr);
+	start_nop_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static void nop_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		stop_nop_trace(tr);
-}
-
-static void nop_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
-{
-	/* When starting a new trace, reset the buffers */
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_nop_trace(tr);
-	else
-		stop_nop_trace(tr);
+	stop_nop_trace(tr);
 }
 
 struct tracer nop_trace __read_mostly =
@@ -56,7 +45,6 @@
 	.name		= "nop",
 	.init		= nop_trace_init,
 	.reset		= nop_trace_reset,
-	.ctrl_update	= nop_trace_ctrl_update,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest	= trace_selftest_startup_nop,
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
index b8f56be..be35bdf 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_switch.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 static struct trace_array	*ctx_trace;
 static int __read_mostly	tracer_enabled;
-static atomic_t			sched_ref;
+static int			sched_ref;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(sched_register_mutex);
 
 static void
 probe_sched_switch(struct rq *__rq, struct task_struct *prev,
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 	int cpu;
 	int pc;
 
-	if (!atomic_read(&sched_ref))
+	if (!sched_ref)
 		return;
 
 	tracing_record_cmdline(prev);
@@ -123,20 +124,18 @@
 
 static void tracing_start_sched_switch(void)
 {
-	long ref;
-
-	ref = atomic_inc_return(&sched_ref);
-	if (ref == 1)
+	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
+	if (!(sched_ref++))
 		tracing_sched_register();
+	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
 }
 
 static void tracing_stop_sched_switch(void)
 {
-	long ref;
-
-	ref = atomic_dec_and_test(&sched_ref);
-	if (ref)
+	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
+	if (!(--sched_ref))
 		tracing_sched_unregister();
+	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
 }
 
 void tracing_start_cmdline_record(void)
@@ -149,40 +148,85 @@
 	tracing_stop_sched_switch();
 }
 
+/**
+ * tracing_start_sched_switch_record - start tracing context switches
+ *
+ * Turns on context switch tracing for a tracer.
+ */
+void tracing_start_sched_switch_record(void)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!ctx_trace)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tracing_start_sched_switch();
+
+	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
+	tracer_enabled++;
+	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracing_stop_sched_switch_record - start tracing context switches
+ *
+ * Turns off context switch tracing for a tracer.
+ */
+void tracing_stop_sched_switch_record(void)
+{
+	mutex_lock(&sched_register_mutex);
+	tracer_enabled--;
+	WARN_ON(tracer_enabled < 0);
+	mutex_unlock(&sched_register_mutex);
+
+	tracing_stop_sched_switch();
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace - assign a trace array for ctx switch
+ * @tr: trace array pointer to assign
+ *
+ * Some tracers might want to record the context switches in their
+ * trace. This function lets those tracers assign the trace array
+ * to use.
+ */
+void tracing_sched_switch_assign_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	ctx_trace = tr;
+}
+
 static void start_sched_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	sched_switch_reset(tr);
-	tracing_start_cmdline_record();
-	tracer_enabled = 1;
+	tracing_start_sched_switch_record();
 }
 
 static void stop_sched_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	tracer_enabled = 0;
-	tracing_stop_cmdline_record();
+	tracing_stop_sched_switch_record();
 }
 
 static void sched_switch_trace_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	ctx_trace = tr;
-
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_sched_trace(tr);
+	start_sched_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static void sched_switch_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
+	if (sched_ref)
 		stop_sched_trace(tr);
 }
 
-static void sched_switch_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void sched_switch_trace_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	/* When starting a new trace, reset the buffers */
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_sched_trace(tr);
-	else
-		stop_sched_trace(tr);
+	sched_switch_reset(tr);
+	tracing_start_sched_switch();
+}
+
+static void sched_switch_trace_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	tracing_stop_sched_switch();
 }
 
 static struct tracer sched_switch_trace __read_mostly =
@@ -190,7 +234,8 @@
 	.name		= "sched_switch",
 	.init		= sched_switch_trace_init,
 	.reset		= sched_switch_trace_reset,
-	.ctrl_update	= sched_switch_trace_ctrl_update,
+	.start		= sched_switch_trace_start,
+	.stop		= sched_switch_trace_stop,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_sched_switch,
 #endif
@@ -198,14 +243,6 @@
 
 __init static int init_sched_switch_trace(void)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	if (atomic_read(&sched_ref))
-		ret = tracing_sched_register();
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_info("error registering scheduler trace\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
 	return register_tracer(&sched_switch_trace);
 }
 device_initcall(init_sched_switch_trace);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
index 3ae93f1..983f2b1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sched_wakeup.c
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	pc = preempt_count();
-	resched = need_resched();
-	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	resched = ftrace_preempt_disable();
 
 	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 	data = tr->data[cpu];
@@ -81,15 +80,7 @@
  out:
 	atomic_dec(&data->disabled);
 
-	/*
-	 * To prevent recursion from the scheduler, if the
-	 * resched flag was set before we entered, then
-	 * don't reschedule.
-	 */
-	if (resched)
-		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
-	else
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
+	ftrace_preempt_enable(resched);
 }
 
 static struct ftrace_ops trace_ops __read_mostly =
@@ -271,6 +262,12 @@
 	atomic_dec(&wakeup_trace->data[cpu]->disabled);
 }
 
+/*
+ * save_tracer_enabled is used to save the state of the tracer_enabled
+ * variable when we disable it when we open a trace output file.
+ */
+static int save_tracer_enabled;
+
 static void start_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -309,7 +306,13 @@
 
 	register_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
 
-	tracer_enabled = 1;
+	if (tracing_is_enabled()) {
+		tracer_enabled = 1;
+		save_tracer_enabled = 1;
+	} else {
+		tracer_enabled = 0;
+		save_tracer_enabled = 0;
+	}
 
 	return;
 fail_deprobe_wake_new:
@@ -321,6 +324,7 @@
 static void stop_wakeup_tracer(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	tracer_enabled = 0;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 0;
 	unregister_ftrace_function(&trace_ops);
 	unregister_trace_sched_switch(probe_wakeup_sched_switch);
 	unregister_trace_sched_wakeup_new(probe_wakeup);
@@ -330,40 +334,42 @@
 static void wakeup_tracer_init(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
 	wakeup_trace = tr;
-
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_wakeup_tracer(tr);
+	start_wakeup_tracer(tr);
 }
 
 static void wakeup_tracer_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl) {
-		stop_wakeup_tracer(tr);
-		/* make sure we put back any tasks we are tracing */
-		wakeup_reset(tr);
-	}
+	stop_wakeup_tracer(tr);
+	/* make sure we put back any tasks we are tracing */
+	wakeup_reset(tr);
 }
 
-static void wakeup_tracer_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
+static void wakeup_tracer_start(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_wakeup_tracer(tr);
-	else
-		stop_wakeup_tracer(tr);
+	wakeup_reset(tr);
+	tracer_enabled = 1;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 1;
+}
+
+static void wakeup_tracer_stop(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	tracer_enabled = 0;
+	save_tracer_enabled = 0;
 }
 
 static void wakeup_tracer_open(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	/* stop the trace while dumping */
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl)
-		stop_wakeup_tracer(iter->tr);
+	tracer_enabled = 0;
 }
 
 static void wakeup_tracer_close(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	/* forget about any processes we were recording */
-	if (iter->tr->ctrl)
-		start_wakeup_tracer(iter->tr);
+	if (save_tracer_enabled) {
+		wakeup_reset(iter->tr);
+		tracer_enabled = 1;
+	}
 }
 
 static struct tracer wakeup_tracer __read_mostly =
@@ -371,9 +377,10 @@
 	.name		= "wakeup",
 	.init		= wakeup_tracer_init,
 	.reset		= wakeup_tracer_reset,
+	.start		= wakeup_tracer_start,
+	.stop		= wakeup_tracer_stop,
 	.open		= wakeup_tracer_open,
 	.close		= wakeup_tracer_close,
-	.ctrl_update	= wakeup_tracer_ctrl_update,
 	.print_max	= 1,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_wakeup,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 90bc752..0728a10 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
 	ftrace_set_filter(func_name, strlen(func_name), 1);
 
 	/* enable tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 
 	/* Sleep for a 1/10 of a second */
@@ -134,13 +133,13 @@
 	msleep(100);
 
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	ftrace_enabled = 0;
 
 	/* check the trace buffer */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	/* we should only have one item */
 	if (!ret && count != 1) {
@@ -148,6 +147,7 @@
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
+
  out:
 	ftrace_enabled = save_ftrace_enabled;
 	tracer_enabled = save_tracer_enabled;
@@ -180,18 +180,17 @@
 	ftrace_enabled = 1;
 	tracer_enabled = 1;
 
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* Sleep for a 1/10 of a second */
 	msleep(100);
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	ftrace_enabled = 0;
 
 	/* check the trace buffer */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	if (!ret && !count) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT ".. no entries found ..");
@@ -223,7 +222,6 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* reset the max latency */
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
@@ -232,13 +230,13 @@
 	udelay(100);
 	local_irq_enable();
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check both trace buffers */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, NULL);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = trace_test_buffer(&max_tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	if (!ret && !count) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT ".. no entries found ..");
@@ -259,8 +257,20 @@
 	unsigned long count;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Now that the big kernel lock is no longer preemptable,
+	 * and this is called with the BKL held, it will always
+	 * fail. If preemption is already disabled, simply
+	 * pass the test. When the BKL is removed, or becomes
+	 * preemptible again, we will once again test this,
+	 * so keep it in.
+	 */
+	if (preempt_count()) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "can not test ... force ");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* reset the max latency */
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
@@ -269,13 +279,13 @@
 	udelay(100);
 	preempt_enable();
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check both trace buffers */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, NULL);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = trace_test_buffer(&max_tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	if (!ret && !count) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT ".. no entries found ..");
@@ -296,8 +306,20 @@
 	unsigned long count;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Now that the big kernel lock is no longer preemptable,
+	 * and this is called with the BKL held, it will always
+	 * fail. If preemption is already disabled, simply
+	 * pass the test. When the BKL is removed, or becomes
+	 * preemptible again, we will once again test this,
+	 * so keep it in.
+	 */
+	if (preempt_count()) {
+		printk(KERN_CONT "can not test ... force ");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 
 	/* reset the max latency */
@@ -312,27 +334,30 @@
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check both trace buffers */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, NULL);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		tracing_start();
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(&max_tr, &count);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		tracing_start();
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (!ret && !count) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT ".. no entries found ..");
 		ret = -1;
+		tracing_start();
 		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* do the test by disabling interrupts first this time */
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 	preempt_disable();
 	local_irq_disable();
 	udelay(100);
@@ -341,8 +366,7 @@
 	local_irq_enable();
 
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check both trace buffers */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, NULL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -358,6 +382,7 @@
 
  out:
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 	tracing_max_latency = save_max;
 
 	return ret;
@@ -423,7 +448,6 @@
 	wait_for_completion(&isrt);
 
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* reset the max latency */
 	tracing_max_latency = 0;
@@ -448,8 +472,7 @@
 	msleep(100);
 
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check both trace buffers */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, NULL);
 	if (!ret)
@@ -457,6 +480,7 @@
 
 
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	tracing_max_latency = save_max;
 
@@ -480,16 +504,15 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* Sleep for a 1/10 of a second */
 	msleep(100);
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check the trace buffer */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	if (!ret && !count) {
 		printk(KERN_CONT ".. no entries found ..");
@@ -508,16 +531,15 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	/* start the tracing */
-	tr->ctrl = 1;
 	trace->init(tr);
 	/* Sleep for a 1/10 of a second */
 	msleep(100);
 	/* stop the tracing. */
-	tr->ctrl = 0;
-	trace->ctrl_update(tr);
+	tracing_stop();
 	/* check the trace buffer */
 	ret = trace_test_buffer(tr, &count);
 	trace->reset(tr);
+	tracing_start();
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index be682b6..d39e8b7 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -107,8 +107,7 @@
 	if (unlikely(!ftrace_enabled || stack_trace_disabled))
 		return;
 
-	resched = need_resched();
-	preempt_disable_notrace();
+	resched = ftrace_preempt_disable();
 
 	cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 	/* no atomic needed, we only modify this variable by this cpu */
@@ -120,10 +119,7 @@
  out:
 	per_cpu(trace_active, cpu)--;
 	/* prevent recursion in schedule */
-	if (resched)
-		preempt_enable_no_resched_notrace();
-	else
-		preempt_enable_notrace();
+	ftrace_preempt_enable(resched);
 }
 
 static struct ftrace_ops trace_ops __read_mostly =
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
index 9587d3b..05f7534 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_sysprof.c
@@ -265,23 +265,12 @@
 {
 	sysprof_trace = tr;
 
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_stack_trace(tr);
+	start_stack_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static void stack_trace_reset(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		stop_stack_trace(tr);
-}
-
-static void stack_trace_ctrl_update(struct trace_array *tr)
-{
-	/* When starting a new trace, reset the buffers */
-	if (tr->ctrl)
-		start_stack_trace(tr);
-	else
-		stop_stack_trace(tr);
+	stop_stack_trace(tr);
 }
 
 static struct tracer stack_trace __read_mostly =
@@ -289,7 +278,6 @@
 	.name		= "sysprof",
 	.init		= stack_trace_init,
 	.reset		= stack_trace_reset,
-	.ctrl_update	= stack_trace_ctrl_update,
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SELFTEST
 	.selftest    = trace_selftest_startup_sysprof,
 #endif
diff --git a/kernel/tracepoint.c b/kernel/tracepoint.c
index af8c856..e96590f 100644
--- a/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
  */
 #define TRACEPOINT_HASH_BITS 6
 #define TRACEPOINT_TABLE_SIZE (1 << TRACEPOINT_HASH_BITS)
+static struct hlist_head tracepoint_table[TRACEPOINT_TABLE_SIZE];
 
 /*
  * Note about RCU :
@@ -54,40 +55,43 @@
 	struct hlist_node hlist;
 	void **funcs;
 	int refcount;	/* Number of times armed. 0 if disarmed. */
-	struct rcu_head rcu;
-	void *oldptr;
-	unsigned char rcu_pending:1;
 	char name[0];
 };
 
-static struct hlist_head tracepoint_table[TRACEPOINT_TABLE_SIZE];
+struct tp_probes {
+	union {
+		struct rcu_head rcu;
+		struct list_head list;
+	} u;
+	void *probes[0];
+};
 
-static void free_old_closure(struct rcu_head *head)
+static inline void *allocate_probes(int count)
 {
-	struct tracepoint_entry *entry = container_of(head,
-		struct tracepoint_entry, rcu);
-	kfree(entry->oldptr);
-	/* Make sure we free the data before setting the pending flag to 0 */
-	smp_wmb();
-	entry->rcu_pending = 0;
+	struct tp_probes *p  = kmalloc(count * sizeof(void *)
+			+ sizeof(struct tp_probes), GFP_KERNEL);
+	return p == NULL ? NULL : p->probes;
 }
 
-static void tracepoint_entry_free_old(struct tracepoint_entry *entry, void *old)
+static void rcu_free_old_probes(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
-	if (!old)
-		return;
-	entry->oldptr = old;
-	entry->rcu_pending = 1;
-	/* write rcu_pending before calling the RCU callback */
-	smp_wmb();
-	call_rcu_sched(&entry->rcu, free_old_closure);
+	kfree(container_of(head, struct tp_probes, u.rcu));
+}
+
+static inline void release_probes(void *old)
+{
+	if (old) {
+		struct tp_probes *tp_probes = container_of(old,
+			struct tp_probes, probes[0]);
+		call_rcu_sched(&tp_probes->u.rcu, rcu_free_old_probes);
+	}
 }
 
 static void debug_print_probes(struct tracepoint_entry *entry)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (!tracepoint_debug)
+	if (!tracepoint_debug || !entry->funcs)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; entry->funcs[i]; i++)
@@ -111,12 +115,13 @@
 				return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 	}
 	/* + 2 : one for new probe, one for NULL func */
-	new = kzalloc((nr_probes + 2) * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new = allocate_probes(nr_probes + 2);
 	if (new == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (old)
 		memcpy(new, old, nr_probes * sizeof(void *));
 	new[nr_probes] = probe;
+	new[nr_probes + 1] = NULL;
 	entry->refcount = nr_probes + 1;
 	entry->funcs = new;
 	debug_print_probes(entry);
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@
 	old = entry->funcs;
 
 	if (!old)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 
 	debug_print_probes(entry);
 	/* (N -> M), (N > 1, M >= 0) probes */
@@ -151,13 +156,13 @@
 		int j = 0;
 		/* N -> M, (N > 1, M > 0) */
 		/* + 1 for NULL */
-		new = kzalloc((nr_probes - nr_del + 1)
-			* sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
+		new = allocate_probes(nr_probes - nr_del + 1);
 		if (new == NULL)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		for (i = 0; old[i]; i++)
 			if ((probe && old[i] != probe))
 				new[j++] = old[i];
+		new[nr_probes - nr_del] = NULL;
 		entry->refcount = nr_probes - nr_del;
 		entry->funcs = new;
 	}
@@ -215,7 +220,6 @@
 	memcpy(&e->name[0], name, name_len);
 	e->funcs = NULL;
 	e->refcount = 0;
-	e->rcu_pending = 0;
 	hlist_add_head(&e->hlist, head);
 	return e;
 }
@@ -224,32 +228,10 @@
  * Remove the tracepoint from the tracepoint hash table. Must be called with
  * mutex_lock held.
  */
-static int remove_tracepoint(const char *name)
+static inline void remove_tracepoint(struct tracepoint_entry *e)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *head;
-	struct hlist_node *node;
-	struct tracepoint_entry *e;
-	int found = 0;
-	size_t len = strlen(name) + 1;
-	u32 hash = jhash(name, len-1, 0);
-
-	head = &tracepoint_table[hash & (TRACEPOINT_TABLE_SIZE - 1)];
-	hlist_for_each_entry(e, node, head, hlist) {
-		if (!strcmp(name, e->name)) {
-			found = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!found)
-		return -ENOENT;
-	if (e->refcount)
-		return -EBUSY;
 	hlist_del(&e->hlist);
-	/* Make sure the call_rcu_sched has been executed */
-	if (e->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
 	kfree(e);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -320,6 +302,23 @@
 	module_update_tracepoints();
 }
 
+static void *tracepoint_add_probe(const char *name, void *probe)
+{
+	struct tracepoint_entry *entry;
+	void *old;
+
+	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
+	if (!entry) {
+		entry = add_tracepoint(name);
+		if (IS_ERR(entry))
+			return entry;
+	}
+	old = tracepoint_entry_add_probe(entry, probe);
+	if (IS_ERR(old) && !entry->refcount)
+		remove_tracepoint(entry);
+	return old;
+}
+
 /**
  * tracepoint_probe_register -  Connect a probe to a tracepoint
  * @name: tracepoint name
@@ -330,44 +329,36 @@
  */
 int tracepoint_probe_register(const char *name, void *probe)
 {
-	struct tracepoint_entry *entry;
-	int ret = 0;
 	void *old;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
-	if (!entry) {
-		entry = add_tracepoint(name);
-		if (IS_ERR(entry)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(entry);
-			goto end;
-		}
-	}
-	/*
-	 * If we detect that a call_rcu_sched is pending for this tracepoint,
-	 * make sure it's executed now.
-	 */
-	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-	old = tracepoint_entry_add_probe(entry, probe);
-	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(old);
-		goto end;
-	}
+	old = tracepoint_add_probe(name, probe);
 	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	if (IS_ERR(old))
+		return PTR_ERR(old);
+
 	tracepoint_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
-	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
-	WARN_ON(!entry);
-	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-	tracepoint_entry_free_old(entry, old);
-end:
-	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	return ret;
+	release_probes(old);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_register);
 
+static void *tracepoint_remove_probe(const char *name, void *probe)
+{
+	struct tracepoint_entry *entry;
+	void *old;
+
+	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
+	if (!entry)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	old = tracepoint_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe);
+	if (IS_ERR(old))
+		return old;
+	if (!entry->refcount)
+		remove_tracepoint(entry);
+	return old;
+}
+
 /**
  * tracepoint_probe_unregister -  Disconnect a probe from a tracepoint
  * @name: tracepoint name
@@ -380,39 +371,105 @@
  */
 int tracepoint_probe_unregister(const char *name, void *probe)
 {
-	struct tracepoint_entry *entry;
 	void *old;
-	int ret = -ENOENT;
 
 	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
-	if (!entry)
-		goto end;
-	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-	old = tracepoint_entry_remove_probe(entry, probe);
-	if (!old) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning: Trying to unregister a probe"
-				    "that doesn't exist\n");
-		goto end;
-	}
+	old = tracepoint_remove_probe(name, probe);
 	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	if (IS_ERR(old))
+		return PTR_ERR(old);
+
 	tracepoint_update_probes();		/* may update entry */
-	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	entry = get_tracepoint(name);
-	if (!entry)
-		goto end;
-	if (entry->rcu_pending)
-		rcu_barrier_sched();
-	tracepoint_entry_free_old(entry, old);
-	remove_tracepoint(name);	/* Ignore busy error message */
-	ret = 0;
-end:
-	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
-	return ret;
+	release_probes(old);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_unregister);
 
+static LIST_HEAD(old_probes);
+static int need_update;
+
+static void tracepoint_add_old_probes(void *old)
+{
+	need_update = 1;
+	if (old) {
+		struct tp_probes *tp_probes = container_of(old,
+			struct tp_probes, probes[0]);
+		list_add(&tp_probes->u.list, &old_probes);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate -  register a probe but not connect
+ * @name: tracepoint name
+ * @probe: probe handler
+ *
+ * caller must call tracepoint_probe_update_all()
+ */
+int tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate(const char *name, void *probe)
+{
+	void *old;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	old = tracepoint_add_probe(name, probe);
+	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+		return PTR_ERR(old);
+	}
+	tracepoint_add_old_probes(old);
+	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_register_noupdate);
+
+/**
+ * tracepoint_probe_unregister_noupdate -  remove a probe but not disconnect
+ * @name: tracepoint name
+ * @probe: probe function pointer
+ *
+ * caller must call tracepoint_probe_update_all()
+ */
+int tracepoint_probe_unregister_noupdate(const char *name, void *probe)
+{
+	void *old;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	old = tracepoint_remove_probe(name, probe);
+	if (IS_ERR(old)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+		return PTR_ERR(old);
+	}
+	tracepoint_add_old_probes(old);
+	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_unregister_noupdate);
+
+/**
+ * tracepoint_probe_update_all -  update tracepoints
+ */
+void tracepoint_probe_update_all(void)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(release_probes);
+	struct tp_probes *pos, *next;
+
+	mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+	if (!need_update) {
+		mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+		return;
+	}
+	if (!list_empty(&old_probes))
+		list_replace_init(&old_probes, &release_probes);
+	need_update = 0;
+	mutex_unlock(&tracepoints_mutex);
+
+	tracepoint_update_probes();
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, next, &release_probes, u.list) {
+		list_del(&pos->u.list);
+		call_rcu_sched(&pos->u.rcu, rcu_free_old_probes);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracepoint_probe_update_all);
+
 /**
  * tracepoint_get_iter_range - Get a next tracepoint iterator given a range.
  * @tracepoint: current tracepoints (in), next tracepoint (out)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 468fbc9..7a17677 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -198,16 +198,10 @@
 	fi;
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-arch_bits = 64
-else
-arch_bits = 32
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
-cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl \
-	"$(ARCH)" "$(arch_bits)" "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" \
-	"$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" "$(@)";
+cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
+	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
+	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" "$(@)";
 endif
 
 define rule_cc_o_c
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 6b9fe3e..eeac71c 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 my $function_regex;	# Find the name of a function
 			#    (return offset and func name)
 my $mcount_regex;	# Find the call site to mcount (return offset)
+my $alignment;         # The .align value to use for $mcount_section
 
 if ($arch eq "x86") {
     if ($bits == 64) {
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@
     $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<(.*?)>:";
     $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):.*\\smcount([+-]0x[0-9a-zA-Z]+)?\$";
     $type = ".quad";
+    $alignment = 8;
 
     # force flags for this arch
     $ld .= " -m elf_x86_64";
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@
     $function_regex = "^([0-9a-fA-F]+)\\s+<(.*?)>:";
     $mcount_regex = "^\\s*([0-9a-fA-F]+):.*\\smcount\$";
     $type = ".long";
+    $alignment = 4;
 
     # force flags for this arch
     $ld .= " -m elf_i386";
@@ -288,6 +291,7 @@
 	    open(FILE, ">$mcount_s") || die "can't create $mcount_s\n";
 	    $opened = 1;
 	    print FILE "\t.section $mcount_section,\"a\",\@progbits\n";
+	    print FILE "\t.align $alignment\n";
 	}
 	printf FILE "\t%s %s + %d\n", $type, $ref_func, $offsets[$i] - $offset;
     }
diff --git a/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py b/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..902f9a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/tracing/draw_functrace.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+Copyright 2008 (c) Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
+Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+
+This script parses a trace provided by the function tracer in
+kernel/trace/trace_functions.c
+The resulted trace is processed into a tree to produce a more human
+view of the call stack by drawing textual but hierarchical tree of
+calls. Only the functions's names and the the call time are provided.
+
+Usage:
+	Be sure that you have CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+	# mkdir /debugfs
+	# mount -t debug debug /debug
+	# echo function > /debug/tracing/current_tracer
+	$ cat /debug/tracing/trace_pipe > ~/raw_trace_func
+	Wait some times but not too much, the script is a bit slow.
+	Break the pipe (Ctrl + Z)
+	$ scripts/draw_functrace.py < raw_trace_func > draw_functrace
+	Then you have your drawn trace in draw_functrace
+"""
+
+
+import sys, re
+
+class CallTree:
+	""" This class provides a tree representation of the functions
+		call stack. If a function has no parent in the kernel (interrupt,
+		syscall, kernel thread...) then it is attached to a virtual parent
+		called ROOT.
+	"""
+	ROOT = None
+
+	def __init__(self, func, time = None, parent = None):
+		self._func = func
+		self._time = time
+		if parent is None:
+			self._parent = CallTree.ROOT
+		else:
+			self._parent = parent
+		self._children = []
+
+	def calls(self, func, calltime):
+		""" If a function calls another one, call this method to insert it
+			into the tree at the appropriate place.
+			@return: A reference to the newly created child node.
+		"""
+		child = CallTree(func, calltime, self)
+		self._children.append(child)
+		return child
+
+	def getParent(self, func):
+		""" Retrieve the last parent of the current node that
+			has the name given by func. If this function is not
+			on a parent, then create it as new child of root
+			@return: A reference to the parent.
+		"""
+		tree = self
+		while tree != CallTree.ROOT and tree._func != func:
+			tree = tree._parent
+		if tree == CallTree.ROOT:
+			child = CallTree.ROOT.calls(func, None)
+			return child
+		return tree
+
+	def __repr__(self):
+		return self.__toString("", True)
+
+	def __toString(self, branch, lastChild):
+		if self._time is not None:
+			s = "%s----%s (%s)\n" % (branch, self._func, self._time)
+		else:
+			s = "%s----%s\n" % (branch, self._func)
+
+		i = 0
+		if lastChild:
+			branch = branch[:-1] + " "
+		while i < len(self._children):
+			if i != len(self._children) - 1:
+				s += "%s" % self._children[i].__toString(branch +\
+								"    |", False)
+			else:
+				s += "%s" % self._children[i].__toString(branch +\
+								"    |", True)
+			i += 1
+		return s
+
+class BrokenLineException(Exception):
+	"""If the last line is not complete because of the pipe breakage,
+	   we want to stop the processing and ignore this line.
+	"""
+	pass
+
+class CommentLineException(Exception):
+	""" If the line is a comment (as in the beginning of the trace file),
+	    just ignore it.
+	"""
+	pass
+
+
+def parseLine(line):
+	line = line.strip()
+	if line.startswith("#"):
+		raise CommentLineException
+	m = re.match("[^]]+?\\] +([0-9.]+): (\\w+) <-(\\w+)", line)
+	if m is None:
+		raise BrokenLineException
+	return (m.group(1), m.group(2), m.group(3))
+
+
+def main():
+	CallTree.ROOT = CallTree("Root (Nowhere)", None, None)
+	tree = CallTree.ROOT
+
+	for line in sys.stdin:
+		try:
+			calltime, callee, caller = parseLine(line)
+		except BrokenLineException:
+			break
+		except CommentLineException:
+			continue
+		tree = tree.getParent(caller)
+		tree = tree.calls(callee, calltime)
+
+	print CallTree.ROOT
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	main()