diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
index c396a49b5d7831cbf42a4e619ef95cde55ae2f93..39d4484aef53b39743c68709c5c430a1d4daed58 100644
--- a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
+++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
@@ -49,6 +49,52 @@ static int simple_thread(void *arg)
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *simple_tsk;
+static struct task_struct *simple_tsk_fn;
+
+static void simple_thread_func_fn(int cnt)
+{
+	set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+	schedule_timeout(HZ);
+
+	/* More silly tracepoints */
+	trace_foo_bar_with_fn("Look at me", cnt);
+}
+
+static int simple_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+
+	while (!kthread_should_stop())
+		simple_thread_func_fn(cnt++);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(thread_mutex);
+
+void foo_bar_reg(void)
+{
+	pr_info("Starting thread for foo_bar_fn\n");
+	/*
+	 * We shouldn't be able to start a trace when the module is
+	 * unloading (there's other locks to prevent that). But
+	 * for consistency sake, we still take the thread_mutex.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
+	simple_tsk_fn = kthread_run(simple_thread_fn, NULL, "event-sample-fn");
+	mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
+}
+
+void foo_bar_unreg(void)
+{
+	pr_info("Killing thread for foo_bar_fn\n");
+	/* protect against module unloading */
+	mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
+	if (simple_tsk_fn)
+		kthread_stop(simple_tsk_fn);
+	simple_tsk_fn = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
+}
 
 static int __init trace_event_init(void)
 {
@@ -62,6 +108,11 @@ static int __init trace_event_init(void)
 static void __exit trace_event_exit(void)
 {
 	kthread_stop(simple_tsk);
+	mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
+	if (simple_tsk_fn)
+		kthread_stop(simple_tsk_fn);
+	simple_tsk_fn = NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
 }
 
 module_init(trace_event_init);
diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
index c3232340914da348b2a4d6a520c792cad43f612e..d0be8411b527b1fd9b4ede7420e43f6044450554 100644
--- a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
+++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
@@ -270,6 +270,50 @@ TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(foo_bar_with_cond,
 
 	TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar)
 );
+
+void foo_bar_reg(void);
+void foo_bar_unreg(void);
+
+/*
+ * Now in the case that some function needs to be called when the
+ * tracepoint is enabled and/or when it is disabled, the
+ * TRACE_EVENT_FN() serves this purpose. This is just like TRACE_EVENT()
+ * but adds two more parameters at the end:
+ *
+ * TRACE_EVENT_FN( name, proto, args, struct, assign, printk, reg, unreg)
+ *
+ * reg and unreg are functions with the prototype of:
+ *
+ *    void reg(void)
+ *
+ * The reg function gets called before the tracepoint is enabled, and
+ * the unreg function gets called after the tracepoint is disabled.
+ *
+ * Note, reg and unreg are allowed to be NULL. If you only need to
+ * call a function before enabling, or after disabling, just set one
+ * function and pass in NULL for the other parameter.
+ */
+TRACE_EVENT_FN(foo_bar_with_fn,
+
+	TP_PROTO(const char *foo, int bar),
+
+	TP_ARGS(foo, bar),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__string(	foo,    foo		)
+		__field(	int,	bar		)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__assign_str(foo, foo);
+		__entry->bar	= bar;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("foo %s %d", __get_str(foo), __entry->bar),
+
+	foo_bar_reg, foo_bar_unreg
+);
+
 #endif
 
 /***** NOTICE! The #if protection ends here. *****/