diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index cf6ba4181b14d753a21d68bdafe1e40289ae6b4a..e606633fb498876847eccde2fcb1299751ff5310 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ struct ftrace_event_call {
 	int		(*raw_init)(void);
 	int		(*raw_reg)(void);
 	void		(*raw_unreg)(void);
+	int		(*show_format)(struct trace_seq *s);
 };
 
 void event_trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 26069fa6b3b00858dc9d1fa0bfcb6d242a1bda36..d57a772981c12550e2c3cf95c895efaa521feaf9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2008 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  *
+ *  - Added format output of fields of the trace point.
+ *    This was based off of work by Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>.
+ *
  */
 
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -444,6 +447,42 @@ event_available_types_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+event_format_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
+		  loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
+	struct trace_seq *s;
+	char *buf;
+	int r;
+
+	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	trace_seq_init(s);
+
+	if (*ppos)
+		return 0;
+
+	r = call->show_format(s);
+	if (!r) {
+		/*
+		 * ug!  The format output is bigger than a PAGE!!
+		 */
+		buf = "FORMAT TOO BIG\n";
+		r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+					      buf, strlen(buf));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos,
+				    s->buffer, s->len);
+ out:
+	kfree(s);
+	return r;
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations show_event_seq_ops = {
 	.start = t_start,
 	.next = t_next,
@@ -490,6 +529,11 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_available_types_fops = {
 	.read = event_available_types_read,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations ftrace_event_format_fops = {
+	.open = tracing_open_generic,
+	.read = event_format_read,
+};
+
 static struct dentry *event_trace_events_dir(void)
 {
 	static struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -602,7 +646,17 @@ event_create_dir(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct dentry *d_events)
 				    &ftrace_available_types_fops);
 	if (!entry)
 		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
-			   "'%s/type' available_types\n", call->name);
+			   "'%s/available_types' entry\n", call->name);
+
+	/* A trace may not want to export its format */
+	if (!call->show_format)
+		return 0;
+
+	entry = debugfs_create_file("format", 0444, call->dir, call,
+				    &ftrace_event_format_fops);
+	if (!entry)
+		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+			   "'%s/format' entry\n", call->name);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
index dc79fe3a2ecb45fa3dedb2b620300f3c28da207f..3a80ea4e92cba8bcde645a31677e1ea6b0ccd81a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_2.h
@@ -74,3 +74,55 @@ ftrace_raw_output_##call(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags)	\
 }
 
 #include <trace/trace_event_types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Setup the showing format of trace point.
+ *
+ * int
+ * ftrace_format_##call(struct trace_seq *s)
+ * {
+ * 	struct ftrace_raw_##call field;
+ * 	int ret;
+ *
+ * 	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, #type " " #item ";"
+ * 			       " size:%d; offset:%d;\n",
+ * 			       sizeof(field.type),
+ * 			       offsetof(struct ftrace_raw_##call,
+ * 					item));
+ *
+ * }
+ */
+
+#undef TRACE_FIELD
+#define TRACE_FIELD(type, item, assign)					\
+	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tfield:" #type " " #item ";\t"	\
+			       "offset:%lu;\tsize:%lu;\n",		\
+			       offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
+			       sizeof(field.item));			\
+	if (!ret)							\
+		return 0;
+
+
+#undef TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL
+#define TRACE_FIELD_SPECIAL(type_item, item, cmd)			\
+	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tfield special:" #type_item ";\t"	\
+			       "offset:%lu;\tsize:%lu;\n",		\
+			       offsetof(typeof(field), item),		\
+			       sizeof(field.item));			\
+	if (!ret)							\
+		return 0;
+
+#undef TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT
+#define TRACE_EVENT_FORMAT(call, proto, args, fmt, tstruct, tpfmt)	\
+int									\
+ftrace_format_##call(struct trace_seq *s)				\
+{									\
+	struct ftrace_raw_##call field;					\
+	int ret;							\
+									\
+	tstruct;							\
+									\
+	return ret;							\
+}
+
+#include <trace/trace_event_types.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
index 2ab65e958223f6de80dfb254415c9fcc14cde8eb..c62a4d2a528331fe20f3e3192e41e5144d17d63d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
  * 	.raw_init		= ftrace_raw_init_event_<call>,
  * 	.raw_reg		= ftrace_raw_reg_event_<call>,
  * 	.raw_unreg		= ftrace_raw_unreg_event_<call>,
+ *	.show_format		= ftrace_format_<call>,
  * }
  *
  */
@@ -230,4 +231,5 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {		\
 	.raw_init		= ftrace_raw_init_event_##call,		\
 	.raw_reg		= ftrace_raw_reg_event_##call,		\
 	.raw_unreg		= ftrace_raw_unreg_event_##call,	\
+	.show_format		= ftrace_format_##call,			\
 }