diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index ac78910d7416c5f7f2a68cfbde0d950d58ab0d9c..f8e8b34dc4274ee8fd105565fd8d731d3615e109 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@
 #define FTRACE_EVENTS()	. = ALIGN(8);					\
 			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ftrace_events) = .;	\
 			*(_ftrace_events)				\
-			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_ftrace_events) = .;
+			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_ftrace_events) = .;	\
+			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ftrace_enum_maps) = .;	\
+			*(_ftrace_enum_map)				\
+			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_ftrace_enum_maps) = .;
 #else
 #define FTRACE_EVENTS()
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 62b8fac7ded5bb359d7cc369af15cdddfef9935e..112cf49d95767d22ac247865f0873f636fce3ab1 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ struct ftrace_event_call {
 		struct tracepoint	*tp;
 	};
 	struct trace_event	event;
-	const char		*print_fmt;
+	char			*print_fmt;
 	struct event_filter	*filter;
 	void			*mod;
 	void			*data;
diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index c72851328ca9cc071620cfdef3892ca91db6d96a..a5f7f3ecafa3a77123531ca2a07a01b086906db0 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ struct tracepoint {
 	struct tracepoint_func __rcu *funcs;
 };
 
+struct trace_enum_map {
+	const char		*system;
+	const char		*enum_string;
+	unsigned long		enum_value;
+};
+
 extern int
 tracepoint_probe_register(struct tracepoint *tp, void *probe, void *data);
 extern int
@@ -87,6 +93,8 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 
 #define PARAMS(args...) args
 
+#define TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(x)
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_TRACEPOINT_H */
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
index 2f9b95b6d3fb92f7cc150dadcba34ce6f7a754a6..37d4b10b111d816fe6a88517521beffac2472b80 100644
--- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@
 
 TRACE_MAKE_SYSTEM_STR();
 
+#undef TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM
+#define TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(a)				\
+	static struct trace_enum_map __used __initdata	\
+	__##TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a =			\
+	{						\
+		.system = TRACE_SYSTEM_STRING,		\
+		.enum_string = #a,			\
+		.enum_value = a				\
+	};						\
+	static struct trace_enum_map __used		\
+	__attribute__((section("_ftrace_enum_map")))	\
+	*TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a = &__##TRACE_SYSTEM##_##a
+
 /*
  * DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS can be used to add a generic function
  * handlers for events. That is, if all events have the same
@@ -136,6 +149,9 @@ TRACE_MAKE_SYSTEM_STR();
  * The size of an array is also encoded, in the higher 16 bits of <item>.
  */
 
+#undef TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM
+#define TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(a)
+
 #undef __field
 #define __field(type, item)
 
@@ -553,7 +569,7 @@ static inline notrace int ftrace_get_offsets_##call(			\
  *	.trace			= ftrace_raw_output_<call>, <-- stage 2
  * };
  *
- * static const char print_fmt_<call>[] = <TP_printk>;
+ * static char print_fmt_<call>[] = <TP_printk>;
  *
  * static struct ftrace_event_class __used event_class_<template> = {
  *	.system			= "<system>",
@@ -704,7 +720,7 @@ static inline void ftrace_test_probe_##call(void)			\
 #undef DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
 #define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(call, proto, args, tstruct, assign, print)	\
 _TRACE_PERF_PROTO(call, PARAMS(proto));					\
-static const char print_fmt_##call[] = print;				\
+static char print_fmt_##call[] = print;					\
 static struct ftrace_event_class __used __refdata event_class_##call = { \
 	.system			= TRACE_SYSTEM_STRING,			\
 	.define_fields		= ftrace_define_fields_##call,		\
@@ -733,7 +749,7 @@ __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) *__event_##call = &event_##call
 #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
 #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, call, proto, args, print)		\
 									\
-static const char print_fmt_##call[] = print;				\
+static char print_fmt_##call[] = print;					\
 									\
 static struct ftrace_event_call __used event_##call = {			\
 	.class			= &event_class_##template,		\
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 62c6506d663fa11e79128759bd03103d12ed7c0f..ebf49649534c6854b27ad95ceee44e86ce34b1d0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3908,6 +3908,20 @@ static const struct file_operations tracing_saved_cmdlines_size_fops = {
 	.write		= tracing_saved_cmdlines_size_write,
 };
 
+static void
+trace_insert_enum_map(struct trace_enum_map **start, struct trace_enum_map **stop)
+{
+	struct trace_enum_map **map;
+	int len = stop - start;
+
+	if (len <= 0)
+		return;
+
+	map = start;
+
+	trace_event_enum_update(map, len);
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 tracing_set_trace_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 		       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -6542,6 +6556,14 @@ struct dentry *tracing_init_dentry(void)
 	return tr->dir;
 }
 
+extern struct trace_enum_map *__start_ftrace_enum_maps[];
+extern struct trace_enum_map *__stop_ftrace_enum_maps[];
+
+static void __init trace_enum_init(void)
+{
+	trace_insert_enum_map(__start_ftrace_enum_maps, __stop_ftrace_enum_maps);
+}
+
 static __init int tracer_init_debugfs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -6566,6 +6588,8 @@ static __init int tracer_init_debugfs(void)
 	trace_create_file("saved_cmdlines_size", 0644, d_tracer,
 			  NULL, &tracing_saved_cmdlines_size_fops);
 
+	trace_enum_init();
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 	trace_create_file("dyn_ftrace_total_info", 0444, d_tracer,
 			&ftrace_update_tot_cnt, &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
@@ -6888,7 +6912,7 @@ void __init trace_init(void)
 			tracepoint_printk = 0;
 	}
 	tracer_alloc_buffers();
-	trace_event_init();	
+	trace_event_init();
 }
 
 __init static int clear_boot_tracer(void)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index dd8205a35760d7a4b8bf53543f52abd0f1f9a6aa..b48d4b08f69101af10381766f4897fc6c390ec2b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1309,8 +1309,10 @@ static inline void init_ftrace_syscalls(void) { }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
 void trace_event_init(void);
+void trace_event_enum_update(struct trace_enum_map **map, int len);
 #else
 static inline void __init trace_event_init(void) { }
+static inlin void trace_event_enum_update(struct trace_enum_map **map, int len) { }
 #endif
 
 extern struct trace_iterator *tracepoint_print_iter;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index db54dda10ccc179f733db8fd8407cc402c11e409..fc58c50fbf0141eceadf90a56a6e731e25314fec 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -1704,6 +1704,125 @@ __register_event(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct module *mod)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static char *enum_replace(char *ptr, struct trace_enum_map *map, int len)
+{
+	int rlen;
+	int elen;
+
+	/* Find the length of the enum value as a string */
+	elen = snprintf(ptr, 0, "%ld", map->enum_value);
+	/* Make sure there's enough room to replace the string with the value */
+	if (len < elen)
+		return NULL;
+
+	snprintf(ptr, elen + 1, "%ld", map->enum_value);
+
+	/* Get the rest of the string of ptr */
+	rlen = strlen(ptr + len);
+	memmove(ptr + elen, ptr + len, rlen);
+	/* Make sure we end the new string */
+	ptr[elen + rlen] = 0;
+
+	return ptr + elen;
+}
+
+static void update_event_printk(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
+				struct trace_enum_map *map)
+{
+	char *ptr;
+	int quote = 0;
+	int len = strlen(map->enum_string);
+
+	for (ptr = call->print_fmt; *ptr; ptr++) {
+		if (*ptr == '\\') {
+			ptr++;
+			/* paranoid */
+			if (!*ptr)
+				break;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (*ptr == '"') {
+			quote ^= 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (quote)
+			continue;
+		if (isdigit(*ptr)) {
+			/* skip numbers */
+			do {
+				ptr++;
+				/* Check for alpha chars like ULL */
+			} while (isalnum(*ptr));
+			/*
+			 * A number must have some kind of delimiter after
+			 * it, and we can ignore that too.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (isalpha(*ptr) || *ptr == '_') {
+			if (strncmp(map->enum_string, ptr, len) == 0 &&
+			    !isalnum(ptr[len]) && ptr[len] != '_') {
+				ptr = enum_replace(ptr, map, len);
+				/* Hmm, enum string smaller than value */
+				if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!ptr))
+					return;
+				/*
+				 * No need to decrement here, as enum_replace()
+				 * returns the pointer to the character passed
+				 * the enum, and two enums can not be placed
+				 * back to back without something in between.
+				 * We can skip that something in between.
+				 */
+				continue;
+			}
+		skip_more:
+			do {
+				ptr++;
+			} while (isalnum(*ptr) || *ptr == '_');
+			/*
+			 * If what comes after this variable is a '.' or
+			 * '->' then we can continue to ignore that string.
+			 */
+			if (*ptr == '.' || (ptr[0] == '-' && ptr[1] == '>')) {
+				ptr += *ptr == '.' ? 1 : 2;
+				goto skip_more;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * Once again, we can skip the delimiter that came
+			 * after the string.
+			 */
+			continue;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void trace_event_enum_update(struct trace_enum_map **map, int len)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_call *call, *p;
+	const char *last_system = NULL;
+	int last_i;
+	int i;
+
+	down_write(&trace_event_sem);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(call, p, &ftrace_events, list) {
+		/* events are usually grouped together with systems */
+		if (!last_system || call->class->system != last_system) {
+			last_i = 0;
+			last_system = call->class->system;
+		}
+
+		for (i = last_i; i < len; i++) {
+			if (call->class->system == map[i]->system) {
+				/* Save the first system if need be */
+				if (!last_i)
+					last_i = i;
+				update_event_printk(call, map[i]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
+}
+
 static struct ftrace_event_file *
 trace_create_new_event(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
 		       struct trace_array *tr)