2 files changed, 103 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 4a39d24..14fa522 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ enum {
 };
 
 static int ftrace_filtered;
-static int tracing_on;
 
 static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_new_addrs);
 
@@ -506,13 +505,10 @@ static int __ftrace_modify_code(void *data)
 {
 	int *command = data;
 
-	if (*command & FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS) {
+	if (*command & FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS)
 		ftrace_replace_code(1);
-		tracing_on = 1;
-	} else if (*command & FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS) {
+	else if (*command & FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS)
 		ftrace_replace_code(0);
-		tracing_on = 0;
-	}
 
 	if (*command & FTRACE_UPDATE_TRACE_FUNC)
 		ftrace_update_ftrace_func(ftrace_trace_function);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 2f76193..b08ee9f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -16,6 +16,35 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/* Global flag to disable all recording to ring buffers */
+static int ring_buffers_off __read_mostly;
+
+/**
+ * tracing_on - enable all tracing buffers
+ *
+ * This function enables all tracing buffers that may have been
+ * disabled with tracing_off.
+ */
+void tracing_on(void)
+{
+	ring_buffers_off = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * tracing_off - turn off all tracing buffers
+ *
+ * This function stops all tracing buffers from recording data.
+ * It does not disable any overhead the tracers themselves may
+ * be causing. This function simply causes all recording to
+ * the ring buffers to fail.
+ */
+void tracing_off(void)
+{
+	ring_buffers_off = 1;
+}
+
 /* Up this if you want to test the TIME_EXTENTS and normalization */
 #define DEBUG_SHIFT 0
 
@@ -1133,6 +1162,9 @@ ring_buffer_lock_reserve(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	int cpu, resched;
 
+	if (ring_buffers_off)
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -1249,6 +1281,9 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
 	int cpu, resched;
 
+	if (ring_buffers_off)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	if (atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
@@ -2070,3 +2105,69 @@ int ring_buffer_swap_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer_a,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+rb_simple_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
+	       size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int *p = filp->private_data;
+	char buf[64];
+	int r;
+
+	/* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */
+	r = sprintf(buf, "%d\n", !*p);
+
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, buf, r);
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+rb_simple_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
+		size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int *p = filp->private_data;
+	char buf[64];
+	long val;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buf[cnt] = 0;
+
+	ret = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &val);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* !ring_buffers_off == tracing_on */
+	*p = !val;
+
+	(*ppos)++;
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+static struct file_operations rb_simple_fops = {
+	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
+	.read		= rb_simple_read,
+	.write		= rb_simple_write,
+};
+
+
+static __init int rb_init_debugfs(void)
+{
+	struct dentry *d_tracer;
+	struct dentry *entry;
+
+	d_tracer = tracing_init_dentry();
+
+	entry = debugfs_create_file("tracing_on", 0644, d_tracer,
+				    &ring_buffers_off, &rb_simple_fops);
+	if (!entry)
+		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs 'tracing_on' entry\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+fs_initcall(rb_init_debugfs);