diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index cdc9d28..3656756 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@
 	help
 	  Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events.
 
+config TRACER_SNAPSHOT
+	bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer"
+	select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
+	help
+	  Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the
+	  ftrace interface, e.g.:
+
+	      echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/snapshot
+	      cat snapshot
+
 config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 	bool
 	select GENERIC_TRACER
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 2c72466..70dce64 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -710,12 +710,11 @@
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
 
-	/* If we disabled the tracer, stop now */
-	if (current_trace == &nop_trace)
+	if (!current_trace->allocated_snapshot) {
+		/* Only the nop tracer should hit this when disabling */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(current_trace != &nop_trace);
 		return;
-
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!current_trace->use_max_tr))
-		return;
+	}
 
 	arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 
@@ -743,10 +742,8 @@
 		return;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
-	if (!current_trace->use_max_tr) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!current_trace->allocated_snapshot))
 		return;
-	}
 
 	arch_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 
@@ -866,10 +863,13 @@
 
 		current_trace = type;
 
-		/* If we expanded the buffers, make sure the max is expanded too */
-		if (ring_buffer_expanded && type->use_max_tr)
-			ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, trace_buf_size,
-						RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+		if (type->use_max_tr) {
+			/* If we expanded the buffers, make sure the max is expanded too */
+			if (ring_buffer_expanded)
+				ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, trace_buf_size,
+						   RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+			type->allocated_snapshot = true;
+		}
 
 		/* the test is responsible for initializing and enabling */
 		pr_info("Testing tracer %s: ", type->name);
@@ -885,10 +885,14 @@
 		/* Only reset on passing, to avoid touching corrupted buffers */
 		tracing_reset_online_cpus(tr);
 
-		/* Shrink the max buffer again */
-		if (ring_buffer_expanded && type->use_max_tr)
-			ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, 1,
-						RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+		if (type->use_max_tr) {
+			type->allocated_snapshot = false;
+
+			/* Shrink the max buffer again */
+			if (ring_buffer_expanded)
+				ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, 1,
+						   RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+		}
 
 		printk(KERN_CONT "PASSED\n");
 	}
@@ -1964,7 +1968,11 @@
 		*iter->trace = *current_trace;
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
-	atomic_inc(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
+	if (iter->snapshot && iter->trace->use_max_tr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
+
+	if (!iter->snapshot)
+		atomic_inc(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
 
 	if (*pos != iter->pos) {
 		iter->ent = NULL;
@@ -2003,7 +2011,11 @@
 {
 	struct trace_iterator *iter = m->private;
 
-	atomic_dec(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
+	if (iter->snapshot && iter->trace->use_max_tr)
+		return;
+
+	if (!iter->snapshot)
+		atomic_dec(&trace_record_cmdline_disabled);
 	trace_access_unlock(iter->cpu_file);
 	trace_event_read_unlock();
 }
@@ -2438,7 +2450,7 @@
 };
 
 static struct trace_iterator *
-__tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+__tracing_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, bool snapshot)
 {
 	long cpu_file = (long) inode->i_private;
 	struct trace_iterator *iter;
@@ -2471,10 +2483,11 @@
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&iter->started, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto fail;
 
-	if (current_trace && current_trace->print_max)
+	if ((current_trace && current_trace->print_max) || snapshot)
 		iter->tr = &max_tr;
 	else
 		iter->tr = &global_trace;
+	iter->snapshot = snapshot;
 	iter->pos = -1;
 	mutex_init(&iter->mutex);
 	iter->cpu_file = cpu_file;
@@ -2491,8 +2504,9 @@
 	if (trace_clocks[trace_clock_id].in_ns)
 		iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_TIME_IN_NS;
 
-	/* stop the trace while dumping */
-	tracing_stop();
+	/* stop the trace while dumping if we are not opening "snapshot" */
+	if (!iter->snapshot)
+		tracing_stop();
 
 	if (iter->cpu_file == TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU) {
 		for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -2555,8 +2569,9 @@
 	if (iter->trace && iter->trace->close)
 		iter->trace->close(iter);
 
-	/* reenable tracing if it was previously enabled */
-	tracing_start();
+	if (!iter->snapshot)
+		/* reenable tracing if it was previously enabled */
+		tracing_start();
 	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	mutex_destroy(&iter->mutex);
@@ -2584,7 +2599,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
-		iter = __tracing_open(inode, file);
+		iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(iter))
 			ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
 		else if (trace_flags & TRACE_ITER_LATENCY_FMT)
@@ -3219,7 +3234,7 @@
 	if (current_trace && current_trace->reset)
 		current_trace->reset(tr);
 
-	had_max_tr = current_trace && current_trace->use_max_tr;
+	had_max_tr = current_trace && current_trace->allocated_snapshot;
 	current_trace = &nop_trace;
 
 	if (had_max_tr && !t->use_max_tr) {
@@ -3238,6 +3253,8 @@
 		 */
 		ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, 1, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
 		set_buffer_entries(&max_tr, 1);
+		tracing_reset_online_cpus(&max_tr);
+		current_trace->allocated_snapshot = false;
 	}
 	destroy_trace_option_files(topts);
 
@@ -3248,6 +3265,7 @@
 						   RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
+		t->allocated_snapshot = true;
 	}
 
 	if (t->init) {
@@ -4066,6 +4084,87 @@
 	return single_open(file, tracing_clock_show, NULL);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
+static int tracing_snapshot_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	struct trace_iterator *iter;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+		iter = __tracing_open(inode, file, true);
+		if (IS_ERR(iter))
+			ret = PTR_ERR(iter);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+tracing_snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
+		       loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	unsigned long val;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = tracing_update_buffers();
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = kstrtoul_from_user(ubuf, cnt, 10, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	if (current_trace && current_trace->use_max_tr) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	switch (val) {
+	case 0:
+		if (current_trace->allocated_snapshot) {
+			/* free spare buffer */
+			ring_buffer_resize(max_tr.buffer, 1,
+					   RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+			set_buffer_entries(&max_tr, 1);
+			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&max_tr);
+			current_trace->allocated_snapshot = false;
+		}
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		if (!current_trace->allocated_snapshot) {
+			/* allocate spare buffer */
+			ret = resize_buffer_duplicate_size(&max_tr,
+					&global_trace, RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				break;
+			current_trace->allocated_snapshot = true;
+		}
+
+		local_irq_disable();
+		/* Now, we're going to swap */
+		update_max_tr(&global_trace, current, smp_processor_id());
+		local_irq_enable();
+		break;
+	default:
+		if (current_trace->allocated_snapshot)
+			tracing_reset_online_cpus(&max_tr);
+		else
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (ret >= 0) {
+		*ppos += cnt;
+		ret = cnt;
+	}
+out:
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+	return ret;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT */
+
+
 static const struct file_operations tracing_max_lat_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_open_generic,
 	.read		= tracing_max_lat_read,
@@ -4122,6 +4221,16 @@
 	.write		= tracing_clock_write,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
+static const struct file_operations snapshot_fops = {
+	.open		= tracing_snapshot_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write		= tracing_snapshot_write,
+	.llseek		= tracing_seek,
+	.release	= tracing_release,
+};
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT */
+
 struct ftrace_buffer_info {
 	struct trace_array	*tr;
 	void			*spare;
@@ -4921,6 +5030,11 @@
 			&ftrace_update_tot_cnt, &tracing_dyn_info_fops);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
+	trace_create_file("snapshot", 0644, d_tracer,
+			  (void *) TRACE_PIPE_ALL_CPU, &snapshot_fops);
+#endif
+
 	create_trace_options_dir();
 
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 04a2c7a..57d7e53 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
 	struct tracer_flags	*flags;
 	bool			print_max;
 	bool			use_max_tr;
+	bool			allocated_snapshot;
 };