diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index 80d16d33ad5e..ad96fd110707 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -255,6 +255,16 @@ struct hist_trigger_attrs {
 	struct var_defs	var_defs;
 };
 
+struct field_var {
+	struct hist_field	*var;
+	struct hist_field	*val;
+};
+
+struct field_var_hist {
+	struct hist_trigger_data	*hist_data;
+	char				*cmd;
+};
+
 struct hist_trigger_data {
 	struct hist_field               *fields[HIST_FIELDS_MAX];
 	unsigned int			n_vals;
@@ -274,6 +284,12 @@ struct hist_trigger_data {
 
 	struct action_data		*actions[HIST_ACTIONS_MAX];
 	unsigned int			n_actions;
+
+	struct field_var		*field_vars[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
+	unsigned int			n_field_vars;
+	unsigned int			n_field_var_str;
+	struct field_var_hist		*field_var_hists[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
+	unsigned int			n_field_var_hists;
 };
 
 struct synth_field {
@@ -1427,6 +1443,7 @@ static struct hist_field *find_event_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 struct hist_elt_data {
 	char *comm;
 	u64 *var_ref_vals;
+	char *field_var_str[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 };
 
 static u64 hist_field_var_ref(struct hist_field *hist_field,
@@ -1731,6 +1748,11 @@ static inline void save_comm(char *comm, struct task_struct *task)
 
 static void hist_elt_data_free(struct hist_elt_data *elt_data)
 {
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX; i++)
+		kfree(elt_data->field_var_str[i]);
+
 	kfree(elt_data->comm);
 	kfree(elt_data);
 }
@@ -1748,7 +1770,7 @@ static int hist_trigger_elt_data_alloc(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 	unsigned int size = TASK_COMM_LEN;
 	struct hist_elt_data *elt_data;
 	struct hist_field *key_field;
-	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int i, n_str;
 
 	elt_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*elt_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!elt_data)
@@ -1767,6 +1789,18 @@ static int hist_trigger_elt_data_alloc(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 		}
 	}
 
+	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str;
+
+	size = STR_VAR_LEN_MAX;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n_str; i++) {
+		elt_data->field_var_str[i] = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!elt_data->field_var_str[i]) {
+			hist_elt_data_free(elt_data);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+
 	elt->private_data = elt_data;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2473,6 +2507,470 @@ static struct hist_field *parse_expr(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+static char *find_trigger_filter(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				 struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	struct event_trigger_data *test;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(test, &file->triggers, list) {
+		if (test->cmd_ops->trigger_type == ETT_EVENT_HIST) {
+			if (test->private_data == hist_data)
+				return test->filter_str;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct event_command trigger_hist_cmd;
+static int event_hist_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
+				   struct trace_event_file *file,
+				   char *glob, char *cmd, char *param);
+
+static bool compatible_keys(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
+			    struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			    unsigned int n_keys)
+{
+	struct hist_field *target_hist_field, *hist_field;
+	unsigned int n, i, j;
+
+	if (hist_data->n_fields - hist_data->n_vals != n_keys)
+		return false;
+
+	i = hist_data->n_vals;
+	j = target_hist_data->n_vals;
+
+	for (n = 0; n < n_keys; n++) {
+		hist_field = hist_data->fields[i + n];
+		target_hist_field = target_hist_data->fields[j + n];
+
+		if (strcmp(hist_field->type, target_hist_field->type) != 0)
+			return false;
+		if (hist_field->size != target_hist_field->size)
+			return false;
+		if (hist_field->is_signed != target_hist_field->is_signed)
+			return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static struct hist_trigger_data *
+find_compatible_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
+		     struct trace_event_file *file)
+{
+	struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
+	struct event_trigger_data *test;
+	unsigned int n_keys;
+
+	n_keys = target_hist_data->n_fields - target_hist_data->n_vals;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(test, &file->triggers, list) {
+		if (test->cmd_ops->trigger_type == ETT_EVENT_HIST) {
+			hist_data = test->private_data;
+
+			if (compatible_keys(target_hist_data, hist_data, n_keys))
+				return hist_data;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct trace_event_file *event_file(struct trace_array *tr,
+					   char *system, char *event_name)
+{
+	struct trace_event_file *file;
+
+	file = find_event_file(tr, system, event_name);
+	if (!file)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return file;
+}
+
+static struct hist_field *
+find_synthetic_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
+			 char *system, char *event_name, char *field_name)
+{
+	struct hist_field *event_var;
+	char *synthetic_name;
+
+	synthetic_name = kzalloc(MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!synthetic_name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	strcpy(synthetic_name, "synthetic_");
+	strcat(synthetic_name, field_name);
+
+	event_var = find_event_var(target_hist_data, system, event_name, synthetic_name);
+
+	kfree(synthetic_name);
+
+	return event_var;
+}
+
+/**
+ * create_field_var_hist - Automatically create a histogram and var for a field
+ * @target_hist_data: The target hist trigger
+ * @subsys_name: Optional subsystem name
+ * @event_name: Optional event name
+ * @field_name: The name of the field (and the resulting variable)
+ *
+ * Hist trigger actions fetch data from variables, not directly from
+ * events.  However, for convenience, users are allowed to directly
+ * specify an event field in an action, which will be automatically
+ * converted into a variable on their behalf.
+
+ * If a user specifies a field on an event that isn't the event the
+ * histogram currently being defined (the target event histogram), the
+ * only way that can be accomplished is if a new hist trigger is
+ * created and the field variable defined on that.
+ *
+ * This function creates a new histogram compatible with the target
+ * event (meaning a histogram with the same key as the target
+ * histogram), and creates a variable for the specified field, but
+ * with 'synthetic_' prepended to the variable name in order to avoid
+ * collision with normal field variables.
+ *
+ * Return: The variable created for the field.
+ */
+struct hist_field *
+create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
+		      char *subsys_name, char *event_name, char *field_name)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr = target_hist_data->event_file->tr;
+	struct hist_field *event_var = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
+	unsigned int i, n, first = true;
+	struct field_var_hist *var_hist;
+	struct trace_event_file *file;
+	struct hist_field *key_field;
+	char *saved_filter;
+	char *cmd;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (target_hist_data->n_field_var_hists >= SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	file = event_file(tr, subsys_name, event_name);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Look for a histogram compatible with target.  We'll use the
+	 * found histogram specification to create a new matching
+	 * histogram with our variable on it.  target_hist_data is not
+	 * yet a registered histogram so we can't use that.
+	 */
+	hist_data = find_compatible_hist(target_hist_data, file);
+	if (!hist_data)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* See if a synthetic field variable has already been created */
+	event_var = find_synthetic_field_var(target_hist_data, subsys_name,
+					     event_name, field_name);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(event_var))
+		return event_var;
+
+	var_hist = kzalloc(sizeof(*var_hist), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!var_hist)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	cmd = kzalloc(MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cmd) {
+		kfree(var_hist);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	/* Use the same keys as the compatible histogram */
+	strcat(cmd, "keys=");
+
+	for_each_hist_key_field(i, hist_data) {
+		key_field = hist_data->fields[i];
+		if (!first)
+			strcat(cmd, ",");
+		strcat(cmd, key_field->field->name);
+		first = false;
+	}
+
+	/* Create the synthetic field variable specification */
+	strcat(cmd, ":synthetic_");
+	strcat(cmd, field_name);
+	strcat(cmd, "=");
+	strcat(cmd, field_name);
+
+	/* Use the same filter as the compatible histogram */
+	saved_filter = find_trigger_filter(hist_data, file);
+	if (saved_filter) {
+		strcat(cmd, " if ");
+		strcat(cmd, saved_filter);
+	}
+
+	var_hist->cmd = kstrdup(cmd, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!var_hist->cmd) {
+		kfree(cmd);
+		kfree(var_hist);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+
+	/* Save the compatible histogram information */
+	var_hist->hist_data = hist_data;
+
+	/* Create the new histogram with our variable */
+	ret = event_hist_trigger_func(&trigger_hist_cmd, file,
+				      "", "hist", cmd);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(cmd);
+		kfree(var_hist->cmd);
+		kfree(var_hist);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	kfree(cmd);
+
+	/* If we can't find the variable, something went wrong */
+	event_var = find_synthetic_field_var(target_hist_data, subsys_name,
+					     event_name, field_name);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(event_var)) {
+		kfree(var_hist->cmd);
+		kfree(var_hist);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	n = target_hist_data->n_field_var_hists;
+	target_hist_data->field_var_hists[n] = var_hist;
+	target_hist_data->n_field_var_hists++;
+
+	return event_var;
+}
+
+struct hist_field *
+find_target_event_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+		      char *subsys_name, char *event_name, char *var_name)
+{
+	struct trace_event_file *file = hist_data->event_file;
+	struct hist_field *hist_field = NULL;
+
+	if (subsys_name) {
+		struct trace_event_call *call;
+
+		if (!event_name)
+			return NULL;
+
+		call = file->event_call;
+
+		if (strcmp(subsys_name, call->class->system) != 0)
+			return NULL;
+
+		if (strcmp(event_name, trace_event_name(call)) != 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	hist_field = find_var_field(hist_data, var_name);
+
+	return hist_field;
+}
+
+static inline void __update_field_vars(struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+				       struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
+				       void *rec,
+				       struct field_var **field_vars,
+				       unsigned int n_field_vars,
+				       unsigned int field_var_str_start)
+{
+	struct hist_elt_data *elt_data = elt->private_data;
+	unsigned int i, j, var_idx;
+	u64 var_val;
+
+	for (i = 0, j = field_var_str_start; i < n_field_vars; i++) {
+		struct field_var *field_var = field_vars[i];
+		struct hist_field *var = field_var->var;
+		struct hist_field *val = field_var->val;
+
+		var_val = val->fn(val, elt, rbe, rec);
+		var_idx = var->var.idx;
+
+		if (val->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING) {
+			char *str = elt_data->field_var_str[j++];
+			char *val_str = (char *)(uintptr_t)var_val;
+
+			strncpy(str, val_str, STR_VAR_LEN_MAX);
+			var_val = (u64)(uintptr_t)str;
+		}
+		tracing_map_set_var(elt, var_idx, var_val);
+	}
+}
+
+static void update_field_vars(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			      struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+			      struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
+			      void *rec)
+{
+	__update_field_vars(elt, rbe, rec, hist_data->field_vars,
+			    hist_data->n_field_vars, 0);
+}
+
+static struct hist_field *create_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				     struct trace_event_file *file,
+				     char *name, int size, const char *type)
+{
+	struct hist_field *var;
+	int idx;
+
+	if (find_var(hist_data, file, name) && !hist_data->remove) {
+		var = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	var = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hist_field), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!var) {
+		var = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	idx = tracing_map_add_var(hist_data->map);
+	if (idx < 0) {
+		kfree(var);
+		var = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	var->flags = HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR;
+	var->var.idx = idx;
+	var->var.hist_data = var->hist_data = hist_data;
+	var->size = size;
+	var->var.name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	var->type = kstrdup(type, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!var->var.name || !var->type) {
+		kfree(var->var.name);
+		kfree(var->type);
+		kfree(var);
+		var = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
+ out:
+	return var;
+}
+
+static struct field_var *create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+					  struct trace_event_file *file,
+					  char *field_name)
+{
+	struct hist_field *val = NULL, *var = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags = HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR;
+	struct field_var *field_var;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (hist_data->n_field_vars >= SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	val = parse_atom(hist_data, file, field_name, &flags, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(val)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(val);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	var = create_var(hist_data, file, field_name, val->size, val->type);
+	if (IS_ERR(var)) {
+		kfree(val);
+		ret = PTR_ERR(var);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	field_var = kzalloc(sizeof(struct field_var), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!field_var) {
+		kfree(val);
+		kfree(var);
+		ret =  -ENOMEM;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	field_var->var = var;
+	field_var->val = val;
+ out:
+	return field_var;
+ err:
+	field_var = ERR_PTR(ret);
+	goto out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * create_target_field_var - Automatically create a variable for a field
+ * @target_hist_data: The target hist trigger
+ * @subsys_name: Optional subsystem name
+ * @event_name: Optional event name
+ * @var_name: The name of the field (and the resulting variable)
+ *
+ * Hist trigger actions fetch data from variables, not directly from
+ * events.  However, for convenience, users are allowed to directly
+ * specify an event field in an action, which will be automatically
+ * converted into a variable on their behalf.
+
+ * This function creates a field variable with the name var_name on
+ * the hist trigger currently being defined on the target event.  If
+ * subsys_name and event_name are specified, this function simply
+ * verifies that they do in fact match the target event subsystem and
+ * event name.
+ *
+ * Return: The variable created for the field.
+ */
+struct field_var *
+create_target_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
+			char *subsys_name, char *event_name, char *var_name)
+{
+	struct trace_event_file *file = target_hist_data->event_file;
+
+	if (subsys_name) {
+		struct trace_event_call *call;
+
+		if (!event_name)
+			return NULL;
+
+		call = file->event_call;
+
+		if (strcmp(subsys_name, call->class->system) != 0)
+			return NULL;
+
+		if (strcmp(event_name, trace_event_name(call)) != 0)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return create_field_var(target_hist_data, file, var_name);
+}
+
+static void destroy_field_var(struct field_var *field_var)
+{
+	if (!field_var)
+		return;
+
+	destroy_hist_field(field_var->var, 0);
+	destroy_hist_field(field_var->val, 0);
+
+	kfree(field_var);
+}
+
+static void destroy_field_vars(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_field_vars; i++)
+		destroy_field_var(hist_data->field_vars[i]);
+}
+
+void save_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+		    struct field_var *field_var)
+{
+	hist_data->field_vars[hist_data->n_field_vars++] = field_var;
+
+	if (field_var->val->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING)
+		hist_data->n_field_var_str++;
+}
+
 static int create_hitcount_val(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 {
 	hist_data->fields[HITCOUNT_IDX] =
@@ -2928,6 +3426,16 @@ static int create_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void destroy_field_var_hists(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_field_var_hists; i++) {
+		kfree(hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->cmd);
+		kfree(hist_data->field_var_hists[i]);
+	}
+}
+
 static void destroy_hist_data(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 {
 	if (!hist_data)
@@ -2938,6 +3446,8 @@ static void destroy_hist_data(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 	tracing_map_destroy(hist_data->map);
 
 	destroy_actions(hist_data);
+	destroy_field_vars(hist_data);
+	destroy_field_var_hists(hist_data);
 
 	kfree(hist_data);
 }
@@ -3074,6 +3584,8 @@ static void hist_trigger_elt_update(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			tracing_map_set_var(elt, var_idx, hist_val);
 		}
 	}
+
+	update_field_vars(hist_data, elt, rbe, rec);
 }
 
 static inline void add_to_key(char *compound_key, void *key,
@@ -3518,6 +4030,21 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_init(struct event_trigger_ops *ops,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void unregister_field_var_hists(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
+{
+	struct trace_event_file *file;
+	unsigned int i;
+	char *cmd;
+	int ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_field_var_hists; i++) {
+		file = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->hist_data->event_file;
+		cmd = hist_data->field_var_hists[i]->cmd;
+		ret = event_hist_trigger_func(&trigger_hist_cmd, file,
+					      "!hist", "hist", cmd);
+	}
+}
+
 static void event_hist_trigger_free(struct event_trigger_ops *ops,
 				    struct event_trigger_data *data)
 {
@@ -3535,6 +4062,8 @@ static void event_hist_trigger_free(struct event_trigger_ops *ops,
 
 		remove_hist_vars(hist_data);
 
+		unregister_field_var_hists(hist_data);
+
 		destroy_hist_data(hist_data);
 	}
 }