diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 0e45c206c2f9..2630f5121ec1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -45,5 +45,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += events.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += trace_export.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS) += trace_syscalls.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE) += trace_event_profile.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += trace_events_filter.o
 
 libftrace-y := ftrace.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 9288dc7ad14f..d9eb39e4bb38 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ struct ftrace_event_call {
 	int			(*show_format)(struct trace_seq *s);
 	int			(*define_fields)(void);
 	struct list_head	fields;
+	struct filter_pred	**preds;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE
 	atomic_t	profile_count;
@@ -803,8 +804,35 @@ struct ftrace_event_call {
 #endif
 };
 
+#define MAX_FILTER_PRED 8
+
+struct filter_pred;
+
+typedef int (*filter_pred_fn_t) (struct filter_pred *pred, void *event);
+
+struct filter_pred {
+	filter_pred_fn_t fn;
+	u64 val;
+	char *str_val;
+	int str_len;
+	char *field_name;
+	int offset;
+	int not;
+	int or;
+	int compound;
+	int clear;
+};
+
 int trace_define_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, char *type,
 		       char *name, int offset, int size);
+extern void filter_free_pred(struct filter_pred *pred);
+extern int filter_print_preds(struct filter_pred **preds, char *buf);
+extern int filter_parse(char **pbuf, struct filter_pred *pred);
+extern int filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
+			   struct filter_pred *pred);
+extern void filter_free_preds(struct ftrace_event_call *call);
+extern int filter_match_preds(struct ftrace_event_call *call, void *rec);
+
 void event_trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...);
 extern struct ftrace_event_call __start_ftrace_events[];
 extern struct ftrace_event_call __stop_ftrace_events[];
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 961b057da28b..97470c48956e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -459,6 +459,71 @@ event_id_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
 	return r;
 }
 
+static ssize_t
+event_filter_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;
+	int r;
+
+	if (*ppos)
+		return 0;
+
+	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	trace_seq_init(s);
+
+	r = filter_print_preds(call->preds, s->buffer);
+	r = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, cnt, ppos, s->buffer, r);
+
+	kfree(s);
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static ssize_t
+event_filter_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
+		   loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_call *call = filp->private_data;
+	char buf[64], *pbuf = buf;
+	struct filter_pred *pred;
+	int err;
+
+	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&buf, ubuf, cnt))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	pred = kzalloc(sizeof(*pred), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pred)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	err = filter_parse(&pbuf, pred);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		filter_free_pred(pred);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	if (pred->clear) {
+		filter_free_preds(call);
+		return cnt;
+	}
+
+	if (filter_add_pred(call, pred)) {
+		filter_free_pred(pred);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	*ppos += cnt;
+
+	return cnt;
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations show_event_seq_ops = {
 	.start = t_start,
 	.next = t_next,
@@ -504,6 +569,12 @@ static const struct file_operations ftrace_event_id_fops = {
 	.read = event_id_read,
 };
 
+static const struct file_operations ftrace_event_filter_fops = {
+	.open = tracing_open_generic,
+	.read = event_filter_read,
+	.write = event_filter_write,
+};
+
 static struct dentry *event_trace_events_dir(void)
 {
 	static struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -619,6 +690,12 @@ event_create_dir(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct dentry *d_events)
 		}
 	}
 
+	entry = debugfs_create_file("filter", 0444, call->dir, call,
+				    &ftrace_event_filter_fops);
+	if (!entry)
+		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+			   "'%s/filter' entry\n", call->name);
+
 	/* A trace may not want to export its format */
 	if (!call->show_format)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e8c5fa25be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+/*
+ * trace_events_filter - generic event filtering
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+
+#include "trace.h"
+
+static int filter_pred_64(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	u64 *addr = (u64 *)(event + pred->offset);
+	u64 val = (u64)pred->val;
+	int match;
+
+	match = (val == *addr) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+static int filter_pred_32(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	u32 *addr = (u32 *)(event + pred->offset);
+	u32 val = (u32)pred->val;
+	int match;
+
+	match = (val == *addr) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+static int filter_pred_16(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	u16 *addr = (u16 *)(event + pred->offset);
+	u16 val = (u16)pred->val;
+	int match;
+
+	match = (val == *addr) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+static int filter_pred_8(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	u8 *addr = (u8 *)(event + pred->offset);
+	u8 val = (u8)pred->val;
+	int match;
+
+	match = (val == *addr) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+static int filter_pred_string(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event)
+{
+	char *addr = (char *)(event + pred->offset);
+	int cmp, match;
+
+	cmp = strncmp(addr, pred->str_val, pred->str_len);
+
+	match = (!cmp) ^ pred->not;
+
+	return match;
+}
+
+/* return 1 if event matches, 0 otherwise (discard) */
+int filter_match_preds(struct ftrace_event_call *call, void *rec)
+{
+	int i, matched, and_failed = 0;
+	struct filter_pred *pred;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILTER_PRED; i++) {
+		if (call->preds[i]) {
+			pred = call->preds[i];
+			if (and_failed && !pred->or)
+				continue;
+			matched = pred->fn(pred, rec);
+			if (!matched && !pred->or) {
+				and_failed = 1;
+				continue;
+			} else if (matched && pred->or)
+				return 1;
+		} else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (and_failed)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int filter_print_preds(struct filter_pred **preds, char *buf)
+{
+	ssize_t this_len = 0;
+	char *field_name;
+	struct filter_pred *pred;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!preds) {
+		this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len, "none\n");
+		return this_len;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILTER_PRED; i++) {
+		if (preds[i]) {
+			pred = preds[i];
+			field_name = pred->field_name;
+			if (i)
+				this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len,
+					    pred->or ? "|| " : "&& ");
+			this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len,
+					    "%s ", field_name);
+			this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len,
+					    pred->not ? "!= " : "== ");
+			if (pred->str_val)
+				this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len,
+						    "%s\n", pred->str_val);
+			else
+				this_len += sprintf(buf + this_len,
+						    "%llu\n", pred->val);
+		} else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return this_len;
+}
+
+static struct ftrace_event_field *
+find_event_field(struct ftrace_event_call *call, char *name)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
+	struct list_head *entry, *tmp;
+
+	list_for_each_safe(entry, tmp, &call->fields) {
+		field = list_entry(entry, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
+		if (!strcmp(field->name, name))
+			return field;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void filter_free_pred(struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+	if (!pred)
+		return;
+
+	kfree(pred->field_name);
+	kfree(pred->str_val);
+	kfree(pred);
+}
+
+void filter_free_preds(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (call->preds) {
+		for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILTER_PRED; i++)
+			filter_free_pred(call->preds[i]);
+		kfree(call->preds);
+		call->preds = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+static int __filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
+			     struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	if (call->preds && !pred->compound)
+		filter_free_preds(call);
+
+	if (!call->preds) {
+		call->preds = kzalloc(MAX_FILTER_PRED * sizeof(pred),
+				      GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!call->preds)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_FILTER_PRED; i++) {
+		if (!call->preds[i]) {
+			call->preds[i] = pred;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+static int is_string_field(const char *type)
+{
+	if (strchr(type, '[') && strstr(type, "char"))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int filter_add_pred(struct ftrace_event_call *call, struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
+
+	field = find_event_field(call, pred->field_name);
+	if (!field)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	pred->offset = field->offset;
+
+	if (is_string_field(field->type)) {
+		pred->fn = filter_pred_string;
+		pred->str_len = field->size;
+		return __filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+	}
+
+	switch (field->size) {
+	case 8:
+		pred->fn = filter_pred_64;
+		break;
+	case 4:
+		pred->fn = filter_pred_32;
+		break;
+	case 2:
+		pred->fn = filter_pred_16;
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		pred->fn = filter_pred_8;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return __filter_add_pred(call, pred);
+}
+
+int filter_parse(char **pbuf, struct filter_pred *pred)
+{
+	char *tmp, *tok, *val_str = NULL;
+	int tok_n = 0;
+
+	/* field ==/!= number, or/and field ==/!= number, number */
+	while ((tok = strsep(pbuf, " \n"))) {
+		if (tok_n == 0) {
+			if (!strcmp(tok, "0")) {
+				pred->clear = 1;
+				return 0;
+			} else if (!strcmp(tok, "&&")) {
+				pred->or = 0;
+				pred->compound = 1;
+			} else if (!strcmp(tok, "||")) {
+				pred->or = 1;
+				pred->compound = 1;
+			} else
+				pred->field_name = tok;
+			tok_n = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (tok_n == 1) {
+			if (!pred->field_name)
+				pred->field_name = tok;
+			else if (!strcmp(tok, "!="))
+				pred->not = 1;
+			else if (!strcmp(tok, "=="))
+				pred->not = 0;
+			else {
+				pred->field_name = NULL;
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+			tok_n = 2;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (tok_n == 2) {
+			if (pred->compound) {
+				if (!strcmp(tok, "!="))
+					pred->not = 1;
+				else if (!strcmp(tok, "=="))
+					pred->not = 0;
+				else {
+					pred->field_name = NULL;
+					return -EINVAL;
+				}
+			} else {
+				val_str = tok;
+				break; /* done */
+			}
+			tok_n = 3;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (tok_n == 3) {
+			val_str = tok;
+			break; /* done */
+		}
+	}
+
+	pred->field_name = kstrdup(pred->field_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pred->field_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	pred->val = simple_strtoull(val_str, &tmp, 10);
+	if (tmp == val_str) {
+		pred->str_val = kstrdup(val_str, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pred->str_val)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
index 468938f70141..ebf215e87d5e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_stage_3.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ static struct ftrace_event_call event_##call;				\
 									\
 static void ftrace_raw_event_##call(proto)				\
 {									\
+	struct ftrace_event_call *call = &event_##call;			\
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;				\
 	struct ftrace_raw_##call *entry;				\
 	unsigned long irq_flags;					\
@@ -222,6 +223,9 @@ static void ftrace_raw_event_##call(proto)				\
 	assign;								\
 									\
 	trace_current_buffer_unlock_commit(event, irq_flags, pc);	\
+									\
+	if (call->preds && !filter_match_preds(call, entry))		\
+		ring_buffer_event_discard(event);			\
 }									\
 									\
 static int ftrace_raw_reg_event_##call(void)				\