diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index b891de96000f..67be0376d8e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ void ring_buffer_record_enable(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_record_disable_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_record_enable_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 
+unsigned long ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+unsigned long ring_buffer_bytes_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_entries(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_overruns(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 unsigned long ring_buffer_entries_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 731201bf4acc..acf6b68dc4a8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -488,12 +488,14 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
 	struct buffer_page		*reader_page;
 	unsigned long			lost_events;
 	unsigned long			last_overrun;
+	local_t				entries_bytes;
 	local_t				commit_overrun;
 	local_t				overrun;
 	local_t				entries;
 	local_t				committing;
 	local_t				commits;
 	unsigned long			read;
+	unsigned long			read_bytes;
 	u64				write_stamp;
 	u64				read_stamp;
 };
@@ -1708,6 +1710,7 @@ rb_handle_head_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 		 * the counters.
 		 */
 		local_add(entries, &cpu_buffer->overrun);
+		local_sub(BUF_PAGE_SIZE, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes);
 
 		/*
 		 * The entries will be zeroed out when we move the
@@ -1863,6 +1866,9 @@ rb_reset_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	event = __rb_page_index(tail_page, tail);
 	kmemcheck_annotate_bitfield(event, bitfield);
 
+	/* account for padding bytes */
+	local_add(BUF_PAGE_SIZE - tail, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes);
+
 	/*
 	 * Save the original length to the meta data.
 	 * This will be used by the reader to add lost event
@@ -2054,6 +2060,9 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	if (!tail)
 		tail_page->page->time_stamp = ts;
 
+	/* account for these added bytes */
+	local_add(length, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes);
+
 	return event;
 }
 
@@ -2076,6 +2085,7 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 	if (bpage->page == (void *)addr && rb_page_write(bpage) == old_index) {
 		unsigned long write_mask =
 			local_read(&bpage->write) & ~RB_WRITE_MASK;
+		unsigned long event_length = rb_event_length(event);
 		/*
 		 * This is on the tail page. It is possible that
 		 * a write could come in and move the tail page
@@ -2085,8 +2095,11 @@ rb_try_to_discard(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 		old_index += write_mask;
 		new_index += write_mask;
 		index = local_cmpxchg(&bpage->write, old_index, new_index);
-		if (index == old_index)
+		if (index == old_index) {
+			/* update counters */
+			local_sub(event_length, &cpu_buffer->entries_bytes);
 			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* could not discard */
@@ -2660,6 +2673,58 @@ rb_num_of_entries(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 		(local_read(&cpu_buffer->overrun) + cpu_buffer->read);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts - get the oldest event timestamp from the buffer
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer
+ * @cpu: The per CPU buffer to read from.
+ */
+unsigned long ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	struct buffer_page *bpage;
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
+		return 0;
+
+	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+	/*
+	 * if the tail is on reader_page, oldest time stamp is on the reader
+	 * page
+	 */
+	if (cpu_buffer->tail_page == cpu_buffer->reader_page)
+		bpage = cpu_buffer->reader_page;
+	else
+		bpage = rb_set_head_page(cpu_buffer);
+	ret = bpage->page->time_stamp;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts);
+
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_bytes_cpu - get the number of bytes consumed in a cpu buffer
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer
+ * @cpu: The per CPU buffer to read from.
+ */
+unsigned long ring_buffer_bytes_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
+		return 0;
+
+	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
+	ret = local_read(&cpu_buffer->entries_bytes) - cpu_buffer->read_bytes;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_bytes_cpu);
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_entries_cpu - get the number of entries in a cpu buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer
@@ -3527,11 +3592,13 @@ rb_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	cpu_buffer->reader_page->read = 0;
 
 	local_set(&cpu_buffer->commit_overrun, 0);
+	local_set(&cpu_buffer->entries_bytes, 0);
 	local_set(&cpu_buffer->overrun, 0);
 	local_set(&cpu_buffer->entries, 0);
 	local_set(&cpu_buffer->committing, 0);
 	local_set(&cpu_buffer->commits, 0);
 	cpu_buffer->read = 0;
+	cpu_buffer->read_bytes = 0;
 
 	cpu_buffer->write_stamp = 0;
 	cpu_buffer->read_stamp = 0;
@@ -3918,6 +3985,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	} else {
 		/* update the entry counter */
 		cpu_buffer->read += rb_page_entries(reader);
+		cpu_buffer->read_bytes += BUF_PAGE_SIZE;
 
 		/* swap the pages */
 		rb_init_page(bpage);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 01176788c387..b41907000bc6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -4056,6 +4056,8 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 	struct trace_seq *s;
 	unsigned long cnt;
+	unsigned long long t;
+	unsigned long usec_rem;
 
 	s = kmalloc(sizeof(*s), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!s)
@@ -4072,6 +4074,17 @@ tracing_stats_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf,
 	cnt = ring_buffer_commit_overrun_cpu(tr->buffer, cpu);
 	trace_seq_printf(s, "commit overrun: %ld\n", cnt);
 
+	cnt = ring_buffer_bytes_cpu(tr->buffer, cpu);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "bytes: %ld\n", cnt);
+
+	t = ns2usecs(ring_buffer_oldest_event_ts(tr->buffer, cpu));
+	usec_rem = do_div(t, USEC_PER_SEC);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "oldest event ts: %5llu.%06lu\n", t, usec_rem);
+
+	t = ns2usecs(ring_buffer_time_stamp(tr->buffer, cpu));
+	usec_rem = do_div(t, USEC_PER_SEC);
+	trace_seq_printf(s, "now ts: %5llu.%06lu\n", t, usec_rem);
+
 	count = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, count, ppos, s->buffer, s->len);
 
 	kfree(s);