tracing: Hist trigger snapshot and onchange additions

index eb908ef2ecec..7751dce5e5fb 100644
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ struct hist_trigger_data {
 	struct field_var_hist		*field_var_hists[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 	unsigned int			n_field_var_hists;
 
-	struct field_var		*max_vars[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
-	unsigned int			n_max_vars;
-	unsigned int			n_max_var_str;
+	struct field_var		*save_vars[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
+	unsigned int			n_save_vars;
+	unsigned int			n_save_var_str;
 };
 
 struct synth_field {

@@ -319,8 +319,22 @@ typedef void (*action_fn_t) (struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			     struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
 			     struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals);
 
+enum handler_id {
+	HANDLER_ONMATCH = 1,
+	HANDLER_ONMAX,
+};
+
+enum action_id {
+	ACTION_SAVE = 1,
+	ACTION_TRACE,
+};
+
 struct action_data {
+	enum handler_id		handler;
+	enum action_id		action;
+	char			*action_name;
 	action_fn_t		fn;
+
 	unsigned int		n_params;
 	char			*params[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 

@@ -329,13 +343,11 @@ struct action_data {
 			unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
 			char			*match_event;
 			char			*match_event_system;
-			char			*synth_event_name;
 			struct synth_event	*synth_event;
 		} onmatch;
 
 		struct {
 			char			*var_str;
-			char			*fn_name;
 			unsigned int		max_var_ref_idx;
 			struct hist_field	*max_var;
 			struct hist_field	*var;

@@ -1571,7 +1583,7 @@ find_match_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, char *var_name)
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_actions; i++) {
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn == action_trace) {
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
 			char *system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
 			char *event_name = data->onmatch.match_event;
 

@@ -2003,7 +2015,7 @@ static int hist_trigger_elt_data_alloc(struct tracing_map_elt *elt)
 		}
 	}
 
-	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str + hist_data->n_max_var_str;
+	n_str = hist_data->n_field_var_str + hist_data->n_save_var_str;
 
 	size = STR_VAR_LEN_MAX;
 

@@ -2945,7 +2957,7 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 	int ret;
 
 	if (target_hist_data->n_field_var_hists >= SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX) {
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Too many field variables defined: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Too many field variables defined: ",
 			       subsys_name, event_name, field_name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}

@@ -2953,7 +2965,7 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 	file = event_file(tr, subsys_name, event_name);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Event file not found: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Event file not found: ",
 			       subsys_name, event_name, field_name);
 		ret = PTR_ERR(file);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);

@@ -2967,7 +2979,7 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 	 */
 	hist_data = find_compatible_hist(target_hist_data, file);
 	if (!hist_data) {
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Matching event histogram not found: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Matching event histogram not found: ",
 			       subsys_name, event_name, field_name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}

@@ -3029,7 +3041,7 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 		kfree(cmd);
 		kfree(var_hist->cmd);
 		kfree(var_hist);
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Couldn't create histogram for field: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Couldn't create histogram for field: ",
 			       subsys_name, event_name, field_name);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}

@@ -3042,7 +3054,7 @@ create_field_var_hist(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(event_var)) {
 		kfree(var_hist->cmd);
 		kfree(var_hist);
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Couldn't find synthetic variable: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Couldn't find synthetic variable: ",
 			       subsys_name, event_name, field_name);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}

@@ -3125,8 +3137,8 @@ static void update_max_vars(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			    struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
 			    void *rec)
 {
-	__update_field_vars(elt, rbe, rec, hist_data->max_vars,
-			    hist_data->n_max_vars, hist_data->n_field_var_str);
+	__update_field_vars(elt, rbe, rec, hist_data->save_vars,
+			    hist_data->n_save_vars, hist_data->n_field_var_str);
 }
 
 static struct hist_field *create_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,

@@ -3270,9 +3282,9 @@ static void onmax_print(struct seq_file *m,
 
 	seq_printf(m, "\n\tmax: %10llu", tracing_map_read_var(elt, max_idx));
 
-	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_max_vars; i++) {
-		struct hist_field *save_val = hist_data->max_vars[i]->val;
-		struct hist_field *save_var = hist_data->max_vars[i]->var;
+	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_save_vars; i++) {
+		struct hist_field *save_val = hist_data->save_vars[i]->val;
+		struct hist_field *save_var = hist_data->save_vars[i]->var;
 		u64 val;
 
 		save_var_idx = save_var->var.idx;

@@ -3316,7 +3328,7 @@ static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.var, 0);
 
 	kfree(data->onmax.var_str);
-	kfree(data->onmax.fn_name);
+	kfree(data->action_name);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++)
 		kfree(data->params[i]);

@@ -3324,16 +3336,17 @@ static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 	kfree(data);
 }
 
+static int action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			 struct action_data *data);
+
 static int onmax_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			struct action_data *data)
 {
+	struct hist_field *var_field, *ref_field, *max_var = NULL;
 	struct trace_event_file *file = hist_data->event_file;
-	struct hist_field *var_field, *ref_field, *max_var;
 	unsigned int var_ref_idx = hist_data->n_var_refs;
-	struct field_var *field_var;
-	char *onmax_var_str, *param;
+	char *onmax_var_str;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int i;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	onmax_var_str = data->onmax.var_str;

@@ -3363,8 +3376,8 @@ static int onmax_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	ref_field->var_ref_idx = hist_data->n_var_refs++;
 	data->onmax.var = ref_field;
 
-	data->fn = onmax_save;
 	data->onmax.max_var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
+
 	max_var = create_var(hist_data, file, "max", sizeof(u64), "u64");
 	if (IS_ERR(max_var)) {
 		hist_err("onmax: Couldn't create onmax variable: ", "max");

@@ -3373,27 +3386,7 @@ static int onmax_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	}
 	data->onmax.max_var = max_var;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++) {
-		param = kstrdup(data->params[i], GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!param) {
-			ret = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		field_var = create_target_field_var(hist_data, NULL, NULL, param);
-		if (IS_ERR(field_var)) {
-			hist_err("onmax: Couldn't create field variable: ", param);
-			ret = PTR_ERR(field_var);
-			kfree(param);
-			goto out;
-		}
-
-		hist_data->max_vars[hist_data->n_max_vars++] = field_var;
-		if (field_var->val->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING)
-			hist_data->n_max_var_str++;
-
-		kfree(param);
-	}
+	ret = action_create(hist_data, data);
  out:
 	return ret;
 }

@@ -3404,11 +3397,14 @@ static int parse_action_params(char *params, struct action_data *data)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	while (params) {
-		if (data->n_params >= SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX)
+		if (data->n_params >= SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX) {
+			hist_err("Too many action params", "");
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		param = strsep(&params, ",");
 		if (!param) {
+			hist_err("No action param found", "");
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}

@@ -3432,10 +3428,71 @@ static int parse_action_params(char *params, struct action_data *data)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str)
+static int action_parse(char *str, struct action_data *data,
+			enum handler_id handler)
+{
+	char *action_name;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	strsep(&str, ".");
+	if (!str) {
+		hist_err("action parsing: No action found", "");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	action_name = strsep(&str, "(");
+	if (!action_name || !str) {
+		hist_err("action parsing: No action found", "");
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (strncmp(action_name, "save", strlen("save")) == 0) {
+		char *params = strsep(&str, ")");
+
+		if (!params) {
+			hist_err("action parsing: No params found for %s", "save");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		ret = parse_action_params(params, data);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out;
+
+		if (handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
+			data->fn = onmax_save;
+
+		data->action = ACTION_SAVE;
+	} else {
+		char *params = strsep(&str, ")");
+
+		if (params) {
+			ret = parse_action_params(params, data);
+			if (ret)
+				goto out;
+		}
+
+		data->fn = action_trace;
+		data->action = ACTION_TRACE;
+	}
+
+	data->action_name = kstrdup(action_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data->action_name) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	data->handler = handler;
+ out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str, enum handler_id handler)
 {
-	char *onmax_fn_name, *onmax_var_str;
 	struct action_data *data;
+	char *onmax_var_str;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);

@@ -3454,33 +3511,9 @@ static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str)
 		goto free;
 	}
 
-	strsep(&str, ".");
-	if (!str)
-		goto free;
-
-	onmax_fn_name = strsep(&str, "(");
-	if (!onmax_fn_name || !str)
-		goto free;
-
-	if (strncmp(onmax_fn_name, "save", strlen("save")) == 0) {
-		char *params = strsep(&str, ")");
-
-		if (!params) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto free;
-		}
-
-		ret = parse_action_params(params, data);
-		if (ret)
-			goto free;
-	} else
-		goto free;
-
-	data->onmax.fn_name = kstrdup(onmax_fn_name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->onmax.fn_name) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	ret = action_parse(str, data, handler);
+	if (ret)
 		goto free;
-	}
  out:
 	return data;
  free:

@@ -3497,7 +3530,7 @@ static void onmatch_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 
 	kfree(data->onmatch.match_event);
 	kfree(data->onmatch.match_event_system);
-	kfree(data->onmatch.synth_event_name);
+	kfree(data->action_name);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++)
 		kfree(data->params[i]);

@@ -3574,8 +3607,9 @@ static int check_synth_field(struct synth_event *event,
 }
 
 static struct hist_field *
-onmatch_find_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, struct action_data *data,
-		 char *system, char *event, char *var)
+trace_action_find_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+		      struct action_data *data,
+		      char *system, char *event, char *var)
 {
 	struct hist_field *hist_field;
 

@@ -3583,7 +3617,7 @@ onmatch_find_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, struct action_data *data,
 
 	hist_field = find_target_event_var(hist_data, system, event, var);
 	if (!hist_field) {
-		if (!system) {
+		if (!system && data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
 			system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
 			event = data->onmatch.match_event;
 		}

@@ -3592,15 +3626,15 @@ onmatch_find_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, struct action_data *data,
 	}
 
 	if (!hist_field)
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Couldn't find onmatch param: $", system, event, var);
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Couldn't find param: $", system, event, var);
 
 	return hist_field;
 }
 
 static struct hist_field *
-onmatch_create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			 struct action_data *data, char *system,
-			 char *event, char *var)
+trace_action_create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			      struct action_data *data, char *system,
+			      char *event, char *var)
 {
 	struct hist_field *hist_field = NULL;
 	struct field_var *field_var;

@@ -3623,7 +3657,7 @@ onmatch_create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		 * looking for fields on the onmatch(system.event.xxx)
 		 * event.
 		 */
-		if (!system) {
+		if (!system && data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
 			system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
 			event = data->onmatch.match_event;
 		}

@@ -3647,9 +3681,8 @@ onmatch_create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			  struct trace_event_file *file,
-			  struct action_data *data)
+static int trace_action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			       struct action_data *data)
 {
 	char *event_name, *param, *system = NULL;
 	struct hist_field *hist_field, *var_ref;

@@ -3659,12 +3692,14 @@ static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&synth_event_mutex);
-	event = find_synth_event(data->onmatch.synth_event_name);
+
+	event = find_synth_event(data->action_name);
 	if (!event) {
-		hist_err("onmatch: Couldn't find synthetic event: ", data->onmatch.synth_event_name);
+		hist_err("trace action: Couldn't find synthetic event: ", data->action_name);
 		mutex_unlock(&synth_event_mutex);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
 	event->ref++;
 	mutex_unlock(&synth_event_mutex);
 

@@ -3693,13 +3728,15 @@ static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		}
 
 		if (param[0] == '$')
-			hist_field = onmatch_find_var(hist_data, data, system,
-						      event_name, param);
+			hist_field = trace_action_find_var(hist_data, data,
+							   system, event_name,
+							   param);
 		else
-			hist_field = onmatch_create_field_var(hist_data, data,
-							      system,
-							      event_name,
-							      param);
+			hist_field = trace_action_create_field_var(hist_data,
+								   data,
+								   system,
+								   event_name,
+								   param);
 
 		if (!hist_field) {
 			kfree(p);

@@ -3721,7 +3758,7 @@ static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		hist_err_event("onmatch: Param type doesn't match synthetic event field type: ",
+		hist_err_event("trace action: Param type doesn't match synthetic event field type: ",
 			       system, event_name, param);
 		kfree(p);
 		ret = -EINVAL;

@@ -3729,12 +3766,11 @@ static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	}
 
 	if (field_pos != event->n_fields) {
-		hist_err("onmatch: Param count doesn't match synthetic event field count: ", event->name);
+		hist_err("trace action: Param count doesn't match synthetic event field count: ", event->name);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	data->fn = action_trace;
 	data->onmatch.synth_event = event;
 	data->onmatch.var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
  out:

@@ -3747,10 +3783,58 @@ static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	goto out;
 }
 
+static int action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			 struct action_data *data)
+{
+	struct field_var *field_var;
+	unsigned int i;
+	char *param;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (data->action == ACTION_TRACE)
+		return trace_action_create(hist_data, data);
+
+	if (data->action == ACTION_SAVE) {
+		if (hist_data->n_save_vars) {
+			ret = -EEXIST;
+			hist_err("save action: Can't have more than one save() action per hist", "");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++) {
+			param = kstrdup(data->params[i], GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!param) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			field_var = create_target_field_var(hist_data, NULL, NULL, param);
+			if (IS_ERR(field_var)) {
+				hist_err("save action: Couldn't create field variable: ", param);
+				ret = PTR_ERR(field_var);
+				kfree(param);
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			hist_data->save_vars[hist_data->n_save_vars++] = field_var;
+			if (field_var->val->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STRING)
+				hist_data->n_save_var_str++;
+			kfree(param);
+		}
+	}
+ out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int onmatch_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			  struct action_data *data)
+{
+	return action_create(hist_data, data);
+}
+
 static struct action_data *onmatch_parse(struct trace_array *tr, char *str)
 {
 	char *match_event, *match_event_system;
-	char *synth_event_name, *params;
 	struct action_data *data;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 

@@ -3788,31 +3872,7 @@ static struct action_data *onmatch_parse(struct trace_array *tr, char *str)
 		goto free;
 	}
 
-	strsep(&str, ".");
-	if (!str) {
-		hist_err("onmatch: Missing . after onmatch(): ", str);
-		goto free;
-	}
-
-	synth_event_name = strsep(&str, "(");
-	if (!synth_event_name || !str) {
-		hist_err("onmatch: Missing opening paramlist paren: ", synth_event_name);
-		goto free;
-	}
-
-	data->onmatch.synth_event_name = kstrdup(synth_event_name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->onmatch.synth_event_name) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto free;
-	}
-
-	params = strsep(&str, ")");
-	if (!params || !str || (str && strlen(str))) {
-		hist_err("onmatch: Missing closing paramlist paren: ", params);
-		goto free;
-	}
-
-	ret = parse_action_params(params, data);
+	ret = action_parse(str, data, HANDLER_ONMATCH);
 	if (ret)
 		goto free;
  out:

@@ -4252,9 +4312,9 @@ static void destroy_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_actions; i++) {
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn == action_trace)
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH)
 			onmatch_destroy(data);
-		else if (data->fn == onmax_save)
+		else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
 			onmax_destroy(data);
 		else
 			kfree(data);

@@ -4280,16 +4340,14 @@ static int parse_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
 				break;
 			}
-			data->fn = action_trace;
 		} else if (strncmp(str, "onmax(", strlen("onmax(")) == 0) {
 			char *action_str = str + strlen("onmax(");
 
-			data = onmax_parse(action_str);
+			data = onmax_parse(action_str, HANDLER_ONMAX);
 			if (IS_ERR(data)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
 				break;
 			}
-			data->fn = onmax_save;
 		} else {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			break;

@@ -4301,8 +4359,7 @@ static int parse_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int create_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			  struct trace_event_file *file)
+static int create_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 {
 	struct action_data *data;
 	unsigned int i;

@@ -4311,14 +4368,17 @@ static int create_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->attrs->n_actions; i++) {
 		data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn == action_trace) {
-			ret = onmatch_create(hist_data, file, data);
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
+			ret = onmatch_create(hist_data, data);
 			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else if (data->fn == onmax_save) {
+				break;
+		} else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX) {
 			ret = onmax_create(hist_data, data);
 			if (ret)
-				return ret;
+				break;
+		} else {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 

@@ -4334,26 +4394,42 @@ static void print_actions(struct seq_file *m,
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_actions; i++) {
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn == onmax_save)
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
 			onmax_print(m, hist_data, elt, data);
 	}
 }
 
+static void print_action_spec(struct seq_file *m,
+			      struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			      struct action_data *data)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (data->action == ACTION_SAVE) {
+		for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_save_vars; i++) {
+			seq_printf(m, "%s", hist_data->save_vars[i]->var->var.name);
+			if (i < hist_data->n_save_vars - 1)
+				seq_puts(m, ",");
+		}
+	} else if (data->action == ACTION_TRACE) {
+		for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++) {
+			if (i)
+				seq_puts(m, ",");
+			seq_printf(m, "%s", data->params[i]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static void print_onmax_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 			     struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			     struct action_data *data)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
 	seq_puts(m, ":onmax(");
 	seq_printf(m, "%s", data->onmax.var_str);
-	seq_printf(m, ").%s(", data->onmax.fn_name);
+	seq_printf(m, ").%s(", data->action_name);
+
+	print_action_spec(m, hist_data, data);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_max_vars; i++) {
-		seq_printf(m, "%s", hist_data->max_vars[i]->var->var.name);
-		if (i < hist_data->n_max_vars - 1)
-			seq_puts(m, ",");
-	}
 	seq_puts(m, ")");
 }
 

@@ -4361,18 +4437,12 @@ static void print_onmatch_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 			       struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			       struct action_data *data)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
 	seq_printf(m, ":onmatch(%s.%s).", data->onmatch.match_event_system,
 		   data->onmatch.match_event);
 
-	seq_printf(m, "%s(", data->onmatch.synth_event->name);
+	seq_printf(m, "%s(", data->action_name);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++) {
-		if (i)
-			seq_puts(m, ",");
-		seq_printf(m, "%s", data->params[i]);
-	}
+	print_action_spec(m, hist_data, data);
 
 	seq_puts(m, ")");
 }

@@ -4389,7 +4459,9 @@ static bool actions_match(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 		struct action_data *data_test = hist_data_test->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn != data_test->fn)
+		if (data->handler != data_test->handler)
+			return false;
+		if (data->action != data_test->action)
 			return false;
 
 		if (data->n_params != data_test->n_params)

@@ -4400,23 +4472,20 @@ static bool actions_match(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 				return false;
 		}
 
-		if (data->fn == action_trace) {
-			if (strcmp(data->onmatch.synth_event_name,
-				   data_test->onmatch.synth_event_name) != 0)
-				return false;
+		if (strcmp(data->action_name, data_test->action_name) != 0)
+			return false;
+
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
 			if (strcmp(data->onmatch.match_event_system,
 				   data_test->onmatch.match_event_system) != 0)
 				return false;
 			if (strcmp(data->onmatch.match_event,
 				   data_test->onmatch.match_event) != 0)
 				return false;
-		} else if (data->fn == onmax_save) {
+		} else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX) {
 			if (strcmp(data->onmax.var_str,
 				   data_test->onmax.var_str) != 0)
 				return false;
-			if (strcmp(data->onmax.fn_name,
-				   data_test->onmax.fn_name) != 0)
-				return false;
 		}
 	}
 

@@ -4432,9 +4501,9 @@ static void print_actions_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_actions; i++) {
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
-		if (data->fn == action_trace)
+		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH)
 			print_onmatch_spec(m, hist_data, data);
-		else if (data->fn == onmax_save)
+		else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
 			print_onmax_spec(m, hist_data, data);
 	}
 }

@@ -5611,7 +5680,7 @@ static int event_hist_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	if (has_hist_vars(hist_data))
 		save_hist_vars(hist_data);
 
-	ret = create_actions(hist_data, file);
+	ret = create_actions(hist_data);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unreg;
 

index ff1c4b20cd0a..998955dcc3ca 100644
@@ -4686,6 +4686,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t            [:size=#entries]\n"
 	"\t            [:pause][:continue][:clear]\n"
 	"\t            [:name=histname1]\n"
+	"\t            [:<handler>.<action>]\n"
 	"\t            [if <filter>]\n\n"
 	"\t    When a matching event is hit, an entry is added to a hash\n"
 	"\t    table using the key(s) and value(s) named, and the value of a\n"

@@ -4727,7 +4728,16 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t    The enable_hist and disable_hist triggers can be used to\n"
 	"\t    have one event conditionally start and stop another event's\n"
 	"\t    already-attached hist trigger.  The syntax is analagous to\n"
-	"\t    the enable_event and disable_event triggers.\n"
+	"\t    the enable_event and disable_event triggers.\n\n"
+	"\t    Hist trigger handlers and actions are executed whenever a\n"
+	"\t    a histogram entry is added or updated.  They take the form:\n\n"
+	"\t        <handler>.<action>\n\n"
+	"\t    The available handlers are:\n\n"
+	"\t        onmatch(matching.event)  - invoke on addition or update\n"
+	"\t        onmax(var)               - invoke if var exceeds current max\n\n"
+	"\t    The available actions are:\n\n"
+	"\t        <synthetic_event>(param list)        - generate synthetic event\n"
+	"\t        save(field,...)                      - save current event fields\n"
 #endif
 ;
 

index 7751dce5e5fb..54b78cfe2766 100644
@@ -338,13 +338,14 @@ struct action_data {
 	unsigned int		n_params;
 	char			*params[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 
+	unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
+	struct synth_event	*synth_event;
+
 	union {
 		struct {
-			unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
-			char			*match_event;
-			char			*match_event_system;
-			struct synth_event	*synth_event;
-		} onmatch;
+			char			*event;
+			char			*event_system;
+		} match_data;
 
 		struct {
 			char			*var_str;

@@ -1010,9 +1011,9 @@ static void action_trace(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			 struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
 			 struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals)
 {
-	struct synth_event *event = data->onmatch.synth_event;
+	struct synth_event *event = data->synth_event;
 
-	trace_synth(event, var_ref_vals, data->onmatch.var_ref_idx);
+	trace_synth(event, var_ref_vals, data->var_ref_idx);
 }
 
 struct hist_var_data {

@@ -1584,8 +1585,8 @@ find_match_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data, char *var_name)
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
 		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
-			char *system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
-			char *event_name = data->onmatch.match_event;
+			char *system = data->match_data.event_system;
+			char *event_name = data->match_data.event;
 
 			file = find_var_file(tr, system, event_name, var_name);
 			if (!file)

@@ -3320,20 +3321,33 @@ static void onmax_save(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	update_max_vars(hist_data, elt, rbe, rec);
 }
 
-static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
+static void action_data_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.max_var, 0);
-	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.var, 0);
+	mutex_lock(&synth_event_mutex);
 
-	kfree(data->onmax.var_str);
 	kfree(data->action_name);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++)
 		kfree(data->params[i]);
 
+	if (data->synth_event)
+		data->synth_event->ref--;
+
 	kfree(data);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&synth_event_mutex);
+}
+
+static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
+{
+	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.max_var, 0);
+	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.var, 0);
+
+	kfree(data->onmax.var_str);
+
+	action_data_destroy(data);
 }
 
 static int action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,

@@ -3524,23 +3538,10 @@ static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str, enum handler_id handler)
 
 static void onmatch_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	mutex_lock(&synth_event_mutex);
-
-	kfree(data->onmatch.match_event);
-	kfree(data->onmatch.match_event_system);
-	kfree(data->action_name);
+	kfree(data->match_data.event);
+	kfree(data->match_data.event_system);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < data->n_params; i++)
-		kfree(data->params[i]);
-
-	if (data->onmatch.synth_event)
-		data->onmatch.synth_event->ref--;
-
-	kfree(data);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&synth_event_mutex);
+	action_data_destroy(data);
 }
 
 static void destroy_field_var(struct field_var *field_var)

@@ -3618,8 +3619,8 @@ trace_action_find_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	hist_field = find_target_event_var(hist_data, system, event, var);
 	if (!hist_field) {
 		if (!system && data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
-			system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
-			event = data->onmatch.match_event;
+			system = data->match_data.event_system;
+			event = data->match_data.event;
 		}
 
 		hist_field = find_event_var(hist_data, system, event, var);

@@ -3658,8 +3659,8 @@ trace_action_create_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		 * event.
 		 */
 		if (!system && data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
-			system = data->onmatch.match_event_system;
-			event = data->onmatch.match_event;
+			system = data->match_data.event_system;
+			event = data->match_data.event;
 		}
 
 		/*

@@ -3771,8 +3772,8 @@ static int trace_action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	data->onmatch.synth_event = event;
-	data->onmatch.var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
+	data->synth_event = event;
+	data->var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
  out:
 	return ret;
  err:

@@ -3860,14 +3861,14 @@ static struct action_data *onmatch_parse(struct trace_array *tr, char *str)
 		goto free;
 	}
 
-	data->onmatch.match_event = kstrdup(match_event, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->onmatch.match_event) {
+	data->match_data.event = kstrdup(match_event, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data->match_data.event) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}
 
-	data->onmatch.match_event_system = kstrdup(match_event_system, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->onmatch.match_event_system) {
+	data->match_data.event_system = kstrdup(match_event_system, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data->match_data.event_system) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}

@@ -4437,8 +4438,8 @@ static void print_onmatch_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 			       struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			       struct action_data *data)
 {
-	seq_printf(m, ":onmatch(%s.%s).", data->onmatch.match_event_system,
-		   data->onmatch.match_event);
+	seq_printf(m, ":onmatch(%s.%s).", data->match_data.event_system,
+		   data->match_data.event);
 
 	seq_printf(m, "%s(", data->action_name);
 

@@ -4476,11 +4477,11 @@ static bool actions_match(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			return false;
 
 		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH) {
-			if (strcmp(data->onmatch.match_event_system,
-				   data_test->onmatch.match_event_system) != 0)
+			if (strcmp(data->match_data.event_system,
+				   data_test->match_data.event_system) != 0)
 				return false;
-			if (strcmp(data->onmatch.match_event,
-				   data_test->onmatch.match_event) != 0)
+			if (strcmp(data->match_data.event,
+				   data_test->match_data.event) != 0)
 				return false;
 		} else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX) {
 			if (strcmp(data->onmax.var_str,

index 54b78cfe2766..ac48ad1482c8 100644
@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ typedef void (*action_fn_t) (struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			     struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
 			     struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals);
 
+typedef bool (*check_track_val_fn_t) (u64 track_val, u64 var_val);
+typedef bool (*save_track_val_fn_t) (struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				     struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+				     struct action_data *data,
+				     unsigned int track_var_idx, u64 var_val);
+typedef u64 (*get_track_val_fn_t) (struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				   struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+				   struct action_data *data);
+
 enum handler_id {
 	HANDLER_ONMATCH = 1,
 	HANDLER_ONMAX,

@@ -349,14 +358,18 @@ struct action_data {
 
 		struct {
 			char			*var_str;
-			unsigned int		max_var_ref_idx;
-			struct hist_field	*max_var;
-			struct hist_field	*var;
-		} onmax;
+			struct hist_field	*var_ref;
+			unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
+
+			struct hist_field	*track_var;
+
+			check_track_val_fn_t	check_val;
+			save_track_val_fn_t	save_val;
+			get_track_val_fn_t	get_val;
+		} track_data;
 	};
 };
 
-
 static char last_hist_cmd[MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL];
 static char hist_err_str[MAX_FILTER_STR_VAL];
 

@@ -3133,10 +3146,10 @@ static void update_field_vars(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			    hist_data->n_field_vars, 0);
 }
 
-static void update_max_vars(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			    struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
-			    struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
-			    void *rec)
+static void update_save_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->save_vars,
 			    hist_data->n_save_vars, hist_data->n_field_var_str);

@@ -3274,14 +3287,68 @@ create_target_field_var(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
 	return create_field_var(target_hist_data, file, var_name);
 }
 
-static void onmax_print(struct seq_file *m,
-			struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
-			struct action_data *data)
+static bool check_track_val_max(u64 track_val, u64 var_val)
 {
-	unsigned int i, save_var_idx, max_idx = data->onmax.max_var->var.idx;
+	if (var_val <= track_val)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
 
-	seq_printf(m, "\n\tmax: %10llu", tracing_map_read_var(elt, max_idx));
+static u64 get_track_val_local(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			       struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+			       struct action_data *data)
+{
+	unsigned int track_var_idx = data->track_data.track_var->var.idx;
+	u64 track_val;
+
+	track_val = tracing_map_read_var(elt, track_var_idx);
+
+	return track_val;
+}
+
+static bool save_track_val_local(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				 struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+				 struct action_data *data,
+				 unsigned int track_var_idx, u64 var_val)
+{
+	bool ret = false;
+	u64 track_val;
+
+	track_val = tracing_map_read_var(elt, track_var_idx);
+
+	if (data->track_data.check_val(track_val, var_val)) {
+		tracing_map_set_var(elt, track_var_idx, var_val);
+		ret = true;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static bool update_track_val(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			     struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+			     struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals)
+{
+	unsigned int track_var_idx = data->track_data.track_var->var.idx;
+	unsigned int track_var_ref_idx = data->track_data.var_ref_idx;
+	u64 var_val;
+
+	var_val = var_ref_vals[track_var_ref_idx];
+
+	return data->track_data.save_val(hist_data, elt, data,
+					 track_var_idx, var_val);
+}
+
+static void track_data_print(struct seq_file *m,
+			     struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			     struct tracing_map_elt *elt,
+			     struct action_data *data)
+{
+	u64 track_val = data->track_data.get_val(hist_data, elt, data);
+	unsigned int i, save_var_idx;
+
+	if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
+		seq_printf(m, "\n\tmax: %10llu", track_val);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < hist_data->n_save_vars; i++) {
 		struct hist_field *save_val = hist_data->save_vars[i]->val;

@@ -3300,25 +3367,13 @@ static void onmax_print(struct seq_file *m,
 	}
 }
 
-static void onmax_save(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-		       struct tracing_map_elt *elt, void *rec,
-		       struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
-		       struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals)
+static void ontrack_save(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			 struct tracing_map_elt *elt, void *rec,
+			 struct ring_buffer_event *rbe,
+			 struct action_data *data, u64 *var_ref_vals)
 {
-	unsigned int max_idx = data->onmax.max_var->var.idx;
-	unsigned int max_var_ref_idx = data->onmax.max_var_ref_idx;
-
-	u64 var_val, max_val;
-
-	var_val = var_ref_vals[max_var_ref_idx];
-	max_val = tracing_map_read_var(elt, max_idx);
-
-	if (var_val <= max_val)
-		return;
-
-	tracing_map_set_var(elt, max_idx, var_val);
-
-	update_max_vars(hist_data, elt, rbe, rec);
+	if (update_track_val(hist_data, elt, data, var_ref_vals))
+		update_save_vars(hist_data, elt, rbe, rec);
 }
 
 static void action_data_destroy(struct action_data *data)

@@ -3340,12 +3395,13 @@ static void action_data_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 	mutex_unlock(&synth_event_mutex);
 }
 
-static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
+static void track_data_destroy(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			       struct action_data *data)
 {
-	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.max_var, 0);
-	destroy_hist_field(data->onmax.var, 0);
+	destroy_hist_field(data->track_data.track_var, 0);
+	destroy_hist_field(data->track_data.var_ref, 0);
 
-	kfree(data->onmax.var_str);
+	kfree(data->track_data.var_str);
 
 	action_data_destroy(data);
 }

@@ -3353,26 +3409,26 @@ static void onmax_destroy(struct action_data *data)
 static int action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			 struct action_data *data);
 
-static int onmax_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			struct action_data *data)
+static int track_data_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+			     struct action_data *data)
 {
-	struct hist_field *var_field, *ref_field, *max_var = NULL;
+	struct hist_field *var_field, *ref_field, *track_var = NULL;
 	struct trace_event_file *file = hist_data->event_file;
 	unsigned int var_ref_idx = hist_data->n_var_refs;
-	char *onmax_var_str;
+	char *track_data_var_str;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	onmax_var_str = data->onmax.var_str;
-	if (onmax_var_str[0] != '$') {
-		hist_err("onmax: For onmax(x), x must be a variable: ", onmax_var_str);
+	track_data_var_str = data->track_data.var_str;
+	if (track_data_var_str[0] != '$') {
+		hist_err("For onmax(x), x must be a variable: ", track_data_var_str);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	onmax_var_str++;
+	track_data_var_str++;
 
-	var_field = find_target_event_var(hist_data, NULL, NULL, onmax_var_str);
+	var_field = find_target_event_var(hist_data, NULL, NULL, track_data_var_str);
 	if (!var_field) {
-		hist_err("onmax: Couldn't find onmax variable: ", onmax_var_str);
+		hist_err("Couldn't find onmax variable: ", track_data_var_str);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 

@@ -3388,17 +3444,18 @@ static int onmax_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 	}
 	hist_data->var_refs[hist_data->n_var_refs] = ref_field;
 	ref_field->var_ref_idx = hist_data->n_var_refs++;
-	data->onmax.var = ref_field;
+	data->track_data.var_ref = ref_field;
 
-	data->onmax.max_var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
+	data->track_data.var_ref_idx = var_ref_idx;
 
-	max_var = create_var(hist_data, file, "max", sizeof(u64), "u64");
-	if (IS_ERR(max_var)) {
-		hist_err("onmax: Couldn't create onmax variable: ", "max");
-		ret = PTR_ERR(max_var);
+	if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
+		track_var = create_var(hist_data, file, "__max", sizeof(u64), "u64");
+	if (IS_ERR(track_var)) {
+		hist_err("Couldn't create onmax variable: ", "__max");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(track_var);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	data->onmax.max_var = max_var;
+	data->track_data.track_var = track_var;
 
 	ret = action_create(hist_data, data);
  out:

@@ -3476,7 +3533,17 @@ static int action_parse(char *str, struct action_data *data,
 			goto out;
 
 		if (handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
-			data->fn = onmax_save;
+			data->track_data.check_val = check_track_val_max;
+		else {
+			hist_err("action parsing: Handler doesn't support action: ", action_name);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		data->track_data.save_val = save_track_val_local;
+		data->track_data.get_val = get_track_val_local;
+
+		data->fn = ontrack_save;
 
 		data->action = ACTION_SAVE;
 	} else {

@@ -3488,7 +3555,14 @@ static int action_parse(char *str, struct action_data *data,
 				goto out;
 		}
 
+		if (handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
+			data->track_data.check_val = check_track_val_max;
+
+		data->track_data.save_val = save_track_val_local;
+		data->track_data.get_val = get_track_val_local;
+
 		data->fn = action_trace;
+
 		data->action = ACTION_TRACE;
 	}
 

@@ -3503,24 +3577,25 @@ static int action_parse(char *str, struct action_data *data,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str, enum handler_id handler)
+static struct action_data *track_data_parse(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+					    char *str, enum handler_id handler)
 {
 	struct action_data *data;
-	char *onmax_var_str;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	char *var_str;
 
 	data = kzalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	onmax_var_str = strsep(&str, ")");
-	if (!onmax_var_str || !str) {
+	var_str = strsep(&str, ")");
+	if (!var_str || !str) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto free;
 	}
 
-	data->onmax.var_str = kstrdup(onmax_var_str, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data->onmax.var_str) {
+	data->track_data.var_str = kstrdup(var_str, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data->track_data.var_str) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free;
 	}

@@ -3531,7 +3606,7 @@ static struct action_data *onmax_parse(char *str, enum handler_id handler)
  out:
 	return data;
  free:
-	onmax_destroy(data);
+	track_data_destroy(hist_data, data);
 	data = ERR_PTR(ret);
 	goto out;
 }

@@ -4316,7 +4391,7 @@ static void destroy_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH)
 			onmatch_destroy(data);
 		else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
-			onmax_destroy(data);
+			track_data_destroy(hist_data, data);
 		else
 			kfree(data);
 	}

@@ -4344,7 +4419,8 @@ static int parse_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 		} else if (strncmp(str, "onmax(", strlen("onmax(")) == 0) {
 			char *action_str = str + strlen("onmax(");
 
-			data = onmax_parse(action_str, HANDLER_ONMAX);
+			data = track_data_parse(hist_data, action_str,
+						HANDLER_ONMAX);
 			if (IS_ERR(data)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(data);
 				break;

@@ -4374,7 +4450,7 @@ static int create_actions(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data)
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		} else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX) {
-			ret = onmax_create(hist_data, data);
+			ret = track_data_create(hist_data, data);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		} else {

@@ -4396,7 +4472,7 @@ static void print_actions(struct seq_file *m,
 		struct action_data *data = hist_data->actions[i];
 
 		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
-			onmax_print(m, hist_data, elt, data);
+			track_data_print(m, hist_data, elt, data);
 	}
 }
 

@@ -4421,12 +4497,13 @@ static void print_action_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 	}
 }
 
-static void print_onmax_spec(struct seq_file *m,
-			     struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
-			     struct action_data *data)
+static void print_track_data_spec(struct seq_file *m,
+				  struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
+				  struct action_data *data)
 {
-	seq_puts(m, ":onmax(");
-	seq_printf(m, "%s", data->onmax.var_str);
+	if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
+		seq_puts(m, ":onmax(");
+	seq_printf(m, "%s", data->track_data.var_str);
 	seq_printf(m, ").%s(", data->action_name);
 
 	print_action_spec(m, hist_data, data);

@@ -4484,8 +4561,8 @@ static bool actions_match(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 				   data_test->match_data.event) != 0)
 				return false;
 		} else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX) {
-			if (strcmp(data->onmax.var_str,
-				   data_test->onmax.var_str) != 0)
+			if (strcmp(data->track_data.var_str,
+				   data_test->track_data.var_str) != 0)
 				return false;
 		}
 	}

@@ -4505,7 +4582,7 @@ static void print_actions_spec(struct seq_file *m,
 		if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMATCH)
 			print_onmatch_spec(m, hist_data, data);
 		else if (data->handler == HANDLER_ONMAX)
-			print_onmax_spec(m, hist_data, data);
+			print_track_data_spec(m, hist_data, data);
 	}
 }
 

index 818944391d97..5310ef73f023 100644
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ enum field_op_id {
 	FIELD_OP_UNARY_MINUS,
 };
 
+/*
+ * A hist_var (histogram variable) contains variable information for
+ * hist_fields having the HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR or HIST_FIELD_FL_VAR_REF
+ * flag set.  A hist_var has a variable name e.g. ts0, and is
+ * associated with a given histogram trigger, as specified by
+ * hist_data.  The hist_var idx is the unique index assigned to the
+ * variable by the hist trigger's tracing_map.  The idx is what is
+ * used to set a variable's value and, by a variable reference, to
+ * retrieve it.
+ */
 struct hist_var {
 	char				*name;
 	struct hist_trigger_data	*hist_data;

@@ -60,7 +70,15 @@ struct hist_field {
 	char				*system;
 	char				*event_name;
 	char				*name;
-	unsigned int			var_idx;
+
+	/*
+	 * When a histogram trigger is hit, if it has any references
+	 * to variables, the values of those variables are collected
+	 * into a var_ref_vals array by resolve_var_refs().  The
+	 * current value of each variable is read from the tracing_map
+	 * using the hist field's hist_var.idx and entered into the
+	 * var_ref_idx entry i.e. var_ref_vals[var_ref_idx].
+	 */
 	unsigned int			var_ref_idx;
 	bool                            read_once;
 };

@@ -350,6 +368,14 @@ struct action_data {
 	unsigned int		n_params;
 	char			*params[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 
+	/*
+	 * When a histogram trigger is hit, the values of any
+	 * references to variables, including variables being passed
+	 * as parameters to synthetic events, are collected into a
+	 * var_ref_vals array.  This var_ref_idx is the index of the
+	 * first param in the array to be passed to the synthetic
+	 * event invocation.
+	 */
 	unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
 	struct synth_event	*synth_event;
 	bool			use_trace_keyword;

@@ -362,10 +388,29 @@ struct action_data {
 		} match_data;
 
 		struct {
+			/*
+			 * var_str and var_ref refer to the variable
+			 * being tracked e.g onmax($var).
+			 */
 			char			*var_str;
 			struct hist_field	*var_ref;
+
+			/*
+			 * When a histogram trigger is hit, the values
+			 * of any references to variables, including
+			 * variables being tracked e.g. onmax($var),
+			 * are collected into a var_ref_vals array.
+			 * This var_ref_idx is the index of the
+			 * tracked var value in var_ref_vals, which
+			 * the action can make use of directly.
+			 */
 			unsigned int		var_ref_idx;
 
+			/*
+			 * This track_var contains the 'invisible'
+			 * tracking variable created to keep the
+			 * current e.g. max value.
+			 */
 			struct hist_field	*track_var;
 
 			check_track_val_fn_t	check_val;

index 998955dcc3ca..856623672f9d 100644
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__trace_bputs);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT
-void tracing_snapshot_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
+void tracing_snapshot_instance(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data)
 {
 	struct tracer *tracer = tr->current_trace;
 	unsigned long flags;

@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ void tracing_snapshot_instance(struct trace_array *tr)
 	}
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	update_max_tr(tr, current, smp_processor_id());
+	update_max_tr(tr, current, smp_processor_id(), cond_data);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 

@@ -942,10 +942,58 @@ void tracing_snapshot(void)
 {
 	struct trace_array *tr = &global_trace;
 
-	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr);
+	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot);
 
+/**
+ * tracing_snapshot_cond - conditionally take a snapshot of the current buffer.
+ * @tr:		The tracing instance to snapshot
+ * @cond_data:	The data to be tested conditionally, and possibly saved
+ *
+ * This is the same as tracing_snapshot() except that the snapshot is
+ * conditional - the snapshot will only happen if the
+ * cond_snapshot.update() implementation receiving the cond_data
+ * returns true, which means that the trace array's cond_snapshot
+ * update() operation used the cond_data to determine whether the
+ * snapshot should be taken, and if it was, presumably saved it along
+ * with the snapshot.
+ */
+void tracing_snapshot_cond(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data)
+{
+	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr, cond_data);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond);
+
+/**
+ * tracing_snapshot_cond_data - get the user data associated with a snapshot
+ * @tr:		The tracing instance
+ *
+ * When the user enables a conditional snapshot using
+ * tracing_snapshot_cond_enable(), the user-defined cond_data is saved
+ * with the snapshot.  This accessor is used to retrieve it.
+ *
+ * Should not be called from cond_snapshot.update(), since it takes
+ * the tr->max_lock lock, which the code calling
+ * cond_snapshot.update() has already done.
+ *
+ * Returns the cond_data associated with the trace array's snapshot.
+ */
+void *tracing_cond_snapshot_data(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	void *cond_data = NULL;
+
+	arch_spin_lock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	if (tr->cond_snapshot)
+		cond_data = tr->cond_snapshot->cond_data;
+
+	arch_spin_unlock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	return cond_data;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_cond_snapshot_data);
+
 static int resize_buffer_duplicate_size(struct trace_buffer *trace_buf,
 					struct trace_buffer *size_buf, int cpu_id);
 static void set_buffer_entries(struct trace_buffer *buf, unsigned long val);

@@ -1025,12 +1073,85 @@ void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void)
 	tracing_snapshot();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_alloc);
+
+/**
+ * tracing_snapshot_cond_enable - enable conditional snapshot for an instance
+ * @tr:		The tracing instance
+ * @cond_data:	User data to associate with the snapshot
+ * @update:	Implementation of the cond_snapshot update function
+ *
+ * Check whether the conditional snapshot for the given instance has
+ * already been enabled; if so, return -EBUSY, else create a
+ * cond_snapshot and save the cond_data and update function inside.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, error otherwise.
+ */
+int tracing_snapshot_cond_enable(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data,
+				 cond_update_fn_t update)
+{
+	struct cond_snapshot *cond_snapshot;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	cond_snapshot = kzalloc(sizeof(*cond_snapshot), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cond_snapshot)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cond_snapshot->cond_data = cond_data;
+	cond_snapshot->update = update;
+
+	arch_spin_lock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	if (tr->cond_snapshot) {
+		kfree(cond_snapshot);
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+	} else
+		tr->cond_snapshot = cond_snapshot;
+
+	arch_spin_unlock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond_enable);
+
+/**
+ * tracing_snapshot_cond_disable - disable conditional snapshot for an instance
+ * @tr:		The tracing instance
+ *
+ * Check whether the conditional snapshot for the given instance is
+ * enabled; if so, free the cond_snapshot associated with it,
+ * otherwise return -EINVAL.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if successful, error otherwise.
+ */
+int tracing_snapshot_cond_disable(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	arch_spin_lock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	if (!tr->cond_snapshot)
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+	else {
+		kfree(tr->cond_snapshot);
+		tr->cond_snapshot = NULL;
+	}
+
+	arch_spin_unlock(&tr->max_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond_disable);
 #else
 void tracing_snapshot(void)
 {
 	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but internal snapshot used");
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot);
+void tracing_snapshot_cond(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but internal conditional snapshot used");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond);
 int tracing_alloc_snapshot(void)
 {
 	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but snapshot allocation used");

@@ -1043,6 +1164,27 @@ void tracing_snapshot_alloc(void)
 	tracing_snapshot();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_alloc);
+void *tracing_cond_snapshot_data(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but tried to get internal conditional snapshot data");
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_cond_snapshot_data);
+int tracing_snapshot_cond_enable(struct trace_array *tr, void *cond_data, cond_update_fn_t update)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but tried to enable internal conditional snapshot");
+
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond_enable);
+int tracing_snapshot_cond_disable(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	WARN_ONCE(1, "Snapshot feature not enabled, but tried to disable internal conditional snapshot");
+
+	return false;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tracing_snapshot_cond_disable);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACER_SNAPSHOT */
 
 void tracer_tracing_off(struct trace_array *tr)

@@ -1359,7 +1501,8 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
  * about which task was the cause of this latency.
  */
 void
-update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
+update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu,
+	      void *cond_data)
 {
 	if (tr->stop_count)
 		return;

@@ -1380,6 +1523,11 @@ update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 	else
 		ring_buffer_record_off(tr->max_buffer.buffer);
 
+	if (tr->cond_snapshot && !tr->cond_snapshot->update(tr, cond_data)) {
+		arch_spin_unlock(&tr->max_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	swap(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, tr->max_buffer.buffer);
 
 	__update_max_tr(tr, tsk, cpu);

@@ -6489,7 +6637,7 @@ tracing_snapshot_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
 		local_irq_disable();
 		/* Now, we're going to swap */
 		if (iter->cpu_file == RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
-			update_max_tr(tr, current, smp_processor_id());
+			update_max_tr(tr, current, smp_processor_id(), NULL);
 		else
 			update_max_tr_single(tr, current, iter->cpu_file);
 		local_irq_enable();

@@ -7081,7 +7229,7 @@ ftrace_snapshot(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 		struct trace_array *tr, struct ftrace_probe_ops *ops,
 		void *data)
 {
-	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr);
+	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr, NULL);
 }
 
 static void

@@ -7103,7 +7251,7 @@ ftrace_count_snapshot(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip,
 		(*count)--;
 	}
 
-	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr);
+	tracing_snapshot_instance(tr, NULL);
 }
 
 static int

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index 2152d1e530cb..a77102a17046 100644
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ snapshot_trigger(struct event_trigger_data *data, void *rec,
 	struct trace_event_file *file = data->private_data;
 
 	if (file)
-		tracing_snapshot_instance(file->tr);
+		tracing_snapshot_instance(file->tr, NULL);
 	else
 		tracing_snapshot();
 }

index a86b303e6c67..95efd2b61529 100644
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ probe_wakeup_sched_switch(void *ignore, bool preempt,
 
 	if (likely(!is_tracing_stopped())) {
 		wakeup_trace->max_latency = delta;
-		update_max_tr(wakeup_trace, wakeup_task, wakeup_cpu);
+		update_max_tr(wakeup_trace, wakeup_task, wakeup_cpu, NULL);
 	}
 
 out_unlock:

index 856623672f9d..9b84d2f4227a 100644
@@ -4886,6 +4886,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t    The available actions are:\n\n"
 	"\t        <synthetic_event>(param list)        - generate synthetic event\n"
 	"\t        save(field,...)                      - save current event fields\n"
+	"\t        snapshot()                           - snapshot the trace buffer\n"
 #endif
 ;
 

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index 9b84d2f4227a..8eb5d6559ad3 100644
@@ -4882,7 +4882,8 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t        <handler>.<action>\n\n"
 	"\t    The available handlers are:\n\n"
 	"\t        onmatch(matching.event)  - invoke on addition or update\n"
-	"\t        onmax(var)               - invoke if var exceeds current max\n\n"
+	"\t        onmax(var)               - invoke if var exceeds current max\n"
+	"\t        onchange(var)            - invoke action if var changes\n\n"
 	"\t    The available actions are:\n\n"
 	"\t        <synthetic_event>(param list)        - generate synthetic event\n"
 	"\t        save(field,...)                      - save current event fields\n"

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index 8eb5d6559ad3..317cc851e816 100644
@@ -4886,6 +4886,7 @@ static const char readme_msg[] =
 	"\t        onchange(var)            - invoke action if var changes\n\n"
 	"\t    The available actions are:\n\n"
 	"\t        <synthetic_event>(param list)        - generate synthetic event\n"
+	"\t        trace(<synthetic_event>,(param list))- generate synthetic event\n"
 	"\t        save(field,...)                      - save current event fields\n"
 	"\t        snapshot()                           - snapshot the trace buffer\n"
 #endif

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