diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 69732d279e8b..83e2c31e8b00 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -122,8 +122,12 @@
 #define TRACE_PRINTKS() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___trace_bprintk_fmt) = .;      \
 			 *(__trace_printk_fmt) /* Trace_printk fmt' pointer */ \
 			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt) = .;
+#define TRACEPOINT_STR() VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start___tracepoint_str) = .;	\
+			 *(__tracepoint_str) /* Trace_printk fmt' pointer */ \
+			 VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___tracepoint_str) = .;
 #else
 #define TRACE_PRINTKS()
+#define TRACEPOINT_STR()
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
@@ -190,7 +194,8 @@
 	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop___verbose) = .;				\
 	LIKELY_PROFILE()		       				\
 	BRANCH_PROFILE()						\
-	TRACE_PRINTKS()
+	TRACE_PRINTKS()							\
+	TRACEPOINT_STR()
 
 /*
  * Data section helpers
diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
index 4372658c73ae..81af18a75f4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace_event.h
@@ -357,6 +357,40 @@ do {									\
 		__trace_printk(ip, fmt, ##args);			\
 } while (0)
 
+/**
+ * tracepoint_string - register constant persistent string to trace system
+ * @str - a constant persistent string that will be referenced in tracepoints
+ *
+ * If constant strings are being used in tracepoints, it is faster and
+ * more efficient to just save the pointer to the string and reference
+ * that with a printf "%s" instead of saving the string in the ring buffer
+ * and wasting space and time.
+ *
+ * The problem with the above approach is that userspace tools that read
+ * the binary output of the trace buffers do not have access to the string.
+ * Instead they just show the address of the string which is not very
+ * useful to users.
+ *
+ * With tracepoint_string(), the string will be registered to the tracing
+ * system and exported to userspace via the debugfs/tracing/printk_formats
+ * file that maps the string address to the string text. This way userspace
+ * tools that read the binary buffers have a way to map the pointers to
+ * the ASCII strings they represent.
+ *
+ * The @str used must be a constant string and persistent as it would not
+ * make sense to show a string that no longer exists. But it is still fine
+ * to be used with modules, because when modules are unloaded, if they
+ * had tracepoints, the ring buffers are cleared too. As long as the string
+ * does not change during the life of the module, it is fine to use
+ * tracepoint_string() within a module.
+ */
+#define tracepoint_string(str)						\
+	({								\
+		static const char *___tp_str __tracepoint_string = str; \
+		___tp_str;						\
+	})
+#define __tracepoint_string	__attribute__((section("__tracepoint_str")))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
 struct perf_event;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 4a4f6e1828b6..ba321f12df8c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ extern struct list_head ftrace_events;
 extern const char *__start___trace_bprintk_fmt[];
 extern const char *__stop___trace_bprintk_fmt[];
 
+extern const char *__start___tracepoint_str[];
+extern const char *__stop___tracepoint_str[];
+
 void trace_printk_init_buffers(void);
 void trace_printk_start_comm(void);
 int trace_keep_overwrite(struct tracer *tracer, u32 mask, int set);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
index a9077c1b4ad3..2900817ba65c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_printk.c
@@ -244,12 +244,31 @@ static const char **find_next(void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	const char **fmt = v;
 	int start_index;
+	int last_index;
 
 	start_index = __stop___trace_bprintk_fmt - __start___trace_bprintk_fmt;
 
 	if (*pos < start_index)
 		return __start___trace_bprintk_fmt + *pos;
 
+	/*
+	 * The __tracepoint_str section is treated the same as the
+	 * __trace_printk_fmt section. The difference is that the
+	 * __trace_printk_fmt section should only be used by trace_printk()
+	 * in a debugging environment, as if anything exists in that section
+	 * the trace_prink() helper buffers are allocated, which would just
+	 * waste space in a production environment.
+	 *
+	 * The __tracepoint_str sections on the other hand are used by
+	 * tracepoints which need to map pointers to their strings to
+	 * the ASCII text for userspace.
+	 */
+	last_index = start_index;
+	start_index = __stop___tracepoint_str - __start___tracepoint_str;
+
+	if (*pos < last_index + start_index)
+		return __start___tracepoint_str + (*pos - last_index);
+
 	return find_next_mod_format(start_index, v, fmt, pos);
 }