representation of the delays during initcalls - but the raw
          /debug/tracing/trace text output is readable too.
 
-         ( Note that tracing self tests can't be enabled if this tracer is
-           selected, because the self-tests are an initcall as well and that
-           would invalidate the boot trace. )
+         You must pass in ftrace=initcall to the kernel command line
+         to enable this on bootup.
 
 config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
        bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
 
 config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
        bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
-       depends on TRACING && DEBUG_KERNEL && !BOOT_TRACER
+       depends on TRACING && DEBUG_KERNEL
        select FTRACE_SELFTEST
        help
          This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
 
        trace_init_cmdlines();
 
        register_tracer(&nop_trace);
+       current_trace = &nop_trace;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOT_TRACER
        register_tracer(&boot_tracer);
-       current_trace = &boot_tracer;
-       current_trace->init(&global_trace);
-#else
-       current_trace = &nop_trace;
 #endif
        /* All seems OK, enable tracing */
        tracing_disabled = 0;
 
 
 void enable_boot_trace(void)
 {
-       if (pre_initcalls_finished)
+       if (boot_trace && pre_initcalls_finished)
                tracing_start_sched_switch_record();
 }
 
 void disable_boot_trace(void)
 {
-       if (pre_initcalls_finished)
+       if (boot_trace && pre_initcalls_finished)
                tracing_stop_sched_switch_record();
 }
 
        int cpu;
        boot_trace = tr;
 
+       if (!tr)
+               return 0;
+
        for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_possible_mask)
                tracing_reset(tr, cpu);
 
        unsigned long irq_flags;
        struct trace_array *tr = boot_trace;
 
-       if (!pre_initcalls_finished)
+       if (!tr || !pre_initcalls_finished)
                return;
 
        /* Get its name now since this function could
        unsigned long irq_flags;
        struct trace_array *tr = boot_trace;
 
-       if (!pre_initcalls_finished)
+       if (!tr || !pre_initcalls_finished)
                return;
 
        sprint_symbol(bt->func, (unsigned long)fn);