seq_printf(m, "# tracer: %s\n", iter->trace->name);
                        seq_puts(m, "#\n");
                }
-               if (iter->iter_flags & TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT) {
+               if (iter->trace && iter->trace->print_header)
+                       iter->trace->print_header(m);
+               else if (iter->iter_flags & TRACE_FILE_LAT_FMT) {
                        /* print nothing if the buffers are empty */
                        if (trace_empty(iter))
                                return 0;
        iter->trace = current_trace;
        iter->pos = -1;
 
+       /* Notify the tracer early; before we stop tracing. */
+       if (iter->trace && iter->trace->open)
+                       iter->trace->open(iter);
+
        /* Annotate start of buffers if we had overruns */
        if (ring_buffer_overruns(iter->tr->buffer))
                iter->iter_flags |= TRACE_FILE_ANNOTATE;
        /* stop the trace while dumping */
        tracing_stop();
 
-       if (iter->trace && iter->trace->open)
-                       iter->trace->open(iter);
-
        mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
  out:
 
        int                     (*selftest)(struct tracer *trace,
                                            struct trace_array *tr);
 #endif
+       void                    (*print_header)(struct seq_file *m);
        enum print_line_t       (*print_line)(struct trace_iterator *iter);
        /* If you handled the flag setting, return 0 */
        int                     (*set_flag)(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set);