#ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_BPRINTK
 extern int trace_vbprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, va_list args);
+extern int __trace_bprintk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...)
+               __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+
+static inline void  ____trace_bprintk_check_format(const char *fmt, ...)
+               __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+static inline void ____trace_bprintk_check_format(const char *fmt, ...) {}
+#define __trace_bprintk_check_format(fmt, args...)                     \
+do {                                                                   \
+       if (0)                                                          \
+               ____trace_bprintk_check_format(fmt, ##args);            \
+} while (0)
+
+#define trace_bprintk(fmt, args...)                                    \
+do {                                                                   \
+       static char *__attribute__((section("__trace_bprintk_fmt")))    \
+                       trace_bprintk_fmt = fmt;                        \
+       __trace_bprintk_check_format(fmt, ##args);                      \
+       __trace_bprintk(_THIS_IP_, trace_bprintk_fmt, ##args);  \
+} while (0)
+#else
+#define trace_bprintk trace_printk
 #endif
 
 /* May be defined in arch */
 
 
 #include "trace.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+
 /* binary printk basic */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(btrace_mutex);
-static int btrace_metadata_count;
+/*
+ * modules trace_bprintk()'s formats are autosaved in struct trace_bprintk_fmt
+ * which are queued on trace_bprintk_fmt_list.
+ */
+static LIST_HEAD(trace_bprintk_fmt_list);
+
+struct trace_bprintk_fmt {
+       struct list_head list;
+       char fmt[0];
+};
+
 
 static inline void lock_btrace(void)
 {
        mutex_unlock(&btrace_mutex);
 }
 
-static void get_btrace_metadata(void)
+
+static inline struct trace_bprintk_fmt *lookup_format(const char *fmt)
 {
-       lock_btrace();
-       btrace_metadata_count++;
-       unlock_btrace();
+       struct trace_bprintk_fmt *pos;
+       list_for_each_entry(pos, &trace_bprintk_fmt_list, list) {
+               if (!strcmp(pos->fmt, fmt))
+                       return pos;
+       }
+       return NULL;
 }
 
-static void put_btrace_metadata(void)
+static
+void hold_module_trace_bprintk_format(const char **start, const char **end)
 {
+       const char **iter;
        lock_btrace();
-       btrace_metadata_count--;
+       for (iter = start; iter < end; iter++) {
+               struct trace_bprintk_fmt *tb_fmt = lookup_format(*iter);
+               if (tb_fmt) {
+                       *iter = tb_fmt->fmt;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               tb_fmt = kmalloc(offsetof(struct trace_bprintk_fmt, fmt)
+                               + strlen(*iter) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (tb_fmt) {
+                       list_add_tail(&tb_fmt->list, &trace_bprintk_fmt_list);
+                       strcpy(tb_fmt->fmt, *iter);
+                       *iter = tb_fmt->fmt;
+               } else
+                       *iter = NULL;
+       }
        unlock_btrace();
 }
 
+static int module_trace_bprintk_format_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+               unsigned long val, void *data)
+{
+       struct module *mod = data;
+       if (mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt) {
+               const char **start = mod->trace_bprintk_fmt_start;
+               const char **end = start + mod->num_trace_bprintk_fmt;
+
+               if (val == MODULE_STATE_COMING)
+                       hold_module_trace_bprintk_format(start, end);
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_MODULES */
+__init static int
+module_trace_bprintk_format_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
+               unsigned long val, void *data)
+{
+       return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
+
+
+__initdata_or_module static
+struct notifier_block module_trace_bprintk_format_nb = {
+       .notifier_call = module_trace_bprintk_format_notify,
+};
+
 /* events tracer */
 int trace_bprintk_enable;
 
 static void start_bprintk_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
-       get_btrace_metadata();
        tracing_reset_online_cpus(tr);
        trace_bprintk_enable = 1;
 }
 {
        trace_bprintk_enable = 0;
        tracing_reset_online_cpus(tr);
-       put_btrace_metadata();
 }
 
 static int init_bprintk_trace(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 static __init int init_bprintk(void)
 {
-       return register_tracer(&bprintk_trace);
+       int ret = register_module_notifier(&module_trace_bprintk_format_nb);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       ret = register_tracer(&bprintk_trace);
+       if (ret)
+               unregister_module_notifier(&module_trace_bprintk_format_nb);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 device_initcall(init_bprintk);