unsigned long     flags;
 };
 
+int ftrace_force_update(void);
+
 /* defined in arch */
 extern int ftrace_ip_converted(unsigned long ip);
 extern unsigned char *ftrace_nop_replace(void);
 extern void ftrace_caller(void);
 extern void ftrace_call(void);
 extern void mcount_call(void);
+#else
+# define ftrace_force_update() do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 static inline void tracer_disable(void)
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
+static struct task_struct *ftraced_task;
+static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(ftraced_waiters);
+static unsigned long ftraced_iteration_counter;
+
 enum {
        FTRACE_ENABLE_CALLS             = (1 << 0),
        FTRACE_DISABLE_CALLS            = (1 << 1),
                        ftraced_trigger = 0;
                        ftrace_record_suspend--;
                }
+               ftraced_iteration_counter++;
                mutex_unlock(&ftraced_lock);
                mutex_unlock(&ftrace_sysctl_lock);
 
+               wake_up_interruptible(&ftraced_waiters);
+
                ftrace_shutdown_replenish();
 
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
        .release = ftrace_filter_release,
 };
 
+/**
+ * ftrace_force_update - force an update to all recording ftrace functions
+ *
+ * The ftrace dynamic update daemon only wakes up once a second.
+ * There may be cases where an update needs to be done immediately
+ * for tests or internal kernel tracing to begin. This function
+ * wakes the daemon to do an update and will not return until the
+ * update is complete.
+ */
+int ftrace_force_update(void)
+{
+       unsigned long last_counter;
+       DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       if (!ftraced_task)
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       mutex_lock(&ftraced_lock);
+       last_counter = ftraced_iteration_counter;
+
+       set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+       add_wait_queue(&ftraced_waiters, &wait);
+
+       do {
+               mutex_unlock(&ftraced_lock);
+               wake_up_process(ftraced_task);
+               schedule();
+               mutex_lock(&ftraced_lock);
+               if (signal_pending(current)) {
+                       ret = -EINTR;
+                       break;
+               }
+               set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+       } while (last_counter == ftraced_iteration_counter);
+
+       mutex_unlock(&ftraced_lock);
+       remove_wait_queue(&ftraced_waiters, &wait);
+       set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 static __init int ftrace_init_debugfs(void)
 {
        struct dentry *d_tracer;
                return -1;
 
        last_ftrace_enabled = ftrace_enabled = 1;
+       ftraced_task = p;
 
        return 0;
 }