diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index 45e5cb1..fcc0e70 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
 	.stat_show	= function_stat_show
 };
 
-static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
+static __init void ftrace_profile_tracefs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
 	struct ftrace_profile_stat *stat;
 	struct dentry *entry;
@@ -1044,15 +1044,15 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("function_profile_enabled", 0644,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("function_profile_enabled", 0644,
 				    d_tracer, NULL, &ftrace_profile_fops);
 	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs "
 			   "'function_profile_enabled' entry\n");
 }
 
 #else /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER */
-static __init void ftrace_profile_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
+static __init void ftrace_profile_tracefs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER */
@@ -4690,7 +4690,7 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 }
 
-static __init int ftrace_init_dyn_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
+static __init int ftrace_init_dyn_tracefs(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
 
 	trace_create_file("available_filter_functions", 0444,
@@ -4998,7 +4998,7 @@
 }
 core_initcall(ftrace_nodyn_init);
 
-static inline int ftrace_init_dyn_debugfs(struct dentry *d_tracer) { return 0; }
+static inline int ftrace_init_dyn_tracefs(struct dentry *d_tracer) { return 0; }
 static inline void ftrace_startup_enable(int command) { }
 static inline void ftrace_startup_all(int command) { }
 /* Keep as macros so we do not need to define the commands */
@@ -5451,7 +5451,7 @@
 	.release	= ftrace_pid_release,
 };
 
-static __init int ftrace_init_debugfs(void)
+static __init int ftrace_init_tracefs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 
@@ -5459,16 +5459,16 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return 0;
 
-	ftrace_init_dyn_debugfs(d_tracer);
+	ftrace_init_dyn_tracefs(d_tracer);
 
 	trace_create_file("set_ftrace_pid", 0644, d_tracer,
 			    NULL, &ftrace_pid_fops);
 
-	ftrace_profile_debugfs(d_tracer);
+	ftrace_profile_tracefs(d_tracer);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-fs_initcall(ftrace_init_debugfs);
+fs_initcall(ftrace_init_tracefs);
 
 /**
  * ftrace_kill - kill ftrace
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 05e0e50..6c4739b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
@@ -5828,6 +5829,14 @@
 
 static struct dentry *tracing_get_dentry(struct trace_array *tr)
 {
+	if (WARN_ON(!tr->dir))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+	/* Top directory uses NULL as the parent */
+	if (tr->flags & TRACE_ARRAY_FL_GLOBAL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* All sub buffers have a descriptor */
 	return tr->dir;
 }
 
@@ -5842,10 +5851,10 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return NULL;
 
-	tr->percpu_dir = debugfs_create_dir("per_cpu", d_tracer);
+	tr->percpu_dir = tracefs_create_dir("per_cpu", d_tracer);
 
 	WARN_ONCE(!tr->percpu_dir,
-		  "Could not create debugfs directory 'per_cpu/%d'\n", cpu);
+		  "Could not create tracefs directory 'per_cpu/%d'\n", cpu);
 
 	return tr->percpu_dir;
 }
@@ -5862,7 +5871,7 @@
 }
 
 static void
-tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
+tracing_init_tracefs_percpu(struct trace_array *tr, long cpu)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_percpu = tracing_dentry_percpu(tr, cpu);
 	struct dentry *d_cpu;
@@ -5872,9 +5881,9 @@
 		return;
 
 	snprintf(cpu_dir, 30, "cpu%ld", cpu);
-	d_cpu = debugfs_create_dir(cpu_dir, d_percpu);
+	d_cpu = tracefs_create_dir(cpu_dir, d_percpu);
 	if (!d_cpu) {
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs '%s' entry\n", cpu_dir);
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs '%s' entry\n", cpu_dir);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -6026,9 +6035,9 @@
 {
 	struct dentry *ret;
 
-	ret = debugfs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
+	ret = tracefs_create_file(name, mode, parent, data, fops);
 	if (!ret)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs '%s' entry\n", name);
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs '%s' entry\n", name);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -6045,9 +6054,9 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return NULL;
 
-	tr->options = debugfs_create_dir("options", d_tracer);
+	tr->options = tracefs_create_dir("options", d_tracer);
 	if (!tr->options) {
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs directory 'options'\n");
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs directory 'options'\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -6116,7 +6125,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	for (cnt = 0; topts[cnt].opt; cnt++)
-		debugfs_remove(topts[cnt].entry);
+		tracefs_remove(topts[cnt].entry);
 
 	kfree(topts);
 }
@@ -6205,7 +6214,7 @@
 struct dentry *trace_instance_dir;
 
 static void
-init_tracer_debugfs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
+init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer);
 
 static int
 allocate_trace_buffer(struct trace_array *tr, struct trace_buffer *buf, int size)
@@ -6321,17 +6330,17 @@
 	if (allocate_trace_buffers(tr, trace_buf_size) < 0)
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
-	tr->dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, trace_instance_dir);
+	tr->dir = tracefs_create_dir(name, trace_instance_dir);
 	if (!tr->dir)
 		goto out_free_tr;
 
 	ret = event_trace_add_tracer(tr->dir, tr);
 	if (ret) {
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
+		tracefs_remove_recursive(tr->dir);
 		goto out_free_tr;
 	}
 
-	init_tracer_debugfs(tr, tr->dir);
+	init_tracer_tracefs(tr, tr->dir);
 
 	list_add(&tr->list, &ftrace_trace_arrays);
 
@@ -6404,7 +6413,7 @@
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	/*
-	 * The inode mutex is locked, but debugfs_create_dir() will also
+	 * The inode mutex is locked, but tracefs_create_dir() will also
 	 * take the mutex. As the instances directory can not be destroyed
 	 * or changed in any other way, it is safe to unlock it, and
 	 * let the dentry try. If two users try to make the same dir at
@@ -6434,7 +6443,7 @@
 	mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
 	/*
-	 * The inode mutex is locked, but debugfs_create_dir() will also
+	 * The inode mutex is locked, but tracefs_create_dir() will also
 	 * take the mutex. As the instances directory can not be destroyed
 	 * or changed in any other way, it is safe to unlock it, and
 	 * let the dentry try. If two users try to make the same dir at
@@ -6459,7 +6468,7 @@
 
 static __init void create_trace_instances(struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
-	trace_instance_dir = debugfs_create_dir("instances", d_tracer);
+	trace_instance_dir = tracefs_create_dir("instances", d_tracer);
 	if (WARN_ON(!trace_instance_dir))
 		return;
 
@@ -6468,7 +6477,7 @@
 }
 
 static void
-init_tracer_debugfs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
+init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
@@ -6522,7 +6531,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu)
-		tracing_init_debugfs_percpu(tr, cpu);
+		tracing_init_tracefs_percpu(tr, cpu);
 
 }
 
@@ -6550,10 +6559,10 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
 
-	return tr->dir;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
-static __init int tracer_init_debugfs(void)
+static __init int tracer_init_tracefs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 
@@ -6563,7 +6572,7 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return 0;
 
-	init_tracer_debugfs(&global_trace, d_tracer);
+	init_tracer_tracefs(&global_trace, d_tracer);
 
 	trace_create_file("tracing_thresh", 0644, d_tracer,
 			&global_trace, &tracing_thresh_fops);
@@ -6925,5 +6934,5 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-fs_initcall(tracer_init_debugfs);
+fs_initcall(tracer_init_tracefs);
 late_initcall(clear_boot_tracer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index dd8205a..d951ded 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@
 
 
 /**
- * struct tracer - a specific tracer and its callbacks to interact with debugfs
+ * struct tracer - a specific tracer and its callbacks to interact with tracefs
  * @name: the name chosen to select it on the available_tracers file
  * @init: called when one switches to this tracer (echo name > current_tracer)
  * @reset: called when one switches to another tracer
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index db54dda..0d2e473 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@
 		return;
 
 	if (!--dir->nr_events) {
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(dir->entry);
+		tracefs_remove_recursive(dir->entry);
 		list_del(&dir->list);
 		__put_system_dir(dir);
 	}
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&dir->d_lock);
 
-		debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+		tracefs_remove_recursive(dir);
 	}
 
 	list_del(&file->list);
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@
 	} else
 		__get_system(system);
 
-	dir->entry = debugfs_create_dir(name, parent);
+	dir->entry = tracefs_create_dir(name, parent);
 	if (!dir->entry) {
 		pr_warn("Failed to create system directory %s\n", name);
 		__put_system(system);
@@ -1539,12 +1539,12 @@
 	dir->subsystem = system;
 	file->system = dir;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("filter", 0644, dir->entry, dir,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("filter", 0644, dir->entry, dir,
 				    &ftrace_subsystem_filter_fops);
 	if (!entry) {
 		kfree(system->filter);
 		system->filter = NULL;
-		pr_warn("Could not create debugfs '%s/filter' entry\n", name);
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs '%s/filter' entry\n", name);
 	}
 
 	trace_create_file("enable", 0644, dir->entry, dir,
@@ -1585,9 +1585,9 @@
 		d_events = parent;
 
 	name = ftrace_event_name(call);
-	file->dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, d_events);
+	file->dir = tracefs_create_dir(name, d_events);
 	if (!file->dir) {
-		pr_warn("Could not create debugfs '%s' directory\n", name);
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs '%s' directory\n", name);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
@@ -2228,7 +2228,7 @@
 /*
  * The top level array has already had its ftrace_event_file
  * descriptors created in order to allow for early events to
- * be recorded. This function is called after the debugfs has been
+ * be recorded. This function is called after the tracefs has been
  * initialized, and we now have to create the files associated
  * to the events.
  */
@@ -2311,16 +2311,16 @@
 	struct dentry *d_events;
 	struct dentry *entry;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("set_event", 0644, parent,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("set_event", 0644, parent,
 				    tr, &ftrace_set_event_fops);
 	if (!entry) {
-		pr_warn("Could not create debugfs 'set_event' entry\n");
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'set_event' entry\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	d_events = debugfs_create_dir("events", parent);
+	d_events = tracefs_create_dir("events", parent);
 	if (!d_events) {
-		pr_warn("Could not create debugfs 'events' directory\n");
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'events' directory\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@
 
 	down_write(&trace_event_sem);
 	__trace_remove_event_dirs(tr);
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(tr->event_dir);
+	tracefs_remove_recursive(tr->event_dir);
 	up_write(&trace_event_sem);
 
 	tr->event_dir = NULL;
@@ -2534,10 +2534,10 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return 0;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("available_events", 0444, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("available_events", 0444, d_tracer,
 				    tr, &ftrace_avail_fops);
 	if (!entry)
-		pr_warn("Could not create debugfs 'available_events' entry\n");
+		pr_warn("Could not create tracefs 'available_events' entry\n");
 
 	if (trace_define_common_fields())
 		pr_warn("tracing: Failed to allocate common fields");
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index 2d25ad1..9cfea4c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * is Copyright (c) Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  *
  */
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@
 	 * The curr_ret_stack is initialized to -1 and get increased
 	 * in this function.  So it can be less than -1 only if it was
 	 * filtered out via ftrace_graph_notrace_addr() which can be
-	 * set from set_graph_notrace file in debugfs by user.
+	 * set from set_graph_notrace file in tracefs by user.
 	 */
 	if (current->curr_ret_stack < -1)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -1432,7 +1431,7 @@
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
-static __init int init_graph_debugfs(void)
+static __init int init_graph_tracefs(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
 
@@ -1445,7 +1444,7 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-fs_initcall(init_graph_debugfs);
+fs_initcall(init_graph_tracefs);
 
 static __init int init_graph_trace(void)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index b4a00de..c1c6655 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Make a debugfs interface for controlling probe points */
+/* Make a tracefs interface for controlling probe points */
 static __init int init_kprobe_trace(void)
 {
 	struct dentry *d_tracer;
@@ -1323,20 +1323,20 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracer))
 		return 0;
 
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("kprobe_events", 0644, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_events", 0644, d_tracer,
 				    NULL, &kprobe_events_ops);
 
 	/* Event list interface */
 	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs "
 			   "'kprobe_events' entry\n");
 
 	/* Profile interface */
-	entry = debugfs_create_file("kprobe_profile", 0444, d_tracer,
+	entry = tracefs_create_file("kprobe_profile", 0444, d_tracer,
 				    NULL, &kprobe_profile_ops);
 
 	if (!entry)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs "
 			   "'kprobe_profile' entry\n");
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index 4f815fb..19aff63 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
index 75e19e8..6cf9353 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stat.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
-#include <linux/debugfs.h>
+#include <linux/tracefs.h>
 #include "trace_stat.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
 static void destroy_session(struct stat_session *session)
 {
-	debugfs_remove(session->file);
+	tracefs_remove(session->file);
 	__reset_stat_session(session);
 	mutex_destroy(&session->stat_mutex);
 	kfree(session);
@@ -279,9 +279,9 @@
 	if (IS_ERR(d_tracing))
 		return 0;
 
-	stat_dir = debugfs_create_dir("trace_stat", d_tracing);
+	stat_dir = tracefs_create_dir("trace_stat", d_tracing);
 	if (!stat_dir)
-		pr_warning("Could not create debugfs "
+		pr_warning("Could not create tracefs "
 			   "'trace_stat' entry\n");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 	if (!stat_dir && tracing_stat_init())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	session->file = debugfs_create_file(session->ts->name, 0644,
+	session->file = tracefs_create_file(session->ts->name, 0644,
 					    stat_dir,
 					    session, &tracing_stat_fops);
 	if (!session->file)