1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index cdcc3aed76fd..210e71ff82db 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -487,7 +487,11 @@ event_format_read(struct file *filp, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt,
         if (*ppos)
                 return 0;
 
-        /* If this fails, so will the show_format. */
+        /* If any of the first writes fail, so will the show_format. */
+
+        trace_seq_printf(s, "name: %s\n", call->name);
+        trace_seq_printf(s, "ID: %d\n", call->id);
+        trace_seq_printf(s, "format:\n");
         trace_write_header(s);
 
         r = call->show_format(s);