diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index b72ebdff0b77..003d09ab308d 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ void ring_buffer_record_enable(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_record_off(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_record_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 int ring_buffer_record_is_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
+int ring_buffer_record_is_set_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_record_disable_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 void ring_buffer_record_enable_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 750cb8082694..486dedbd9af5 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -325,8 +325,14 @@ struct task_struct *__kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 	task = create->result;
 	if (!IS_ERR(task)) {
 		static const struct sched_param param = { .sched_priority = 0 };
+		char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
-		vsnprintf(task->comm, sizeof(task->comm), namefmt, args);
+		/*
+		 * task is already visible to other tasks, so updating
+		 * COMM must be protected.
+		 */
+		vsnprintf(name, sizeof(name), namefmt, args);
+		set_task_comm(task, name);
 		/*
 		 * root may have changed our (kthreadd's) priority or CPU mask.
 		 * The kernel thread should not inherit these properties.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 6a46af21765c..0b0b688ea166 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -3226,6 +3226,22 @@ int ring_buffer_record_is_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
 	return !atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_record_is_set_on - return true if the ring buffer is set writable
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer to see if write is set enabled
+ *
+ * Returns true if the ring buffer is set writable by ring_buffer_record_on().
+ * Note that this does NOT mean it is in a writable state.
+ *
+ * It may return true when the ring buffer has been disabled by
+ * ring_buffer_record_disable(), as that is a temporary disabling of
+ * the ring buffer.
+ */
+int ring_buffer_record_is_set_on(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+{
+	return !(atomic_read(&buffer->record_disabled) & RB_BUFFER_OFF);
+}
+
 /**
  * ring_buffer_record_disable_cpu - stop all writes into the cpu_buffer
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to stop writes to.
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 87cf25171fb8..823687997b01 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,12 @@ update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 
 	arch_spin_lock(&tr->max_lock);
 
+	/* Inherit the recordable setting from trace_buffer */
+	if (ring_buffer_record_is_set_on(tr->trace_buffer.buffer))
+		ring_buffer_record_on(tr->max_buffer.buffer);
+	else
+		ring_buffer_record_off(tr->max_buffer.buffer);
+
 	swap(tr->trace_buffer.buffer, tr->max_buffer.buffer);
 
 	__update_max_tr(tr, tsk, cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index d18249683682..5dea177cef53 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@ event_trigger_callback(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		goto out_free;
 
  out_reg:
+	/* Up the trigger_data count to make sure reg doesn't free it on failure */
+	event_trigger_init(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
 	ret = cmd_ops->reg(glob, trigger_ops, trigger_data, file);
 	/*
 	 * The above returns on success the # of functions enabled,
@@ -686,11 +688,13 @@ event_trigger_callback(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 	 * Consider no functions a failure too.
 	 */
 	if (!ret) {
+		cmd_ops->unreg(glob, trigger_ops, trigger_data, file);
 		ret = -ENOENT;
-		goto out_free;
-	} else if (ret < 0)
-		goto out_free;
-	ret = 0;
+	} else if (ret > 0)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	/* Down the counter of trigger_data or free it if not used anymore */
+	event_trigger_free(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
  out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -1416,6 +1420,9 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Up the trigger_data count to make sure nothing frees it on failure */
+	event_trigger_init(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
+
 	if (trigger) {
 		number = strsep(&trigger, ":");
 
@@ -1466,6 +1473,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
 		goto out_disable;
 	/* Just return zero, not the number of enabled functions */
 	ret = 0;
+	event_trigger_free(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
  out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -1476,7 +1484,7 @@ int event_enable_trigger_func(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
  out_free:
 	if (cmd_ops->set_filter)
 		cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, trigger_data, NULL);
-	kfree(trigger_data);
+	event_trigger_free(trigger_ops, trigger_data);
 	kfree(enable_data);
 	goto out;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 21f718472942..6b71860f3998 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -400,11 +400,10 @@ static struct trace_kprobe *find_trace_kprobe(const char *event,
 static int
 enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
 {
+	struct event_file_link *link = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (file) {
-		struct event_file_link *link;
-
 		link = kmalloc(sizeof(*link), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!link) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -424,6 +423,18 @@ enable_trace_kprobe(struct trace_kprobe *tk, struct trace_event_file *file)
 		else
 			ret = enable_kprobe(&tk->rp.kp);
 	}
+
+	if (ret) {
+		if (file) {
+			/* Notice the if is true on not WARN() */
+			if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!link))
+				list_del_rcu(&link->list);
+			kfree(link);
+			tk->tp.flags &= ~TP_FLAG_TRACE;
+		} else {
+			tk->tp.flags &= ~TP_FLAG_PROFILE;
+		}
+	}
  out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b1f45e13a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/00basic/snapshot.tc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# description: Snapshot and tracing setting
+# flags: instance
+
+[ ! -f snapshot ] && exit_unsupported
+
+echo "Set tracing off"
+echo 0 > tracing_on
+
+echo "Allocate and take a snapshot"
+echo 1 > snapshot
+
+# Since trace buffer is empty, snapshot is also empty, but allocated
+grep -q "Snapshot is allocated" snapshot
+
+echo "Ensure keep tracing off"
+test `cat tracing_on` -eq 0
+
+echo "Set tracing on"
+echo 1 > tracing_on
+
+echo "Take a snapshot again"
+echo 1 > snapshot
+
+echo "Ensure keep tracing on"
+test `cat tracing_on` -eq 1
+
+exit 0