diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 5ea8c7c0f2d7..f093a433cb42 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #include <linux/trace.h>
 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
+#include <linux/fsnotify.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "trace_output.h"
@@ -1497,6 +1500,74 @@ static ssize_t trace_seq_to_buffer(struct trace_seq *s, void *buf, size_t cnt)
 }
 
 unsigned long __read_mostly	tracing_thresh;
+static const struct file_operations tracing_max_lat_fops;
+
+#if (defined(CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER)) && \
+	defined(CONFIG_FSNOTIFY)
+
+static struct workqueue_struct *fsnotify_wq;
+
+static void latency_fsnotify_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr = container_of(work, struct trace_array,
+					      fsnotify_work);
+	fsnotify(tr->d_max_latency->d_inode, FS_MODIFY,
+		 tr->d_max_latency->d_inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, NULL, 0);
+}
+
+static void latency_fsnotify_workfn_irq(struct irq_work *iwork)
+{
+	struct trace_array *tr = container_of(iwork, struct trace_array,
+					      fsnotify_irqwork);
+	queue_work(fsnotify_wq, &tr->fsnotify_work);
+}
+
+static void trace_create_maxlat_file(struct trace_array *tr,
+				     struct dentry *d_tracer)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&tr->fsnotify_work, latency_fsnotify_workfn);
+	init_irq_work(&tr->fsnotify_irqwork, latency_fsnotify_workfn_irq);
+	tr->d_max_latency = trace_create_file("tracing_max_latency", 0644,
+					      d_tracer, &tr->max_latency,
+					      &tracing_max_lat_fops);
+}
+
+__init static int latency_fsnotify_init(void)
+{
+	fsnotify_wq = alloc_workqueue("tr_max_lat_wq",
+				      WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI, 0);
+	if (!fsnotify_wq) {
+		pr_err("Unable to allocate tr_max_lat_wq\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall_sync(latency_fsnotify_init);
+
+void latency_fsnotify(struct trace_array *tr)
+{
+	if (!fsnotify_wq)
+		return;
+	/*
+	 * We cannot call queue_work(&tr->fsnotify_work) from here because it's
+	 * possible that we are called from __schedule() or do_idle(), which
+	 * could cause a deadlock.
+	 */
+	irq_work_queue(&tr->fsnotify_irqwork);
+}
+
+/*
+ * (defined(CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER)) && \
+ *  defined(CONFIG_FSNOTIFY)
+ */
+#else
+
+#define trace_create_maxlat_file(tr, d_tracer)				\
+	trace_create_file("tracing_max_latency", 0644, d_tracer,	\
+			  &tr->max_latency, &tracing_max_lat_fops)
+
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE
 /*
@@ -1536,6 +1607,7 @@ __update_max_tr(struct trace_array *tr, struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu)
 
 	/* record this tasks comm */
 	tracing_record_cmdline(tsk);
+	latency_fsnotify(tr);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -8594,8 +8666,7 @@ init_tracer_tracefs(struct trace_array *tr, struct dentry *d_tracer)
 	create_trace_options_dir(tr);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER)
-	trace_create_file("tracing_max_latency", 0644, d_tracer,
-			&tr->max_latency, &tracing_max_lat_fops);
+	trace_create_maxlat_file(tr, d_tracer);
 #endif
 
 	if (ftrace_create_function_files(tr, d_tracer))
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 8b590f10bc72..718eb998c13e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/trace_events.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/glob.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
 #include <asm/unistd.h>		/* For NR_SYSCALLS	     */
@@ -264,6 +266,11 @@ struct trace_array {
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER)
 	unsigned long		max_latency;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSNOTIFY
+	struct dentry		*d_max_latency;
+	struct work_struct	fsnotify_work;
+	struct irq_work		fsnotify_irqwork;
+#endif
 #endif
 	struct trace_pid_list	__rcu *filtered_pids;
 	/*
@@ -786,6 +793,17 @@ void update_max_tr_single(struct trace_array *tr,
 			  struct task_struct *tsk, int cpu);
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE */
 
+#if (defined(CONFIG_TRACER_MAX_TRACE) || defined(CONFIG_HWLAT_TRACER)) && \
+	defined(CONFIG_FSNOTIFY)
+
+void latency_fsnotify(struct trace_array *tr);
+
+#else
+
+static void latency_fsnotify(struct trace_array *tr) { }
+
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
 void __trace_stack(struct trace_array *tr, unsigned long flags, int skip,
 		   int pc);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index 862f4b0139fc..63526670605a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ static int get_sample(void)
 	/* If we exceed the threshold value, we have found a hardware latency */
 	if (sample > thresh || outer_sample > thresh) {
 		struct hwlat_sample s;
+		u64 latency;
 
 		ret = 1;
 
@@ -253,11 +254,13 @@ static int get_sample(void)
 		s.nmi_count = nmi_count;
 		trace_hwlat_sample(&s);
 
+		latency = max(sample, outer_sample);
+
 		/* Keep a running maximum ever recorded hardware latency */
-		if (sample > tr->max_latency)
-			tr->max_latency = sample;
-		if (outer_sample > tr->max_latency)
-			tr->max_latency = outer_sample;
+		if (latency > tr->max_latency) {
+			tr->max_latency = latency;
+			latency_fsnotify(tr);
+		}
 	}
 
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