diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
index a47f7d93e32d..ec2897a76004 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
@@ -2503,7 +2503,7 @@ static void call_direct_funcs(unsigned long ip, unsigned long pip,
 	arch_ftrace_set_direct_caller(fregs, addr);
 }
 
-struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
+static struct ftrace_ops direct_ops = {
 	.func		= call_direct_funcs,
 	.flags		= FTRACE_OPS_FL_DIRECT | FTRACE_OPS_FL_SAVE_REGS
 			  | FTRACE_OPS_FL_PERMANENT,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/kprobe_event_gen_test.c b/kernel/trace/kprobe_event_gen_test.c
index 4850fdfe27f1..5a4b722b5045 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/kprobe_event_gen_test.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/kprobe_event_gen_test.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static int __init test_gen_kprobe_cmd(void)
 	if (trace_event_file_is_valid(gen_kprobe_test))
 		gen_kprobe_test = NULL;
 	/* We got an error after creating the event, delete it */
-	ret = kprobe_event_delete("gen_kprobe_test");
+	kprobe_event_delete("gen_kprobe_test");
 	goto out;
 }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ static int __init test_gen_kretprobe_cmd(void)
 	if (trace_event_file_is_valid(gen_kretprobe_test))
 		gen_kretprobe_test = NULL;
 	/* We got an error after creating the event, delete it */
-	ret = kprobe_event_delete("gen_kretprobe_test");
+	kprobe_event_delete("gen_kretprobe_test");
 	goto out;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 071184324d18..3c7cd135333f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -354,10 +354,6 @@ static void rb_init_page(struct buffer_data_page *bpage)
 	local_set(&bpage->commit, 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Also stolen from mm/slob.c. Thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers for pointing
- * this issue out.
- */
 static void free_buffer_page(struct buffer_page *bpage)
 {
 	free_page((unsigned long)bpage->page);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index fbb602a8b64b..4e9a7a952025 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -5164,6 +5164,8 @@ loff_t tracing_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 static const struct file_operations tracing_fops = {
 	.open		= tracing_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
+	.read_iter	= seq_read_iter,
+	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 	.write		= tracing_write_stub,
 	.llseek		= tracing_lseek,
 	.release	= tracing_release,
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index d440ddd5fd8b..2f37a6e68aa9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
 
-	sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, current_mask);
 	return;
 
  change_mode:
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int start_single_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	}
 
-	sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(kthread, current_mask);
 
 	kdata->kthread = kthread;
 	wake_up_process(kthread);
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ static int start_cpu_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct task_struct *kthread;
 
+	/* Do not start a new hwlatd thread if it is already running */
+	if (per_cpu(hwlat_per_cpu_data, cpu).kthread)
+		return 0;
+
 	kthread = kthread_run_on_cpu(kthread_fn, NULL, cpu, "hwlatd/%u");
 	if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
 		pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");
@@ -584,9 +588,6 @@ static int start_per_cpu_kthreads(struct trace_array *tr)
 	 */
 	cpumask_and(current_mask, cpu_online_mask, tr->tracing_cpumask);
 
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
-		per_cpu(hwlat_per_cpu_data, cpu).kthread = NULL;
-
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, current_mask) {
 		retval = start_cpu_kthread(cpu);
 		if (retval)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index 04f0fdae19a1..9176bb7a9bb4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct osnoise_variables {
 /*
  * Per-cpu runtime information.
  */
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct osnoise_variables, per_cpu_osnoise_var);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct osnoise_variables, per_cpu_osnoise_var);
 
 /*
  * this_cpu_osn_var - Return the per-cpu osnoise_variables on its relative CPU
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct timerlat_variables {
 	u64			count;
 };
 
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct timerlat_variables, per_cpu_timerlat_var);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct timerlat_variables, per_cpu_timerlat_var);
 
 /*
  * this_cpu_tmr_var - Return the per-cpu timerlat_variables on its relative CPU
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ struct timerlat_sample {
 /*
  * Protect the interface.
  */
-struct mutex interface_lock;
+static struct mutex interface_lock;
 
 /*
  * Tracer data.
@@ -2239,8 +2239,8 @@ static struct trace_min_max_param osnoise_print_stack = {
 /*
  * osnoise/timerlat_period: min 100 us, max 1 s
  */
-u64 timerlat_min_period = 100;
-u64 timerlat_max_period = 1000000;
+static u64 timerlat_min_period = 100;
+static u64 timerlat_max_period = 1000000;
 static struct trace_min_max_param timerlat_period = {
 	.lock	= &interface_lock,
 	.val	= &osnoise_data.timerlat_period,
