diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 03c7fd5..12b49ca 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1361,10 +1361,11 @@
 	pause_graph_tracing();
 	raw_local_irq_save(irq_flags);
 	__raw_spin_lock(&trace_buf_lock);
-	len = vsnprintf(trace_buf, TRACE_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args);
-
-	len = min(len, TRACE_BUF_SIZE-1);
-	trace_buf[len] = 0;
+	if (args == NULL) {
+		strncpy(trace_buf, fmt, TRACE_BUF_SIZE);
+		len = strlen(trace_buf);
+	} else
+		len = vsnprintf(trace_buf, TRACE_BUF_SIZE, fmt, args);
 
 	size = sizeof(*entry) + len + 1;
 	buffer = tr->buffer;
@@ -1373,10 +1374,10 @@
 	if (!event)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
-	entry->ip			= ip;
+	entry->ip = ip;
 
 	memcpy(&entry->buf, trace_buf, len);
-	entry->buf[len] = 0;
+	entry->buf[len] = '\0';
 	if (!filter_check_discard(call, entry, buffer, event))
 		ring_buffer_unlock_commit(buffer, event);
 
@@ -3319,22 +3320,11 @@
 	return cnt;
 }
 
-static int mark_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	int ret;
-	va_list args;
-	va_start(args, fmt);
-	ret = trace_vprintk(0, fmt, args);
-	va_end(args);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static ssize_t
 tracing_mark_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 					size_t cnt, loff_t *fpos)
 {
 	char *buf;
-	char *end;
 
 	if (tracing_disabled)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3342,7 +3332,7 @@
 	if (cnt > TRACE_BUF_SIZE)
 		cnt = TRACE_BUF_SIZE;
 
-	buf = kmalloc(cnt + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(cnt + 2, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buf == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3350,14 +3340,13 @@
 		kfree(buf);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
+	if (buf[cnt-1] != '\n') {
+		buf[cnt] = '\n';
+		buf[cnt+1] = '\0';
+	} else
+		buf[cnt] = '\0';
 
-	/* Cut from the first nil or newline. */
-	buf[cnt] = '\0';
-	end = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	if (end)
-		*end = '\0';
-
-	cnt = mark_printk("%s\n", buf);
+	cnt = trace_vprintk(0, buf, NULL);
 	kfree(buf);
 	*fpos += cnt;