diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
index 166b67ea622f..7581dbe456da 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/cpu_buffer.c
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ int op_cpu_buffer_write_commit(struct op_entry *entry)
 struct op_sample *op_cpu_buffer_read_entry(struct op_entry *entry, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_event *e;
-	e = ring_buffer_consume(op_ring_buffer_read, cpu, NULL);
+	e = ring_buffer_consume(op_ring_buffer_read, cpu, NULL, NULL);
 	if (e)
 		goto event;
 	if (ring_buffer_swap_cpu(op_ring_buffer_read,
 				 op_ring_buffer_write,
 				 cpu))
 		return NULL;
-	e = ring_buffer_consume(op_ring_buffer_read, cpu, NULL);
+	e = ring_buffer_consume(op_ring_buffer_read, cpu, NULL, NULL);
 	if (e)
 		goto event;
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 5fcc31ed5771..c8297761e414 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ int ring_buffer_write(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 		      unsigned long length, void *data);
 
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts);
+ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts,
+		 unsigned long *lost_events);
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts);
+ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts,
+		    unsigned long *lost_events);
 
 struct ring_buffer_iter *
 ring_buffer_read_start(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index d1187ef20caf..8295650444c5 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_event_data);
 #define TS_MASK		((1ULL << TS_SHIFT) - 1)
 #define TS_DELTA_TEST	(~TS_MASK)
 
+/* Flag when events were overwritten */
+#define RB_MISSED_EVENTS	(1 << 31)
+
 struct buffer_data_page {
 	u64		 time_stamp;	/* page time stamp */
 	local_t		 commit;	/* write committed index */
@@ -416,6 +419,12 @@ int ring_buffer_print_page_header(struct trace_seq *s)
 			       (unsigned int)sizeof(field.commit),
 			       (unsigned int)is_signed_type(long));
 
+	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tfield: int overwrite;\t"
+			       "offset:%u;\tsize:%u;\tsigned:%u;\n",
+			       (unsigned int)offsetof(typeof(field), commit),
+			       1,
+			       (unsigned int)is_signed_type(long));
+
 	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "\tfield: char data;\t"
 			       "offset:%u;\tsize:%u;\tsigned:%u;\n",
 			       (unsigned int)offsetof(typeof(field), data),
@@ -439,6 +448,8 @@ struct ring_buffer_per_cpu {
 	struct buffer_page		*tail_page;	/* write to tail */
 	struct buffer_page		*commit_page;	/* committed pages */
 	struct buffer_page		*reader_page;
+	unsigned long			lost_events;
+	unsigned long			last_overrun;
 	local_t				commit_overrun;
 	local_t				overrun;
 	local_t				entries;
@@ -2835,6 +2846,7 @@ static struct buffer_page *
 rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 {
 	struct buffer_page *reader = NULL;
+	unsigned long overwrite;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int nr_loops = 0;
 	int ret;
@@ -2895,6 +2907,18 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	/* The reader page will be pointing to the new head */
 	rb_set_list_to_head(cpu_buffer, &cpu_buffer->reader_page->list);
 
+	/*
+	 * We want to make sure we read the overruns after we set up our
+	 * pointers to the next object. The writer side does a
+	 * cmpxchg to cross pages which acts as the mb on the writer
+	 * side. Note, the reader will constantly fail the swap
+	 * while the writer is updating the pointers, so this
+	 * guarantees that the overwrite recorded here is the one we
+	 * want to compare with the last_overrun.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	overwrite = local_read(&(cpu_buffer->overrun));
+
 	/*
 	 * Here's the tricky part.
 	 *
@@ -2926,6 +2950,11 @@ rb_get_reader_page(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	cpu_buffer->reader_page = reader;
 	rb_reset_reader_page(cpu_buffer);
 
+	if (overwrite != cpu_buffer->last_overrun) {
+		cpu_buffer->lost_events = overwrite - cpu_buffer->last_overrun;
+		cpu_buffer->last_overrun = overwrite;
+	}
+
 	goto again;
 
  out:
@@ -3002,8 +3031,14 @@ static void rb_advance_iter(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter)
 		rb_advance_iter(iter);
 }
 
+static int rb_lost_events(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
+{
+	return cpu_buffer->lost_events;
+}
+
 static struct ring_buffer_event *
-rb_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, u64 *ts)
+rb_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, u64 *ts,
+	       unsigned long *lost_events)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
 	struct buffer_page *reader;
@@ -3055,6 +3090,8 @@ rb_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, u64 *ts)
 			ring_buffer_normalize_time_stamp(cpu_buffer->buffer,
 							 cpu_buffer->cpu, ts);
 		}
+		if (lost_events)
+			*lost_events = rb_lost_events(cpu_buffer);
 		return event;
 
 	default:
@@ -3165,12 +3202,14 @@ static inline int rb_ok_to_lock(void)
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to read
  * @cpu: The cpu to peak at
  * @ts: The timestamp counter of this event.
+ * @lost_events: a variable to store if events were lost (may be NULL)
  *
  * This will return the event that will be read next, but does
  * not consume the data.
  */
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
+ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts,
+		 unsigned long *lost_events)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event;
@@ -3185,7 +3224,7 @@ ring_buffer_peek(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	if (dolock)
 		spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
-	event = rb_buffer_peek(cpu_buffer, ts);
+	event = rb_buffer_peek(cpu_buffer, ts, lost_events);
 	if (event && event->type_len == RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING)
 		rb_advance_reader(cpu_buffer);
 	if (dolock)
@@ -3227,13 +3266,17 @@ ring_buffer_iter_peek(struct ring_buffer_iter *iter, u64 *ts)
 /**
  * ring_buffer_consume - return an event and consume it
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to get the next event from
+ * @cpu: the cpu to read the buffer from
+ * @ts: a variable to store the timestamp (may be NULL)
+ * @lost_events: a variable to store if events were lost (may be NULL)
  *
  * Returns the next event in the ring buffer, and that event is consumed.
  * Meaning, that sequential reads will keep returning a different event,
  * and eventually empty the ring buffer if the producer is slower.
  */
 struct ring_buffer_event *
-ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
+ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts,
+		    unsigned long *lost_events)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	struct ring_buffer_event *event = NULL;
@@ -3254,9 +3297,11 @@ ring_buffer_consume(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, u64 *ts)
 	if (dolock)
 		spin_lock(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
 
-	event = rb_buffer_peek(cpu_buffer, ts);
-	if (event)
+	event = rb_buffer_peek(cpu_buffer, ts, lost_events);
+	if (event) {
+		cpu_buffer->lost_events = 0;
 		rb_advance_reader(cpu_buffer);
+	}
 
 	if (dolock)
 		spin_unlock(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock);
@@ -3405,6 +3450,9 @@ rb_reset_cpu(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer)
 	cpu_buffer->write_stamp = 0;
 	cpu_buffer->read_stamp = 0;
 
+	cpu_buffer->lost_events = 0;
+	cpu_buffer->last_overrun = 0;
+
 	rb_head_page_activate(cpu_buffer);
 }
 
@@ -3684,6 +3732,7 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	unsigned int commit;
 	unsigned int read;
 	u64 save_timestamp;
+	int missed_events = 0;
 	int ret = -1;
 
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
@@ -3716,6 +3765,10 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	read = reader->read;
 	commit = rb_page_commit(reader);
 
+	/* Check if any events were dropped */
+	if (cpu_buffer->lost_events)
+		missed_events = 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * If this page has been partially read or
 	 * if len is not big enough to read the rest of the page or
@@ -3779,6 +3832,13 @@ int ring_buffer_read_page(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	}
 	ret = read;
 
+	cpu_buffer->lost_events = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Set a flag in the commit field if we lost events
+	 */
+	if (missed_events)
+		local_add(RB_MISSED_EVENTS, &bpage->commit);
+
  out_unlock:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, flags);
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c
index df74c7982255..dc56556b55a2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static enum event_status read_event(int cpu)
 	int *entry;
 	u64 ts;
 
-	event = ring_buffer_consume(buffer, cpu, &ts);
+	event = ring_buffer_consume(buffer, cpu, &ts, NULL);
 	if (!event)
 		return EVENT_DROPPED;
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 3ec2ee6f6560..fabb0033a9be 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ peek_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter, int cpu, u64 *ts)
 	if (buf_iter)
 		event = ring_buffer_iter_peek(buf_iter, ts);
 	else
-		event = ring_buffer_peek(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, ts);
+		event = ring_buffer_peek(iter->tr->buffer, cpu, ts, NULL);
 
 	ftrace_enable_cpu();
 
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ static void trace_consume(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
 	/* Don't allow ftrace to trace into the ring buffers */
 	ftrace_disable_cpu();
-	ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, &iter->ts);
+	ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, &iter->ts, NULL);
 	ftrace_enable_cpu();
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
index e6989d9b44da..a7f75fb10aa4 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_functions_graph.c
@@ -489,9 +489,10 @@ get_return_for_leaf(struct trace_iterator *iter,
 			 * We need to consume the current entry to see
 			 * the next one.
 			 */
-			ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu, NULL);
+			ring_buffer_consume(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu,
+					    NULL, NULL);
 			event = ring_buffer_peek(iter->tr->buffer, iter->cpu,
-						 NULL);
+						 NULL, NULL);
 		}
 
 		if (!event)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
index 280fea470d67..e50180874c63 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_selftest.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int trace_test_buffer_cpu(struct trace_array *tr, int cpu)
 	struct trace_entry *entry;
 	unsigned int loops = 0;
 
-	while ((event = ring_buffer_consume(tr->buffer, cpu, NULL))) {
+	while ((event = ring_buffer_consume(tr->buffer, cpu, NULL, NULL))) {
 		entry = ring_buffer_event_data(event);
 
 		/*