diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h b/include/linux/trace_events.h
index 2a5df5b62cfc..91b8ffbdfa8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
+++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ struct trace_event_fields {
 			const char *name;
 			const int  size;
 			const int  align;
-			const int  is_signed;
+			const unsigned int is_signed:1;
+			unsigned int needs_test:1;
 			const int  filter_type;
 			const int  len;
 		};
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_EPROBE_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FPROBE_BIT,
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CUSTOM_BIT,
+	TRACE_EVENT_FL_TEST_STR_BIT,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ enum {
  *  CUSTOM        - Event is a custom event (to be attached to an exsiting tracepoint)
  *                   This is set when the custom event has not been attached
  *                   to a tracepoint yet, then it is cleared when it is.
+ *  TEST_STR      - The event has a "%s" that points to a string outside the event
  */
 enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_CAP_ANY_BIT),
@@ -352,6 +355,7 @@ enum {
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_EPROBE		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_EPROBE_BIT),
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_FPROBE		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_FPROBE_BIT),
 	TRACE_EVENT_FL_CUSTOM		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_CUSTOM_BIT),
+	TRACE_EVENT_FL_TEST_STR		= (1 << TRACE_EVENT_FL_TEST_STR_BIT),
 };
 
 #define TRACE_EVENT_FL_UKPROBE (TRACE_EVENT_FL_KPROBE | TRACE_EVENT_FL_UPROBE)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index be62f0ea1814..7cc18b9bce27 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3611,17 +3611,12 @@ char *trace_iter_expand_format(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 }
 
 /* Returns true if the string is safe to dereference from an event */
-static bool trace_safe_str(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *str,
-			   bool star, int len)
+static bool trace_safe_str(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *str)
 {
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)str;
 	struct trace_event *trace_event;
 	struct trace_event_call *event;
 
-	/* Ignore strings with no length */
-	if (star && !len)
-		return true;
-
 	/* OK if part of the event data */
 	if ((addr >= (unsigned long)iter->ent) &&
 	    (addr < (unsigned long)iter->ent + iter->ent_size))
@@ -3661,181 +3656,69 @@ static bool trace_safe_str(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *str,
 	return false;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(trace_no_verify);
-
-static int test_can_verify_check(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-	char buf[16];
-	va_list ap;
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * The verifier is dependent on vsnprintf() modifies the va_list
-	 * passed to it, where it is sent as a reference. Some architectures
-	 * (like x86_32) passes it by value, which means that vsnprintf()
-	 * does not modify the va_list passed to it, and the verifier
-	 * would then need to be able to understand all the values that
-	 * vsnprintf can use. If it is passed by value, then the verifier
-	 * is disabled.
-	 */
-	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	vsnprintf(buf, 16, "%d", ap);
-	ret = va_arg(ap, int);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void test_can_verify(void)
-{
-	if (!test_can_verify_check("%d %d", 0, 1)) {
-		pr_info("trace event string verifier disabled\n");
-		static_branch_inc(&trace_no_verify);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
- * trace_check_vprintf - Check dereferenced strings while writing to the seq buffer
+ * ignore_event - Check dereferenced fields while writing to the seq buffer
  * @iter: The iterator that holds the seq buffer and the event being printed
- * @fmt: The format used to print the event
- * @ap: The va_list holding the data to print from @fmt.
  *
- * This writes the data into the @iter->seq buffer using the data from
- * @fmt and @ap. If the format has a %s, then the source of the string
- * is examined to make sure it is safe to print, otherwise it will
- * warn and print "[UNSAFE MEMORY]" in place of the dereferenced string
- * pointer.
+ * At boot up, test_event_printk() will flag any event that dereferences
+ * a string with "%s" that does exist in the ring buffer. It may still
+ * be valid, as the string may point to a static string in the kernel
+ * rodata that never gets freed. But if the string pointer is pointing
+ * to something that was allocated, there's a chance that it can be freed
+ * by the time the user reads the trace. This would cause a bad memory
+ * access by the kernel and possibly crash the system.
+ *
+ * This function will check if the event has any fields flagged as needing
+ * to be checked at runtime and perform those checks.
+ *
+ * If it is found that a field is unsafe, it will write into the @iter->seq
+ * a message stating what was found to be unsafe.
+ *
+ * @return: true if the event is unsafe and should be ignored,
+ *          false otherwise.
  */
-void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
-			 va_list ap)
+bool ignore_event(struct trace_iterator *iter)
 {
-	long text_delta = 0;
-	long data_delta = 0;
-	const char *p = fmt;
-	const char *str;
-	bool good;
-	int i, j;
+	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
+	struct trace_event *trace_event;
+	struct trace_event_call *event;
+	struct list_head *head;
+	struct trace_seq *seq;
+	const void *ptr;
 
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!fmt))
-		return;
+	trace_event = ftrace_find_event(iter->ent->type);
 
-	if (static_branch_unlikely(&trace_no_verify))
-		goto print;
+	seq = &iter->seq;
 
-	/*
-	 * When the kernel is booted with the tp_printk command line
-	 * parameter, trace events go directly through to printk().
-	 * It also is checked by this function, but it does not
-	 * have an associated trace_array (tr) for it.
-	 */
-	if (iter->tr) {
-		text_delta = iter->tr->text_delta;
-		data_delta = iter->tr->data_delta;
+	if (!trace_event) {
+		trace_seq_printf(seq, "EVENT ID %d NOT FOUND?\n", iter->ent->type);
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	/* Don't bother checking when doing a ftrace_dump() */
-	if (iter->fmt == static_fmt_buf)
-		goto print;
-
-	while (*p) {
-		bool star = false;
-		int len = 0;
-
-		j = 0;
-
-		/*
-		 * We only care about %s and variants
-		 * as well as %p[sS] if delta is non-zero
-		 */
-		for (i = 0; p[i]; i++) {
-			if (i + 1 >= iter->fmt_size) {
-				/*
-				 * If we can't expand the copy buffer,
-				 * just print it.
-				 */
-				if (!trace_iter_expand_format(iter))
-					goto print;
-			}
-
-			if (p[i] == '\\' && p[i+1]) {
-				i++;
-				continue;
-			}
-			if (p[i] == '%') {
-				/* Need to test cases like %08.*s */
-				for (j = 1; p[i+j]; j++) {
-					if (isdigit(p[i+j]) ||
-					    p[i+j] == '.')
-						continue;
-					if (p[i+j] == '*') {
-						star = true;
-						continue;
-					}
-					break;
-				}
-				if (p[i+j] == 's')
-					break;
-
-				if (text_delta && p[i+1] == 'p' &&
-				    ((p[i+2] == 's' || p[i+2] == 'S')))
-					break;
-
-				star = false;
-			}
-			j = 0;
-		}
-		/* If no %s found then just print normally */
-		if (!p[i])
-			break;
-
-		/* Copy up to the %s, and print that */
-		strncpy(iter->fmt, p, i);
-		iter->fmt[i] = '\0';
-		trace_seq_vprintf(&iter->seq, iter->fmt, ap);
+	event = container_of(trace_event, struct trace_event_call, event);
+	if (!(event->flags & TRACE_EVENT_FL_TEST_STR))
+		return false;
 
-		/* Add delta to %pS pointers */
-		if (p[i+1] == 'p') {
-			unsigned long addr;
-			char fmt[4];
+	head = trace_get_fields(event);
+	if (!head) {
+		trace_seq_printf(seq, "FIELDS FOR EVENT '%s' NOT FOUND?\n",
+				 trace_event_name(event));
+		return true;
+	}
 
-			fmt[0] = '%';
-			fmt[1] = 'p';
-			fmt[2] = p[i+2]; /* Either %ps or %pS */
-			fmt[3] = '\0';
+	/* Offsets are from the iter->ent that points to the raw event */
+	ptr = iter->ent;
 
-			addr = va_arg(ap, unsigned long);
-			addr += text_delta;
-			trace_seq_printf(&iter->seq, fmt, (void *)addr);
+	list_for_each_entry(field, head, link) {
+		const char *str;
+		bool good;
 
-			p += i + 3;
+		if (!field->needs_test)
 			continue;
-		}
 
-		/*
-		 * If iter->seq is full, the above call no longer guarantees
-		 * that ap is in sync with fmt processing, and further calls
-		 * to va_arg() can return wrong positional arguments.
-		 *
-		 * Ensure that ap is no longer used in this case.
-		 */
-		if (iter->seq.full) {
-			p = "";
-			break;
-		}
-
-		if (star)
-			len = va_arg(ap, int);
-
-		/* The ap now points to the string data of the %s */
-		str = va_arg(ap, const char *);
+		str = *(const char **)(ptr + field->offset);
 
-		good = trace_safe_str(iter, str, star, len);
-
-		/* Could be from the last boot */
-		if (data_delta && !good) {
-			str += data_delta;
-			good = trace_safe_str(iter, str, star, len);
-		}
+		good = trace_safe_str(iter, str);
 
 		/*
 		 * If you hit this warning, it is likely that the
@@ -3846,44 +3729,14 @@ void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
 		 * instead. See samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
 		 * for reference.
 		 */
-		if (WARN_ONCE(!good, "fmt: '%s' current_buffer: '%s'",
-			      fmt, seq_buf_str(&iter->seq.seq))) {
-			int ret;
-
-			/* Try to safely read the string */
-			if (star) {
-				if (len + 1 > iter->fmt_size)
-					len = iter->fmt_size - 1;
-				if (len < 0)
-					len = 0;
-				ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault(iter->fmt, str, len);
-				iter->fmt[len] = 0;
-				star = false;
-			} else {
-				ret = strncpy_from_kernel_nofault(iter->fmt, str,
-								  iter->fmt_size);
-			}
-			if (ret < 0)
-				trace_seq_printf(&iter->seq, "(0x%px)", str);
-			else
-				trace_seq_printf(&iter->seq, "(0x%px:%s)",
-						 str, iter->fmt);
-			str = "[UNSAFE-MEMORY]";
-			strcpy(iter->fmt, "%s");
-		} else {
-			strncpy(iter->fmt, p + i, j + 1);
-			iter->fmt[j+1] = '\0';
+		if (WARN_ONCE(!good, "event '%s' has unsafe pointer field '%s'",
+			      trace_event_name(event), field->name)) {
+			trace_seq_printf(seq, "EVENT %s: HAS UNSAFE POINTER FIELD '%s'\n",
+					 trace_event_name(event), field->name);
+			return true;
 		}
-		if (star)
-			trace_seq_printf(&iter->seq, iter->fmt, len, str);
-		else
-			trace_seq_printf(&iter->seq, iter->fmt, str);
-
-		p += i + j + 1;
 	}
- print:
-	if (*p)
-		trace_seq_vprintf(&iter->seq, p, ap);
+	return false;
 }
 
 const char *trace_event_format(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt)
@@ -10777,8 +10630,6 @@ __init static int tracer_alloc_buffers(void)
 
 	register_snapshot_cmd();
 
-	test_can_verify();
-
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_pipe_cpumask:
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 266740b4e121..9691b47b5f3d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -667,9 +667,8 @@ void trace_buffer_unlock_commit_nostack(struct trace_buffer *buffer,
 
 bool trace_is_tracepoint_string(const char *str);
 const char *trace_event_format(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt);
-void trace_check_vprintf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt,
-			 va_list ap) __printf(2, 0);
 char *trace_iter_expand_format(struct trace_iterator *iter);
+bool ignore_event(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
 int trace_empty(struct trace_iterator *iter);
 
@@ -1413,7 +1412,8 @@ struct ftrace_event_field {
 	int			filter_type;
 	int			offset;
 	int			size;
-	int			is_signed;
+	unsigned int		is_signed:1;
+	unsigned int		needs_test:1;
 	int			len;
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
index 521ad2fd1fe7..1545cc8b49d0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static int system_refcount_dec(struct event_subsystem *system)
 	}
 
 static struct ftrace_event_field *
-__find_event_field(struct list_head *head, char *name)
+__find_event_field(struct list_head *head, const char *name)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
 
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ trace_find_event_field(struct trace_event_call *call, char *name)
 
 static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
 				const char *name, int offset, int size,
-				int is_signed, int filter_type, int len)
+				int is_signed, int filter_type, int len,
+				int need_test)
 {
 	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
 	field->offset = offset;
 	field->size = size;
 	field->is_signed = is_signed;
+	field->needs_test = need_test;
 	field->len = len;
 
 	list_add(&field->link, head);
@@ -151,13 +153,13 @@ int trace_define_field(struct trace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 
 	head = trace_get_fields(call);
 	return __trace_define_field(head, type, name, offset, size,
-				    is_signed, filter_type, 0);
+				    is_signed, filter_type, 0, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(trace_define_field);
 
 static int trace_define_field_ext(struct trace_event_call *call, const char *type,
 		       const char *name, int offset, int size, int is_signed,
-		       int filter_type, int len)
+		       int filter_type, int len, int need_test)
 {
 	struct list_head *head;
 
@@ -166,13 +168,13 @@ static int trace_define_field_ext(struct trace_event_call *call, const char *typ
 
 	head = trace_get_fields(call);
 	return __trace_define_field(head, type, name, offset, size,
-				    is_signed, filter_type, len);
+				    is_signed, filter_type, len, need_test);
 }
 
 #define __generic_field(type, item, filter_type)			\
 	ret = __trace_define_field(&ftrace_generic_fields, #type,	\
 				   #item, 0, 0, is_signed_type(type),	\
-				   filter_type, 0);			\
+				   filter_type, 0, 0);			\
 	if (ret)							\
 		return ret;
 
@@ -181,7 +183,8 @@ static int trace_define_field_ext(struct trace_event_call *call, const char *typ
 				   "common_" #item,			\
 				   offsetof(typeof(ent), item),		\
 				   sizeof(ent.item),			\
-				   is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER, 0);	\
+				   is_signed_type(type), FILTER_OTHER,	\
+				   0, 0);				\
 	if (ret)							\
 		return ret;
 
@@ -332,6 +335,7 @@ static bool process_pointer(const char *fmt, int len, struct trace_event_call *c
 /* Return true if the string is safe */
 static bool process_string(const char *fmt, int len, struct trace_event_call *call)
 {
+	struct trace_event_fields *field;
 	const char *r, *e, *s;
 
 	e = fmt + len;
@@ -372,8 +376,16 @@ static bool process_string(const char *fmt, int len, struct trace_event_call *ca
 	if (process_pointer(fmt, len, call))
 		return true;
 
-	/* Make sure the field is found, and consider it OK for now if it is */
-	return find_event_field(fmt, call) != NULL;
+	/* Make sure the field is found */
+	field = find_event_field(fmt, call);
+	if (!field)
+		return false;
+
+	/* Test this field's string before printing the event */
+	call->flags |= TRACE_EVENT_FL_TEST_STR;
+	field->needs_test = 1;
+
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2586,7 +2598,7 @@ event_define_fields(struct trace_event_call *call)
 			ret = trace_define_field_ext(call, field->type, field->name,
 						 offset, field->size,
 						 field->is_signed, field->filter_type,
-						 field->len);
+						 field->len, field->needs_test);
 			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret)) {
 				pr_err("error code is %d\n", ret);
 				break;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
index da748b7cbc4d..03d56f711ad1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
@@ -317,10 +317,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(trace_raw_output_prep);
 
 void trace_event_printf(struct trace_iterator *iter, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	struct trace_seq *s = &iter->seq;
 	va_list ap;
 
+	if (ignore_event(iter))
+		return;
+
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
-	trace_check_vprintf(iter, trace_event_format(iter, fmt), ap);
+	trace_seq_vprintf(s, trace_event_format(iter, fmt), ap);
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(trace_event_printf);
