diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index b73396b93905..9619285f64e8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ obj64-$(CONFIG_AUDIT)		+= compat_audit.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE)	+= ftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER)	+= ftrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= perf_counter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= perf_counter.o perf_callchain.o
 obj64-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= power4-pmu.o ppc970-pmu.o power5-pmu.o \
 				   power5+-pmu.o power6-pmu.o power7-pmu.o
 obj32-$(CONFIG_PPC_PERF_CTRS)	+= mpc7450-pmu.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f74b62c67511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_callchain.c
@@ -0,0 +1,527 @@
+/*
+ * Performance counter callchain support - powerpc architecture code
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2009 Paul Mackerras, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/perf_counter.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <asm/ptrace.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/sigcontext.h>
+#include <asm/ucontext.h>
+#include <asm/vdso.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+#include "ppc32.h"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Store another value in a callchain_entry.
+ */
+static inline void callchain_store(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, u64 ip)
+{
+	unsigned int nr = entry->nr;
+
+	if (nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
+		entry->ip[nr] = ip;
+		entry->nr = nr + 1;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Is sp valid as the address of the next kernel stack frame after prev_sp?
+ * The next frame may be in a different stack area but should not go
+ * back down in the same stack area.
+ */
+static int valid_next_sp(unsigned long sp, unsigned long prev_sp)
+{
+	if (sp & 0xf)
+		return 0;		/* must be 16-byte aligned */
+	if (!validate_sp(sp, current, STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD))
+		return 0;
+	if (sp >= prev_sp + STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD)
+		return 1;
+	/*
+	 * sp could decrease when we jump off an interrupt stack
+	 * back to the regular process stack.
+	 */
+	if ((sp & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)) != (prev_sp & ~(THREAD_SIZE - 1)))
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void perf_callchain_kernel(struct pt_regs *regs,
+				  struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)
+{
+	unsigned long sp, next_sp;
+	unsigned long next_ip;
+	unsigned long lr;
+	long level = 0;
+	unsigned long *fp;
+
+	lr = regs->link;
+	sp = regs->gpr[1];
+	callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+	callchain_store(entry, regs->nip);
+
+	if (!validate_sp(sp, current, STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD))
+		return;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		fp = (unsigned long *) sp;
+		next_sp = fp[0];
+
+		if (next_sp == sp + STACK_INT_FRAME_SIZE &&
+		    fp[STACK_FRAME_MARKER] == STACK_FRAME_REGS_MARKER) {
+			/*
+			 * This looks like an interrupt frame for an
+			 * interrupt that occurred in the kernel
+			 */
+			regs = (struct pt_regs *)(sp + STACK_FRAME_OVERHEAD);
+			next_ip = regs->nip;
+			lr = regs->link;
+			level = 0;
+			callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL);
+
+		} else {
+			if (level == 0)
+				next_ip = lr;
+			else
+				next_ip = fp[STACK_FRAME_LR_SAVE];
+
+			/*
+			 * We can't tell which of the first two addresses
+			 * we get are valid, but we can filter out the
+			 * obviously bogus ones here.  We replace them
+			 * with 0 rather than removing them entirely so
+			 * that userspace can tell which is which.
+			 */
+			if ((level == 1 && next_ip == lr) ||
+			    (level <= 1 && !kernel_text_address(next_ip)))
+				next_ip = 0;
+
+			++level;
+		}
+
+		callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+		if (!valid_next_sp(next_sp, sp))
+			return;
+		sp = next_sp;
+	}
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
+#define is_huge_psize(pagesize)	(HPAGE_SHIFT && mmu_huge_psizes[pagesize])
+#else
+#define is_huge_psize(pagesize)	0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * On 64-bit we don't want to invoke hash_page on user addresses from
+ * interrupt context, so if the access faults, we read the page tables
+ * to find which page (if any) is mapped and access it directly.
+ */
+static int read_user_stack_slow(void __user *ptr, void *ret, int nb)
+{
+	pgd_t *pgdir;
+	pte_t *ptep, pte;
+	int pagesize;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) ptr;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long pfn;
+	void *kaddr;
+
+	pgdir = current->mm->pgd;
+	if (!pgdir)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	pagesize = get_slice_psize(current->mm, addr);
+
+	/* align address to page boundary */
+	offset = addr & ((1ul << mmu_psize_defs[pagesize].shift) - 1);
+	addr -= offset;
+
+	if (is_huge_psize(pagesize))
+		ptep = huge_pte_offset(current->mm, addr);
+	else
+		ptep = find_linux_pte(pgdir, addr);
+
+	if (ptep == NULL)
+		return -EFAULT;
+	pte = *ptep;
+	if (!pte_present(pte) || !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
+	if (!page_is_ram(pfn))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	/* no highmem to worry about here */
+	kaddr = pfn_to_kaddr(pfn);
+	memcpy(ret, kaddr + offset, nb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_user_stack_64(unsigned long __user *ptr, unsigned long *ret)
+{
+	if ((unsigned long)ptr > TASK_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned long) ||
+	    ((unsigned long)ptr & 7))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!__get_user_inatomic(*ret, ptr))
+		return 0;
+
+	return read_user_stack_slow(ptr, ret, 8);
+}
+
+static int read_user_stack_32(unsigned int __user *ptr, unsigned int *ret)
+{
+	if ((unsigned long)ptr > TASK_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned int) ||
+	    ((unsigned long)ptr & 3))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!__get_user_inatomic(*ret, ptr))
+		return 0;
+
+	return read_user_stack_slow(ptr, ret, 4);
+}
+
+static inline int valid_user_sp(unsigned long sp, int is_64)
+{
+	if (!sp || (sp & 7) || sp > (is_64 ? TASK_SIZE : 0x100000000UL) - 32)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * 64-bit user processes use the same stack frame for RT and non-RT signals.
+ */
+struct signal_frame_64 {
+	char		dummy[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE];
+	struct ucontext	uc;
+	unsigned long	unused[2];
+	unsigned int	tramp[6];
+	struct siginfo	*pinfo;
+	void		*puc;
+	struct siginfo	info;
+	char		abigap[288];
+};
+
+static int is_sigreturn_64_address(unsigned long nip, unsigned long fp)
+{
+	if (nip == fp + offsetof(struct signal_frame_64, tramp))
+		return 1;
+	if (vdso64_rt_sigtramp && current->mm->context.vdso_base &&
+	    nip == current->mm->context.vdso_base + vdso64_rt_sigtramp)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do some sanity checking on the signal frame pointed to by sp.
+ * We check the pinfo and puc pointers in the frame.
+ */
+static int sane_signal_64_frame(unsigned long sp)
+{
+	struct signal_frame_64 __user *sf;
+	unsigned long pinfo, puc;
+
+	sf = (struct signal_frame_64 __user *) sp;
+	if (read_user_stack_64((unsigned long __user *) &sf->pinfo, &pinfo) ||
+	    read_user_stack_64((unsigned long __user *) &sf->puc, &puc))
+		return 0;
+	return pinfo == (unsigned long) &sf->info &&
+		puc == (unsigned long) &sf->uc;
+}
+
+static void perf_callchain_user_64(struct pt_regs *regs,
+				   struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)
+{
+	unsigned long sp, next_sp;
+	unsigned long next_ip;
+	unsigned long lr;
+	long level = 0;
+	struct signal_frame_64 __user *sigframe;
+	unsigned long __user *fp, *uregs;
+
+	next_ip = regs->nip;
+	lr = regs->link;
+	sp = regs->gpr[1];
+	callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
+	callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+
+	for (;;) {
+		fp = (unsigned long __user *) sp;
+		if (!valid_user_sp(sp, 1) || read_user_stack_64(fp, &next_sp))
+			return;
+		if (level > 0 && read_user_stack_64(&fp[2], &next_ip))
+			return;
+
+		/*
+		 * Note: the next_sp - sp >= signal frame size check
+		 * is true when next_sp < sp, which can happen when
+		 * transitioning from an alternate signal stack to the
+		 * normal stack.
+		 */
+		if (next_sp - sp >= sizeof(struct signal_frame_64) &&
+		    (is_sigreturn_64_address(next_ip, sp) ||
+		     (level <= 1 && is_sigreturn_64_address(lr, sp))) &&
+		    sane_signal_64_frame(sp)) {
+			/*
+			 * This looks like an signal frame
+			 */
+			sigframe = (struct signal_frame_64 __user *) sp;
+			uregs = sigframe->uc.uc_mcontext.gp_regs;
+			if (read_user_stack_64(&uregs[PT_NIP], &next_ip) ||
+			    read_user_stack_64(&uregs[PT_LNK], &lr) ||
+			    read_user_stack_64(&uregs[PT_R1], &sp))
+				return;
+			level = 0;
+			callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
+			callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (level == 0)
+			next_ip = lr;
+		callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+		++level;
+		sp = next_sp;
+	}
+}
+
+static inline int current_is_64bit(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * We can't use test_thread_flag() here because we may be on an
+	 * interrupt stack, and the thread flags don't get copied over
+	 * from the thread_info on the main stack to the interrupt stack.
+	 */
+	return !test_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(current), TIF_32BIT);
+}
+
+#else  /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
+/*
+ * On 32-bit we just access the address and let hash_page create a
+ * HPTE if necessary, so there is no need to fall back to reading
+ * the page tables.  Since this is called at interrupt level,
+ * do_page_fault() won't treat a DSI as a page fault.
+ */
+static int read_user_stack_32(unsigned int __user *ptr, unsigned int *ret)
+{
+	if ((unsigned long)ptr > TASK_SIZE - sizeof(unsigned int) ||
+	    ((unsigned long)ptr & 3))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return __get_user_inatomic(*ret, ptr);
+}
+
+static inline void perf_callchain_user_64(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					  struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int current_is_64bit(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int valid_user_sp(unsigned long sp, int is_64)
+{
+	if (!sp || (sp & 7) || sp > TASK_SIZE - 32)
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+#define __SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32	__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE
+#define sigcontext32		sigcontext
+#define mcontext32		mcontext
+#define ucontext32		ucontext
+#define compat_siginfo_t	struct siginfo
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PPC64 */
+
+/*
+ * Layout for non-RT signal frames
+ */
+struct signal_frame_32 {
+	char			dummy[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32];
+	struct sigcontext32	sctx;
+	struct mcontext32	mctx;
+	int			abigap[56];
+};
+
+/*
+ * Layout for RT signal frames
+ */
+struct rt_signal_frame_32 {
+	char			dummy[__SIGNAL_FRAMESIZE32 + 16];
+	compat_siginfo_t	info;
+	struct ucontext32	uc;
+	int			abigap[56];
+};
+
+static int is_sigreturn_32_address(unsigned int nip, unsigned int fp)
+{
+	if (nip == fp + offsetof(struct signal_frame_32, mctx.mc_pad))
+		return 1;
+	if (vdso32_sigtramp && current->mm->context.vdso_base &&
+	    nip == current->mm->context.vdso_base + vdso32_sigtramp)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int is_rt_sigreturn_32_address(unsigned int nip, unsigned int fp)
+{
+	if (nip == fp + offsetof(struct rt_signal_frame_32,
+				 uc.uc_mcontext.mc_pad))
+		return 1;
+	if (vdso32_rt_sigtramp && current->mm->context.vdso_base &&
+	    nip == current->mm->context.vdso_base + vdso32_rt_sigtramp)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int sane_signal_32_frame(unsigned int sp)
+{
+	struct signal_frame_32 __user *sf;
+	unsigned int regs;
+
+	sf = (struct signal_frame_32 __user *) (unsigned long) sp;
+	if (read_user_stack_32((unsigned int __user *) &sf->sctx.regs, &regs))
+		return 0;
+	return regs == (unsigned long) &sf->mctx;
+}
+
+static int sane_rt_signal_32_frame(unsigned int sp)
+{
+	struct rt_signal_frame_32 __user *sf;
+	unsigned int regs;
+
+	sf = (struct rt_signal_frame_32 __user *) (unsigned long) sp;
+	if (read_user_stack_32((unsigned int __user *) &sf->uc.uc_regs, &regs))
+		return 0;
+	return regs == (unsigned long) &sf->uc.uc_mcontext;
+}
+
+static unsigned int __user *signal_frame_32_regs(unsigned int sp,
+				unsigned int next_sp, unsigned int next_ip)
+{
+	struct mcontext32 __user *mctx = NULL;
+	struct signal_frame_32 __user *sf;
+	struct rt_signal_frame_32 __user *rt_sf;
+
+	/*
+	 * Note: the next_sp - sp >= signal frame size check
+	 * is true when next_sp < sp, for example, when
+	 * transitioning from an alternate signal stack to the
+	 * normal stack.
+	 */
+	if (next_sp - sp >= sizeof(struct signal_frame_32) &&
+	    is_sigreturn_32_address(next_ip, sp) &&
+	    sane_signal_32_frame(sp)) {
+		sf = (struct signal_frame_32 __user *) (unsigned long) sp;
+		mctx = &sf->mctx;
+	}
+
+	if (!mctx && next_sp - sp >= sizeof(struct rt_signal_frame_32) &&
+	    is_rt_sigreturn_32_address(next_ip, sp) &&
+	    sane_rt_signal_32_frame(sp)) {
+		rt_sf = (struct rt_signal_frame_32 __user *) (unsigned long) sp;
+		mctx = &rt_sf->uc.uc_mcontext;
+	}
+
+	if (!mctx)
+		return NULL;
+	return mctx->mc_gregs;
+}
+
+static void perf_callchain_user_32(struct pt_regs *regs,
+				   struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)
+{
+	unsigned int sp, next_sp;
+	unsigned int next_ip;
+	unsigned int lr;
+	long level = 0;
+	unsigned int __user *fp, *uregs;
+
+	next_ip = regs->nip;
+	lr = regs->link;
+	sp = regs->gpr[1];
+	callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
+	callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+
+	while (entry->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
+		fp = (unsigned int __user *) (unsigned long) sp;
+		if (!valid_user_sp(sp, 0) || read_user_stack_32(fp, &next_sp))
+			return;
+		if (level > 0 && read_user_stack_32(&fp[1], &next_ip))
+			return;
+
+		uregs = signal_frame_32_regs(sp, next_sp, next_ip);
+		if (!uregs && level <= 1)
+			uregs = signal_frame_32_regs(sp, next_sp, lr);
+		if (uregs) {
+			/*
+			 * This looks like an signal frame, so restart
+			 * the stack trace with the values in it.
+			 */
+			if (read_user_stack_32(&uregs[PT_NIP], &next_ip) ||
+			    read_user_stack_32(&uregs[PT_LNK], &lr) ||
+			    read_user_stack_32(&uregs[PT_R1], &sp))
+				return;
+			level = 0;
+			callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
+			callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (level == 0)
+			next_ip = lr;
+		callchain_store(entry, next_ip);
+		++level;
+		sp = next_sp;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Since we can't get PMU interrupts inside a PMU interrupt handler,
+ * we don't need separate irq and nmi entries here.
+ */
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct perf_callchain_entry, callchain);
+
+struct perf_callchain_entry *perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	struct perf_callchain_entry *entry = &__get_cpu_var(callchain);
+
+	entry->nr = 0;
+
+	if (current->pid == 0)		/* idle task? */
+		return entry;
+
+	if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+		perf_callchain_kernel(regs, entry);
+		if (current->mm)
+			regs = task_pt_regs(current);
+		else
+			regs = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (regs) {
+		if (current_is_64bit())
+			perf_callchain_user_64(regs, entry);
+		else
+			perf_callchain_user_32(regs, entry);
+	}
+
+	return entry;
+}