diff --git a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
index d68ea5fc812b..ea52ec1f8484 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Synopsis of kprobe_events
   $stackN	: Fetch Nth entry of stack (N >= 0)
   $stack	: Fetch stack address.
   $retval	: Fetch return value.(*)
+  $comm		: Fetch current task comm.
   +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**)
   NAME=FETCHARG : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
   FETCHARG:TYPE : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is;
 
  b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>
 
+For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid.
+
 
 Per-Probe Event Filtering
 -------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
index f1cf9a34ad9d..72d1cd4f7bf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/trace/uprobetracer.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
    $stackN	: Fetch Nth entry of stack (N >= 0)
    $stack	: Fetch stack address.
    $retval	: Fetch return value.(*)
+   $comm	: Fetch current task comm.
    +|-offs(FETCHARG) : Fetch memory at FETCHARG +|- offs address.(**)
    NAME=FETCHARG     : Set NAME as the argument name of FETCHARG.
    FETCHARG:TYPE     : Set TYPE as the type of FETCHARG. Currently, basic types
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ offset, and container-size (usually 32). The syntax is;
 
  b<bit-width>@<bit-offset>/<container-size>
 
+For $comm, the default type is "string"; any other type is invalid.
+
 
 Event Profiling
 ---------------
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 5546eec0505f..9aedb0b06683 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ static int create_trace_kprobe(int argc, char **argv)
 	 *  $retval	: fetch return value
 	 *  $stack	: fetch stack address
 	 *  $stackN	: fetch Nth of stack (N:0-)
+	 *  $comm       : fetch current task comm
 	 *  @ADDR	: fetch memory at ADDR (ADDR should be in kernel)
 	 *  @SYM[+|-offs] : fetch memory at SYM +|- offs (SYM is a data symbol)
 	 *  %REG	: fetch register REG
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 1d372fa6fefb..74e80a582c28 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -218,6 +218,28 @@ free_bitfield_fetch_param(struct bitfield_fetch_param *data)
 	kfree(data);
 }
 
+void FETCH_FUNC_NAME(comm, string)(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					  void *data, void *dest)
+{
+	int maxlen = get_rloc_len(*(u32 *)dest);
+	u8 *dst = get_rloc_data(dest);
+	long ret;
+
+	if (!maxlen)
+		return;
+
+	ret = strlcpy(dst, current->comm, maxlen);
+	*(u32 *)dest = make_data_rloc(ret, get_rloc_offs(*(u32 *)dest));
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(FETCH_FUNC_NAME(comm, string));
+
+void FETCH_FUNC_NAME(comm, string_size)(struct pt_regs *regs,
+					       void *data, void *dest)
+{
+	*(u32 *)dest = strlen(current->comm) + 1;
+}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(FETCH_FUNC_NAME(comm, string_size));
+
 static const struct fetch_type *find_fetch_type(const char *type,
 						const struct fetch_type *ftbl)
 {
@@ -348,6 +370,11 @@ static int parse_probe_vars(char *arg, const struct fetch_type *t,
 			}
 		} else
 			ret = -EINVAL;
+	} else if (strcmp(arg, "comm") == 0) {
+		if (strcmp(t->name, "string") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(t->name, "string_size") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		f->fn = t->fetch[FETCH_MTD_comm];
 	} else
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 
@@ -522,6 +549,12 @@ int traceprobe_parse_probe_arg(char *arg, ssize_t *size,
 		arg[t - parg->comm] = '\0';
 		t++;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * The default type of $comm should be "string", and it can't be
+	 * dereferenced.
+	 */
+	if (!t && strcmp(arg, "$comm") == 0)
+		t = "string";
 	parg->type = find_fetch_type(t, ftbl);
 	if (!parg->type) {
 		pr_info("Unsupported type: %s\n", t);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
index f6398db09114..45400ca5ded1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ enum {
 	FETCH_MTD_reg = 0,
 	FETCH_MTD_stack,
 	FETCH_MTD_retval,
+	FETCH_MTD_comm,
 	FETCH_MTD_memory,
 	FETCH_MTD_symbol,
 	FETCH_MTD_deref,
@@ -183,6 +184,14 @@ DECLARE_BASIC_FETCH_FUNCS(bitfield);
 #define fetch_bitfield_string			NULL
 #define fetch_bitfield_string_size		NULL
 
+/* comm only makes sense as a string */
+#define fetch_comm_u8		NULL
+#define fetch_comm_u16		NULL
+#define fetch_comm_u32		NULL
+#define fetch_comm_u64		NULL
+DECLARE_FETCH_FUNC(comm, string);
+DECLARE_FETCH_FUNC(comm, string_size);
+
 /*
  * Define macro for basic types - we don't need to define s* types, because
  * we have to care only about bitwidth at recording time.
@@ -213,6 +222,7 @@ DEFINE_FETCH_##method(u64)
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(reg, ftype),				\
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(stack, ftype),			\
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(retval, ftype),			\
+ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(comm, ftype),				\
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(memory, ftype),			\
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(symbol, ftype),			\
 ASSIGN_FETCH_FUNC(deref, ftype),			\