#include <string.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include <asm/bug.h>
 #include "event-parse.h"
 #include "event-utils.h"
 
 #define TRACE_SEQ_POISON       ((void *)0xdeadbeef)
 #define TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s)                                             \
 do {                                                                   \
-       if ((s)->buffer == TRACE_SEQ_POISON)                    \
-               die("Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed");       \
+       if (WARN_ONCE((s)->buffer == TRACE_SEQ_POISON,                  \
+                     "Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed"))     \
+               (s)->state = TRACE_SEQ__BUFFER_POISONED;                \
 } while (0)
 
+#define TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET_N(s, n)            \
+do {                                           \
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);                     \
+       if ((s)->state != TRACE_SEQ__GOOD)      \
+               return n;                       \
+} while (0)
+
+#define TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET(s)   TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET_N(s, )
+#define TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s)  TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET_N(s, 0)
+
 /**
  * trace_seq_init - initialize the trace_seq structure
  * @s: a pointer to the trace_seq structure to initialize
        s->readpos = 0;
        s->buffer_size = TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE;
        s->buffer = malloc_or_die(s->buffer_size);
+       s->state = TRACE_SEQ__GOOD;
 }
 
 /**
 {
        if (!s)
                return;
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET(s);
        free(s->buffer);
        s->buffer = TRACE_SEQ_POISON;
 }
 {
        s->buffer_size += TRACE_SEQ_BUF_SIZE;
        s->buffer = realloc(s->buffer, s->buffer_size);
-       if (!s->buffer)
-               die("Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory");
+       if (WARN_ONCE(!s->buffer,
+                     "Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory"))
+               s->state = TRACE_SEQ__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED;
 }
 
 /**
        int len;
        int ret;
 
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
-
  try_again:
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
+
        len = (s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len;
 
        va_start(ap, fmt);
        int len;
        int ret;
 
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
-
  try_again:
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
+
        len = (s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len;
 
        ret = vsnprintf(s->buffer + s->len, len, fmt, args);
 {
        int len;
 
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
 
        len = strlen(str);
 
        while (len > ((s->buffer_size - 1) - s->len))
                expand_buffer(s);
 
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
+
        memcpy(s->buffer + s->len, str, len);
        s->len += len;
 
 
 int trace_seq_putc(struct trace_seq *s, unsigned char c)
 {
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
 
        while (s->len >= (s->buffer_size - 1))
                expand_buffer(s);
 
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET0(s);
+
        s->buffer[s->len++] = c;
 
        return 1;
 
 void trace_seq_terminate(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
-       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
+       TRACE_SEQ_CHECK_RET(s);
 
        /* There's always one character left on the buffer */
        s->buffer[s->len] = 0;
 int trace_seq_do_printf(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
        TRACE_SEQ_CHECK(s);
-       return printf("%.*s", s->len, s->buffer);
+
+       switch (s->state) {
+       case TRACE_SEQ__GOOD:
+               return printf("%.*s", s->len, s->buffer);
+       case TRACE_SEQ__BUFFER_POISONED:
+               puts("Usage of trace_seq after it was destroyed");
+               break;
+       case TRACE_SEQ__MEM_ALLOC_FAILED:
+               puts("Can't allocate trace_seq buffer memory");
+               break;
+       }
+       return -1;
 }