diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 06b79a90d562..df6e58337c09 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c64e148a3be3cb786534ad38298c25c833116c26
+refs/heads/master: 6249687f76b69cc0b2ad34636f4a18d693ef3262
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/trace_clock.h b/trunk/include/linux/trace_clock.h
index 7a8130384087..4eb490237d4c 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/trace_clock.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/trace_clock.h
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock_local(void);
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock(void);
 extern u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void);
+extern u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_TRACE_CLOCK_H */
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
index b41907000bc6..4b8df0dc9358 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ static struct {
 } trace_clocks[] = {
 	{ trace_clock_local,	"local" },
 	{ trace_clock_global,	"global" },
+	{ trace_clock_counter,	"counter" },
 };
 
 int trace_clock_id;
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
index 6302747a1398..394783531cbb 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/trace/trace_clock.c
@@ -113,3 +113,15 @@ u64 notrace trace_clock_global(void)
 
 	return now;
 }
+
+static atomic64_t trace_counter;
+
+/*
+ * trace_clock_counter(): simply an atomic counter.
+ * Use the trace_counter "counter" for cases where you do not care
+ * about timings, but are interested in strict ordering.
+ */
+u64 notrace trace_clock_counter(void)
+{
+	return atomic64_add_return(1, &trace_counter);
+}