inode, file);
 }
 
-static int ftrace_match(char *str, char *regex, int len, int type)
+/* Type for quick search ftrace basic regexes (globs) from filter_parse_regex */
+struct ftrace_glob {
+       char *search;
+       unsigned len;
+       int type;
+};
+
+static int ftrace_match(char *str, struct ftrace_glob *g)
 {
        int matched = 0;
        int slen;
 
-       switch (type) {
+       switch (g->type) {
        case MATCH_FULL:
-               if (strcmp(str, regex) == 0)
+               if (strcmp(str, g->search) == 0)
                        matched = 1;
                break;
        case MATCH_FRONT_ONLY:
-               if (strncmp(str, regex, len) == 0)
+               if (strncmp(str, g->search, g->len) == 0)
                        matched = 1;
                break;
        case MATCH_MIDDLE_ONLY:
-               if (strstr(str, regex))
+               if (strstr(str, g->search))
                        matched = 1;
                break;
        case MATCH_END_ONLY:
                slen = strlen(str);
-               if (slen >= len && memcmp(str + slen - len, regex, len) == 0)
+               if (slen >= g->len &&
+                   memcmp(str + slen - g->len, g->search, g->len) == 0)
                        matched = 1;
                break;
        }
 }
 
 static int
-ftrace_match_record(struct dyn_ftrace *rec, char *mod,
-                   char *regex, int len, int type)
+ftrace_match_record(struct dyn_ftrace *rec,
+               char *mod, struct ftrace_glob *func_g)
 {
        char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
        char *modname;
                        return 0;
 
                /* blank search means to match all funcs in the mod */
-               if (!len)
+               if (!func_g->len)
                        return 1;
        }
 
-       return ftrace_match(str, regex, len, type);
+       return ftrace_match(str, func_g);
 }
 
 static int
-match_records(struct ftrace_hash *hash, char *buff, int len, char *mod)
+match_records(struct ftrace_hash *hash, char *func, int len, char *mod)
 {
-       unsigned search_len = 0;
        struct ftrace_page *pg;
        struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
-       int type = MATCH_FULL;
-       char *search = buff;
+       struct ftrace_glob func_g = { .type = MATCH_FULL };
        int found = 0;
        int ret;
        int clear_filter;
 
        if (len) {
-               type = filter_parse_regex(buff, len, &search, &clear_filter);
-               search_len = strlen(search);
+               func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(func, len, &func_g.search,
+                                                &clear_filter);
+               func_g.len = strlen(func_g.search);
        }
 
        mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
                goto out_unlock;
 
        do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
-               if (ftrace_match_record(rec, mod, search, search_len, type)) {
+               if (ftrace_match_record(rec, mod, &func_g)) {
                        ret = enter_record(hash, rec, clear_filter);
                        if (ret < 0) {
                                found = ret;
 {
        struct ftrace_ops_hash old_hash_ops;
        struct ftrace_func_probe *entry;
+       struct ftrace_glob func_g;
        struct ftrace_hash **orig_hash = &trace_probe_ops.func_hash->filter_hash;
        struct ftrace_hash *old_hash = *orig_hash;
        struct ftrace_hash *hash;
        struct ftrace_page *pg;
        struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
-       int type, len, not;
+       int not;
        unsigned long key;
        int count = 0;
-       char *search;
        int ret;
 
-       type = filter_parse_regex(glob, strlen(glob), &search, ¬);
-       len = strlen(search);
+       func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(glob, strlen(glob),
+                       &func_g.search, ¬);
+       func_g.len = strlen(func_g.search);
 
        /* we do not support '!' for function probes */
        if (WARN_ON(not))
 
        do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
 
-               if (!ftrace_match_record(rec, NULL, search, len, type))
+               if (!ftrace_match_record(rec, NULL, &func_g))
                        continue;
 
                entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
        struct ftrace_func_entry *rec_entry;
        struct ftrace_func_probe *entry;
        struct ftrace_func_probe *p;
+       struct ftrace_glob func_g;
        struct ftrace_hash **orig_hash = &trace_probe_ops.func_hash->filter_hash;
        struct ftrace_hash *old_hash = *orig_hash;
        struct list_head free_list;
        struct ftrace_hash *hash;
        struct hlist_node *tmp;
        char str[KSYM_SYMBOL_LEN];
-       int type = MATCH_FULL;
-       int i, len = 0;
-       char *search;
-       int ret;
+       int i, ret;
 
        if (glob && (strcmp(glob, "*") == 0 || !strlen(glob)))
-               glob = NULL;
+               func_g.search = NULL;
        else if (glob) {
                int not;
 
-               type = filter_parse_regex(glob, strlen(glob), &search, ¬);
-               len = strlen(search);
+               func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(glob, strlen(glob),
+                                                &func_g.search, ¬);
+               func_g.len = strlen(func_g.search);
+               func_g.search = glob;
 
                /* we do not support '!' for function probes */
                if (WARN_ON(not))
                                continue;
 
                        /* do this last, since it is the most expensive */
-                       if (glob) {
+                       if (func_g.search) {
                                kallsyms_lookup(entry->ip, NULL, NULL,
                                                NULL, str);
-                               if (!ftrace_match(str, glob, len, type))
+                               if (!ftrace_match(str, &func_g))
                                        continue;
                        }
 
                ftrace_free_entry(entry);
        }
        mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
-               
+
  out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&trace_probe_ops.func_hash->regex_lock);
        free_ftrace_hash(hash);
 static int
 ftrace_set_func(unsigned long *array, int *idx, int size, char *buffer)
 {
+       struct ftrace_glob func_g;
        struct dyn_ftrace *rec;
        struct ftrace_page *pg;
-       int search_len;
        int fail = 1;
-       int type, not;
-       char *search;
+       int not;
        bool exists;
        int i;
 
        /* decode regex */
-       type = filter_parse_regex(buffer, strlen(buffer), &search, ¬);
+       func_g.type = filter_parse_regex(buffer, strlen(buffer),
+                                        &func_g.search, ¬);
        if (!not && *idx >= size)
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       search_len = strlen(search);
+       func_g.len = strlen(func_g.search);
 
        mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
 
 
        do_for_each_ftrace_rec(pg, rec) {
 
-               if (ftrace_match_record(rec, NULL, search, search_len, type)) {
+               if (ftrace_match_record(rec, NULL, &func_g)) {
                        /* if it is in the array */
                        exists = false;
                        for (i = 0; i < *idx; i++) {