.se_width_idx   = HISTC_SOCKET,
 };
 
+/* --sort trace */
+
+static char *get_trace_output(struct hist_entry *he)
+{
+       struct trace_seq seq;
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+       struct pevent_record rec = {
+               .data = he->raw_data,
+               .size = he->raw_size,
+       };
+
+       evsel = hists_to_evsel(he->hists);
+
+       trace_seq_init(&seq);
+       pevent_event_info(&seq, evsel->tp_format, &rec);
+       return seq.buffer;
+}
+
+static int64_t
+sort__trace_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       evsel = hists_to_evsel(left->hists);
+       if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (left->trace_output == NULL)
+               left->trace_output = get_trace_output(left);
+       if (right->trace_output == NULL)
+               right->trace_output = get_trace_output(right);
+
+       hists__new_col_len(left->hists, HISTC_TRACE, strlen(left->trace_output));
+       hists__new_col_len(right->hists, HISTC_TRACE, strlen(right->trace_output));
+
+       return strcmp(right->trace_output, left->trace_output);
+}
+
+static int hist_entry__trace_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he, char *bf,
+                                   size_t size, unsigned int width)
+{
+       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+       evsel = hists_to_evsel(he->hists);
+       if (evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
+               return scnprintf(bf, size, "%-*.*s", width, width, "N/A");
+
+       if (he->trace_output == NULL)
+               he->trace_output = get_trace_output(he);
+       return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%-*.*s", width, width, he->trace_output);
+}
+
+struct sort_entry sort_trace = {
+       .se_header      = "Trace output",
+       .se_cmp         = sort__trace_cmp,
+       .se_snprintf    = hist_entry__trace_snprintf,
+       .se_width_idx   = HISTC_TRACE,
+};
+
 /* sort keys for branch stacks */
 
 static int64_t
        DIM(SORT_LOCAL_WEIGHT, "local_weight", sort_local_weight),
        DIM(SORT_GLOBAL_WEIGHT, "weight", sort_global_weight),
        DIM(SORT_TRANSACTION, "transaction", sort_transaction),
+       DIM(SORT_TRACE, "trace", sort_trace),
 };
 
 #undef DIM
        return hde->hpp.len;
 }
 
-static char *get_trace_output(struct hist_entry *he)
-{
-       struct trace_seq seq;
-       struct perf_evsel *evsel;
-       struct pevent_record rec = {
-               .data = he->raw_data,
-               .size = he->raw_size,
-       };
-
-       evsel = hists_to_evsel(he->hists);
-
-       trace_seq_init(&seq);
-       pevent_event_info(&seq, evsel->tp_format, &rec);
-       return seq.buffer;
-}
-
 static void update_dynamic_len(struct hpp_dynamic_entry *hde,
                               struct hist_entry *he)
 {