static struct event_command trigger_hist_cmd;
 static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
                                    struct trace_event_file *file,
-                                   char *glob, char *cmd, char *param);
+                                   char *glob, char *cmd,
+                                   char *param_and_filter);
 
 static bool compatible_keys(struct hist_trigger_data *target_hist_data,
                            struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 
 static int event_hist_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
                                    struct trace_event_file *file,
-                                   char *glob, char *cmd, char *param)
+                                   char *glob, char *cmd,
+                                   char *param_and_filter)
 {
        unsigned int hist_trigger_bits = TRACING_MAP_BITS_DEFAULT;
        struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data;
        struct hist_trigger_attrs *attrs;
-       struct event_trigger_ops *trigger_ops;
        struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
+       char *param, *filter, *p, *start;
        struct synth_event *se;
        const char *se_name;
-       bool remove = false;
-       char *trigger, *p, *start;
+       bool remove;
        int ret = 0;
 
        lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
 
        if (strlen(glob)) {
                hist_err_clear();
-               last_cmd_set(file, param);
+               last_cmd_set(file, param_and_filter);
        }
 
-       if (!param)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       remove = event_trigger_check_remove(glob);
 
-       if (glob[0] == '!')
-               remove = true;
+       if (event_trigger_empty_param(param_and_filter))
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        /*
         * separate the trigger from the filter (k:v [if filter])
         * allowing for whitespace in the trigger
         */
-       p = trigger = param;
+       p = param = param_and_filter;
        do {
                p = strstr(p, "if");
                if (!p)
                        break;
-               if (p == param)
+               if (p == param_and_filter)
                        return -EINVAL;
                if (*(p - 1) != ' ' && *(p - 1) != '\t') {
                        p++;
                        continue;
                }
-               if (p >= param + strlen(param) - (sizeof("if") - 1) - 1)
+               if (p >= param_and_filter + strlen(param_and_filter) - (sizeof("if") - 1) - 1)
                        return -EINVAL;
                if (*(p + sizeof("if") - 1) != ' ' && *(p + sizeof("if") - 1) != '\t') {
                        p++;
        } while (1);
 
        if (!p)
-               param = NULL;
+               filter = NULL;
        else {
                *(p - 1) = '\0';
-               param = strstrip(p);
-               trigger = strstrip(trigger);
+               filter = strstrip(p);
+               param = strstrip(param);
        }
 
        /*
         * To simplify arithmetic expression parsing, replace occurrences of
         * '.sym-offset' modifier with '.symXoffset'
         */
-       start = strstr(trigger, ".sym-offset");
+       start = strstr(param, ".sym-offset");
        while (start) {
                *(start + 4) = 'X';
                start = strstr(start + 11, ".sym-offset");
        }
 
-       attrs = parse_hist_trigger_attrs(file->tr, trigger);
+       attrs = parse_hist_trigger_attrs(file->tr, param);
        if (IS_ERR(attrs))
                return PTR_ERR(attrs);
 
                return PTR_ERR(hist_data);
        }
 
-       trigger_ops = cmd_ops->get_trigger_ops(cmd, trigger);
-
-       trigger_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*trigger_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+       trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, hist_data);
        if (!trigger_data) {
                ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto out_free;
        }
 
-       trigger_data->count = -1;
-       trigger_data->ops = trigger_ops;
-       trigger_data->cmd_ops = cmd_ops;
-
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&trigger_data->list);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(trigger_data->filter, NULL);
-
-       trigger_data->private_data = hist_data;
-
-       /* if param is non-empty, it's supposed to be a filter */
-       if (param && cmd_ops->set_filter) {
-               ret = cmd_ops->set_filter(param, trigger_data, file);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       goto out_free;
-       }
+       ret = event_trigger_set_filter(cmd_ops, file, filter, trigger_data);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto out_free;
 
        if (remove) {
                if (!have_hist_trigger_match(trigger_data, file))
                if (!(attrs->pause || attrs->cont || attrs->clear))
                        ret = -ENOENT;
                goto out_free;
-       } else if (ret < 0)
-               goto out_free;
+       }
 
        if (get_named_trigger_data(trigger_data))
                goto enable;
  out_unreg:
        event_trigger_unregister(cmd_ops, file, glob+1, trigger_data);
  out_free:
-       if (cmd_ops->set_filter)
-               cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, trigger_data, NULL);
+       event_trigger_reset_filter(cmd_ops, trigger_data);
 
        remove_hist_vars(hist_data);
 
 
  * @file: The trace_event_file associated with the event
  * @glob: The raw string used to register the trigger
  * @cmd: The cmd portion of the string used to register the trigger
- * @param: The params portion of the string used to register the trigger
+ * @param_and_filter: The param and filter portion of the string used to register the trigger
  *
  * Common implementation for event command parsing and trigger
  * instantiation.
 static int
 event_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
                    struct trace_event_file *file,
-                   char *glob, char *cmd, char *param)
+                   char *glob, char *cmd, char *param_and_filter)
 {
        struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data;
-       struct event_trigger_ops *trigger_ops;
-       char *trigger = NULL;
-       char *number;
+       char *param, *filter;
+       bool remove;
        int ret;
 
-       /* separate the trigger from the filter (t:n [if filter]) */
-       if (param && isdigit(param[0])) {
-               trigger = strsep(¶m, " \t");
-               if (param) {
-                       param = skip_spaces(param);
-                       if (!*param)
-                               param = NULL;
-               }
-       }
+       remove = event_trigger_check_remove(glob);
 
-       trigger_ops = cmd_ops->get_trigger_ops(cmd, trigger);
+       ret = event_trigger_separate_filter(param_and_filter, ¶m, &filter, false);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        ret = -ENOMEM;
-       trigger_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*trigger_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+       trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, file);
        if (!trigger_data)
                goto out;
 
-       trigger_data->count = -1;
-       trigger_data->ops = trigger_ops;
-       trigger_data->cmd_ops = cmd_ops;
-       trigger_data->private_data = file;
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&trigger_data->list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&trigger_data->named_list);
-
-       if (glob[0] == '!') {
+       if (remove) {
                event_trigger_unregister(cmd_ops, file, glob+1, trigger_data);
                kfree(trigger_data);
                ret = 0;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (trigger) {
-               number = strsep(&trigger, ":");
-
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               if (!strlen(number))
-                       goto out_free;
-
-               /*
-                * We use the callback data field (which is a pointer)
-                * as our counter.
-                */
-               ret = kstrtoul(number, 0, &trigger_data->count);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_free;
-       }
-
-       if (!param) /* if param is non-empty, it's supposed to be a filter */
-               goto out_reg;
-
-       if (!cmd_ops->set_filter)
-               goto out_reg;
+       ret = event_trigger_parse_num(param, trigger_data);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_free;
 
-       ret = cmd_ops->set_filter(param, trigger_data, file);
+       ret = event_trigger_set_filter(cmd_ops, file, filter, trigger_data);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out_free;
 
- out_reg:
        /* Up the trigger_data count to make sure reg doesn't free it on failure */
        event_trigger_init(trigger_data);
 
        return ret;
 
  out_free:
-       if (cmd_ops->set_filter)
-               cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, trigger_data, NULL);
+       event_trigger_reset_filter(cmd_ops, trigger_data);
        kfree(trigger_data);
        goto out;
 }
 
 int event_enable_trigger_parse(struct event_command *cmd_ops,
                               struct trace_event_file *file,
-                              char *glob, char *cmd, char *param)
+                              char *glob, char *cmd, char *param_and_filter)
 {
        struct trace_event_file *event_enable_file;
        struct enable_trigger_data *enable_data;
        struct event_trigger_data *trigger_data;
-       struct event_trigger_ops *trigger_ops;
        struct trace_array *tr = file->tr;
+       char *param, *filter;
+       bool enable, remove;
        const char *system;
        const char *event;
        bool hist = false;
-       char *trigger;
-       char *number;
-       bool enable;
        int ret;
 
-       if (!param)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       remove = event_trigger_check_remove(glob);
 
-       /* separate the trigger from the filter (s:e:n [if filter]) */
-       trigger = strsep(¶m, " \t");
-       if (!trigger)
+       if (event_trigger_empty_param(param_and_filter))
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (param) {
-               param = skip_spaces(param);
-               if (!*param)
-                       param = NULL;
-       }
 
-       system = strsep(&trigger, ":");
-       if (!trigger)
+       ret = event_trigger_separate_filter(param_and_filter, ¶m, &filter, true);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       system = strsep(¶m, ":");
+       if (!param)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       event = strsep(&trigger, ":");
+       event = strsep(¶m, ":");
 
        ret = -EINVAL;
        event_enable_file = find_event_file(tr, system, event);
 #else
        enable = strcmp(cmd, ENABLE_EVENT_STR) == 0;
 #endif
-       trigger_ops = cmd_ops->get_trigger_ops(cmd, trigger);
-
        ret = -ENOMEM;
-       trigger_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*trigger_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!trigger_data)
-               goto out;
 
        enable_data = kzalloc(sizeof(*enable_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!enable_data) {
-               kfree(trigger_data);
+       if (!enable_data)
                goto out;
-       }
-
-       trigger_data->count = -1;
-       trigger_data->ops = trigger_ops;
-       trigger_data->cmd_ops = cmd_ops;
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&trigger_data->list);
-       RCU_INIT_POINTER(trigger_data->filter, NULL);
 
        enable_data->hist = hist;
        enable_data->enable = enable;
        enable_data->file = event_enable_file;
-       trigger_data->private_data = enable_data;
 
-       if (glob[0] == '!') {
+       trigger_data = event_trigger_alloc(cmd_ops, cmd, param, enable_data);
+       if (!trigger_data) {
+               kfree(enable_data);
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+       if (remove) {
                event_trigger_unregister(cmd_ops, file, glob+1, trigger_data);
                kfree(trigger_data);
                kfree(enable_data);
        /* Up the trigger_data count to make sure nothing frees it on failure */
        event_trigger_init(trigger_data);
 
-       if (trigger) {
-               number = strsep(&trigger, ":");
-
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               if (!strlen(number))
-                       goto out_free;
-
-               /*
-                * We use the callback data field (which is a pointer)
-                * as our counter.
-                */
-               ret = kstrtoul(number, 0, &trigger_data->count);
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out_free;
-       }
-
-       if (!param) /* if param is non-empty, it's supposed to be a filter */
-               goto out_reg;
-
-       if (!cmd_ops->set_filter)
-               goto out_reg;
+       ret = event_trigger_parse_num(param, trigger_data);
+       if (ret)
+               goto out_free;
 
-       ret = cmd_ops->set_filter(param, trigger_data, file);
+       ret = event_trigger_set_filter(cmd_ops, file, filter, trigger_data);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto out_free;
 
- out_reg:
        /* Don't let event modules unload while probe registered */
        ret = trace_event_try_get_ref(event_enable_file->event_call);
        if (!ret) {
        event_trigger_free(trigger_data);
  out:
        return ret;
-
  out_disable:
        trace_event_enable_disable(event_enable_file, 0, 1);
  out_put:
        trace_event_put_ref(event_enable_file->event_call);
  out_free:
-       if (cmd_ops->set_filter)
-               cmd_ops->set_filter(NULL, trigger_data, NULL);
+       event_trigger_reset_filter(cmd_ops, trigger_data);
        event_trigger_free(trigger_data);
        kfree(enable_data);
+
        goto out;
 }