diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi-staging/dsi_drm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi-staging/dsi_drm.c
index c34713a13332..309401eb3093 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi-staging/dsi_drm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi-staging/dsi_drm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "msm_kms.h"
 #include "sde_connector.h"
 #include "dsi_drm.h"
+#include "sde_trace.h"
 
 #define to_dsi_bridge(x)     container_of((x), struct dsi_bridge, base)
 #define to_dsi_state(x)      container_of((x), struct dsi_connector_state, base)
@@ -138,19 +139,24 @@ static void dsi_bridge_pre_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("dsi_bridge_pre_enable");
 	rc = dsi_display_prepare(c_bridge->display);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("[%d] DSI display prepare failed, rc=%d\n",
 		       c_bridge->id, rc);
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_bridge_pre_enable");
 		return;
 	}
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("dsi_display_enable");
 	rc = dsi_display_enable(c_bridge->display);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("[%d] DSI display enable failed, rc=%d\n",
 		       c_bridge->id, rc);
 		(void)dsi_display_unprepare(c_bridge->display);
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_display_enable");
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_bridge_pre_enable");
 }
 
 static void dsi_bridge_enable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
@@ -201,19 +207,25 @@ static void dsi_bridge_post_disable(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("dsi_bridge_post_disable");
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("dsi_display_disable");
 	rc = dsi_display_disable(c_bridge->display);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("[%d] DSI display disable failed, rc=%d\n",
 		       c_bridge->id, rc);
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_display_disable");
 		return;
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_display_disable");
 
 	rc = dsi_display_unprepare(c_bridge->display);
 	if (rc) {
 		pr_err("[%d] DSI display unprepare failed, rc=%d\n",
 		       c_bridge->id, rc);
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_bridge_post_disable");
 		return;
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("dsi_bridge_post_disable");
 }
 
 static void dsi_bridge_mode_set(struct drm_bridge *bridge,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
index fa746d71cd3b..0c119ec5d97c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_atomic.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "msm_drv.h"
 #include "msm_kms.h"
 #include "msm_gem.h"
+#include "sde_trace.h"
 
 struct msm_commit {
 	struct drm_device *dev;
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ msm_disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 	struct drm_crtc_state *old_crtc_state;
 	int i;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("msm_disable");
 	for_each_connector_in_state(old_state, connector, old_conn_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_encoder_helper_funcs *funcs;
 		struct drm_encoder *encoder;
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ msm_disable_outputs(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_atomic_state *old_state)
 		else
 			funcs->dpms(crtc, DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF);
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("msm_disable");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 	int bridge_enable_count = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("msm_enable");
 	for_each_crtc_in_state(old_state, crtc, old_crtc_state, i) {
 		const struct drm_crtc_helper_funcs *funcs;
 
@@ -364,8 +368,10 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	/* If no bridges were pre_enabled, skip iterating over them again */
-	if (bridge_enable_count == 0)
+	if (bridge_enable_count == 0) {
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("msm_enable");
 		return;
+	}
 
 	for_each_connector_in_state(old_state, connector, old_conn_state, i) {
 		struct drm_encoder *encoder;
@@ -385,6 +391,7 @@ static void msm_atomic_helper_commit_modeset_enables(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 		drm_bridge_enable(encoder->bridge);
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("msm_enable");
 }
 
 /* The (potentially) asynchronous part of the commit.  At this point
@@ -457,7 +464,9 @@ static void _msm_drm_commit_work_cb(struct kthread_work *work)
 
 	commit = container_of(work, struct msm_commit, commit_work);
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("complete_commit");
 	complete_commit(commit);
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("complete_commit");
 }
 
 static struct msm_commit *commit_init(struct drm_atomic_state *state)
@@ -553,9 +562,12 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 	struct msm_commit *commit;
 	int i, ret;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("atomic_commit");
 	ret = drm_atomic_helper_prepare_planes(dev, state);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("atomic_commit");
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	commit = commit_init(state);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(commit)) {
@@ -635,6 +647,7 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	if (async) {
 		msm_queue_fence_cb(dev, &commit->fence_cb, commit->fence);
+		SDE_ATRACE_END("atomic_commit");
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -645,9 +658,11 @@ int msm_atomic_commit(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	complete_commit(commit);
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("atomic_commit");
 	return 0;
 
 error:
 	drm_atomic_helper_cleanup_planes(dev, state);
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("atomic_commit");
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
index cb5f7d3cf19f..238d34419bf6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_crtc.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "sde_connector.h"
 #include "sde_power_handle.h"
 #include "sde_core_perf.h"
+#include "sde_trace.h"
 
 /* default input fence timeout, in ms */
 #define SDE_CRTC_INPUT_FENCE_TIMEOUT    2000
@@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ static void _sde_crtc_wait_for_fences(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	 * that each plane can check its fence status and react appropriately
 	 * if its fence has timed out.
 	 */
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("plane_wait_input_fence");
 	drm_atomic_crtc_for_each_plane(plane, crtc) {
 		if (wait_ms) {
 			/* determine updated wait time */
@@ -653,6 +655,7 @@ static void _sde_crtc_wait_for_fences(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 		}
 		sde_plane_wait_input_fence(plane, wait_ms);
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("plane_wait_input_fence");
 }
 
 static void _sde_crtc_setup_mixer_for_encoder(
@@ -887,6 +890,7 @@ void sde_crtc_commit_kickoff(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 	sde_kms = _sde_crtc_get_kms(crtc);
 	priv = sde_kms->dev->dev_private;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("crtc_commit");
 	list_for_each_entry(encoder, &dev->mode_config.encoder_list, head) {
 		if (encoder->crtc != crtc)
 			continue;
@@ -903,7 +907,7 @@ void sde_crtc_commit_kickoff(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 		SDE_ERROR("crtc%d invalid frame pending\n",
 				crtc->base.id);
 		SDE_EVT32(DRMID(crtc), 0);
-		return;
+		goto end;
 	} else if (atomic_inc_return(&sde_crtc->frame_pending) == 1) {
 		/* acquire bandwidth and other resources */
 		SDE_DEBUG("crtc%d first commit\n", crtc->base.id);
@@ -921,6 +925,9 @@ void sde_crtc_commit_kickoff(struct drm_crtc *crtc)
 
 		sde_encoder_kickoff(encoder);
 	}
+end:
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("crtc_commit");
+	return;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
index fa03fc8f7ac9..29444a83cf02 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/sde/sde_encoder.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "sde_formats.h"
 #include "sde_encoder_phys.h"
 #include "sde_color_processing.h"
+#include "sde_trace.h"
 
 #define SDE_DEBUG_ENC(e, fmt, ...) SDE_DEBUG("enc%d " fmt,\
 		(e) ? (e)->base.base.id : -1, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -514,6 +515,7 @@ static void sde_encoder_vblank_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
 	if (!drm_enc || !phy_enc)
 		return;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("encoder_vblank_callback");
 	sde_enc = to_sde_encoder_virt(drm_enc);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sde_enc->enc_spinlock, lock_flags);
@@ -522,6 +524,7 @@ static void sde_encoder_vblank_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sde_enc->enc_spinlock, lock_flags);
 
 	atomic_inc(&phy_enc->vsync_cnt);
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("encoder_vblank_callback");
 }
 
 static void sde_encoder_underrun_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
@@ -530,8 +533,10 @@ static void sde_encoder_underrun_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
 	if (!phy_enc)
 		return;
 
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("encoder_underrun_callback");
 	atomic_inc(&phy_enc->underrun_cnt);
 	SDE_EVT32(DRMID(drm_enc), atomic_read(&phy_enc->underrun_cnt));
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("encoder_underrun_callback");
 }
 
 void sde_encoder_register_vblank_callback(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc,
@@ -832,6 +837,7 @@ void sde_encoder_kickoff(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc)
 		SDE_ERROR("invalid encoder\n");
 		return;
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_BEGIN("encoder_kickoff");
 	sde_enc = to_sde_encoder_virt(drm_enc);
 
 	SDE_DEBUG_ENC(sde_enc, "\n");
@@ -851,6 +857,7 @@ void sde_encoder_kickoff(struct drm_encoder *drm_enc)
 		if (phys && phys->ops.handle_post_kickoff)
 			phys->ops.handle_post_kickoff(phys);
 	}
+	SDE_ATRACE_END("encoder_kickoff");
 }
 
 static int _sde_encoder_status_show(struct seq_file *s, void *data)