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[PATCH 0/2] tracing: Move trace_printk.h out of kernel.h

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-06-21 09:37:55
Also in: dri-devel, intel-gfx, kvm, linux-arm-kernel, linux-doc, linux-ext4, linux-kbuild, linux-nfs, linux-rdma, linux-trace-kernel, linux-usb, lkml

There's been complaints about trace_printk() being defined in kernel.h as it
can increase the compilation time. As it is only used by some developers for
debugging purposes, it should not be in kernel.h causing lots of wasted CPU
cycles for those that do not ever care about it.

Instead, add a CONFIG_TRACE_PRINTK_DEBUGGING option that developers that do
use it can set and not have to always remember to add #include <linux/trace_printk.h>
to the files they add trace_printk() while debugging. It also means that
those that do not have that config set will not have to worry about wasted
CPU cycles as it is only include in the CFLAGS when the option is set, and
its completely ignored otherwise.

Steven Rostedt (2):
      tracing: Move non-trace_printk prototypes back to kernel.h
      tracing: Add CONFIG_TRACE_PRINTK_DEBUGGING to clean up kernel.h

----
 .../driver_development_debugging_guide.rst         |  2 +-
 Makefile                                           |  5 +++++
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c                     |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h                |  1 +
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h                    |  1 +
 drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c                  |  4 ++++
 drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h             |  1 +
 drivers/usb/early/xhci-dbc.c                       |  1 +
 fs/ext4/inline.c                                   |  1 +
 include/linux/kernel.h                             | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h                       |  1 +
 include/linux/trace_printk.h                       | 22 +++-------------------
 kernel/trace/Kconfig                               | 10 ++++++++++
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c               |  1 +
 kernel/trace/trace.h                               |  1 +
 samples/fprobe/fprobe_example.c                    |  1 +
 samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-modify.c              |  1 +
 samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi-modify.c        |  1 +
 samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-multi.c               |  2 +-
 samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c                 |  2 +-
 samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct.c                     |  2 +-
 21 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
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