Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] tracing: Remove trace_printk.h from kernel.h

From: Google

Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 10:48:14 EST


On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:07:39 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Remove trace_printk.h by creating a trace_controls.h for those places that
> need access to tracing prototypes like tracing_off() and for the places that
> need trace_printk() directly, to have it included directly.
>
> Changse since v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260621093430.264983361@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> - Create a trace_controls.h header to move the prototypes into and not
> include it back into kernel.h
>
> - Just remove trace_printk.h from kernel.h with no alternative to keep the
> previous behavior.
>
> Steven Rostedt (2):
> tracing: Move non-trace_printk prototypes into trace_controls.h
> tracing: Remove trace_printk.h from kernel.h
>

The series looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

for this series.

Thanks,

> ----
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c | 1 +
> arch/powerpc/xmon/xmon.c | 1 +
> arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c | 1 +
> arch/s390/kernel/machine_kexec.c | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_gtt.h | 1 +
> drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.h | 2 ++
> drivers/hwtracing/stm/dummy_stm.c | 4 +++
> drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/trace_dbg.h | 1 +
> drivers/tty/sysrq.c | 1 +
> drivers/usb/early/xhci-dbc.c | 1 +
> fs/ext4/inline.c | 1 +
> include/linux/ftrace.h | 2 ++
> include/linux/kernel.h | 1 -
> include/linux/sunrpc/debug.h | 1 +
> include/linux/trace_controls.h | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/trace_printk.h | 56 ++--------------------------------
> kernel/debug/debug_core.c | 1 +
> kernel/panic.c | 1 +
> kernel/rcu/rcu.h | 2 ++
> kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 1 +
> kernel/trace/ring_buffer_benchmark.c | 1 +
> kernel/trace/trace.h | 1 +
> kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c | 1 +
> lib/sys_info.c | 1 +
> samples/fprobe/fprobe_example.c | 1 +
> samples/ftrace/ftrace-direct-too.c | 1 -
> samples/trace_printk/trace-printk.c | 1 +
> 27 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/trace_controls.h


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>