Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Updates for 7.2

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 08:40, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I do use it for debugging all the time. The alternative is printk but it
> is "slower" if it throws everything to the UART which I prefer to limit
> to BUG/WARN kind of messages. Also it does not record the context where
> this comes from which is often helpful.

Go ahead and use it. But don't make everybody else hurt just because
you do. If you add local hacks, add the local hack header.

Don't say "I'M SO IMPORTANT THAT I CAN'T BE BOTHERED, SO I'LL BOTHER
EVERYBODY ELSE BY MAKING THEIR BUILDS POINTLESSLY SLOWER"

Do you really want to be that person? Do you really want to make that argument?

              Linus