Re: [GIT PULL] tracing: Updates for 7.2

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2026 at 08:54, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The point of having it in kernel.h is for debugging purposes. That's
> probably why printk.h is also there too.

No, Steven.

printk.h is there because EVERYTHING USES IT.

trace_printk.h is getting removed from there because ALMOST NOTHING USES IT.

See the subtle but important difference? I'm trying to highlight it here.

            Linus