Re: [PATCH 0/2] tracing: Move trace_printk.h out of kernel.h
From: Yury Norov
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 09:12:09 EST
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 09:08:26AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:05:13 +0200
> "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > 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.
> >
> > Do we have a measurement of the increased compilation time ?
>
> I believe Yury does.
I re-run compilation is a more strict environment, and the difference
is negligible.