On Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:13:00 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21 2026 at 05:34, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Instead of having trace_printk.h included in kernel.h, create a config
> > TRACE_PRINTK_DEBUGGING that when set will update the CFLAGS in the
> > Makefile to allow developers to add trace_printk() without the need to add
> > the include for it. Having it included in the Makefile keeps it from being
> > in the dependency chain and it will not waste extra CPU cycles for those
> > building the kernel without using trace_printk.
>
> IOW, you make it worse just because.
>
> With the header being separate I add the three trace_printk()s and the
> include to the source file I'm investigating. The recompile will build
> exactly this source file.
>
> Having to enable the config knob will result in a full kernel rebuild
> for no value.
Indeed...
Isn't trace_printk() just an extern?
Having it defined somewhere isn't going to make any difference to build times.
David
>
> Seriously?
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
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