linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] tracing: move tracing declarations from kernel.h to a dedicated header

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Message-ID: <aTBvd6I5D3VAT841@yury>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 12:12:23 -0500
From: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] tracing: move tracing declarations from kernel.h
 to a dedicated header

On Wed, Dec 03, 2025 at 12:10:07PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed,  3 Dec 2025 11:23:25 -0500
> "Yury Norov (NVIDIA)" <yury.norov@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/tracing.h b/include/linux/tracing.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..1989e6328c59
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/tracing.h
> 
> Sorry, and I hope this isn't too much bike shedding, but I'm thinking we
> should call it trace_printk.h. It's mostly about using trace_printk() and
> other similar debugging aspects. Calling it "tracing.h" makes it sound like
> it is part of the generic tracing infrastructure.

I agree. I didn't change the name because it seemingly was a consensus
about it during v1 discussion. Let's wait for more comments. If no
other issues, I can send a quick v3, or you can fix it inplace,
assuming you're moving it yourself.

Thanks,
Yury