Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] tracing: move tracing declarations from kernel.h to a dedicated header

[Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 12:43:26PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:33:49 -0500
> Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:59:33 -0500
> > Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I deem to drop trace_printk.h from kernel.h - it is more aligned with
> > > the idea of unloading the header. The original motivation to keep
> > > trace_printk.h in kernel.h was just because a similar printk.h is living
> > > there. But after all, this is a purely debugging header, so no need for
> > > almost every C file to bear debugging stuff.  
> > 
> > It is a big deal for debugging stuff. A lot of developers debug their code
> > with trace_printk(), and do the "shotgun approach", where they cut and
> > paste trace_printk()s all over their code in several files. Having to now add:
> > 
> >   #include <linux/trace_printk.h>
> > 
> > whenever a trace_printk() is added is going to be a big PITA and slow down
> > all debugging efforts.
> >
> 
> I don't actually remember why I had __trace_puts() pass in the size. I
> could change it to:

This is the best approach. I'll schedule it for v4. Would you like me to
take it as-is, or you'd send a patch?
 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
> index 5b46924fdff5..d5a939b8c391 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kernel.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
> @@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ int __trace_printk(unsigned long ip, const char *fmt, ...);
>  	if (__builtin_constant_p(str))					\
>  		__trace_bputs(_THIS_IP_, trace_printk_fmt);		\
>  	else								\
> -		__trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str, strlen(str));		\
> +		__trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str);				\
>  })
>  extern int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str);
> -extern int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str, int size);
> +extern int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str);
>  
>  extern void trace_dump_stack(int skip);
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index e575956ef9b5..686741edb803 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -1178,11 +1178,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__trace_array_puts);
>   * __trace_puts - write a constant string into the trace buffer.
>   * @ip:	   The address of the caller
>   * @str:   The constant string to write
> - * @size:  The size of the string.
>   */
> -int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str, int size)
> +int __trace_puts(unsigned long ip, const char *str)
>  {
> -	return __trace_array_puts(printk_trace, ip, str, size);
> +	return __trace_array_puts(printk_trace, ip, str, strlen(str));
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__trace_puts);
>  
> @@ -1201,7 +1200,7 @@ int __trace_bputs(unsigned long ip, const char *str)
>  	int size = sizeof(struct bputs_entry);
>  
>  	if (!printk_binsafe(tr))
> -		return __trace_puts(ip, str, strlen(str));
> +		return __trace_puts(ip, str);
>  
>  	if (!(tr->trace_flags & TRACE_ITER(PRINTK)))
>  		return 0;
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> index b6d42fe06115..de4e6713b84e 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> @@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ extern void tracing_log_err(struct trace_array *tr,
>   * about performance). The internal_trace_puts() is for such
>   * a purpose.
>   */
> -#define internal_trace_puts(str) __trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str, strlen(str))
> +#define internal_trace_puts(str) __trace_puts(_THIS_IP_, str)
>  
>  #undef FTRACE_ENTRY
>  #define FTRACE_ENTRY(call, struct_name, id, tstruct, print)	\
> 
> 
> 
> Which removes the strlen() altogether.
> 
> -- Steve