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For >>>>> those that do not care about debugging the kernel, you enable the >>>>> "HIDE_TRACE_PRINTK" config so that your builds will be "quicker". But for >>>>> everyone else, it will not slow down their workflow when they need to debug >>>>> code. >>>> >>>> 100% agree. We do have people running custom configs for faster builds, so this >>>> hide thing could be enabled there assuming those don't care about debug. >>>> >>>> In other words, "If it aint broke, don't fix it". >>> >>> But if I understand correctly, it would save 2% build time. That means 12 >>> secondes on a 10 minutes build. Is it really worth it ? >>> >> 99% of my kernel builds are usually 90 seconds. I throw a lot of cores at it and >> with ccache. I care more about trace_printk not being available than saving 2%. >> But YMMV. I am sure there are people who care a lot about build time, but for me >> it has not (yet) been a problem. > > I can see Linus enabling this. I don't think he uses trace_printk() to > debug the kernel, so improving his build times may be useful. Sounds good to me. Making it an option sounds okay to me. Thanks.