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authorPark Ju Hyung <qkrwngud825@gmail.com>2016-12-31 05:07:17 +0900
committerMichael Bestas <mkbestas@lineageos.org>2019-12-23 23:43:33 +0200
commitc41564b077479f129fbd3ea8abff8adfb7604b50 (patch)
treedf476bdf0c6d7adc26a718b5ea8c881f38f72fd5 /kernel/trace
parent425799635358454521ca64d6366b2ccea29bdda0 (diff)
trace: add CONFIG_DISABLE_TRACE_PRINTK option
Poorly made kernel trees often use trace_printk() without properly guarding them in a #ifdef macro. Such usage of trace_printk() causes a warning at boot and additional memory allocation. This option serves to disable those all at once with ease. Change-Id: I2cb2085f48064bda8c18806597c5aee57237dca6 Signed-off-by: Park Ju Hyung <qkrwngud825@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Naidis <alex.naidis@linux.com>
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diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 3c7b7a9bcad1..d8b00f94c63d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -136,6 +136,20 @@ config GENERIC_TRACER
bool
select TRACING
+if TRACING
+
+config DISABLE_TRACE_PRINTK
+ bool "Force disable trace_printk() usage"
+ default y
+ help
+ When trace_printk() is used in any of the kernel source, it enables
+ debugging functions which are not desired for production kernel.
+ Enabling this option will replace trace_printk() with pr_debug().
+
+ If in doubt, say Y.
+
+endif
+
#
# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
# be able to offer generic tracing facilities: