Re: [RFC][PATCH] tracing: Deprecate auto-mounting tracefs in debugfs

Steven Rostedt <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:14:47 -0400
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-users,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users,org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-kernel
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:48:53 -0700
Ian Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:

> I see a number of references to debug/tracing in places like perf testing:
> https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools-next.git/tree/tools/perf/tests/shell/common/init.sh?h=perf-tools-next#n122
> are you planning patches for these?

Thanks for pointing that out.

Yes, I plan on sending patches to remove all references to debug/tracing.

One reason I put the removal date to Jan 2027. To give a year and a half.

-- Steve