2 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 550dab22daa1..a092dc77c24d 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config OPROFILE
         tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
         depends on PROFILING
         depends on HAVE_OPROFILE
+        depends on TRACING_SUPPORT
         select TRACING
         select RING_BUFFER
         help
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 999c6a2485df..5d733da5345a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -53,12 +53,22 @@ config TRACING
         select TRACEPOINTS
         select NOP_TRACER
 
+#
+# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
+# be able to offer generic tracing facilities:
+#
+config TRACING_SUPPORT
+        bool
+        depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
+        depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
+
+if TRACING_SUPPORT
+
 menu "Tracers"
 
 config FUNCTION_TRACER
         bool "Kernel Function Tracer"
         depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select FRAME_POINTER
         select KALLSYMS
         select TRACING
@@ -91,7 +101,6 @@ config IRQSOFF_TRACER
         default n
         depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
         depends on GENERIC_TIME
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
         select TRACING
         select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
@@ -114,7 +123,6 @@ config PREEMPT_TRACER
         default n
         depends on GENERIC_TIME
         depends on PREEMPT
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
         help
@@ -142,7 +150,6 @@ config SYSPROF_TRACER
 
 config SCHED_TRACER
         bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
         select TRACER_MAX_TRACE
@@ -152,7 +159,6 @@ config SCHED_TRACER
 
 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
         bool "Trace process context switches"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         select MARKERS
         help
@@ -161,7 +167,6 @@ config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
 
 config EVENT_TRACER
         bool "Trace various events in the kernel"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         help
           This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel
@@ -170,7 +175,6 @@ config EVENT_TRACER
 
 config BOOT_TRACER
         bool "Trace boot initcalls"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
         help
@@ -188,7 +192,6 @@ config BOOT_TRACER
 
 config TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
         bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select TRACING
         help
           This tracer profiles all the the likely and unlikely macros
@@ -241,7 +244,6 @@ config BRANCH_TRACER
 
 config POWER_TRACER
         bool "Trace power consumption behavior"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         depends on X86
         select TRACING
         help
@@ -253,7 +255,6 @@ config POWER_TRACER
 config STACK_TRACER
         bool "Trace max stack"
         depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         select FUNCTION_TRACER
         select STACKTRACE
         select KALLSYMS
@@ -343,7 +344,6 @@ config DYNAMIC_FTRACE
         bool "enable/disable ftrace tracepoints dynamically"
         depends on FUNCTION_TRACER
         depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
         default y
         help
          This option will modify all the calls to ftrace dynamically
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ config FTRACE_SELFTEST
 
 config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
         bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace"
-        depends on TRACING && DEBUG_KERNEL
+        depends on TRACING
         select FTRACE_SELFTEST
         help
           This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST
 
 config MMIOTRACE
         bool "Memory mapped IO tracing"
-        depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
+        depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI
         select TRACING
         help
           Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
@@ -401,3 +401,6 @@ config MMIOTRACE_TEST
           Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing.
 
 endmenu
+
+endif # TRACING_SUPPORT
+