2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index ea37e2ff4164..14674dce77a6 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,21 @@ config EVENT_TRACING
         select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
         bool
 
+config EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
+        depends on EVENT_TRACING
+        bool "Deprecated power event trace API, to be removed"
+        default y
+        help
+          Provides old power event types:
+          C-state/idle accounting events:
+          power:power_start
+          power:power_end
+          and old cpufreq accounting event:
+          power:power_frequency
+          This is for userspace compatibility
+          and will vanish after 5 kernel iterations,
+          namely 2.6.41.
+
 config CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER
         bool
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/power-traces.c b/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
index 0e0497d9fade..f55fcf61b223 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/power-traces.c
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
 #include <trace/events/power.h>
 
+#ifdef EVENT_POWER_TRACING_DEPRECATED
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(power_start);
+#endif
+EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle);