/config.status
 /config-temp
 /trace-events-all
-/trace/generated-tracers.h
-/trace/generated-tracers.c
-/trace/generated-tracers-dtrace.h
-/trace/generated-tracers.dtrace
 /trace/generated-events.h
 /trace/generated-events.c
 /trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
 /trace/generated-helpers.h
 /trace/generated-helpers.c
 /trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
-/trace/generated-ust-provider.h
-/trace/generated-ust.c
 /ui/shader/texture-blit-frag.h
 /ui/shader/texture-blit-vert.h
 *-timestamp
 TAGS
 docker-src.*
 *~
+trace.h
+trace.c
+trace-ust.h
+trace-ust.h
+trace-dtrace.h
+trace-dtrace.dtrace
+trace-root.h
+trace-root.c
+trace-ust-root.h
+trace-ust-root.h
+trace-ust-all.h
+trace-ust-all.c
+trace-dtrace-root.h
+trace-dtrace-root.dtrace
+trace-ust-all.h
+trace-ust-all.c
 
 GENERATED_HEADERS += qmp-introspect.h
 GENERATED_SOURCES += qmp-introspect.c
 
-GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-tracers.h
-ifeq ($(findstring dtrace,$(TRACE_BACKENDS)),dtrace)
-GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-tracers-dtrace.h
-endif
-GENERATED_SOURCES += trace/generated-tracers.c
-
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-tcg-tracers.h
 
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-helpers-wrappers.h
 GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-helpers.h
 GENERATED_SOURCES += trace/generated-helpers.c
 
-ifeq ($(findstring ust,$(TRACE_BACKENDS)),ust)
-GENERATED_HEADERS += trace/generated-ust-provider.h
-GENERATED_SOURCES += trace/generated-ust.c
+ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_UST
+GENERATED_HEADERS += trace-ust-all.h
+GENERATED_SOURCES += trace-ust-all.c
 endif
 
 GENERATED_HEADERS += module_block.h
 
+TRACE_HEADERS = trace-root.h $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace.h)
+TRACE_SOURCES = trace-root.c $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace.c)
+TRACE_DTRACE =
+ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_DTRACE
+TRACE_HEADERS += trace-dtrace-root.h $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace-dtrace.h)
+TRACE_DTRACE += trace-dtrace-root.dtrace $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace-dtrace.dtrace)
+endif
+ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_UST
+TRACE_HEADERS += trace-ust-root.h $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace-ust.h)
+endif
+
+GENERATED_HEADERS += $(TRACE_HEADERS)
+GENERATED_SOURCES += $(TRACE_SOURCES)
+
+trace-group-name = $(shell dirname $1 | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/_/g')
+
+%/trace.h: %/trace.h-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+%/trace.h-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/%/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=$(call trace-group-name,$@) \
+               --format=h \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+%/trace.c: %/trace.c-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+%/trace.c-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/%/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=$(call trace-group-name,$@) \
+               --format=c \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+%/trace-ust.h: %/trace-ust.h-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+%/trace-ust.h-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/%/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=$(call trace-group-name,$@) \
+               --format=ust-events-h \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+%/trace-dtrace.dtrace: %/trace-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+%/trace-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/%/trace-events $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=$(call trace-group-name,$@) \
+               --format=d \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+%/trace-dtrace.h: %/trace-dtrace.dtrace $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<, "GEN","$@")
+
+%/trace-dtrace.o: %/trace-dtrace.dtrace $(tracetool-y)
+
+
+trace-root.h: trace-root.h-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-root.h-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=root \
+               --format=h \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-root.c: trace-root.c-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-root.c-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=root \
+               --format=c \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-ust-root.h: trace-ust-root.h-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-ust-root.h-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/trace-events $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=root \
+               --format=ust-events-h \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-ust-all.h: trace-ust-all.h-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-ust-all.h-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=all \
+               --format=ust-events-h \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $(trace-events-files) > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-ust-all.c: trace-ust-all.c-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-ust-all.c-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=all \
+               --format=ust-events-c \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $(trace-events-files) > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-dtrace-root.dtrace: trace-dtrace-root.dtrace-timestamp
+       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
+trace-dtrace-root.dtrace-timestamp: $(SRC_PATH)/trace-events $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
+               --group=root \
+               --format=d \
+               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
+               $< > $@,"GEN","$(@:%-timestamp=%)")
+
+trace-dtrace-root.h: trace-dtrace-root.dtrace
+       $(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<, "GEN","$@")
+
+trace-dtrace-root.o: trace-dtrace-root.dtrace
+
 # Don't try to regenerate Makefile or configure
 # We don't generate any of them
 Makefile: ;
                 qom-obj-y \
                 io-obj-y \
                 common-obj-y \
-                common-obj-m)
+                common-obj-m \
+                trace-obj-y)
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard config-host.mak),)
 include $(SRC_PATH)/tests/Makefile.include
 dtc/%:
        mkdir -p $@
 
-$(SUBDIR_RULES): libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a $(common-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) $(crypto-aes-obj-$(CONFIG_USER_ONLY))
+$(SUBDIR_RULES): libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a $(common-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) $(crypto-aes-obj-$(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)) $(trace-obj-y)
 
 ROMSUBDIR_RULES=$(patsubst %,romsubdir-%, $(ROMS))
 # Only keep -O and -g cflags
 
 ######################################################################
 
+COMMON_LDADDS = $(trace-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+
 qemu-img.o: qemu-img-cmds.h
 
-qemu-img$(EXESUF): qemu-img.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
-qemu-nbd$(EXESUF): qemu-nbd.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
-qemu-io$(EXESUF): qemu-io.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+qemu-img$(EXESUF): qemu-img.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
+qemu-nbd$(EXESUF): qemu-nbd.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
+qemu-io$(EXESUF): qemu-io.o $(block-obj-y) $(crypto-obj-y) $(io-obj-y) $(qom-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 
-qemu-bridge-helper$(EXESUF): qemu-bridge-helper.o libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+qemu-bridge-helper$(EXESUF): qemu-bridge-helper.o $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 
-fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.o fsdev/9p-marshal.o fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.o libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.o fsdev/9p-marshal.o fsdev/9p-iov-marshal.o $(COMMON_LDADDS)
 fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper$(EXESUF): LIBS += -lcap
 
 qemu-img-cmds.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/hxtool
 QGALIB_GEN=$(addprefix qga/qapi-generated/, qga-qapi-types.h qga-qapi-visit.h qga-qmp-commands.h)
 $(qga-obj-y) qemu-ga.o: $(QGALIB_GEN)
 
-qemu-ga$(EXESUF): $(qga-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+qemu-ga$(EXESUF): $(qga-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
        $(call LINK, $^)
 
 ifdef QEMU_GA_MSI_ENABLED
 qemu-ga: qemu-ga$(EXESUF) $(QGA_VSS_PROVIDER) $(QEMU_GA_MSI)
 endif
 
-ivshmem-client$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-client-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+ivshmem-client$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-client-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
        $(call LINK, $^)
-ivshmem-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-server-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+ivshmem-server$(EXESUF): $(ivshmem-server-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
        $(call LINK, $^)
 
 module_block.h: $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/modules/module_block.py config-host.mak
 Makefile: $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 endif
 
+.SECONDARY: $(TRACE_HEADERS) $(TRACE_HEADERS:%=%-timestamp) \
+       $(TRACE_SOURCES) $(TRACE_SOURCES:%=%-timestamp) \
+       $(TRACE_DTRACE) $(TRACE_DTRACE:%=%-timestamp)
+
 # Include automatically generated dependency files
 # Dependencies in Makefile.objs files come from our recursive subdir rules
 -include $(wildcard *.d tests/*.d)
 
 libvhost-user-obj-y = contrib/libvhost-user/
 
 ######################################################################
-trace-events-y = trace-events
-trace-events-y += util/trace-events
-trace-events-y += crypto/trace-events
-trace-events-y += io/trace-events
-trace-events-y += migration/trace-events
-trace-events-y += block/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/block/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/block/dataplane/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/char/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/intc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/net/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/virtio/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/audio/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/misc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/usb/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/scsi/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/nvram/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/display/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/input/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/timer/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/dma/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/sparc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/sd/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/isa/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/mem/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/i386/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/i386/xen/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/9pfs/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/ppc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/pci/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/s390x/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/vfio/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/acpi/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/arm/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/alpha/trace-events
-trace-events-y += hw/xen/trace-events
-trace-events-y += ui/trace-events
-trace-events-y += audio/trace-events
-trace-events-y += net/trace-events
-trace-events-y += target/arm/trace-events
-trace-events-y += target/i386/trace-events
-trace-events-y += target/sparc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += target/s390x/trace-events
-trace-events-y += target/ppc/trace-events
-trace-events-y += qom/trace-events
-trace-events-y += linux-user/trace-events
-trace-events-y += qapi/trace-events
+trace-events-subdirs =
+trace-events-subdirs += util
+trace-events-subdirs += crypto
+trace-events-subdirs += io
+trace-events-subdirs += migration
+trace-events-subdirs += block
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/block
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/block/dataplane
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/char
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/intc
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/net
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/virtio
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/audio
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/misc
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/usb
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/scsi
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/nvram
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/display
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/input
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/timer
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/dma
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/sparc
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/sd
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/isa
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/mem
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/i386
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/i386/xen
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/9pfs
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/ppc
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/pci
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/s390x
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/vfio
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/acpi
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/arm
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/alpha
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/xen
+trace-events-subdirs += ui
+trace-events-subdirs += audio
+trace-events-subdirs += net
+trace-events-subdirs += target/arm
+trace-events-subdirs += target/i386
+trace-events-subdirs += target/sparc
+trace-events-subdirs += target/s390x
+trace-events-subdirs += target/ppc
+trace-events-subdirs += qom
+trace-events-subdirs += linux-user
+trace-events-subdirs += qapi
+
+trace-events-files = $(SRC_PATH)/trace-events $(trace-events-subdirs:%=$(SRC_PATH)/%/trace-events)
+
+trace-obj-y = trace-root.o
+trace-obj-y += $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace.o)
+trace-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_UST) += trace-ust-all.o
+trace-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_DTRACE) += trace-dtrace-root.o
+trace-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_DTRACE) += $(trace-events-subdirs:%=%/trace-dtrace.o)
 
                qom-obj-y \
                io-obj-y \
                common-obj-y \
-               common-obj-m)
+               common-obj-m \
+               trace-obj-y)
 target-obj-y := $(target-obj-y-save)
 all-obj-y += $(common-obj-y)
 all-obj-y += $(target-obj-y)
 
 $(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): config-devices.mak
 
+COMMON_LDADDS = $(trace-obj-y) ../libqemuutil.a ../libqemustub.a
+
 # build either PROG or PROGW
-$(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): $(all-obj-y) ../libqemuutil.a ../libqemustub.a
+$(QEMU_PROG_BUILD): $(all-obj-y) $(COMMON_LDADDS)
        $(call LINK, $(filter-out %.mak, $^))
 ifdef CONFIG_DARWIN
        $(call quiet-command,Rez -append $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/qemu.rsrc -o $@,"REZ","$(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 #include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
 #include "qemu/sockets.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL_CREATE1
 #include <sys/epoll.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "exec/cpu-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/balloon.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/qjson.h"
 
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "block/trace.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "block/blockjob.h"
 #include "block/nbd.h"
 
 #include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "block/nbd.h"
 #include "io/channel-socket.h"
 
 
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "block/trace.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/help_option.h"
 
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "block/block.h"
 #include "block/blockjob_int.h"
 #include "block/block_int.h"
 
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "disas/disas.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "tcg.h"
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 
 
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "sysemu/xen-mapcache.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #endif
 #include "exec/cpu-all.h"
 #include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "hw/ptimer.h"
 #include "etsec.h"
 #include "registers.h"
 
  */
 
 #if !defined(SOFTMMU_CODE_ACCESS)
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #endif
 
 #include "trace/mem.h"
 
  */
 
 #if !defined(CODE_ACCESS)
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #endif
 
 #include "trace/mem.h"
 
 #include "hw/xen/xen.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "hw/xen/trace.h"
 
 /*
  * We don't support Xen prior to 4.2.0.
 
+++ /dev/null
-#ifndef TRACE_H
-#define TRACE_H
-
-#include "trace/generated-tracers.h"
-
-#endif /* TRACE_H */
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/ioport.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 
 
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "qemu/event_notifier.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qom/object.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 
 #include "exec/memory-internal.h"
 #include "exec/ram_addr.h"
 
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-streamer.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp/json-parser.h"
 #include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "monitor/hmp-target.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE
 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 
 bool cpu_exists(int64_t id)
 {
 
         if probe_prefix is None:
             probe_prefix = ".".join(["qemu", target_type, target_name])
 
-    if len(args) != 1:
+    if len(args) < 1:
         error_opt("missing trace-events filepath")
-    with open(args[0], "r") as fh:
-        events = tracetool.read_events(fh)
+    events = []
+    for arg in args:
+        with open(arg, "r") as fh:
+            events.extend(tracetool.read_events(fh))
 
     try:
         tracetool.generate(events, arg_group, arg_format, arg_backends,
 
 
 
 def generate_h_begin(events, group):
-    out('#include "trace/generated-tracers-dtrace.h"',
+    if group == "root":
+        header = "trace-dtrace-root.h"
+    else:
+        header = "trace-dtrace.h"
+
+    out('#include "%s"' % header,
         '')
 
 
 
 
 def generate_c_begin(events, group):
     out('#include "qemu/osdep.h"',
-        '#include "trace.h"',
         '#include "trace/control.h"',
         '#include "trace/simple.h"',
         '')
 
 
 
 def generate_h_begin(events, group):
+    if group == "root":
+        header = "trace-ust-root.h"
+    else:
+        header = "trace-ust.h"
+
     out('#include <lttng/tracepoint.h>',
-        '#include "trace/generated-ust-provider.h"',
+        '#include "%s"' % header,
         '')
 
 
 
     active_events = [e for e in events
                      if "disable" not in e.properties]
 
+    if group == "root":
+        header = "trace-root.h"
+    else:
+        header = "trace.h"
+
     out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
         '',
         '#include "qemu/osdep.h"',
-        '#include "trace.h"',
+        '#include "%s"' % header,
         '')
 
     for e in events:
 
 
 
 def generate(events, backend, group):
+    if group == "root":
+        header = "trace-root.h"
+    else:
+        header = "trace.h"
+
     out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
         '/* You must include this file after the inclusion of helper.h */',
         '',
         '#ifndef TRACE_%s_GENERATED_TCG_TRACERS_H' % group.upper(),
         '#define TRACE_%s_GENERATED_TCG_TRACERS_H' % group.upper(),
         '',
-        '#include "trace.h"',
         '#include "exec/helper-proto.h"',
         '',
         )
 
 
 
 def generate(events, backend, group):
+    if group == "root":
+        header = "trace-root.h"
+    else:
+        header = "trace.h"
+
     events = [e for e in events
               if "disable" not in e.properties]
 
         '#include "qemu/osdep.h"',
         '#include "qemu-common.h"',
         '#include "cpu.h"',
-        '#include "trace.h"',
         '#include "exec/helper-proto.h"',
         '',
         )
 
         ' */',
         '#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wredundant-decls"',
         '',
-        '#include "generated-ust-provider.h"')
+        '#include "trace-ust-all.h"')
 
     events = [e for e in events
               if "disabled" not in e.properties]
 
+    if group == "all":
+        include = "trace-ust-all.h"
+    else:
+        include = "trace-ust.h"
+
     out('/* This file is autogenerated by tracetool, do not edit. */',
         '',
         '#undef TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER',
         '#define TRACEPOINT_PROVIDER qemu',
         '',
         '#undef TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE_FILE',
-        '#define TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE_FILE ./generated-ust-provider.h',
+        '#define TRACEPOINT_INCLUDE_FILE ./%s' % include,
         '',
         '#if !defined (TRACE_%s_GENERATED_UST_H) || \\'  % group.upper(),
         '     defined(TRACEPOINT_HEADER_MULTI_READ)',
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "ui/qemu-spice.h"
 #include "sysemu/char.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 
 
 # Deps that are common to various different sets of tests below
-test-util-obj-y = libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
+test-util-obj-y = $(trace-obj-y) libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a
 test-qom-obj-y = $(qom-obj-y) $(test-util-obj-y)
 test-qapi-obj-y = tests/test-qapi-visit.o tests/test-qapi-types.o \
        tests/test-qapi-event.o tests/test-qmp-introspect.o \
 
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "qemu/thread.h"
 #include "qemu/coroutine.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "block/thread-pool.h"
 #include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 
 
 tracetool-y = $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/tracetool.py
 tracetool-y += $(shell find $(SRC_PATH)/scripts/tracetool -name "*.py")
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all: $(trace-events-y:%=$(SRC_PATH)/%)
+$(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all: $(trace-events-files)
        $(call quiet-command,cat $^ > $@)
 
-######################################################################
-# Auto-generated event descriptions for LTTng ust code
-
-ifeq ($(findstring ust,$(TRACE_BACKENDS)),ust)
-
-$(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h-timestamp
-       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
-       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-               --group=all \
-               --format=ust-events-h \
-               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-               $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-$(obj)/generated-ust.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak
-       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-ust.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(tracetool-y)
-       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-               --group=all \
-               --format=ust-events-c \
-               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-               $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.h: $(obj)/generated-ust-provider.h
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.c: $(obj)/generated-ust.c
-
-endif
-
-
-######################################################################
-# Auto-generated tracing routines
-
-##################################################
-# Execution level
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.h: $(obj)/generated-tracers.h-timestamp
-       @cmp -s $< $@ || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
-       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-               --group=all \
-               --format=h \
-               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-               $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-##############################
-# non-DTrace
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.c: $(obj)/generated-tracers.c-timestamp
-       @cmp -s $< $@ || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
-       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-               --group=all \
-               --format=c \
-               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-               $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers.c $(obj)/generated-tracers.h
-
-##############################
-# DTrace
-
-# Normal practice is to name DTrace probe file with a '.d' extension
-# but that gets picked up by QEMU's Makefile as an external dependency
-# rule file. So we use '.dtrace' instead
-ifeq ($(findstring dtrace,$(TRACE_BACKENDS)),dtrace)
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp
-       @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
-       $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
-               --group=all \
-               --format=d \
-               --backends=$(TRACE_BACKENDS) \
-               $< > $@,"GEN","$(patsubst %-timestamp,%,$@)")
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.h: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
-       $(call quiet-command,dtrace -o $@ -h -s $<,"GEN","$@")
-
-$(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.o: $(obj)/generated-tracers-dtrace.dtrace
-
-util-obj-y += generated-tracers-dtrace.o
-endif
 
 ##################################################
 # Translation level
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h: $(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h-timestamp
        @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+$(obj)/generated-helpers-wrappers.h-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
        $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
                --group=all \
                --format=tcg-helper-wrapper-h \
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.h: $(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp
        @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+$(obj)/generated-helpers.h-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
        $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
                --group=all \
                --format=tcg-helper-h \
 
 $(obj)/generated-helpers.c: $(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp
        @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+$(obj)/generated-helpers.c-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
        $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
                --group=all \
                --format=tcg-helper-c \
 
 $(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h: $(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp
        @cmp $< $@ >/dev/null 2>&1 || cp $< $@
-$(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp: $(BUILD_DIR)/trace-events-all $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
+$(obj)/generated-tcg-tracers.h-timestamp: $(trace-events-files) $(BUILD_DIR)/config-host.mak $(tracetool-y)
        $(call quiet-command,$(TRACETOOL) \
                --group=all \
                --format=tcg-h \
 ######################################################################
 # Backend code
 
-util-obj-y += generated-tracers.o
 util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_SIMPLE) += simple.o
 util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_FTRACE) += ftrace.o
-util-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_UST) += generated-ust.o
 util-obj-y += control.o
 target-obj-y += control-target.o
 util-obj-y += qmp.o
 
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "translate-all.h"
 
 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "monitor/monitor.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 
 int trace_events_enabled_count;
 
 
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
+#include "trace/ftrace.h"
 
 int trace_marker_fd;
 
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
-#include "trace.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "trace/simple.h"
 
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #define NO_CPU_IO_DEFS
 #include "cpu.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "disas/disas.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
 #include "tcg.h"
 
 
 #include "slirp/libslirp.h"
 
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "trace/control.h"
 #include "qemu/queue.h"
 #include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
 
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "sysemu/xen-mapcache.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 
 #include <xen/hvm/ioreq.h>
 
 #include <xen/hvm/params.h>
 
 #include "sysemu/xen-mapcache.h"
-#include "trace.h"
+#include "trace-root.h"
 
 
 //#define MAPCACHE_DEBUG