#define TP_ARGS(args...)       args
 #define TP_CONDITION(args...)  args
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
+/*
+ * Individual subsystem my have a separate configuration to
+ * enable their tracepoints. By default, this file will create
+ * the tracepoints if CONFIG_TRACEPOINT is defined. If a subsystem
+ * wants to be able to disable its tracepoints from being created
+ * it can define NOTRACE before including the tracepoint headers.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) && !defined(NOTRACE)
+#define TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
 
 /*
  * it_func[0] is never NULL because there is at least one element in the array
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)                                 \
        EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tracepoint_##name)
 
-#else /* !CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
+#else /* !TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED */
 #define __DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args, cond, data_proto, data_args) \
        static inline void trace_##name(proto)                          \
        { }                                                             \
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
+#endif /* TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 /**
 
 #undef DECLARE_TRACE
 #define DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
+#ifdef TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
 #include <trace/trace_events.h>
 #include <trace/perf.h>
 #endif