* This is the place to register all trace points as events.
  */
 
-/* someday this needs to go in a generic header */
-#define __STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) __STR(x)
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 
 #include <trace/trace_events.h>
 
 
 __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))                                                \
 __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {            \
        .name                   = #call,                                \
-       .system                 = STR(TRACE_SYSTEM),                    \
+       .system                 = __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),            \
        .regfunc                = ftrace_reg_event_##call,              \
        .unregfunc              = ftrace_unreg_event_##call,            \
 }
 __attribute__((__aligned__(4)))                                                \
 __attribute__((section("_ftrace_events"))) event_##call = {            \
        .name                   = #call,                                \
-       .system                 = STR(TRACE_SYSTEM),                    \
+       .system                 = __stringify(TRACE_SYSTEM),            \
        .regfunc                = ftrace_reg_event_##call,              \
        .unregfunc              = ftrace_unreg_event_##call,            \
        .raw_init               = ftrace_raw_init_event_##call,         \
 
 /* Include in trace.c */
 
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE
 
-#define __STR(x) #x
-#define STR(x) __STR(x)
-
 /* Test dynamic code modification and ftrace filters */
 int trace_selftest_startup_dynamic_tracing(struct tracer *trace,
                                           struct trace_array *tr,
         * start of the function names. We simply put a '*' to
         * accommodate them.
         */
-       func_name = "*" STR(DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME);
+       func_name = "*" __stringify(DYN_FTRACE_TEST_NAME);
 
        /* filter only on our function */
        ftrace_set_filter(func_name, strlen(func_name), 1);