diff --git a/include/rv/instrumentation.h b/include/rv/instrumentation.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Red Hat, Inc. Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ *
+ * Helper functions to facilitate the instrumentation of auto-generated
+ * RV monitors create by dot2k.
+ *
+ * The dot2k tool is available at tools/verification/dot2/
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ftrace.h>
+
+/*
+ * rv_attach_trace_probe - check and attach a handler function to a tracepoint
+ */
+#define rv_attach_trace_probe(monitor, tp, rv_handler)					\
+	do {										\
+		check_trace_callback_type_##tp(rv_handler);				\
+		WARN_ONCE(register_trace_##tp(rv_handler, NULL),			\
+				"fail attaching " #monitor " " #tp "handler");		\
+	} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * rv_detach_trace_probe - detach a handler function to a tracepoint
+ */
+#define rv_detach_trace_probe(monitor, tp, rv_handler)					\
+	do {										\
+		unregister_trace_##tp(rv_handler, NULL);				\
+	} while (0)