diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
index f601d21..f1b5507 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_dev.h
@@ -46,8 +46,61 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 
+#include <rte_log.h>
+
+__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 0)))
+static inline void
+rte_pmd_debug_trace(const char *func_name, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+
+	char buffer[vsnprintf(NULL, 0, fmt, ap) + 1];
+
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	rte_log(RTE_LOG_ERR, RTE_LOGTYPE_PMD, "%s: %s", func_name, buffer);
+}
+
+/* Macros for checking for restricting functions to primary instance only */
+#define RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(retval) do { \
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Cannot run in secondary processes\n"); \
+		return retval; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+#define RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET() do { \
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Cannot run in secondary processes\n"); \
+		return; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+/* Macros to check for invalid function pointers */
+#define RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(func, retval) do { \
+	if ((func) == NULL) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Function not supported\n"); \
+		return retval; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+#define RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_RET(func) do { \
+	if ((func) == NULL) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Function not supported\n"); \
+		return; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+
 /** Double linked list of device drivers. */
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_driver_list, rte_driver);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 71775dc..f4648ac 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -69,60 +69,6 @@
 #include "rte_ether.h"
 #include "rte_ethdev.h"
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG
-#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...) do { \
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ## args); \
-	} while (0)
-#else
-#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...)
-#endif
-
-/* Macros for checking for restricting functions to primary instance only */
-#define RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_ERR_RET(retval) do { \
-	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Cannot run in secondary processes\n"); \
-		return (retval); \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define RTE_PROC_PRIMARY_OR_RET() do { \
-	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) { \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Cannot run in secondary processes\n"); \
-		return; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-/* Macros to check for invalid function pointers in dev_ops structure */
-#define RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(func, retval) do { \
-	if ((func) == NULL) { \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Function not supported\n"); \
-		return (retval); \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_RET(func) do { \
-	if ((func) == NULL) { \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Function not supported\n"); \
-		return; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-/* Macros to check for valid port */
-#define RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, retval) do { \
-	if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) {  \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id); \
-		return retval; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id) do { \
-	if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) { \
-		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id); \
-		return; \
-	} \
-} while (0)
-
-
 static const char *MZ_RTE_ETH_DEV_DATA = "rte_eth_dev_data";
 struct rte_eth_dev rte_eth_devices[RTE_MAX_ETHPORTS];
 static struct rte_eth_dev_data *rte_eth_dev_data;
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index e92bf8d..b51b8aa 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#include <rte_dev.h>
+
 /* Use this macro to check if LRO API is supported */
 #define RTE_ETHDEV_HAS_LRO_SUPPORT
 
@@ -931,6 +933,30 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_callback;
 /** @internal Structure to keep track of registered callbacks */
 TAILQ_HEAD(rte_eth_dev_cb_list, rte_eth_dev_callback);
 
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG
+#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(...) \
+	rte_pmd_debug_trace(__func__, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...)
+#endif
+
+
+/* Macros to check for valid port */
+#define RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, retval) do { \
+	if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id); \
+		return retval; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
+#define RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_RET(port_id) do { \
+	if (!rte_eth_dev_is_valid_port(port_id)) { \
+		RTE_PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("Invalid port_id=%d\n", port_id); \
+		return; \
+	} \
+} while (0)
+
 /*
  * Definitions of all functions exported by an Ethernet driver through the
  * the generic structure of type *eth_dev_ops* supplied in the *rte_eth_dev*
