diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSync.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSync.cpp
index 0c94052..ad5eb33 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSync.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSync.cpp
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     DispSyncThread(const char* name, bool showTraceDetailedInfo)
           : mName(name),
             mStop(false),
-            mModelLocked(false),
+            mModelLocked("DispSync:ModelLocked", false),
             mPeriod(0),
             mPhase(0),
             mReferenceTime(0),
@@ -121,13 +121,11 @@
     void lockModel() {
         Mutex::Autolock lock(mMutex);
         mModelLocked = true;
-        ATRACE_INT("DispSync:ModelLocked", mModelLocked);
     }
 
     void unlockModel() {
         Mutex::Autolock lock(mMutex);
         mModelLocked = false;
-        ATRACE_INT("DispSync:ModelLocked", mModelLocked);
     }
 
     virtual bool threadLoop() {
@@ -431,7 +429,7 @@
     const char* const mName;
 
     bool mStop;
-    bool mModelLocked;
+    TracedOrdinal<bool> mModelLocked;
 
     nsecs_t mPeriod;
     nsecs_t mPhase;
@@ -454,15 +452,14 @@
 
 class ZeroPhaseTracer : public DispSync::Callback {
 public:
-    ZeroPhaseTracer() : mParity(false) {}
+    ZeroPhaseTracer() : mParity("ZERO_PHASE_VSYNC", false) {}
 
     virtual void onDispSyncEvent(nsecs_t /*when*/) {
         mParity = !mParity;
-        ATRACE_INT("ZERO_PHASE_VSYNC", mParity ? 1 : 0);
     }
 
 private:
-    bool mParity;
+    TracedOrdinal<bool> mParity;
 };
 
 DispSync::DispSync(const char* name) : mName(name), mRefreshSkipCount(0) {
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.cpp
index 5faf46e..571c9ca 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.cpp
@@ -31,19 +31,16 @@
                                nsecs_t offsetThresholdForNextVsync, bool traceVsync,
                                const char* name)
       : mName(name),
+        mValue(base::StringPrintf("VSYNC-%s", name), 0),
         mTraceVsync(traceVsync),
         mVsyncOnLabel(base::StringPrintf("VsyncOn-%s", name)),
-        mVsyncEventLabel(base::StringPrintf("VSYNC-%s", name)),
-        mVsyncOffsetLabel(base::StringPrintf("VsyncOffset-%s", name)),
-        mVsyncNegativeOffsetLabel(base::StringPrintf("VsyncNegativeOffset-%s", name)),
         mDispSync(dispSync),
-        mPhaseOffset(phaseOffset),
+        mPhaseOffset(base::StringPrintf("VsyncOffset-%s", name), phaseOffset),
         mOffsetThresholdForNextVsync(offsetThresholdForNextVsync) {}
 
 void DispSyncSource::setVSyncEnabled(bool enable) {
     std::lock_guard lock(mVsyncMutex);
     if (enable) {
-        tracePhaseOffset();
         status_t err = mDispSync->addEventListener(mName, mPhaseOffset,
                                                    static_cast<DispSync::Callback*>(this),
                                                    mLastCallbackTime);
@@ -83,7 +80,6 @@
     }
 
     mPhaseOffset = phaseOffset;
-    tracePhaseOffset();
 
     // If we're not enabled, we don't need to mess with the listeners
     if (!mEnabled) {
@@ -106,7 +102,6 @@
 
     if (mTraceVsync) {
         mValue = (mValue + 1) % 2;
-        ATRACE_INT(mVsyncEventLabel.c_str(), mValue);
     }
 
     if (callback != nullptr) {
@@ -114,14 +109,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-void DispSyncSource::tracePhaseOffset() {
-    if (mPhaseOffset > 0) {
-        ATRACE_INT(mVsyncOffsetLabel.c_str(), mPhaseOffset);
-        ATRACE_INT(mVsyncNegativeOffsetLabel.c_str(), 0);
-    } else {
-        ATRACE_INT(mVsyncOffsetLabel.c_str(), 0);
-        ATRACE_INT(mVsyncNegativeOffsetLabel.c_str(), -mPhaseOffset);
-    }
-}
-
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.h b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.h
index 50560a5..740c8c4 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/Scheduler/DispSyncSource.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "DispSync.h"
 #include "EventThread.h"
+#include "TracedOrdinal.h"
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -39,16 +40,11 @@
     // The following method is the implementation of the DispSync::Callback.
     virtual void onDispSyncEvent(nsecs_t when);
 
-    void tracePhaseOffset() REQUIRES(mVsyncMutex);
-
     const char* const mName;
-    int mValue = 0;
+    TracedOrdinal<int> mValue;
 
     const bool mTraceVsync;
     const std::string mVsyncOnLabel;
-    const std::string mVsyncEventLabel;
-    const std::string mVsyncOffsetLabel;
-    const std::string mVsyncNegativeOffsetLabel;
     nsecs_t mLastCallbackTime GUARDED_BY(mVsyncMutex) = 0;
 
     DispSync* mDispSync;
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@
     VSyncSource::Callback* mCallback GUARDED_BY(mCallbackMutex) = nullptr;
 
     std::mutex mVsyncMutex;
-    nsecs_t mPhaseOffset GUARDED_BY(mVsyncMutex);
+    TracedOrdinal<nsecs_t> mPhaseOffset GUARDED_BY(mVsyncMutex);
     const nsecs_t mOffsetThresholdForNextVsync;
     bool mEnabled GUARDED_BY(mVsyncMutex) = false;
 };
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
index 99440a6..210a28a 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.cpp
@@ -976,7 +976,6 @@
                                         mPhaseOffsets->getOffsetThresholdForNextVsync());
     }
     mDesiredActiveConfigChanged = true;
-    ATRACE_INT("DesiredActiveConfigChanged", mDesiredActiveConfigChanged);
 
     if (mRefreshRateOverlay) {
         mRefreshRateOverlay->changeRefreshRate(mDesiredActiveConfig.type);
@@ -1021,7 +1020,6 @@
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mActiveConfigLock);
     mDesiredActiveConfig.event = Scheduler::ConfigEvent::None;
     mDesiredActiveConfigChanged = false;
-    ATRACE_INT("DesiredActiveConfigChanged", mDesiredActiveConfigChanged);
 
     mScheduler->resyncToHardwareVsync(true, getVsyncPeriod());
     mPhaseOffsets->setRefreshRateType(mUpcomingActiveConfig.type);
@@ -1713,12 +1711,12 @@
             // seeing this same value.
             populateExpectedPresentTime();
 
-            bool frameMissed = previousFrameMissed();
-            bool hwcFrameMissed = mHadDeviceComposition && frameMissed;
-            bool gpuFrameMissed = mHadClientComposition && frameMissed;
-            ATRACE_INT("FrameMissed", static_cast<int>(frameMissed));
-            ATRACE_INT("HwcFrameMissed", static_cast<int>(hwcFrameMissed));
-            ATRACE_INT("GpuFrameMissed", static_cast<int>(gpuFrameMissed));
+            const TracedOrdinal<bool> frameMissed = {"FrameMissed", previousFrameMissed()};
+            const TracedOrdinal<bool> hwcFrameMissed = {"HwcFrameMissed",
+                                                        mHadDeviceComposition && frameMissed};
+            const TracedOrdinal<bool> gpuFrameMissed = {"GpuFrameMissed",
+                                                        mHadClientComposition && frameMissed};
+
             if (frameMissed) {
                 mFrameMissedCount++;
                 mTimeStats->incrementMissedFrames();
@@ -3402,8 +3400,9 @@
 
     const Region bounds(displayState.bounds);
     const DisplayRenderArea renderArea(displayDevice);
-    const bool hasClientComposition = getHwComposer().hasClientComposition(displayId);
-    ATRACE_INT("hasClientComposition", hasClientComposition);
+    const TracedOrdinal<bool> hasClientComposition = {"hasClientComposition",
+                                                      getHwComposer().hasClientComposition(
+                                                              displayId)};
 
     bool applyColorMatrix = false;
 
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
index 0e6eacf..b34ccd1 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceFlinger.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "Scheduler/VSyncModulator.h"
 #include "SurfaceFlingerFactory.h"
 #include "SurfaceTracing.h"
+#include "TracedOrdinal.h"
 #include "TransactionCompletedThread.h"
 
 #include <atomic>
@@ -1148,7 +1149,8 @@
     ActiveConfigInfo mDesiredActiveConfig GUARDED_BY(mActiveConfigLock);
 
     // below flags are set by main thread only
-    bool mDesiredActiveConfigChanged GUARDED_BY(mActiveConfigLock) = false;
+    TracedOrdinal<bool> mDesiredActiveConfigChanged
+            GUARDED_BY(mActiveConfigLock) = {"DesiredActiveConfigChanged", false};
     bool mCheckPendingFence = false;
 
     bool mLumaSampling = true;
diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/TracedOrdinal.h b/services/surfaceflinger/TracedOrdinal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb0f02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/TracedOrdinal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <utils/Trace.h>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <string>
+
+template <typename T>
+class TracedOrdinal {
+public:
+    static_assert(std::is_same<bool, T>() || (std::is_signed<T>() && std::is_integral<T>()),
+                  "Type is not supported. Please test it with systrace before adding "
+                  "it to the list.");
+
+    TracedOrdinal(std::string name, T initialValue)
+          : mName(name),
+            mNameNegative(android::base::StringPrintf("%sNegative", name.c_str())),
+            mHasGoneNegative(std::signbit(initialValue)),
+            mData(initialValue) {
+        trace();
+    }
+
+    operator T() const { return mData; }
+
+    TracedOrdinal& operator=(T other) {
+        mData = other;
+        mHasGoneNegative = mHasGoneNegative || std::signbit(mData);
+        trace();
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+private:
+    void trace() {
+        if (!std::signbit(mData)) {
+            ATRACE_INT64(mName.c_str(), int64_t(mData));
+            if (mHasGoneNegative) {
+                ATRACE_INT64(mNameNegative.c_str(), 0);
+            }
+        } else {
+            ATRACE_INT64(mNameNegative.c_str(), -int64_t(mData));
+            ATRACE_INT64(mName.c_str(), 0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const std::string mName;
+    const std::string mNameNegative;
+    bool mHasGoneNegative;
+    T mData;
+};