diff --git a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/TargetInfoBase.h b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/TargetInfoBase.h
index d2f463ea7499..ee43674c21b4 100644
--- a/include/triton/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/TargetInfoBase.h
+++ b/include/triton/Conversion/TritonGPUToLLVM/TargetInfoBase.h
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ class TargetInfoBase {
   // placeholders in the format string.
   virtual void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
                       int formatStrByteCount, ValueRange args) const = 0;
+
+  // Emits LLVM code with |rewriter| to print a message, particularly useful for
+  // backend debug. |msg| is the message to print, |args| are the arguments to
+  // fill placeholders in the |msg|.
+  // NOTE: This function is used for backend debug. DO NOT DELETE.
+  // Example use: targetInfo.printf(rewriter,"index: %d, value: %f", {index,
+  // value});
+  virtual void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, StringRef msg,
+                      ValueRange args) const = 0;
+
   // Emits LLVM code with |rewriter| to perform assertion failure with the given
   // |message| from the given |func| in |file|.
   virtual void assertFail(RewriterBase &rewriter, Location loc,
diff --git a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
index c2552bd3fff6..08aef1bbe5ec 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
+++ b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,18 @@ void TargetInfo::printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
                     /*useStdError=*/false);
 }
 
+void TargetInfo::printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, StringRef msg,
+                        ValueRange args) const {
+  assert(!msg.empty() && "printf with empty string not supported");
+  llvm::SmallString<64> msgNewline(msg);
+  msgNewline.push_back('\n');
+  msgNewline.push_back('\0');
+  Value msgValue =
+      LLVM::addStringToModule(UnknownLoc::get(rewriter.getContext()), rewriter,
+                              "printfFormat_", msgNewline);
+  printf(rewriter, msgValue, msgNewline.size_in_bytes(), args);
+}
+
 void TargetInfo::assertFail(RewriterBase &rewriter, Location loc,
                             StringRef message, StringRef file, StringRef func,
                             int line) const {
diff --git a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
index 9d42571c84ec..d5ad966a4e57 100644
--- a/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
+++ b/third_party/amd/lib/TritonAMDGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class TargetInfo : public mlir::triton::TargetInfoBase {
 
   void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
               int formatStrByteCount, ValueRange args) const override;
+
+  void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, StringRef msg,
+              ValueRange args) const override;
+
   void assertFail(RewriterBase &rewriter, Location loc, StringRef message,
                   StringRef file, StringRef func, int line) const override;
 
diff --git a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
index 3d00cc112897..66e1b7e7ad20 100644
--- a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
+++ b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.cpp
@@ -643,6 +643,18 @@ void TargetInfo::printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
   call(funcOp, operands);
 }
 
+void TargetInfo::printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, StringRef msg,
+                        ValueRange args) const {
+  assert(!msg.empty() && "printf with empty string not supported");
+  llvm::SmallString<64> msgNewline(msg);
+  msgNewline.push_back('\n');
+  msgNewline.push_back('\0');
+  Value msgValue =
+      LLVM::addStringToModule(UnknownLoc::get(rewriter.getContext()), rewriter,
+                              "printfFormat_", msgNewline);
+  printf(rewriter, msgValue, msgNewline.size_in_bytes(), args);
+}
+
 void TargetInfo::assertFail(RewriterBase &rewriter, Location loc,
                             StringRef message, StringRef file, StringRef func,
                             int line) const {
diff --git a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
index 7a7cd72c716a..c7c4ef3b4cee 100644
--- a/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
+++ b/third_party/nvidia/lib/TritonNVIDIAGPUToLLVM/TargetInfo.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ class TargetInfo : public mlir::triton::TargetInfoBase {
 
   void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, Value formatStrStart,
               int formatStrByteCount, ValueRange args) const override;
+
+  void printf(RewriterBase &rewriter, StringRef msg,
+              ValueRange args) const override;
+
   void assertFail(RewriterBase &rewriter, Location loc, StringRef message,
                   StringRef file, StringRef func, int line) const override;