On 26.08.10 15:09:18, Matt Fleming wrote: > Move the perf-events backend from arch/arm/oprofile into > drivers/oprofile so that the code can be shared between architectures. > > This allows each architecture to maintain only a single copy of the > PMU accessor functions instead of one for both perf and OProfile. It > also becomes possible for other architectures to delete much of their > OProfile code in favour of the common code now available in > drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c. > > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm/oprofile/Makefile | 4 + > arch/arm/oprofile/common.c | 215 +++----------------------------------- > drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c | 209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/linux/oprofile.h | 12 ++ > 4 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c Could we split this patch in 2 for better review? One that only moves the code and a 2nd that changes it. -Robert -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
