[PATCH 4/7] ARM: oprofile: Move non-ARM code into separate init/exit

Robert Richter robert.richter at amd.com
Wed Oct 6 14:44:07 EDT 2010


On 06.10.10 14:23:17, Grant Likely wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
> >> index b336cd9..76d97a5 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
> >> @@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ static int __init oprofile_init(void)
> >>  {
> >>       int err;
> >>
> >> +     memset(&oprofile_ops, 0, sizeof(struct oprofile_operations));
> >> +
> >
> > Yes, this looks much better. Thanks Paul.
> 
> oprofile_ops is allocated in bss and so is already zeroed.  No need to
> do it explicitly.

Before oprofile_arch_init() it isn't necessarily needed, but we should
definitely add it before oprofile_timer_init(). For code readability I
would rather tend to let the first in too.

-Robert

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