[PATCH 5/7] oprofile: Abstract the perf-events backend

[Robert Richter]

On 04.10.10 16:44:23, 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 at console-pimps.org>
> Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/oprofile/Makefile       |    4 +
>  arch/arm/oprofile/common.c       |  319 -------------------------------------
>  drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c |  326 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/oprofile.h         |    6 +
>  4 files changed, 336 insertions(+), 319 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c

This patch looks good.

-Robert

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