[PATCH V3 0/6] Generalise ARM perf-events backend for oprofile

[Will Deacon]

Hi Matt,

On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 07:07 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> The perf-events backend for OProfile that Will Deacon wrote in
> 8c1fc96f6fd1f361428ba805103af0d0eee65179 ("ARM: 6072/1: oprofile: use
> perf-events framework as backend") is of use to more architectures
> than just ARM. Move the code into drivers/oprofile/ so that SH can use
> it instead of the nearly identical copy of its OProfile code.
> 
[...]
> 
> Note that I haven't been able to test these patches on an ARM board to
> see if I've caused any regressions. If anyone else could do that I'd
> appreciate it. Though, I have been able to compile this version of the
> series.
> 
I've tested this patch series on a multicore Cortex-A9 board. If I
revert patch 5/6 (ARM: Make oprofile depend on CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS)
then everything seems to work fine. Otherwise, testing without
HW_PERF_EVENTS doesn't fall back to timer mode.

So, with the exception of the patch above:

Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>

Cheers!

Will