[PATCH 4/6] oprofile: Abstract the perf-events backend

[Robert Richter]

On 13.09.10 02:07:35, 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>
> ---
>  arch/arm/oprofile/Makefile       |    2 +-
>  arch/arm/oprofile/common.c       |  315 -------------------------------------
>  drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c |  322 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/oprofile.h         |    6 +
>  4 files changed, 329 insertions(+), 316 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/oprofile/oprofile_perf.c

This patch looks good.

-Robert

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