Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:25:14 +0100 | From | Martin Schwidefsky <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/2] NOHZ vs. profile/oprofile v2 |
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On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:08:09 +0100 (CET) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > > > On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:57:22 +0200 > > Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@nokia.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > > > > First version of the hrtimer patch for oprofile. I did not add the > > > > sysctl yet, if the sysctl is added in oprofile_timer_init it would not > > > > be available if some better profiling source is available. If it is > > > > added unconditionally it would only have an effect if the timer > > > > fallback is used. Both cases are not exactly nice for a user space > > > > interface. > > > > > > I wonder what happened to this patch? Some platforms would need > > > this fix (i.e. the timer mode has to be used due to HW issues). > > > > After SH removed their oprofile hook there is nothing left that would > > prevent us from converting oprofile to hrtimer. Just a matter of > > reminding me and have me try again ;-) > > > > Patch against current git. Ingo, Thomas: one for the timer tree I guess. > > No objections from my side, but shouldn't that go via Robert ?
Agreed, this should be handled by the oprofile maintainer. Robert, could you take care of the patch?
-- blue skies, Martin.
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
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