Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:33:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:33:00 -0400 Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk ([130.88.200.94]:20238 "EHLO probity.mcc.ac.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:32:59 -0400 Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 20:38:38 +0100 From: John Levon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: akpm@digeo.com, drepper@redhat.com, oprofile-list@lists.sf.net Subject: [PATCH] oprofile for 2.5.42 Message-ID: <20021013193838.GA95824@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i X-Url: http://www.movementarian.org/ X-Record: Mr. Scruff - Trouser Jazz X-Scanner: exiscan *180oZT-000CCd-00*Lk7soabObYs* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 854 Lines: 24 http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/oprofile-2.5.html as usual. This release has two significant changes : o We got the task release stuff horribly wrong for CLONE_DETACHED tasks as used by nptl, leading to instant oopsen. I think I have fixed this. One drawback is that the do_exit()-related code is now an oprofile blind spot, but I can't see a better solution o Use _raw forms for the spinlock we sleep whilst holding to avoid CONFIG_PREEMPT complaining. I have lightly tested preempt on SMP with the new patch, and it seems to work regards john -- "That's just kitten-eating wrong." - Richard Henderson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/