Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262536AbVAUVs2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:48:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262537AbVAUVr1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:47:27 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:22977 "EHLO fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262540AbVAUVo6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:44:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:42:18 -0700 (MST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: John Levon cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] unexport profile_pc In-Reply-To: <20050120211214.GA75899@compsoc.man.ac.uk> Message-ID: References: <20050120182019.GJ3174@stusta.de> <20050120211214.GA75899@compsoc.man.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 760 Lines: 20 On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, John Levon wrote: > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 12:16:52PM -0700, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > > I haven't found any modular usage of profile_pc in the kernel. > > > > Oprofile? > > We don't actually use it, but it looks like maybe we should? It seems > unfortunate that readprofile and OProfile should disagree here. We really should be using it otherwise you get profile hits in the spin_lock functions, which isn't really helpful. I recall sending patches for this, i may have to resend. - 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/