Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754008Ab0H2Swm (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:52:42 -0400 Received: from cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com ([217.140.96.50]:35470 "EHLO cam-admin0.cambridge.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753785Ab0H2Swk (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:52:40 -0400 From: Will Deacon To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Will Deacon , Robert Richter , Matt Fleming , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar Subject: [PATCH 0/3] stop OProfile calling arch_exit when arch_init fails Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:51:58 +0100 Message-Id: <1283107921-21464-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.3.3 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Aug 2010 18:52:17.0282 (UTC) FILETIME=[4D588E20:01CB47AB] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1288 Lines: 31 These patches remove the oprofile_arch_exit call from oprofile_init, allowing architectures that perform memory allocation in their init functions to be simplified. This requires some changes to the ARM and x86 OProfile backends to ensure that their init functions clean up after themselves if they fail. This is required for Matt's combined OProfile/Perf driver which will be shared between all architectures. Patches taken against tip/master. Cc: Robert Richter Cc: Matt Fleming Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ingo Molnar Will Deacon (3): oprofile: don't call arch exit code from init code on failure ARM: oprofile: fix and simplify init/exit functions x86: oprofile: fix oprofile_arch_init behaviour on failure arch/arm/oprofile/common.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- arch/x86/oprofile/init.c | 26 ++++++++++++++---------- drivers/oprofile/oprof.c | 11 +-------- 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) -- 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/