Re: [PATCH 0/5] perf: oprofile spring cleanup

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Thu Apr 22 2021 - 08:48:36 EST


On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:44:04 +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> This small series builds on top of the work that was started with [1].
>
> It recently became apparent that KVM/arm64 is the last bit of the
> kernel that still uses perf_num_counters().
>
> As I went ahead to address this, it became obvious that all traces of
> oprofile had been eradicated from all architectures but arm64, s390
> and sh (plus a bit of cruft in the core perf code). With KVM fixed,
> perf_num_counters() and perf_pmu_name() are finally gone.
>
> [...]

Applied to kvm-arm64/kill_oprofile_dependency, thanks!

[1/5] KVM: arm64: Divorce the perf code from oprofile helpers
commit: 5421db1be3b11c5e469cce3760d5c8a013a90f2c
[2/5] arm64: Get rid of oprofile leftovers
commit: e9c74a686a45e54b2e1c4586b14c84f3ee2f2014
[3/5] s390: Get rid of oprofile leftovers
commit: 8c3f7913a106aa8b94d331cb59709c84a9a1d55b
[4/5] sh: Get rid of oprofile leftovers
commit: ac21ecf5ad32b89909bee2b50161ce93d6462b7d
[5/5] perf: Get rid of oprofile leftovers
commit: 7f318847a0f37b96d8927e8d30ae7b8f149b11f1

Cheers,

M.
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