linux-kernel - Re: Please pull arch perfmon update

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Message-ID: <20081014140549.GG23557@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:05:50 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Please pull arch perfmon update

On 13.10.08 22:29:51, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > I added a follow on patch (446223f) on branch arch-perfmon that
> 
> I didn't do that intentionally because it's called too late.
> The function really has to be called early, so that the fallback
> works.

The hook is in op_nmi_init() and directly called after
arch_perfmon_init() and before init_sysfs(). Only
register_cpu_notifier() and the setup of oprofile_operations are in
between. This should work.

-Robert

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email: robert.richter@....com

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