linux-kernel - [PATCH 00/15] oprofile fixes and updates for v2.6.34

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Message-ID: <1267205407-6523-1-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:29:52 +0100
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oprofile-list <oprofile-list@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH 00/15] oprofile fixes and updates for v2.6.34

This patch series contains oprofile fixes and updates for v2.6.34. It
includes:

* Kconfig updates and fixes (patches 1, 2, 3)
* bug fixes (patches 4, 10, 12)
* IBS cpuid detection (patch 5)
* IBS software randomization (patches 6, 7)
* print warnings if counters are reserved or in use (patches 8, 9)
* code improvements (patch 11)
* x86 updates to perf_event.h to share code between subsystems
  (patches 13, 14, 15)

See also enclosed changelog.

Ingo, please pull from:

 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile.git core

Thanks,

-Robert


The following changes since commit 724e6d3fe8003c3f60bf404bf22e4e331327c596:
  Linus Torvalds (1):
        Linux 2.6.33-rc8

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rric/oprofile.git core

Naga Chumbalkar (1):
      oprofile/x86: add comment to counter-in-use warning

Robert Richter (13):
      oprofile: remove tracing build dependency
      oprofile: remove EXPERIMENTAL from the config option description
      oprofile/x86: remove OPROFILE_IBS config option
      oprofile/x86: remove node check in AMD IBS initialization
      oprofile/x86: implement IBS cpuid feature detection
      oprofile/x86: implement randomization for IBS periodic op counter
      oprofile/x86: warn user if a counter is already active
      oprofile/x86: fix perfctr nmi reservation for mulitplexing
      oprofile/x86: use kzalloc() instead of kmalloc()
      oprofile/x86: fix msr access to reserved counters
      perf, x86: make IBS macros available in perf_event.h
      perf, x86: add some IBS macros to perf_event.h
      perf, x86: rename macro in ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_ENABLE

Suravee Suthikulpanit (1):
      oprofile/x86: implement lsfr pseudo-random number generator for IBS

 arch/Kconfig                           |   18 +--
 arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h      |   14 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c       |   16 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c |    2 +-
 arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c            |   17 +-
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_amd.c       |  261 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_p4.c        |    6 -
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_model_ppro.c      |   21 ++-
 arch/x86/oprofile/op_x86_model.h       |   20 +++
 init/Kconfig                           |    2 +-
 10 files changed, 227 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-)


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