linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] oprofile, x86: Simplify init/exit functions

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Date:	Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:56:23 +0200
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>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] oprofile, x86: Simplify init/exit functions

Now, that we only call the exit function if init succeeds with commit:

 979048e oprofile: don't call arch exit code from init code on failure

we can simplify the x86 init/exit functions too. Variable using_nmi
becomes obsolete.

Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
---
 arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c |    9 +--------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index f1575c9..bd1489c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -695,9 +695,6 @@ static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-/* in order to get sysfs right */
-static int using_nmi;
-
 int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 {
 	__u8 vendor = boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor;
@@ -705,8 +702,6 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	char *cpu_type = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	using_nmi = 0;
-
 	if (!cpu_has_apic)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -790,13 +785,11 @@ int __init op_nmi_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	using_nmi = 1;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: using NMI interrupt.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void op_nmi_exit(void)
 {
-	if (using_nmi)
-		exit_sysfs();
+	exit_sysfs();
 }
-- 
1.7.2.2


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