linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] MIPS: Oprofile: Drop support

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Message-ID: <20180424130511.GB28813@saruman>
Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:05:12 +0100
From:   James Hogan <jhogan@...nel.org>
To:     Matt Redfearn <matt.redfearn@...s.com>
Cc:     Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] MIPS: Oprofile: Drop support

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 01:55:54PM +0100, Matt Redfearn wrote:
> Since it appears that MIPS oprofile support is currently broken, core
> oprofile is not getting many updates and not as many architectures
> implement support for it compared to perf, remove the MIPS support.

That sounds reasonable to me. Any idea how long its been broken?

I'll let it sit on the list for a bit in case anybody does object and
wants to fix it instead.

Thanks
James

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