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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:07:24 +0530 From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 resend] dcookies: Make dcookies depend on CONFIG_OPROFILE On 11-01-21, 11:28, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 10:02 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote: > > > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> > > > > The dcookies stuff is used only with OPROFILE and there is no need to > > build it if CONFIG_OPROFILE isn't enabled. Build it depending on > > CONFIG_OPROFILE instead of CONFIG_PROFILING. > > Umm. I think we should remove CONFIG_OPROFILE entirely, and then > dcookies as part of it. > > We discussed removing CONFIG_OPROFILE for 5.9 (I htink) already - the > oprofile user land tools don't use the kernel OPROFILE support any > more, and haven't in a long time. User land has been converted to the > perf interfaces. Right, I followed that discussion but I wasn't sure if this patch will go in first and then the later ones will follow. And since I couldn't see a reply from Alexander for it, I thought it is best to resend it to get merged first. Okay, I will try to send some patches to get rid of OPROFILE and dcookies now. Thanks. -- viresh
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