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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9b9566bf3301..6ce5f48859cc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1650,11 +1650,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file oprofile.timer= [HW] Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters - oprofile.force_arch_perfmon=1 [X86] - Force use of architectural perfmon instead of - the CPU specific event set. - This might be useful if you have older oprofile - userland or if you want common events over Intel CPUs. + oprofile.cpu_type= Force an oprofile cpu type + This might be useful if you have an older oprofile + userland or if you want common events. + Format: { archperfmon } + archperfmon: [X86] Force use of architectural + perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the + CPU specific event set. osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold> diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c index 3308147182ae..3b285e656e27 100644 --- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c +++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c @@ -386,8 +386,17 @@ static int __init p4_init(char **cpu_type) return 0; } -int force_arch_perfmon; -module_param(force_arch_perfmon, int, 0); +static int force_arch_perfmon; +static int force_cpu_type(const char *str, struct kernel_param *kp) +{ + if (!strcmp(str, "archperfmon")) { + force_arch_perfmon = 1; + printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: forcing architectural perfmon\n"); + } + + return 0; +} +module_param_call(cpu_type, force_cpu_type, NULL, NULL, 0); static int __init ppro_init(char **cpu_type) { |