Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf: Fix loss of notification with multi-event
  perf, x86: Force IBS LVT offset assignment for family 10h
  perf, x86: Disable PEBS on SandyBridge chips
  trace_events_filter: Use rcu_assign_pointer() when setting ftrace_event_call->filter
  perf session: Fix crash with invalid CPU list
  perf python: Fix undefined symbol problem
  perf/x86: Enable raw event access to Intel offcore events
  perf: Don't use -ENOSPC for out of PMU resources
  perf: Do not set task_ctx pointer in cpuctx if there are no events in the context
  perf/x86: Fix PEBS instruction unwind
  oprofile, x86: Fix crash when unloading module (nmi timer mode)
  oprofile: Fix crash when unloading module (hr timer mode)

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
index dccd8636095c..f8c752e408a6 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
@@ -239,26 +239,45 @@ int oprofile_set_ulong(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long val)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int timer_mode;
+
 static int __init oprofile_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	/* always init architecture to setup backtrace support */
 	err = oprofile_arch_init(&oprofile_ops);
-	if (err < 0 || timer) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: using timer interrupt.\n");
+
+	timer_mode = err || timer;	/* fall back to timer mode on errors */
+	if (timer_mode) {
+		if (!err)
+			oprofile_arch_exit();
 		err = oprofile_timer_init(&oprofile_ops);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-	return oprofilefs_register();
+
+	err = oprofilefs_register();
+	if (!err)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* failed */
+	if (timer_mode)
+		oprofile_timer_exit();
+	else
+		oprofile_arch_exit();
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 
 static void __exit oprofile_exit(void)
 {
-	oprofile_timer_exit();
 	oprofilefs_unregister();
-	oprofile_arch_exit();
+	if (timer_mode)
+		oprofile_timer_exit();
+	else
+		oprofile_arch_exit();
 }