[PATCH] Doc: process: Getting rid of OProfile url enlisting

[PATCH] Doc: process: Getting rid of OProfile url enlisting

[Bhaskar Chowdhury]

Aren't we done with this damn tool from a kernel perspective?? Thought,the link
could be removed.

Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 0aa232b117b5..336c07190c9b 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -556,10 +556,6 @@ Ip-route2

 - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>

-OProfile
---------
-
-- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>

 Kernel documentation
 ********************
--
2.54.0

Re: [PATCH] Doc: process: Getting rid of OProfile url enlisting

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 03:23:17AM +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> Aren't we done with this damn tool from a kernel perspective?? Thought,the link
> could be removed.

Maybe you'd like to use more polite wording in this commit message.

Re: [PATCH] Doc: process: Getting rid of OProfile url enlisting

[Manuel Ebner]

On Sun, 2026-08-16 at 03:23 +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
> Aren't we done with this damn tool from a kernel perspective?? Thought,the link
> could be removed.

This would finalize (fix?) this commit 8e9fa2f21151 (oprofiled version
output line removed from the list)

Maybe add some reasoning (To reduce it's OS jitter or because it's a leftover link)

And if it's the way to handle translations remove:
Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst:- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
Documentation/translations/pt_BR/process/changes.rst:- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>

I have no clue about the technical side, that's why I'm asking:
Can this be removed aswell?
arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c:atomic_t nmi_active = ATOMIC_INIT(0);           /* oprofile uses this */

Thanks
 Manuel

> 
> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ----
>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index 0aa232b117b5..336c07190c9b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -556,10 +556,6 @@ Ip-route2
> 
>  - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
> 
> -OProfile
> ---------
> -
> -- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
> 
>  Kernel documentation
>  ********************
> --
> 2.54.0
> 

Re: [PATCH] Doc: process: Getting rid of OProfile url enlisting

[Randy Dunlap]

On 8/16/26 1:24 AM, Manuel Ebner wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-08-16 at 03:23 +0530, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote:
>> Aren't we done with this damn tool from a kernel perspective?? Thought,the link
>> could be removed.
> 
> This would finalize (fix?) this commit 8e9fa2f21151 (oprofiled version
> output line removed from the list)
> 
> Maybe add some reasoning (To reduce it's OS jitter or because it's a leftover link)
> 
> And if it's the way to handle translations remove:
> Documentation/translations/it_IT/process/changes.rst:- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
> Documentation/translations/pt_BR/process/changes.rst:- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
> 
> I have no clue about the technical side, that's why I'm asking:
> Can this be removed aswell?
> arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c:atomic_t nmi_active = ATOMIC_INIT(0);           /* oprofile uses this */

It looks like nmi_active is used in that source file regardless of
oprofile. I'd say No.
Other than the comment itself, which can be deleted if oprofile support
is going (gone) away.

>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 ----
>>  1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> index 0aa232b117b5..336c07190c9b 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
>> @@ -556,10 +556,6 @@ Ip-route2
>>
>>  - <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/>
>>
>> -OProfile
>> ---------
>> -
>> -- <https://oprofile.sf.net/download/>
>>
>>  Kernel documentation
>>  ********************
>> --
>> 2.54.0
>>
> 

-- 
~Randy