Re: CONFIG_PROFILE

Marcin Dalecki (dalecki@sub994.sub.uni-goettingen.de)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 10:55:34 +0100 (MET)


On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, Martin Mares wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know why the profiling code is compiled in even if it isn't
> configured by CONFIG_PROFILE? (The config switch now controls only whether
> it's turned on by default or not.)
I suppose that this is mainly due to the fact that the profiling infects
crucial kernel structures. I have tried to make it an real option A LONG
time ago and failed :-(.

Marcin