Fix opcontrol in timer mode... http://oprofile.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/oprofile/oprofile/utils/opcontrol?r1=1.164&r2=1.165&view=patch Index: oprofile-0.9.5/utils/opcontrol =================================================================== --- oprofile-0.9.5.orig/utils/opcontrol 2010-01-06 13:22:57.703663191 +0800 +++ oprofile-0.9.5/utils/opcontrol 2010-01-06 13:23:18.113667904 +0800 @@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ # setup any needed default value in chosen events normalise_events() { - if test "$NR_CHOSEN" -le 0; then + if test "$NR_CHOSEN" -le 0 || test "$IS_TIMER" = 1; then return fi @@ -1449,8 +1450,12 @@ --separate-thread=$SEPARATE_THREAD \ --separate-cpu=$SEPARATE_CPU" - if ! test -z "$OPROFILED_EVENTS"; then - OPD_ARGS="$OPD_ARGS --events=$OPROFILED_EVENTS" + if test "$IS_TIMER" = 1; then + OPD_ARGS="$OPD_ARGS --events=" + else + if ! test -z "$OPROFILED_EVENTS"; then + OPD_ARGS="$OPD_ARGS --events=$OPROFILED_EVENTS" + fi fi if test "$VMLINUX" = "none"; then