[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb: Remove oprofile.

Philip Balister philip at balister.org
Mon Jun 1 20:17:22 UTC 2015


Oprofile functions duplicate perf. Since perf is easier to use drop oprofile
from the core-tools-profile package.

Also, the oprofile-ui package opens a port on the device. removing this
package reduces a possible security issue for devices with profiling tools.

Signed-off-by: Philip Balister <philip at balister.org>
---
 meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb
index 6f4842f..80f5933 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bb
@@ -19,15 +19,12 @@ PROFILE_TOOLS_SYSTEMD = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'sys
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
     perf \
     trace-cmd \
-    kernel-module-oprofile \
     blktrace \
     ${PROFILE_TOOLS_X} \
     ${PROFILE_TOOLS_SYSTEMD} \
     "
 
 PROFILETOOLS = "\
-    oprofile \
-    oprofileui-server \
     powertop \
     latencytop \
     "
-- 
2.1.0




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