2 files changed, 25 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();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c b/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
index 3ef44624f510..878fba126582 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/timer_int.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ int oprofile_timer_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
         ops->start = oprofile_hrtimer_start;
         ops->stop = oprofile_hrtimer_stop;
         ops->cpu_type = "timer";
+        printk(KERN_INFO "oprofile: using timer interrupt.\n");
         return 0;
 }