Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (53 commits)
  powerpc: Support for relocatable kdump kernel
  powerpc: Don't use a 16G page if beyond mem= limits
  powerpc: Add del_node() for early boot code to prune inapplicable devices.
  powerpc: Further compile fixup for STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS
  powerpc: Remove empty #else from signal_64.c
  powerpc: Move memory size print into common show_cpuinfo for 32-bit
  hvc_console: Remove __devexit annotation of hvc_remove()
  hvc_console: Add support for tty window resizing
  hvc_console: Fix loop if put_char() returns 0
  hvc_console: Add tty driver flag TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS
  hvc_console: Add a hangup notifier for backends
  powerpc/83xx: Add DS1339 RTC support for MPC8349E-mITX boards .dts
  powerpc/83xx: Add support for MCU microcontroller in .dts files
  powerpc/85xx: Move mpc8572ds.dts to address-cells/size-cells = <2>
  of/spi: Support specifying chip select as active high via device tree
  powerpc: Remove device_type = "board_control" properties in .dts files
  i2c-cpm: Suppress autoprobing for devices
  powerpc/85xx: Fix mpc8536ds dma interrupt numbers
  powerpc/85xx: Enable enhanced functions for 8536 TSEC
  powerpc: Delete unused prom_strtoul and prom_memparse
  ...

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diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index ed982273fb8b..37681700b61a 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -628,3 +628,27 @@ void sync_buffer(int cpu)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
 }
+
+/* The function can be used to add a buffer worth of data directly to
+ * the kernel buffer. The buffer is assumed to be a circular buffer.
+ * Take the entries from index start and end at index end, wrapping
+ * at max_entries.
+ */
+void oprofile_put_buff(unsigned long *buf, unsigned int start,
+		       unsigned int stop, unsigned int max)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	i = start;
+
+	mutex_lock(&buffer_mutex);
+	while (i != stop) {
+		add_event_entry(buf[i++]);
+
+		if (i >= max)
+			i = 0;
+	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&buffer_mutex);
+}
+