u8                  padding[];    /* Padding to next multiple of 8 */
 } __packed;
 
-/* Perf hardware reserve and release functions */
-#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-int perf_reserve_sampling(void);
-void perf_release_sampling(void);
-#else /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
-static inline int perf_reserve_sampling(void)
-{
-       return 0;
-}
-static inline void perf_release_sampling(void) {}
-#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
-
 #endif /* _ASM_S390_PERF_EVENT_H */
 
 
        irq_subclass_unregister(IRQ_SUBCLASS_MEASUREMENT_ALERT);
        on_each_cpu(setup_pmc_cpu, &flags, 1);
-       perf_release_sampling();
 }
 
 static int reserve_pmc_hardware(void)
 {
        int flags = PMC_INIT;
-       int err;
 
-       err = perf_reserve_sampling();
-       if (err)
-               return err;
        on_each_cpu(setup_pmc_cpu, &flags, 1);
        if (flags & PMC_FAILURE) {
                release_pmc_hardware();
 
        return sprintf(page, "event=0x%04llx,name=%s\n",
                       pmu_attr->id, attr->attr.name);
 }
-
-/* Reserve/release functions for sharing perf hardware */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(perf_hw_owner_lock);
-static void *perf_sampling_owner;
-
-int perf_reserve_sampling(void)
-{
-       int err;
-
-       err = 0;
-       spin_lock(&perf_hw_owner_lock);
-       if (perf_sampling_owner) {
-               pr_warn("The sampling facility is already reserved by %p\n",
-                       perf_sampling_owner);
-               err = -EBUSY;
-       } else
-               perf_sampling_owner = __builtin_return_address(0);
-       spin_unlock(&perf_hw_owner_lock);
-       return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(perf_reserve_sampling);
-
-void perf_release_sampling(void)
-{
-       spin_lock(&perf_hw_owner_lock);
-       WARN_ON(!perf_sampling_owner);
-       perf_sampling_owner = NULL;
-       spin_unlock(&perf_hw_owner_lock);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(perf_release_sampling);