diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 26f69dc7130e9e9088c601f39e8bfa292a2df398..88b72eb4af12b2f05d6152935e9d1ad045736e93 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -662,41 +662,6 @@ void perf_counter_do_pending(void)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Record data for an irq counter.
- * This function was lifted from the x86 code; maybe it should
- * go in the core?
- */
-static void perf_store_irq_data(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 data)
-{
-	struct perf_data *irqdata = counter->irqdata;
-
-	if (irqdata->len > PERF_DATA_BUFLEN - sizeof(u64)) {
-		irqdata->overrun++;
-	} else {
-		u64 *p = (u64 *) &irqdata->data[irqdata->len];
-
-		*p = data;
-		irqdata->len += sizeof(u64);
-	}
-}
-
-/*
- * Record all the values of the counters in a group
- */
-static void perf_handle_group(struct perf_counter *counter)
-{
-	struct perf_counter *leader, *sub;
-
-	leader = counter->group_leader;
-	list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-		if (sub != counter)
-			sub->hw_ops->read(sub);
-		perf_store_irq_data(counter, sub->hw_event.event_config);
-		perf_store_irq_data(counter, atomic64_read(&sub->count));
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * A counter has overflowed; update its count and record
  * things if requested.  Note that interrupts are hard-disabled
@@ -736,20 +701,8 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter, long val,
 	/*
 	 * Finally record data if requested.
 	 */
-	if (record) {
-		switch (counter->hw_event.record_type) {
-		case PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE:
-			break;
-		case PERF_RECORD_IRQ:
-			perf_store_irq_data(counter, instruction_pointer(regs));
-			counter->wakeup_pending = 1;
-			break;
-		case PERF_RECORD_GROUP:
-			perf_handle_group(counter);
-			counter->wakeup_pending = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	if (record)
+		perf_counter_output(counter, 1, regs);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
index d844ae41d5a346b8ddeebbc3e992d9d8b8016d43..902282d68b0c834442876830b22f2c24e860f4c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c
@@ -674,20 +674,6 @@ static void pmc_generic_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	x86_perf_counter_update(counter, hwc, idx);
 }
 
-static void perf_store_irq_data(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 data)
-{
-	struct perf_data *irqdata = counter->irqdata;
-
-	if (irqdata->len > PERF_DATA_BUFLEN - sizeof(u64)) {
-		irqdata->overrun++;
-	} else {
-		u64 *p = (u64 *) &irqdata->data[irqdata->len];
-
-		*p = data;
-		irqdata->len += sizeof(u64);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Save and restart an expired counter. Called by NMI contexts,
  * so it has to be careful about preempting normal counter ops:
@@ -704,22 +690,6 @@ static void perf_save_and_restart(struct perf_counter *counter)
 		__pmc_generic_enable(counter, hwc, idx);
 }
 
-static void
-perf_handle_group(struct perf_counter *sibling, u64 *status, u64 *overflown)
-{
-	struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader = sibling->group_leader;
-
-	/*
-	 * Store sibling timestamps (if any):
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry(counter, &group_leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-
-		x86_perf_counter_update(counter, &counter->hw, counter->hw.idx);
-		perf_store_irq_data(sibling, counter->hw_event.event_config);
-		perf_store_irq_data(sibling, atomic64_read(&counter->count));
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * Maximum interrupt frequency of 100KHz per CPU
  */
@@ -754,28 +724,7 @@ static int __smp_perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs, int nmi)
 			continue;
 
 		perf_save_and_restart(counter);
-
-		switch (counter->hw_event.record_type) {
-		case PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE:
-			continue;
-		case PERF_RECORD_IRQ:
-			perf_store_irq_data(counter, instruction_pointer(regs));
-			break;
-		case PERF_RECORD_GROUP:
-			perf_handle_group(counter, &status, &ack);
-			break;
-		}
-		/*
-		 * From NMI context we cannot call into the scheduler to
-		 * do a task wakeup - but we mark these generic as
-		 * wakeup_pending and initate a wakeup callback:
-		 */
-		if (nmi) {
-			counter->wakeup_pending = 1;
-			set_tsk_thread_flag(current, TIF_PERF_COUNTERS);
-		} else {
-			wake_up(&counter->waitq);
-		}
+		perf_counter_output(counter, nmi, regs);
 	}
 
 	hw_perf_ack_status(ack);
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index 8f9394905502e54903f5204c6430da9e848add52..a4b76c0175f34b3e7fc97dc9bcf288c52253e09d 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ extern int hw_perf_group_sched_in(struct perf_counter *group_leader,
 	       struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
 	       struct perf_counter_context *ctx, int cpu);
 
+extern void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
+				int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs);
 /*
  * Return 1 for a software counter, 0 for a hardware counter
  */
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 68a56a68bc7476c0037f88205883399629bd1b9a..f054b8c9bf96be24b2f9f648a5b130557091847a 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1353,6 +1353,60 @@ static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
 	.compat_ioctl		= perf_ioctl,
 };
 
+/*
+ * Output
+ */
+
+static void perf_counter_store_irq(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 data)
+{
+	struct perf_data *irqdata = counter->irqdata;
+
+	if (irqdata->len > PERF_DATA_BUFLEN - sizeof(u64)) {
+		irqdata->overrun++;
+	} else {
+		u64 *p = (u64 *) &irqdata->data[irqdata->len];
+
+		*p = data;
+		irqdata->len += sizeof(u64);
+	}
+}
+
+static void perf_counter_handle_group(struct perf_counter *counter)
+{
+	struct perf_counter *leader, *sub;
+
+	leader = counter->group_leader;
+	list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
+		if (sub != counter)
+			sub->hw_ops->read(sub);
+		perf_counter_store_irq(counter, sub->hw_event.event_config);
+		perf_counter_store_irq(counter, atomic64_read(&sub->count));
+	}
+}
+
+void perf_counter_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
+			 int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	switch (counter->hw_event.record_type) {
+	case PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE:
+		return;
+
+	case PERF_RECORD_IRQ:
+		perf_counter_store_irq(counter, instruction_pointer(regs));
+		break;
+
+	case PERF_RECORD_GROUP:
+		perf_counter_handle_group(counter);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (nmi) {
+		counter->wakeup_pending = 1;
+		set_perf_counter_pending();
+	} else
+		wake_up(&counter->waitq);
+}
+
 /*
  * Generic software counter infrastructure
  */
@@ -1395,54 +1449,6 @@ static void perf_swcounter_set_period(struct perf_counter *counter)
 	atomic64_set(&hwc->count, -left);
 }
 
-static void perf_swcounter_store_irq(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 data)
-{
-	struct perf_data *irqdata = counter->irqdata;
-
-	if (irqdata->len > PERF_DATA_BUFLEN - sizeof(u64)) {
-		irqdata->overrun++;
-	} else {
-		u64 *p = (u64 *) &irqdata->data[irqdata->len];
-
-		*p = data;
-		irqdata->len += sizeof(u64);
-	}
-}
-
-static void perf_swcounter_handle_group(struct perf_counter *sibling)
-{
-	struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader = sibling->group_leader;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(counter, &group_leader->sibling_list, list_entry) {
-		counter->hw_ops->read(counter);
-		perf_swcounter_store_irq(sibling, counter->hw_event.event_config);
-		perf_swcounter_store_irq(sibling, atomic64_read(&counter->count));
-	}
-}
-
-static void perf_swcounter_interrupt(struct perf_counter *counter,
-				     int nmi, struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	switch (counter->hw_event.record_type) {
-	case PERF_RECORD_SIMPLE:
-		break;
-
-	case PERF_RECORD_IRQ:
-		perf_swcounter_store_irq(counter, instruction_pointer(regs));
-		break;
-
-	case PERF_RECORD_GROUP:
-		perf_swcounter_handle_group(counter);
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (nmi) {
-		counter->wakeup_pending = 1;
-		set_perf_counter_pending();
-	} else
-		wake_up(&counter->waitq);
-}
-
 static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swcounter_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 {
 	struct perf_counter *counter;
@@ -1461,7 +1467,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart perf_swcounter_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
 		regs = task_pt_regs(current);
 
 	if (regs)
-		perf_swcounter_interrupt(counter, 0, regs);
+		perf_counter_output(counter, 0, regs);
 
 	hrtimer_forward_now(hrtimer, ns_to_ktime(counter->hw.irq_period));
 
@@ -1473,7 +1479,7 @@ static void perf_swcounter_overflow(struct perf_counter *counter,
 {
 	perf_swcounter_update(counter);
 	perf_swcounter_set_period(counter);
-	perf_swcounter_interrupt(counter, nmi, regs);
+	perf_counter_output(counter, nmi, regs);
 }
 
 static int perf_swcounter_match(struct perf_counter *counter,