diff --git a/applications/test/memInfo/Test-memInfo.C b/applications/test/memInfo/Test-memInfo.C
index 02823d866f..5dca213db8 100644
--- a/applications/test/memInfo/Test-memInfo.C
+++ b/applications/test/memInfo/Test-memInfo.C
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ using namespace Foam;
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     const int n = 10000000;
-    const char* const memTags = "peak/size/rss mem: ";
+    const char* const memTags = "peak/size/rss/free mem: ";
 
     memInfo mem;
 
diff --git a/applications/test/sysInfo/Test-sysInfo.C b/applications/test/sysInfo/Test-sysInfo.C
index 80ba5c0cdd..8a908fc01e 100644
--- a/applications/test/sysInfo/Test-sysInfo.C
+++ b/applications/test/sysInfo/Test-sysInfo.C
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Description
 #include "profilingSysInfo.H"
 #include "IOstreams.H"
 #include "endian.H"
+#include "cpuInfo.H"
 
 using namespace Foam;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ using namespace Foam;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    profiling::sysInfo().write(Info);
+    profilingSysInfo().write(Info);
+
+    cpuInfo().write(Info);
 
 #ifdef WM_BIG_ENDIAN
     Info
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/files b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/files
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba175a6875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/files
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+profilingSummary.C
+
+EXE = $(FOAM_APPBIN)/profilingSummary
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/options b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c3dd783cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/Make/options
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+EXE_INC =
+
+EXE_LIBS =
diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/profilingSummary.C b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/profilingSummary.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f5e508cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/miscellaneous/profilingSummary/profilingSummary.C
@@ -0,0 +1,414 @@
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*\
+  =========                 |
+  \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+   \\    /   O peration     |
+    \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
+     \\/     M anipulation  |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+License
+    This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+
+    OpenFOAM is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+    under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+    for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Application
+    profilingSummary
+
+Group
+    grpMiscUtilities
+
+Description
+    Collects information from profiling files in the processor
+    sub-directories and summarizes the number of calls and time spent as
+    max/avg/min values. If the values are identical for all processes,
+    only a single value is written.
+
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "Time.H"
+#include "polyMesh.H"
+#include "OSspecific.H"
+#include "IFstream.H"
+#include "OFstream.H"
+#include "argList.H"
+#include "stringOps.H"
+#include "timeSelector.H"
+#include "IOobjectList.H"
+
+using namespace Foam;
+
+// The name of the sub-dictionary entry for profiling fileName:
+static const word profilingFileName("profiling");
+
+// The name of the sub-dictionary entry for profiling:
+static const word blockNameProfiling("profiling");
+
+// The name of the sub-dictionary entry for profiling and tags of entries
+// that will be processed to determine (max,avg,min) values
+const HashTable<wordList> processing
+{
+    { "profiling", { "calls", "totalTime", "childTime", "maxMem" } },
+    { "memInfo", { "size", "free" } },
+};
+
+
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    argList::addNote
+    (
+        "Collect profiling information from processor directories and\n"
+        "summarize the time spent and number of calls as (max avg min) values."
+    );
+
+    timeSelector::addOptions(true, true);
+    argList::noParallel();
+    argList::noFunctionObjects();
+
+    // Note that this should work without problems when profiling is active,
+    // since we don't trigger it anywhere
+
+    #include "setRootCase.H"
+    #include "createTime.H"
+
+    // Determine the processor count
+    #ifdef fileOperation_H
+    const label nProcs = fileHandler().nProcs(args.path());
+    #else
+    label nProcs = 0;
+    while (isDir(args.path()/(word("processor") + name(nProcs))))
+    {
+        ++nProcs;
+    }
+    #endif
+
+    // Create the processor databases
+    PtrList<Time> databases(nProcs);
+
+    forAll(databases, proci)
+    {
+        databases.set
+        (
+            proci,
+            new Time
+            (
+                Time::controlDictName,
+                args.rootPath(),
+                args.caseName()/fileName(word("processor") + name(proci))
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    if (!nProcs)
+    {
+        FatalErrorInFunction
+            << "No processor* directories found"
+            << exit(FatalError);
+    }
+
+
+    // Use the times list from the master processor
+    // and select a subset based on the command-line options
+    instantList timeDirs = timeSelector::select
+    (
+        databases[0].times(),
+        args
+    );
+
+    if (timeDirs.empty())
+    {
+        WarningInFunction
+            << "No times selected" << nl << endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    // Processor local profiling information
+    List<dictionary> profiles(nProcs);
+
+    // Loop over all times
+    forAll(timeDirs, timei)
+    {
+        // Set time for global database
+        runTime.setTime(timeDirs[timei], timei);
+
+        Info<< "Time = " << runTime.timeName() << endl;
+
+        // Name/location for the output summary
+        const fileName outputName
+        {
+            "postProcessing",
+            "profiling",
+            runTime.timeName(),
+            profilingFileName
+        };
+
+
+        label nDict = 0;
+
+        // Set time for all databases
+        forAll(databases, proci)
+        {
+            profiles[proci].clear();
+            databases[proci].setTime(timeDirs[timei], timei);
+
+            // Look for "uniform/profiling" in each processor directory
+            IOobjectList objects
+            (
+                databases[proci].time(),
+                databases[proci].timeName(),
+                "uniform"
+            );
+
+            IOobject* ioptr = objects.lookup(profilingFileName);
+            if (ioptr)
+            {
+                IOdictionary dict(*ioptr);
+
+                // Full copy
+                profiles[proci] = dict;
+
+                // Assumed to be good if it has 'profiling' sub-dict
+
+                const dictionary* ptr = dict.subDictPtr(blockNameProfiling);
+                if (ptr)
+                {
+                    ++nDict;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (nDict < proci)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (nDict != nProcs)
+        {
+            Info<< "found " << nDict << "/" << nProcs
+                << " profiling files" << nl << endl;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+
+        // Information seems to be there for all processors
+        // can do a summary
+
+        IOdictionary summary
+        (
+            IOobject
+            (
+                runTime.path()/outputName,
+                runTime,
+                IOobject::NO_READ,
+                IOobject::NO_WRITE,
+                false, // no register
+                true   // global-like
+            )
+        );
+
+        summary.note() =
+        (
+            "summarized (max avg min) values from "
+          + Foam::name(nProcs) + " processors"
+        );
+
+
+        // Accumulator for each tag
+        HashTable<DynamicList<scalar>> stats;
+
+        // Use first as 'master' to decide what others have
+        forAllConstIters(profiles.first(), mainIter)
+        {
+            const entry& mainEntry = mainIter();
+
+            // level1: eg, profiling {} or memInfo {}
+            const word& level1Name = mainEntry.keyword();
+
+            if
+            (
+                !processing.found(level1Name)
+             || !mainEntry.isDict()
+             || mainEntry.dict().empty()
+            )
+            {
+                continue;  // Only process known types
+            }
+
+            const wordList& tags = processing[level1Name];
+
+            const dictionary& level1Dict = mainEntry.dict();
+
+            // We need to handle sub-dicts with other dicts
+            //     Eg, trigger0 { .. } trigger1 { .. }
+            //
+            // and ones with primitives
+            //     Eg, size xx; free yy;
+
+            // Decide based on the first entry:
+
+            // level2: eg, profiling { trigger0 { } }
+            // or simply itself it contains primitives only
+
+            wordList level2Names;
+
+            const bool hasDictEntries
+                = mainEntry.dict().first()->isDict();
+
+            if (hasDictEntries)
+            {
+                level2Names =
+                    mainEntry.dict().sortedToc(stringOps::natural_sort());
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                level2Names = {level1Name};
+            }
+
+            summary.set(level1Name, dictionary());
+
+            dictionary& outputDict = summary.subDict(level1Name);
+
+            for (const word& level2Name : level2Names)
+            {
+                // Presize everything
+                stats.clear();
+                for (const word& tag : tags)
+                {
+                    stats(tag).reserve(nProcs);
+                }
+
+                label nEntry = 0;
+
+                for (const dictionary& procDict : profiles)
+                {
+                    const dictionary* inDictPtr =
+                        procDict.subDictPtr(level1Name);
+
+                    if (inDictPtr && hasDictEntries)
+                    {
+                        // descend to the next level as required
+                        inDictPtr = inDictPtr->subDictPtr(level2Name);
+                    }
+
+                    if (!inDictPtr)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    ++nEntry;
+
+                    for (const word& tag : tags)
+                    {
+                        const entry* eptr = inDictPtr->lookupEntryPtr
+                        (
+                            tag,
+                            false,
+                            false
+                        );
+
+                        if (eptr)
+                        {
+                            const scalar val = readScalar(eptr->stream());
+                            stats(tag).append(val);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (nEntry != nProcs)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                dictionary* outDictPtr = nullptr;
+
+                // Make a full copy of this entry prior to editing it
+                if (hasDictEntries)
+                {
+                    outputDict.add(level2Name, level1Dict.subDict(level2Name));
+                    outDictPtr = outputDict.subDictPtr(level2Name);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // merge into existing (empty) dictionary
+                    summary.add(level1Name, level1Dict, true);
+                    outDictPtr = &outputDict;
+                }
+
+                dictionary& outSubDict = *outDictPtr;
+
+                // Remove trailing 'processor0' from any descriptions
+                // (looks nicer)
+                {
+                    const word key("description");
+                    string val;
+
+                    if (outSubDict.readIfPresent(key, val))
+                    {
+                        if (val.removeEnd("processor0"))
+                        {
+                            outSubDict.set(key, val);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // Process each tag (calls, time etc)
+                for (const word& tag : tags)
+                {
+                    DynamicList<scalar>& lst = stats(tag);
+
+                    if (lst.size() == nProcs)
+                    {
+                        sort(lst);
+                        const scalar avg = sum(lst) / nProcs;
+
+                        if (lst.first() != lst.last())
+                        {
+                            outSubDict.set
+                            (
+                                tag,
+                                FixedList<scalar, 3>
+                                {
+                                    lst.last(), avg, lst.first()
+                                }
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        // Now write the summary
+        {
+            mkDir(summary.path());
+
+            OFstream os(summary.objectPath());
+
+            summary.writeHeader(os);
+            summary.writeData(os);
+            summary.writeEndDivider(os);
+
+            Info<< "Wrote to " << outputName << nl << endl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    Info<< "End\n" << endl;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.C b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.C
index e394ec7b22..c66d4abb00 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.C
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.C
@@ -113,10 +113,8 @@ void Foam::cpuInfo::parse()
     std::string line, key, val;
 
     std::ifstream is("/proc/cpuinfo");
-    while (is.good())
+    while (is.good() && std::getline(is, line))
     {
-        std::getline(is, line);
-
         if (!split(line, key, val))
         {
             continue;
@@ -156,12 +154,6 @@ Foam::cpuInfo::cpuInfo()
 }
 
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-Foam::cpuInfo::~cpuInfo()
-{}
-
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 void Foam::cpuInfo::write(Ostream& os) const
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.H b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.H
index 721e2f52ba..27d7364f90 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.H
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/cpuInfo/cpuInfo.H
@@ -88,9 +88,8 @@ public:
         //- Construct and populate with information
         cpuInfo();
 
-
     //- Destructor
-    ~cpuInfo();
+    ~cpuInfo() = default;
 
 
     // Member Functions
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.C b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.C
index ab27f706ce..db2dfb3b06 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.C
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.C
@@ -36,83 +36,14 @@ Foam::memInfo::memInfo()
 :
     peak_(0),
     size_(0),
-    rss_(0)
+    rss_(0),
+    free_(0)
 {
     update();
 }
 
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-Foam::memInfo::~memInfo()
-{}
-
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-//
-// Parse the following type of content.
-//
-// ===========================
-// VmPeak:    15920 kB
-// VmSize:    15916 kB
-// VmLck:         0 kB
-// VmPin:         0 kB
-// VmHWM:      6972 kB
-// VmRSS:      6972 kB
-// VmLib:      2208 kB
-// VmPTE:        52 kB
-// VmPMD:        12 kB
-// VmSwap:        0 kB
-
-const Foam::memInfo& Foam::memInfo::update()
-{
-    // Clear (invalidate) values first
-    peak_ = size_ = rss_ = 0;
-    std::string line;
-
-    unsigned nKeys = 0;
-
-    std::ifstream is("/proc/" + std::to_string(Foam::pid()) + "/status");
-    while (is.good() && nKeys < 3)  // Stop after getting the known keys
-    {
-        std::getline(is, line);
-
-        const auto keyLen = line.find(':');
-        if (keyLen == std::string::npos)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // Value is after the ':', but skip any leading whitespace since
-        // strtoi will do it anyhow
-        const auto begVal = line.find_first_not_of("\t :", keyLen);
-        if (begVal == std::string::npos)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        const std::string key = line.substr(0, keyLen);
-
-        if (key == "VmPeak")
-        {
-            peak_ = std::stoi(line.substr(begVal));
-            ++nKeys;
-        }
-        else if (key == "VmSize")
-        {
-            size_ = std::stoi(line.substr(begVal));
-            ++nKeys;
-        }
-        else if (key == "VmRSS")
-        {
-            rss_ = std::stoi(line.substr(begVal));
-            ++nKeys;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return *this;
-}
-
 
 bool Foam::memInfo::valid() const
 {
@@ -120,11 +51,116 @@ bool Foam::memInfo::valid() const
 }
 
 
+void Foam::memInfo::clear()
+{
+    peak_ = size_ = rss_ = 0;
+    free_ = 0;
+}
+
+
+const Foam::memInfo& Foam::memInfo::update()
+{
+    clear();
+    std::string line;
+
+    // "/proc/PID/status"
+    // ===========================
+    // VmPeak:    15920 kB
+    // VmSize:    15916 kB
+    // VmLck:         0 kB
+    // VmPin:         0 kB
+    // VmHWM:      6972 kB
+    // VmRSS:      6972 kB
+    // ...
+    // Stop parsing when known keys have been extracted
+    {
+        std::ifstream is("/proc/" + std::to_string(Foam::pid()) + "/status");
+
+        for
+        (
+            unsigned nkeys = 3;
+            nkeys && is.good() && std::getline(is, line);
+            /*nil*/
+        )
+        {
+            const auto delim = line.find(':');
+            if (delim == std::string::npos)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const std::string key(line.substr(0, delim));
+
+            // std::stoi() skips whitespace before using as many digits as
+            // possible. So just need to skip over the ':' and let stoi do
+            // the rest
+
+            if (key == "VmPeak")
+            {
+                peak_ = std::stoi(line.substr(delim+1));
+                --nkeys;
+            }
+            else if (key == "VmSize")
+            {
+                size_ = std::stoi(line.substr(delim+1));
+                --nkeys;
+            }
+            else if (key == "VmRSS")
+            {
+                rss_ = std::stoi(line.substr(delim+1));
+                --nkeys;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // "/proc/meminfo"
+    // ===========================
+    // MemTotal:       65879268 kB
+    // MemFree:        51544256 kB
+    // MemAvailable:   58999636 kB
+    // Buffers:            2116 kB
+    // ...
+    // Stop parsing when known keys have been extracted
+    {
+        std::ifstream is("/proc/meminfo");
+
+        for
+        (
+            unsigned nkeys = 1;
+            nkeys && is.good() && std::getline(is, line);
+            /*nil*/
+        )
+        {
+            const auto delim = line.find(':');
+            if (delim == std::string::npos)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            const std::string key = line.substr(0, delim);
+
+            // std::stoi() skips whitespace before using as many digits as
+            // possible. So just need to skip over the ':' and let stoi do
+            // the rest
+
+            if (key == "MemFree")
+            {
+                free_ = std::stoi(line.substr(delim+1));
+                --nkeys;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return *this;
+}
+
+
 void Foam::memInfo::write(Ostream& os) const
 {
     os.writeEntry("size", size_);
     os.writeEntry("peak", peak_);
     os.writeEntry("rss", rss_);
+    os.writeEntry("free", free_);
 }
 
 
@@ -133,7 +169,7 @@ void Foam::memInfo::write(Ostream& os) const
 Foam::Istream& Foam::operator>>(Istream& is, memInfo& m)
 {
     is.readBegin("memInfo");
-    is  >> m.peak_ >> m.size_ >> m.rss_;
+    is  >> m.peak_ >> m.size_ >> m.rss_ >> m.free_;
     is.readEnd("memInfo");
 
     is.check(FUNCTION_NAME);
@@ -146,7 +182,8 @@ Foam::Ostream& Foam::operator<<(Ostream& os, const memInfo& m)
     os  << token::BEGIN_LIST
         << m.peak_ << token::SPACE
         << m.size_ << token::SPACE
-        << m.rss_
+        << m.rss_  << token::SPACE
+        << m.free_
         << token::END_LIST;
 
     os.check(FUNCTION_NAME);
diff --git a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.H b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.H
index 3b7c2eda59..40679c57c5 100644
--- a/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.H
+++ b/src/OSspecific/POSIX/memInfo/memInfo.H
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
    \\    /   O peration     |
     \\  /    A nd           | Copyright (C) 2011-2016 OpenFOAM Foundation
-     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2016 OpenCFD Ltd.
+     \\/     M anipulation  | Copyright (C) 2016-2017 OpenCFD Ltd.
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 License
     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ Class
     Foam::memInfo
 
 Description
-    Memory usage information for the process running this object.
+    Memory usage information for the current process, and the system memory
+    that is free.
 
 Note
-    Uses the information from /proc/PID/status
+    Uses the information from /proc/PID/status and from /proc/meminfo
 
 SourceFiles
     memInfo.C
@@ -69,26 +70,33 @@ class memInfo
         //- Resident set size of the process (VmRSS in /proc/PID/status)
         int rss_;
 
+        //- System memory free (MemFree in /proc/meminfo)
+        int free_;
+
 public:
 
     // Constructors
 
-        //- Construct null
+        //- Construct and populate with values
         memInfo();
 
 
     //- Destructor
-    ~memInfo();
+    ~memInfo() = default;
 
 
     // Member Functions
 
-        //- Update according to /proc/PID/status contents
+        //- True if the memory information appears valid
+        bool valid() const;
+
+        //- Reset to zero
+        void clear();
+
+        //- Update according to /proc/PID/status and /proc/memory contents
         const memInfo& update();
 
 
-      // Access
-
         //- Peak memory (VmPeak in /proc/PID/status) at last update()
         inline int peak() const
         {
@@ -107,8 +115,11 @@ public:
             return rss_;
         }
 
-        //- True if the memory information appears valid
-        bool valid() const;
+        //- System memory free (MemFree in /proc/meminfo)
+        inline int free() const
+        {
+            return free_;
+        }
 
 
       // Write
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.C
index e6a85fbefe..c2861eea27 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.C
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int Foam::profiling::allowed
 
 Foam::profiling* Foam::profiling::pool_(nullptr);
 
+
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * Protected Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 Foam::profilingInformation* Foam::profiling::find
@@ -98,10 +99,8 @@ bool Foam::profiling::print(Ostream& os)
     {
         return pool_->writeData(os);
     }
-    else
-    {
-        return false;
-    }
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 
@@ -109,12 +108,10 @@ bool Foam::profiling::writeNow()
 {
     if (active())
     {
-        return pool_->write();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        return false;
+        return pool_->regIOobject::write();
     }
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 
@@ -189,7 +186,7 @@ Foam::profilingInformation* Foam::profiling::New
     clockTime& timer
 )
 {
-    profilingInformation *info = 0;
+    profilingInformation *info = nullptr;
 
     if (active())
     {
@@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ Foam::profiling::profiling
     const Time& owner
 )
 :
-    regIOobject(io),
+    IOdictionary(io),
     owner_(owner),
     clockTime_(),
     hash_(),
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ Foam::profiling::profiling
     const Time& owner
 )
 :
-    regIOobject(io),
+    IOdictionary(io),
     owner_(owner),
     clockTime_(),
     hash_(),
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.H b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.H
index 0059dfb2aa..1c50844b3a 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profiling.H
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ SourceFiles
 #define profiling_H
 
 #include "profilingTrigger.H"
+#include "IOdictionary.H"
 #include "HashPtrTable.H"
 #include "Tuple2.H"
 #include "LIFOStack.H"
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class profilingSysInfo;
 
 class profiling
 :
-    public regIOobject
+    public IOdictionary
 {
 public:
 
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.C
index 24957284e1..38181ece74 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.C
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ Foam::profilingInformation::profilingInformation
 {}
 
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-Foam::profilingInformation::~profilingInformation()
-{}
-
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 void Foam::profilingInformation::update(const scalar elapsed)
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.H b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.H
index 7aa395d80a..943260b86b 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingInformation.H
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public:
 
 
     //- Destructor
-    ~profilingInformation();
+    ~profilingInformation() = default;
 
 
     // Member Functions
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.C b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.C
index 8ba947b20c..12a5305a29 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.C
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ inline static void printEnv
 }
 
 
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Constructors  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-Foam::profilingSysInfo::profilingSysInfo()
-{}
-
-
-// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Destructor  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
-
-Foam::profilingSysInfo::~profilingSysInfo()
-{}
-
-
 // * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Member Functions  * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
 
 Foam::Ostream& Foam::profilingSysInfo::write
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.H b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.H
index e13b953383..70983bada0 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/global/profiling/profilingSysInfo.H
@@ -50,26 +50,16 @@ class profilingSysInfo;
 
 class profilingSysInfo
 {
-    // Private Member Functions
-
-        //- Disallow default bitwise copy construct
-        profilingSysInfo(const profilingSysInfo&) = delete;
-
-        //- Disallow default bitwise assignment
-        void operator=(const profilingSysInfo&) = delete;
-
-
 public:
 
-
     // Constructors
 
-        //- Construct from components
-        profilingSysInfo();
+        //- Construct null
+        profilingSysInfo() = default;
 
 
     //- Destructor
-    ~profilingSysInfo();
+    ~profilingSysInfo() = default;
 
 
     // Member Functions