Recommended update for perf

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2535-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perf contains the following fixes:

  • Fix failure of perf c2c report if CPUs are offline. (bsc#1147003)

  • Fix core dump in perf stat -e on Cavium. (bsc#1117114)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2019-2535=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perf-debugsource-4.12.14-17.9.1
    • perf-4.12.14-17.9.1
    • perf-debuginfo-4.12.14-17.9.1

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