Recommended update for oprofile

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2023-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for oprofile provides the following fixes:

  • Loading the 'oprofile' module on s390x will create /dev/opcontrol/0 when hardware sampling is supported. Check if this file is present and, when it isn't, reload the module with 'cpu_type=timer', which will make /dev/oprofile/cpu_type to report 'timer'. (bsc#957426)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-1197=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libopagent1-debuginfo-0.9.9-9.40
    • oprofile-debugsource-0.9.9-9.40
    • oprofile-devel-0.9.9-9.40
    • libopagent1-0.9.9-9.40
    • oprofile-0.9.9-9.40
    • oprofile-debuginfo-0.9.9-9.40
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 (s390x x86_64)
    • oprofile-32bit-0.9.9-9.40
    • libopagent1-debuginfo-32bit-0.9.9-9.40
    • libopagent1-32bit-0.9.9-9.40
    • oprofile-debuginfo-32bit-0.9.9-9.40

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