Recommended update for perf

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2018:2273-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Development Tools Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for perf provides the following fix:

  • perf script: Show hw-cache events. (bsc#1096885)
  • Add JSON perf event lists for GLP (fate#325092)
  • Support perf core/uncore event list for Skylake server (fate#325122)

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
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-1533=1

Package List:

  • Development Tools Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • perf-debuginfo-4.12.14-9.5.1
    • perf-debugsource-4.12.14-9.5.1
    • perf-4.12.14-9.5.1

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