# Recommended update for perf Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:3311-1 Rating: moderate References: * bsc#1227962 Affected Products: * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 An update that has one fix can now be installed. ## Description: This update for perf fixes the following issues: * perf arch events: Fix duplicate RISC-V SBI firmware event name. * perf tool: fix dereferencing NULL al-maps. * perf intel-pt: Fix exclude_guest setting. * perf intel-pt: Fix aux_watermark calculation for 64-bit size. * perf report: Fix condition in sort__sym_cmp(). * perf pmus: Fixes always false when compare duplicates aliases. * tools/perf: Fix the string match for "/tmp/perf-$PID.map" files in dso__load. * perf test: Make test_arm_callgraph_fp.sh more robust. * perf stat: Fix the hard-coded metrics calculation on the hybrid. * perf pmu: Assume sysfs events are always the same case. * perf tools: Add/use PMU reverse lookup from config to name. * perf tools: Use pmus to describe type from attribute. * perf: script: add raw|disasm arguments to --insn-trace option. * perf annotate: Use global annotation_options. * perf top: Convert to the global annotation_options. * perf report: Convert to the global annotation_options. * perf annotate: Introduce global annotation_options. * perf maps: Move symbol maps functions to maps.c. * perf annotate: Split branch stack cycles information out of 'struct annotation_line'. * perf machine thread: Remove exited threads by default. * perf record: Lazy load kernel symbols. * Detect memory allocation failure in annotated_source__alloc_histograms (bsc#1227962). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-3311=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-3311=1 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2024-3311=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * perf-debuginfo-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-debugsource-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-bash-completion-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-gtk-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-gtk-debuginfo-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-devel-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * perf-debuginfo-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-debugsource-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-devel-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 * perf-6.4.0.git26920.4570763476-150600.3.9.2 ## References: * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227962