Recommended update for perf
This update for perf provides the following fixes:
- POWER9: Fix a problem that was causing perf uprobe with return to fail to record samples
when probed on userspace code. (bsc#1096012)
- Update PMU event descriptions for Power9 CPUs per IBM request. (bsc#1101624, bsc#1056686,
bsc#1069737)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.
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Submitted by
Tony Jones (jones_tony)
Fixed bugs
bnc#1096012
SLES 12 SP3 Maintweb - [P9,PowerVM lpar]: Uretprobe fails to record samples (perf:)
bnc#1056686
SLE15 POWER9 perf fixes
bnc#1101624
SLES 12 SP3 - POWER9/P9 PMU Events Update #5 (perf:)
bnc#1069737
SLES15 Beta2: PowerVM:P9:ZZ:perf - pm_run_cyc_smt2_mode does not count when SMT is 2 and pm_run_cyc_st_mode counts when SMT=1,2,3 (perf:)
