SUSE-FU-2023:3350-1: moderate: Feature update for libtraceevent, libtracefs, trace-cmd

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# Feature update for libtraceevent, libtracefs, trace-cmd

Announcement ID: SUSE-FU-2023:3350-1  
Rating: moderate  
References:

  * PED-4572

  
Affected Products:

  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

  
  
An update that contains one feature can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for libtraceevent, libtracefs and trace-cmd fixes the following
issues:

trace-cmd:

  * Version update from 2.6.1 to 3.2 (jsc#PED-4572)
  * Quiet valgrind from reporting forked children
  * Close handle after opening
  * Fix memory leaks of followers
  * Add new command `attach`
  * Add tracecmd_get_tsc2nsec() API
  * Unlock records in tracecmd_iterate_events()
  * Add "IP" to -N argument in help message
  * Remove redundant check of instance in allocate_instance()
  * Free buf_from in error path of tracecmd_compress_copy_from()
  * Update v7 trace.dat documentation to clarify the strings section
  * Do not destroy existing instances
  * Do not extract top level unless told to
  * Fix tracecmd_compress_copy_from() write size return
  * Document filter scope
  * Support global filters
  * Ensure filter is applied to single input file
  * Open code execvp routine to avoid multiple execve syscalls
  * Remove building of kernelshark package
  * Upstream has separate versioning now for trace-cmd and kernelshark
  * Version tags no longer correspond to the same source

libtraceevent:

  * New package implementation required by trace-cmd (jsc#PED-4572)

libtracefs:

  * New package implementation required by trace-cmd (jsc#PED-4572)

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Moderate 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 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3350=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-3350=1

  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP5-2023-3350=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * libtracefs-debugsource-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent-debugsource-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * trace-cmd-debuginfo-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * libtracefs-tools-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent1-plugins-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs1-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent1-plugins-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtracefs-tools-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent-devel-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtraceevent1-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtraceevent1-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs1-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * trace-cmd-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * trace-cmd-debugsource-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * libtraceevent-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs-devel-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * trace-cmd-python3-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * trace-cmd-python3-debuginfo-3.2-150500.14.3.3
  * Development Tools Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libtracefs-debugsource-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent-debugsource-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * trace-cmd-debuginfo-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * libtracefs-tools-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent1-plugins-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs1-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent1-plugins-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtracefs-tools-debuginfo-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * libtraceevent-devel-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtraceevent1-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtraceevent1-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs1-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3
    * trace-cmd-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * trace-cmd-debugsource-3.2-150500.14.3.3
    * libtraceevent-debuginfo-1.7.3-150500.11.3.2
    * libtracefs-devel-1.7.0-150500.11.3.3

## References:

  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-4572

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