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<h1>Recommended update for perf</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-RU-2025:4253-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-11-26T11:29:10Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234698">bsc#1234698</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247509">bsc#1247509</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249604">bsc#1249604</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-12309">jsc#PED-12309</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6012">jsc#PED-6012</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6121">jsc#PED-6121</a>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Development Tools Module 15-SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
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<p>An update that contains three features and has three fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for perf fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>perf script: add --addr2line option (bsc#1247509).</li>
<li>Limit patch filenames to 100 characters (bsc#1249604).</li>
<li>Rename perf_cpu_map__default_new() to perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus() and prefer sysfs (bsc#1234698 jsc#PED-12309)</li>
<li>perf bpf augmented_raw_syscalls: Add an assert to make sure (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf build: <ul>
<li>Don't use -ftree-loop-distribute-patterns and (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>Remove -Wno-unused-but-set-variable from the flex flags (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
</ul>
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<li>perf probe: Free string returned by synthesize_perf_probe_point() on (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf scripts python gecko: Launch the profiler UI on the default (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf symbols: Fix DSO kernel load and symbol process to correctly map (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf tests arm_callgraph_fp: Address shellcheck warnings about signal (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf tests coresight thread_loop_check_tid_2: Fix shellcheck warnings (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf tests record_offcpu: Fix shellcheck warnings about word (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf tests stat+std_output: Fix shellcheck warnings about word (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>perf trace: Use heuristic when deciding if a syscall tracepoint (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
<li>tools headers UAPI: Sync files changed by new fchmodat2 (jsc#PED-6012 jsc#PED-6121)</li>
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<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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openSUSE Leap 15.6
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-4253=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-4253=1</code>
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Development Tools Module 15-SP6
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-4253=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
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openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
<ul>
<li>perf-debuginfo-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-devel-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-bash-completion-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-gtk-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-debugsource-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-gtk-debuginfo-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
</ul>
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Development Tools Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perf-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-debuginfo-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-debugsource-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
<li>perf-devel-6.4.0.git38565.b555487b73-150600.3.20.1</li>
</ul>
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<h2>References:</h2>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234698">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234698</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247509">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247509</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249604">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249604</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-12309">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-12309</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6012">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6012</a>
</li>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6121">https://jira.suse.com/browse/PED-6121</a>
</li>
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