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1. Feature Overview: Feature Id: [74749] a. Name of Feature: Update oprofile to latest release -- 0.9.7 or later b. Feature Description Update oprofile to latest release to pick up bug fixes and enhancements. Below is a partial list of bug fixes/enhancements made to 0.9.7: - Improve the security of opcontrol - Use qt3support to allow either QT3 or QT4 - opcontrol appears to not support changing events - Fix time discrepancy using oprofile - ophelp -X doesn't display event's unit mask type - opcontrol breaks on busybox ash in is_tool_available() - configure fails to handle --without-java correctly - Added config option to disable oprofile user check - Fix qt lib check so it works on base 64-bit system - Fix memory leak opening opd_pipe - catch basic_string::erase when parsing an invalid sample file name - Fix an opreport error seen on Fedora 12 by making translate_debuginfo_syms more robust - Fix opimport compile error on recent gcc - Fix schema validation issues and error in xml generation - Fix symbol size problem that causes "start> end" erorr - Avoid blindly writing to $SESSION_DIR/opd_pipe - Ensure that --save only saves things in $SESSION_DIR - Fix compilation error dueto the assembly language instruction cpuid 2. Feature Details: Sponsor: LTC Toolchain Architectures: ppc64, Arch Specificity: both Affects Kernel Modules: No Delivery Mechanism: Direct from Community Category: other Request Type: Toolchain - Enhancement from Upstream d. Upstream Acceptance: In Progress Sponsor Priority P2 f. Severity: high IBM Confidential: No Code Contribution: --- g. Component Version Target: --- 3. Business Case The OProfile project is releasing 0.9.7. The previous release was GA'ed in Nov 2009, so a lot of bug fixes and enhancements are available that will benefit users. 4. Primary contact at Red Hat: John Jarvis, jjarvis 5. Primary contacts at Partner: Project Management Contact: Michael L. Hohnbaum, hbaum.com Technical contact(s): Maynard P. Johnson, mpjohn.com
------- Comment From mpjohn.com 2011-12-19 14:55 EDT------- OProfile 0.9.7 can be found at: http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/download/
This enhancement request was evaluated by the full Red Hat Enterprise Linux team for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux minor release. As a result of this evaluation, Red Hat has tentatively approved inclusion of this feature in the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update minor release. While it is a goal to include this enhancement in the next minor release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the enhancement is not yet committed for inclusion in the next minor release pending the next phase of actual code integration and successful Red Hat and partner testing.
------- Comment From mpjohn.com 2012-04-25 15:47 EDT------- Verified feature since testcase ran successfully.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0966.html